DALTONGANJ/RAIPUR: A senior Maoist, who was wanted in 77 criminal cases and who had a bounty of Rs 25 lakh on his head, surrendered before the police at Daltonganj in Jharkhand on Thursday. A cheque of the like amount was immediately handed over to Kamlesh Kumar Ganjhu aka Birsai upon his surrender. He was active in Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh In Chhattisgarh another top-ranking Maoist leader, Vetti Rama, surrendered before police in Bastar the same day. While Birsai came to surrender without any weapon, Rama handed over an Insas Rifle to the cops. Rama was allegedly involved in blowing up a mine-protected vehicle in Kistaram in March this year in which nine CRPF personnel were killed.Birsai, a member of the Maoists’ special area committee (SAC), gave himself up before Palamu DIG (police) Vipul Shukla, DIG (CRPF) J Pal and commissioner MK Jha.Officials said Birsai was involved in 33 cases in Garhwa district and 44 in Latehar district of Jharkhand. Birsai, who comes from Latehar district, is the second top rebel to return to the mainstream in the state since the surrender of Aenul in June 2017. Rama, who was with the Maoists for 23 years, carried a bounty of Rs 8 lakh on his head. He was alternative president of the rebels’ Konta divisional committee.