RAIPUR: In a continuing wave of defections from the insurgency, Geeta, alias Kamli Salam, a female Maoist commander active in Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon district, surrendered to police authorities on Saturday.
Her decision comes just a day after the largest mass surrender in the state’s history, when 210 Naxalites, including senior leaders, laid down arms in Jagdalpur, indicating a seismic shift in the region’s decades-long conflict.
Geeta, who served as Maoists Tailor Team Commander in the East Bastar Division, had a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on her head, announced by the Chhattisgarh government.
