A Naxalite couple involved in several deadly attacks and together carrying a reward of Rs 7 lakh on Tuesday surrendered to security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
Hurra Kunjam and his wife Budhari Madvi were disappointed with the Maoist ideology, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari said.
Kunjam was the Section Commander of Platoon 24 under the Malangir area committee of the Maoists. His wife was a member of the same squad, the officer said.
The husband and wife carried rewards of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 2 lakh on their heads respectively.
The couple was involved in the Burkapal (Sukma) Maoist ambush in 2017 in which 25 security personnel were killed and the Mailwada (Dantewada) landmine attack in 2016 in which seven CRPF personnel died, the officer said.
A total of 539 Naxalites have so far quit violence in the district.
