Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old female member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) laid down her arms before the police in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Wednesday.
According to reports, Debe Sari, alias Geeta, was a member of the Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh division of CPI (Maoists). DIG (SWR) Niti Sekhar said that Geeta is a native of Sukma in Chhattisgarh and became a member of Chitra Natya Mandali in 2018. She later joined the banned Maoist outfit.
After working in Chhattisgarh for three years, she was sent to Odisha in 2022. Prior to surrendering, she was active in Odisha’s Boudh district, the DIG said.
Geeta was allegedly involved in five gunfights with the police –in Nuapada and three in Boudh. She mainly provided first aid to injured Maoists.
