Maoist carrying Rs 2 lakh bounty surrenders in Odisha

A Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head for his alleged involvement in the killing of an Andhra Pradesh MLA, surrendered before the police in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Wednesday.

Apart from CPI (Maoist) member Samba Khara alias Randev (27), seven militias of the banned outfit also surrendered, a senior police officer said.

Khara, who joined the banned outfit in February 2017, got disillusioned with the violent path of Naxalism, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Rishikesh D Khilari said.

Khara, a resident of Luchhapani in Papermetla police station area in the district, was part of the outfit's Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee, the SP said.

He is suspected to be involved in at least nine offences including the killing of MLA K S Rao and former legislator Siveri Soma in Dungriguda Mandal of Araku Valley in Visakhapatnam on May 8, 2018, Khilari said.

Khara will be given monetary assistance as per the Surrender and Rehabilitation Scheme of the state government to build a house, study and get trained in a trade or vocation of his choice, he added.