By Our Correspondent
SUNABEDA/MALKANGIRI: Debe Podiami alias Gangi, ACM of Guma AC and Gita Podiami aka Rajita PM of AOB military platoon under AOBSZC surrendered before Odisha DGP Abhay.
They were disillusioned with Maoist leadership and ideology. Attracted by generous surrender policy and development initiatives of the Government, they decided to surrender. Director Intelligence, Lalit Das, IGP(Operations) , Amitabh Thakur and others senior police officials were among those present.
While Debe was carrying a cash reward of Rs 4 lakh in her head, Rs 1 lakh reward was there on the head of Gita, said DGP Abhay. Debe (32) was inducted in the Maoist organization in 2005 in Kalimela area committee and in December 2009, transferred to Gumma area committee. An Insas rifle was issued to her, said Odisha police in a statement.
Similarly, Gita joined the Dandakaranya special zonal committee of Maoists in 2018 and transferred to the AOB military platoon in 2019. She was given formal training in 2019 and issued with 303 rifle.
