Bhubaneswar, March 11 -- In a significant setback to the outlawed CPI Maoist organisation in Odisha, ten underground Maoist cadres-including a State Committee member, a Divisional Committee member, and several Area Committee members-surrendered before the Kandhamal police on Wednesday.
They formally surrendered before Sanjeeb Panda, IPS, ADG (Anti-Naxal Operations), Amitendra Nath Sinha, IG CRPF, Niti Sekhar, IG Southern Range , Berhampur, Dr Deepak Kumar, IG Operations, Akhileshvar Singh, DIG SIW and Harish BC, SP Kandhamal at a special function held at the Reserve Police Lines, Phulbani.
During the programme, the surrendered Maoists voluntarily laid down their arms and handed over their weapons to Panda, symbolising their decision to re...