Jagdalpur: A 23-year-old woman Naxal, with a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Wednesday, police said.
Dasmi Kuhrami, who was active in Darbha division of Maoists, surrendered before senior police and CRPF officials citing her disappointment with violence committed by ultras, their "hollow" ideology and "anti-development" policy, inspector general of police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said.
Kuhrami was inducted into Chetna Natya Mandli (CNM), a cultural wing of the outlawed outfit, in 2011 when she was just 13 years old, the official said.
In 2017, she was elevated as a member of Katekalyan Area Committee of Maoists and became the head of CNM, he said.
Kuhrami was allegedly involved in eight attacks in Bastar district, including a Janpad panchayat member's killing in Koleng village in 2015 and an encounter in August 2015 in Darbha area in which a police officer was killed, he said.
She was also involved in five other incidents, including the attack on a Central Industrial Security Force team in Kirandul, in which six security personnel and a civilian lost their lives in 2012 in neighbouring Dantewada district, the IG said.
Kuhrami was carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, he added.
The surrendered ultra was given an encouragement amount of Rs 10,000 and will be further provided assistance as per the surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy, he said.
"We are expecting more Maoists should be surrendered before the police and we are also trying to motivate other Ultras to surrender too. Apart from Naxalite leader Ganesh Uike, we have information about Papa Rao and other local cadres who are active in some areas of Bastar division," the IG said.
"As per police inputs, Ganesh Uike has been spotted in Bailadila area of Dantewada and more than 20 armed Naxalites were also present with him. Inputs of these big Naxalite leaders are constantly getting active in this area for some days now. And their locations are being traced continuously. We have also activated all the soldiers of the area to nab them, "Sundarraj P added.
Kuhrami has also appealed to her elder brother Laxman, who is the commander of a local organisation squad of Maoists in Majkot area, to surrender, the official said. (with inputs from PTI)
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