Top Naxal leaders surrender

A divisional committee member of the CPI Maoist, Suresh Harami, surrendered before the Gadchiroli police along with a dalam commander, a deputy dalam commander and two dalam members on Tuesday.

Suresh alias Jairam Harami, 42, joined the Naxal movement in the early 8216;90s. Additional Director General of Police Pankaj Gupta pointed out that the surrender of such high-ranking Naxalites is a very significant developement. The surrendered cadres have reportedly told the police that they were tired of injustice by their higher-ups, who were imposing on them cadres from outside the state.

8220;We will present their case for surrender benefits before the District Collector8217;s panel after due verification of further details,8221; said Gupta. He added that the surrendered cadres spoke of widespread resentment amongst local cadres against 8220;unfair treatment8221;. 8220;We are expecting more surrenders in future,8221; he said. With these, 298 Naxal cadres have so far surrendered in Gadchiroli 287 and Gondia 11 districts. Of these, three are dalam commanders.