A hardcore Naxalite, Deva Sumado Mudam, aged 27, who had a bounty of 7 lakh rupees on his head, surrendered to the police in Gondia district of Maharashtra.
A resident of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, Deva has been involved in Naxalite activities from a young age. Following an appeal from the Gondia district police and disillusioned by the activities of the Naxalite groups, he surrendered before District Collector Prajit Nayar and police officials.
“He laid down arms on Thursday in front of Collector Prajit Nair, Superintendent of Police Gorakh Bhamre and Additional SP Nityanand Jha. He was part of the outlawed movement since 2014 when he just a teen and served in the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh zone of the Naxalites,” the official said.
Deva was involved in firing cases in Tipagarh in Gadchiroli, Jhilmili Kashibehra Bakarkatta in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon as well as other incidents of Naxal violence and attacks on security forces, the official informed.
Last week, two Naxalites carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 8 lakh surrendered before the security forces in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. As per an official statement by the police, Ramasu Poyam alias Narsingh (55), a resident of Gadchiroli, and Ramesh Kunjam alias Govind (25), a native of Narayanpur in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, surrendered before the Gadchiroli police and the Central Reserve Police Force on Friday.