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Maoist leader Gajerla Ashok surrenders
Top Maoist leader Gajerla Ashok (41) alias Aithu, considered an expert in military warfare and skilled organiser, surrendered before the Warangal police on Tuesday.
Warangal: Top Maoist leader Gajerla Ashok (41) alias Aithu, considered an expert in military warfare and skilled organiser, surrendered before the Warangal police on Tuesday.
He hails from Velishala village in Chityal mandal of Warangal district. Ashok is the youngest among five brothers and two of his brothers have associated with the Maoist party in Chhattisgarh.
His brother Gajerla Saraiah alias Azad died some time back while another brother Ravi alias Ganesh alias Uday still underground serving as Andhra-Odisha Special Zonal Committee member.
Ashok surrendered before the police in the presence of Warangal range DIG B Malla Reddy and rural superintendent of police Ambar Kishor Jha at the Warangal district police headquarters. Ashok served as secretary of the South Bastar District Committee of the party and member of the Dandakaranya Special Zone Committee.
He went underground at the age of 18 in 1991 with the encouragement from his brother Azad and worked in the Maoist party for about 24 years. He served the party in various capacities in Telangana and Chhattisgarh states. Malla Reddy told press persons that Ashok worked for 10 years in Warangal district in the armed squads of Palakurthy, Bhupalpalli and Station Ghanpur mandals.
In 2001, he was made the Bastar divisional committee member. In 2008, he became Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee member and also secretary of the South Bastar district committee during which he encouraged many Adivasis to join the Maoist party.
The DIG said Ashok was disillusioned with the Maoist ideology and decided to join the mainstream regarding which he informed that the party leadership in October. The reward amount on his head was being reviewed. The details of his involvement in Maoist actions and cases against him were yet to be probed.
