Two hardcore Maoists carrying cash awards surrendered before Odisha police on Sunday, police said. Rame Podiami alias Sabita, an area committee member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) & Pallachalam LOS (local organisation squad) commander, and Raidhar Dhurua, working as PM and secretary of Daldali Cell surrendered before the police. Sabita carried a cash reward of Rs 2 lakh while Raidhar had Rs 1 lakh on his head. Both surrendered in presence of DGP Abhay at the Malkangiri SP office on Sunday morning. They have been surrounded in view of rising Covid-19 infections among the Maoists, sources said. The Left Wing Extremism (LWE) activities have significantly come down in the Malkangiri district, especially in the cut-off area. Many security camps have been set up in the cut-off area in the last one year, DGP Abhay said. "The State government has a good surrender and rehabilitation policy and we are putting continuous efforts to bring the Maoists to the mainstream of society," he said. (IANS)
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