Dreaded female naxalite with ₹1 crore bounty surrenders, big blow to red terror

Raipur (The Uttam Hindu): The decisive campaign against Naxalites in Chhattisgarh has got another big success today, Saturday. Scared by the ever increasing pressure of security forces and the rapid encounters notorious female Naxalite Sujata, a member of the Central Committee (CC) and carrying a bounty of one crore on her head surrendered in Telangana. Sujata was counted among the top leaders of the Maoist organization and she is the wife of dreaded Naxalite commander Kishanji who was killed in West Bengal a few years ago. This surrender is being considered a big step to break the back of 'red terror' in Bastar.

According to police sources, Sujata, who was active in South Bastar for many years has surrendered in Telangana. Her surrender has given a severe blow to the Maoist organization due to which the morale of the cadre is bound to fall. It is believed that there is a great panic among the Naxalites due to the security forces not stopping operations even during the monsoon this time in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh and the continuous killing of top commanders due to which Sujata decided to leave the organization.

Chhattisgarh Police and Central Security Forces are currently taking all-round action against Naxalites, the results of which are continuously coming to the force. Two days ago in an encounter in Gariaband district, security forces killed 10 Naxalites. This included CC member Manoj alias Balkrishna, who had a bounty of one crore on his head. There was a total bounty of Rs 2.40 crore on all the 10 Naxalites killed. At the same time, a day earlier in an encounter in Bijapur district, the soldiers killed two Naxalites Hidma Podiyam and Munna Madkam who had a bounty of Rs 8 lakh each. A large amount of explosives including a .303 rifle and a 12 bore gun were also recovered from the spot.