3 Maoists surrender to Visakha rural cops

Visakhapatnam: Three members of the banned CPI (Maoist) party from the Galikonda area committee surrendered before the Visakhapatnam rural police in the city on Thursday. While one of the Maoists was an area committee member, the other two were Dalam members.

Visakhapatnam rural SP Babujee Attada said the surrendered Maoists have been identified as Vanthala Ramu alias Birsu (29), Pangi Laxman (32) and Gollori Jyothi (22).

Ramu and Jyothi are natives of Dabbalapadu village in Odisha while Laxman is from Mangalapalem village in GK Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam district.

According to the police, Ramu had been allegedly involved in over 15 offences, including five murders and several incidences of exchange of fire. As for Pangi Laxman, he is accused of several offences including exchange of fire incidents and the arson of a coffee pulping unit at GK Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam Agency.

The third Maoist to surrender , the 22-year-old Jyothi is an accused in the murder of Vanthala Salu near GK Veedhi mandal in 2018. She has also been accused of participating in exchange of fire incidents with security forces and arson of road laying machinery.

Visakhapatnam rural SP Babujee Attada said that the Maoists who have surrendered will get benefits under the ‘surrender policy’.