First Bengal Maoist avails surrender package

IG,Western Range,Zulfiqar Hassan said Karak’s surrender showed the process of Maoists giving themselves up had started. “There are several other Maoists who have indicated that they are willing to surrender. We are looking forward to the success of the policy.”

A resident of Sundarpur near Patharpara village in the Goaltore Police Station,Karak is said to be have been the third in command in the Maoist squad led by Sidhu Soren,who was killed recently. He has 14 cases,including murder charges,registered against him in West Midnapore district,said a senior police official.

Karak is believed to have had a hand in the attack on a police camp in Ramgarh in West Midnapore,and in almost all the encounters between security forces and Maoists in Bhalukbasa.

Trinamool Congress MP Suvendhu Adhikary,however,said the surrender ceremony was staged. “The state government has fabricated the details. There is no Maoist called Sobhan Karak. He was presented to the police as a Maoist.”