In yet another blow to the Maoist insurgency, a senior woman commander, Geeta alias Kamli Salam, surrendered before police in Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon district on Saturday. Her surrender comes a day after the state witnessed its biggest ever mass defection, when 210 Naxalites, including several senior cadres, laid down arms in Jagdalpur, Signalling a major setback for the outlawed movement.
Geeta, who worked as the Tailor Team Commander in the Maoists’ East Bastar Division, carried a reward of ₹5 lakh announced by the Chhattisgarh government. She gave herself up before Superintendent of Police Akshay Kumar, citing growing disillusionment with the Maoist ideology and drawing motivation from the recent surge of surrenders across the Bastar region.
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