Naxalite couple with Rs 10 lakh cumulative reward handed over in Chhattisgarh – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Dhamtari, Aug 25 (PTI) A Naxalite couple, carrying an accumulated reward of Rs 10 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, a senior police official said on Sunday.

Tikeshwar Vatti alias Tikesh (38) and his wife Ganeshi Netam alias Pramila (32) surrendered on Saturday, expressing disappointment over the “hollow” and “inhuman” Maoist ideology, the official said.

The couple had a reward of Rs 500,000 each, he said.

Tikesh, who joined the organisation as a Sitanadi area committee member in 2009, was involved in murders, attempted murders and encounters, including the 2013 skirmish near Khallari temple in Dhamtari in which a CRPF personnel was killed, he said.

Tikesh was involved in 18 incidents of violence in Dhamtari, 12 in Gariaband and two in Kanker districts between 2013 and 2023, the official said.

Pramila joined the Maoist group as a Sangham member in 2009.

She was involved in 14 incidents of violence in Dhamtari, Gariaband and Kanker districts, including an encounter with a police party, in which a head constable and two villagers were killed, he added.

The couple was given Rs 25,000 and will be rehabilitated under the government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy, the official added. PTI COR ARU

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