Bhubaneswar: Three hardcore Maoists on Monday shunned the path of violence and return to the social mainstream.
Hardcore cadres of CPI (Maoist) – Lakma Madvi (37) of Isurnag village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, Ganga Madkam (26) of Kamalpad village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh and Suka Sodi (19) of Dulad village in Sukma of Chhattisgarh – surrendered before DGP Odisha.
The surrendered cadres belong to Kodanga-Mahanadi-Sanjukta Area Committee operating under KKBN Division of Odisha State Committee of CPI – Maoist.
The group of these three cadres had been specifically deployed by the outfit to resurrect Mahanadi Area Committee to activate north Kandhamal and adjoining axis, which was moribund since 2018 in the aftermath of neutralization of Badal @ Shankar Majhi (DCM) and surrender of Kunu Dehury, the Odisha police said in a release.
They were also under intense pressure due to intensified Police action and intelligence-based operations. They have revealed that they preferred to surrender and join the mainstream in the light of the appeal of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to surrender and join the mainstream society and be a part of the developmental initiatives and the proactive Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy.
The surrendered Maoists were also disillusioned by the senior rung leaders of party, who used to coerce and harass lower rung cadres both mentally and physically. They further added that there was rapid development taking place and they were being coerced by the leadership to keep moving in the tedious and tough terrain of the forests.
The surrender of these Maoist cadres will give a serious blow to the Maoist plan and designs in north Kandhamal and adjoining axis and their plan to revive the north Mahanadi corridor up to Saranda of Jharkhand State will fall flat, the Police said.