BERHAMPUR: A woman
Maoist of the Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the CPI (Maoist) surrendered before SP (Kandhamal) at
Phulbani on Sunday. She was identified as
Kanti Mallick (22) alias Amit, a party member of Gangaranga village under Baliguda police station limits in Kandhamal district.
She joined the CPI (Maoist) in 2018 and is suspected to be involved in several
LWE activities in Kandhamal district, said SP (Kandhamal) Veenit Agrawal.
Besides development works undertaken by the government in Kandhamal and appeal of chief minister
Naveen Patnaik to Maoists to surrender, she was disillusioned with the behaviour of Maoist leaders from
Andhra Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh towards the local cadre.