Couple had surrendered before the DGP in Hyderabad

Inspector General of Police P. Promod Kumar, who is in charge of Karimnagar Range, on Monday handed over two cheques worth ₹ 25 lakh and ₹ 10 lakh respectively to surrendered Maoists — Oggu Satwaji alias Sudhakar and his wife Vaidugula Aruna alias Neelima. The amount was the reward on the head of the Maoist couple and was given to them as they had laid down arms and joined the mainstream. Addressing the media subsequently, Mr. Promod Kumar and Nirmal Superintendent of Police C. Shashidhar Raju said the couple had surrendered in presence of Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy on February 12. Satwaji had joined the underground outfit in 1984 and worked in Chhattisgarh since 2000.

In 2013, the extremist was promoted to Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist) and worked in Bihar and Jharkhand States. He belongs to Sarangapur mandal headquarters in Nirmal district.

The IG appealed to the remaining cadres to surrender themselves and join the mainstream. He said there are 17 extremists belonging to erstwhile undivided Adilabad who are still underground.

Mr. Promod Kumar praised Nirmal SP and his team for their efforts under Operation Surrender in getting Satwaji and his wife lay down arms at Hyderabad. He cited the instance of two other Maoists — Pendram Gangubai and Markam Sunil — who had surrendered at Nirmal in the end of February.

Earlier, the IG was felicitated by Nirmal district police officers for his promotion from Deputy IG to IG. Additional SP Dakshinamurthy and Nirmal DSP Upender Reddy were present.