Boudh: Two women Maoists laid down their arms before the Odisha Police in Odisha’s Boudh district on Tuesday to join the mainstream, informed IGP (Southern Range) Jai Narayan Pankaj.
The two surrendered Maoists have been identified as Manisha Thati and Champa Koram, both residents of the Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.
The two women Maoists were associated with the Mahanadi Area Committee of Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the CPI (Maoist).
They were tasked with reactivating the North-South corridor from Jharkhand to Chhattisgarh through south-centre Odisha. They had been working in the CPI (Maoist) organisation since 2018 and were involved in several violent incidents both in Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
They, however, were later disillusioned by the high-handedness and rude behaviour of senior leaders, who allegedly encouraged cannabis cultivation and trade, disrupted electoral processes, sexually harassed female cadre, extorted funds through intimidation and inducted young boys and girls into the organisation by false promise and propaganda.
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