2 Maoists surrender due to ill health

WARANGAL: Two CPI (Maoist) underground extremists -- a division committee member and a woman dalam member -- surrendered to Warangal Rural SP on Thursday. The division committee member carries a cash reward of Rs 3 lakh on his head.Those surrendered are Kothapalli Kamalakar alias Sudhan (26), a native of Mogilicharla in Geesukonda mandal and Kavuri Samba Laxmi alias Geetha (19), belonging to Buttaiagudem in Eturnagaram mandal.  Kamalakar worked as Khammam-Karimnagar-Waranagl division committee member (KKW- DVCM) and Samba Laxmi as dalam member of Eturnagaram-Mahadevapur area committee.According to SP Rajesh Kumar, Kamalakar and Laxmi were suffering from health problems. Kamalakar discontinued studies while in Class X. In 1998, he came in contact with Bandari Kista Swamy Shyam, the then commander of Mogilicharla mini-guerilla squad.In 2001, he went under ground after becoming full-time member of the CPI (ML) People's War Group. He worked as a guard to Rama Krishna alias RK, the then district committee secretary-cum-special zonal students member, for a year. He was shifted to Nizamabad along with RK and he continued as a guard to RK till his death.In 2003, he was elevated to the rank of deputy commander of Sircilla dalam.Kamalakar also worked in the rank of area committee secretary. In 2007, while he was working in Nizambad district, he married one Rajamani alias Navata of Nizamabad district (present area committee secretary of Cherla Venkatapur area of Khammam).   He also worked in Chhattisgarh in the rank of DVCM and as central action team commander. He was involved in many crimes during his association with Maoists, the SP said.Kavuru Samba Laxmi studied upto 9th class. Then her parents proposed to get her married but she did not like it. Even when pressure for marriage was mounting from her parents,  she came in contact with Maoists through Gundla Papa Rao alias Ranjith, a dalam member of Eturunagarm-Mahadevpur area committee in 2010. Papa Rao, a native of Muppanapally village, introduced her to Etti Narsakka alias Sabitha, Eturnagaram-Mahadevpur area committee secretary. While working in the dalam, she met Kothapally Kamalakar and told him about her continuous throat infection.  Laxmi is accused in the murder of SK Majeed at Laxmipuram village in Eturnagaram and abduction of Chiranjeevi Samamai of Tupalakulagudem in 2010.  She was also involved in the murder of Bouthu Laxmaiah, a native of Mahadevpur in Karimnagar district.