Eleven Maoists surrender: Odisha
Eleven Maoists and their 50 supporters surrendered
before the police in Malkangiri district of Odisha on Friday while 15
tribal families, who had left their villages due to Maoist threat, were
rehabilitated at Chitrakonda.
During the past one
month, an increasing number of Maoists including armed cadres, militias
and supporters have surrendered. The Maoists and their supporters who
surrendered before Malkangiri Superintendent of Police (SP) Mitrabhanu
Mohapatra on Friday were from remote Entaguda, Gumkaguda and Orelguda
villages of Kalimela police station area.
On
September 10, a large group of Maoists from Podia police station area,
including 18 militants, six village committee members of Naxalites and
35 women, had surrendered and vowed not to have any links with the
Maoist organisation in future. They had promised to return to mainstream
and lead a normal life.
Four Maoist militants and 40
supporters had surrendered on September 8. On August 31, around 120
Maoist supporters of Silakota village had surrendered before the SP.
Speaking to newsmen in Berhampur on September 9, Odisha DGP Sanjiv Marik
had said frustrated by large scale surrenders of cadres and militias as
well as supporters snapping ties, the ultras were trying to terrorise
the tribal families living in remote areas of Malkangiri district.
Meanwhile,
the Maoists have compelled around 53 persons of 15 tribal families of
Dhakadapadar village to leave along with their belongings and domestic
animals. Around 60 families live at this village located in cut-off area
of Balimela reservoir under Chitrakonda police station limits. The
families that left the village alleged that they had been receiving
threats from ultras. According to the Malkangiri SP, administration has
made arrangements for their rehabilitation at ChitrakondaSource: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/eleven-maoists-surrender/article7643450.ece
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