Date:30/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/30/stories/2007123052880400.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Maoist couple surrenders

ADILABAD: Kumram Gnaneshwar alias Yadav Rao alias Ravinder, deputy commander of Mangi dalam, and his wife Kanaka Vijay Laxmi alias Kalpanakka, a member of the same squad of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), surrendered to the district police citing disillusionment with the party.

The former worked as Mangi dalam member between 2004 and June 2005 before working as a gunman to Seshanna, North Telangana Special Zone Committee member, until January 2006.

Producing the couple at a press conference on Saturday, Adilabad SP Anil Kumar said Gnaneshwar was elevated to deputy commander status in the same year.

Gnaneshwar, who carries a reward of Rs. 20,000, was involved in five offences, including an attack on a police camp at Rani-Bodli in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on March 14, 2007.