Villagers ensure surrender of two naxals

By Our Staff Reporter

KARIMNAGAR, DEC. 5. In a major breakthrough, people of interior Ankushapur village of Kataram mandal ensured surrender of two semi-underground CPI-ML Janashakthi Veeranna faction naxalites on Tuesday at a grama sabha organised by the police as part of the village adoption scheme.

The Kataram Circle Inspector, Mr. Madhumohan Reddy, and the sub- inspector, Mr. Sadanandam, were frequently visiting the interior naxalite-affected village and organising grama sabhas and holding counselling programme with the extremists' parents and relatives urging them to ensure surrender of naxalites.

Accordingly, on Tuesday at the grama sabha organised by the police, the villagers brought two naxalites, who were involved in various offences, to surrender. The surrendered naxalites are Challa Posham and Shaik Shabbir, both in the age group of 25 years. Three warrants were pending against Posham and two warrants against Shabbir. They were active members of the Janashakthi group and indulging in beating of targeted persons and resorting to violent acts of setting ablaze various properties and indulging in extortion.

The Godavarikhani DSP, Mr. M. Ramesh, said that the villagers responded to the call given by the police positively and ensured the surrender of misled youth from the naxalite groups. He said that the two naxalites surrendered before the entire village of over 500 members and vowed not to join the underground dalam in future. He said that villagers had also urged the police to withdraw cases against the surrendered naxalites so that they could lead a normal life.

He said the Kataram police settled five cases - three matrimonial disputes, one land dispute and a chit fund case - during the grama sabha and won the confidence of the people. When the villagers complained that the naxalites had deposited Rs. 24,000, which was collected from beedi leaves contractors, with three villagers, the police asked the villagers about the money. They assured the police that the money would be utilised for developmental activities of the village, he added.

The Godavarikhani DSP said that the police had constituted a youth committee in the village with 15 members and provided them with a volleyball and a net. The DSP said the villagers of Kataram had told the police that they would make seven PWG naxalites surrender very soon. He said that in 23 other police- adopted villages, people were working for the surrender of naxalites.

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