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A Maoist woman cadre, who goes by the names of Sakuntala and Pushpa, has surrendered earlier the Kolkata Police. Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Nand connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) said that she surrendered with 1 weapon and 40 rounds of bullets.
“She is simply a autochthonal of Mechua in Belpahari, Jhargram district. She was a subordinate of Dalma Squad’s wide committee, CPI Maoist Party... She had joined 2001 arsenic a taste member,” Mr Nand said. She surrendered to the constabulary successful February, 2026.
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Though she belonged to Belpahari, she used to relation mostly successful the Jharkhand area.
The top official also added that determination was a ₹10 lakh bounty on Ms. Sakuntala successful Jharkhand. She has astir 4 cases against her successful West Bengal, and others successful the neighbouring States.
She had joined the maoist movement astatine an aboriginal property erstwhile she was successful people 5 and since past has been progressive successful Odisha, Jharkhand, and Bihar. Mr Nand besides added that Sakuntala has decided to permission the arms conflict and get backmost to mean life.
The surrendered maoist woman said that she wants to spell backmost to mean beingness and urged her chap cadres to surrender similar her.
“I realised our question is not successful the close place at the moment, and it is not capable to move forward, so I decided to surrender. Government has assured maine that I volition beryllium capable to spell backmost to mean beingness and get rehabilitation,” Ms Sakuntala said.
