Three Maoists surrender before Vizag police

Visakhapatnam: Maoist Boda Anjayya alias Bhaskar alias Naveen (30), surrendered before the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Visakhapatnam Range L.K.V. Ranga Rao and Superintendent of Police Attada Babujee on Saturday.

He surrendered along with Sindri Kandi alias Jeevani alias Jyothi and Korra Venkata Rao. Naveen was recently expelled by the CPI (Maoist) party for allegedly having an extra-marital affair with Jeevani apart from his involvement in anti-party activities.

Naveen was a key leader of the Maoists in the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) region, and held the rank of Divisional Committee Member (DCM) in the 'Coffee Committee' of the party's East Division.

Naveen hailed from Nalgonda district. He carried a cash reward of Rs 6 lakh on his head. Jeevani was involved in nine cases including one case of murder. She held the post of Area Committee Member (ACM) in Galikonda dalam. Korra Venkata Rao alias Srikanth hails from Kannavaram village of Koyyuru.