Two Maoists surrender in Jharkhand
May 21st, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANSRanchi, May 21 (IANS) Two hardcore Maoist guerrillas surrendered in Jharkhand Saturday, police said.
The two — one of them Viswanath Singh, the Kharwar zonal commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) - surrendered before Jharkhand Director General of Police G.S. Rath. They handed over a rifle and live cartridges to police.
Singh was wanted in more than 17 cases by the police. Under the state’s rehabilitation policy, Rath gave Rs.50,000 cash to each of them.
“It is good that they chose to join the mainstream of society,” Rath said on the occasion.
In Jharkhand, more than 27 Maoists have surrendered in last one year.
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