Two Maoists, including a woman ACM, give up arms, join mainstream in Andhra Pradesh’s ASR district
The Hindu
Sunnam Neela and Madivi Bhudu have surrendered as they are ‘vexed with the Maoist ideology’, says Superintendent of Police Tuhin Sinha. While Neela carries a reward of ₹4 lakh on her head, Bhudu has a reward of ₹1 lakh on his head.
Two Maoists from Chhattisgarh, who included a woman Area Committee Member (ACM), surrendered before the Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district police, near here, on September 1 (Friday).
They were identified as Sunnam Neela (30), alias Soni, and Madivi Bhudu (25).
A native of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, Neela was an ACM of Chatgaon under the North Gadchiroli Division Committee.
Bhudu was a member of the 2nd company of the 3rd platoon of the 1st battalion of the CPI(Maoist) under the Dandakaranya Special Committee.
While Neela had been with the party for the last 18 years, Bhudu was in the dalam for the last eight years. While Neela had ₹4 lakh reward on her head, Bhudu had ₹1 lakh.
Addressing the media later, ASR district Superintendent of Police Tuhin Sinha said Neela had joined the dalam in 1998. She was trained in the Gompadu forest area of Kunta Area Committee for 15 days by Ramanna, a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee.
In 2003, she was transferred to Chaitanya Natyamandali (CNM) of Gadchiroli Divisional Committee as member, where she worked up to 2004. In 2005, she was transferred to the 15th platoon, where she worked till the year 2009.