A 30-year-old Naxalite involved in murder and arson surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Tuesday.
Bijapur Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap said Manoj Podiyam was the Potenar Militia Platoon Member of the Revolutionary People’s Committee of the outlawed CPI-Maoist.
He joined the Naxalite body in 2019.
He was involved in three violent incidents between 2019 and 2020 including the killing of a village Sarpanch, damaging roads and setting ablaze construction vehicles.
