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Woman Maoist commander surrenders in West Bengal | A woman self-styled Maoist commander has surrendered before police in West Bengal's West Midnapore District alleging sexual exploitation by ultra leaders. Shobha Mandi alias Sikha is the second Naxal to surrender after
the West Bengal government announced a rehabilitation package for them. "Shobha,
who has five cases against her, has been keeping in touch with us for the last
eight days, and, we succeeded in convincing her to surrender," said West Midnapore
Superintendent of Police, Manoj Kumar Verma "She also handed over a bag that contained
cash worth rupees 50,500," Verma added Mandi claimed that the top Maoist leadership
knew about the sexual exploitation of women cadre, but were not taking preventive
steps. "I left camp on April 25 in frustration. When I came to know about the
rehabilitation package, I contacted the police and they promised me security.
So, I surrendered," she said. Mandi, the daughter of Jamadar Mandi, a resident
of Koyerpahari under Sarenga Police Station in Bankura district left home in 2003
after Maoist leaders Sasadhar, Akash, Bikash, Madan and Suchitra met her family
and convinced them that she would have a better life with them. Earlier, Shobhan
Karak, a member of the Maoist action squad, surrendered before the West Midnapore
Superintendent of Police, the Jhargram Superintendent of Police and central Reserve
Police Force inspector general. He surrendered with a .303 rifle and a few live
cartridges. He has 13 cases of murder and sedition registered against him. |
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