𒊎A member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the Odisha Police on Tuesday, an officer said.
♛Samaya Madkam, who was the commander of a team of the Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the Maoist group. surrendered before Berhampur Southern Range IG J N Pankaj and Kandhamal SP Suvendu Kumar Patra at Phulbani.
🧜He is a native of Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, the Odisha police said in a press statement.
꧒Madkam joined the Maoist organisation in October 2005 and is involved in a series of offences and violence in the state.
👍At least 17 cases have been registered against him in Kandhamal, Boudh and Nuapada districts.
💟He is likely to have been involved in several cases in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, the police said.
❀“I left home at the age of 10. Later, I joined the Maoists. Due to harassment and exploitation by seniors, I left the organisation so that I could spend the rest of my life with my family members,” Madkam told reporters at Phulbani.
