Three hardcore cadres of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), including two area committee members, surrendered before the Odisha police on Monday. All the three left-wing extremists, who hail from Chhattisgarh, belong to the Kodanga-Mahanadi-Sanjukta area committee operating under the Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the Odisha State committee of the CPI (Maoist). They revealed that they preferred to surrender in the light of the appeal of the Chief Minister, Odisha to surrender and join the mainstream society,” the police said in a statement. “I took this opportunity to appeal again that CPI (Maoist) cadres should lay their arms and become partner in the development process. The police added that the surrender of the cadres would land a serious blow to the Maoists’ plan and designs in north Kandhamal and adjoining axis to revive the north Mahanadi corridor up to Saranda of Jharkhand.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2021 20:04 UTC