Bengaluru, Feb. 3 -- Lakshmi, said to be the last Naxalite in Karnataka, unconditionally surrendered on Sunday in front of Udupi Deputy Commissioner Vidya Kumari and Superintendent of Police Arun K.
According to police, Lakshmi, who had been hiding in Andhra Pradesh, has had three cases at Amasebail and Shankaranarayana police stations in Kundapur Taluk in the Udupi district. These cases date back to 2007-2008, and they pertain to the exchange of fire with police, assault, and pushing Maoist literature in villages and small towns.
Police said Lakshmi originally belonged to Thombattu of Machchattu village in Kundapura taluk.
She was accompanied by the State Naxal Surrender Committee member Sripal and her husband Salim, a former Naxalite w...