Two Maoists surrender before Kothagudem SP

In a statement here, the SP said the surrendered naxals were identified as Gattupalli Suresh and Bodika Bheemaiah alias Bheemanna of Kamalapuram in Cherla mandal in the district

Kothagudem: Two members of Cherla local organisation squad (LOS) of the banned CPI (Maoist) Party surrendered before Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Dutt here on Saturday.

In a statement here, the SP said the surrendered naxals were identified as Gattupalli Suresh and Bodika Bheemaiah alias Bheemanna of Kamalapuram in Cherla mandal in the district. They were natives of Pathuru, Avupalli tehsil of Bijapur district and Puvvarthi, Kunta tehsil of Sukuma district in Chhattisgarh.

For the past six years, the two were working for the Maoist party. Initially they worked as militia members and for the past three years they were working as members of Cherla LOS.

They surrendered to the police when they realised that Maoist Telangana State Committee was harassing them and they wanted to live a better life by joining mainstream society. It was learnt that Maoist party was harassing women cadres and tribal children by forcefully keeping them in the party, Dutt noted.

Many Maoist cadres were ready to quit the party, but senior Maoist leaders were threatening them and forcefully taking them from the villages, not allowing them to surrender before the police, he said.

The SP appealed to all dalam members and militia members to contact their relatives and police to surrender and live a better life. He handed over a cash reward to the surrendered naxals.

Bhadrachalam ASP, Dr. Vineeth G, CRPF 141 Battalion Commandant Hari Om Khare, Second-in-Command Pramod Pawar and Cherla CI, B Ashok were present.

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