Raipur: A Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, surrendered before authorities along with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarhs Dantewada district.
According to Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava, Kosa Kawasi, who was active as a janmilitia commander under the Katekalyan area committee of Maoists, turned himself in before police officials at the Kuakonda police station on Thursday.
This has come at a time when two Special Operations Group (SOG) commandos were killed in a Maoist encounter in Kalahandi, along the Kandhamal border in Odisha.
Five Maoists, including a woman, were also neutralised in the gun fight that took place in Bhandarangu Sirki forest area.
While four bodies were found from the forest area after the gunfight, the fifth body was recovered during combing operations, Batula Gangadhar, SP Kalahandi, said. The commandos, identified as Sudhir Tudu (28) and Debasis Sethy (27), succumbed to bullet injuries in the hospital.