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Top Maoist Savitri surrenders in Telangana, plans to join national mainstream

The cops said Savitri played an active role in attacks on police forces, and carried a reward of ₹10 lakh on her head in Chhattisgarh.

ByRaj Rayasam

Published Sep 21, 2022 | 8:41 PM ⚊UpdatedSep 21, 2022 | 8:43 PM

Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy with surrendered Maoist Savitri. (Supplied)

Savitri, a top woman Maoist from Chhattisgarh, surrendered before the Telangana police in Hyderabad on Wednesday, 21 September.

According to Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy, the 45-year-old — whose alias was Madavi Hademe — had played an active role in attacks on police forces. She carried a reward of ₹10 lakh on her head in Chhattisgarh.

Savitri, who is the widow of Dandakaranya Committee secretary Ramanna, who died in the Chhattisgarh jungles in 2019, decided to quit the Maoist movement and join the national mainstream, the DGP said.

She quit the movement because she was upset over the party leadership not informing her when her husband died of cardiac arrest. Other factors that helped her make up her mind included the development of tribal areas.

Ramanna had a reward of ₹40 lakh on his head as he was the most-wanted ultra in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand. Savitri married him in 1994. She acted as secretary of the Kishtaram Committee till her surrender.

Surrendered Maoist Savitri. (Supplied)

The DGP said Savitri had a long history of taking part in violence against the police forces. She took part in nine operations in which several policemen died.

As many as 15 men died in an operation in Linganpally in 1992, while five more died in a landmine blast in 2000. In 2007, about 15 policemen died at Kothacheruvu. Again in 2017, 12 CRPF jawans died in another operation.

According to the DGP, Savitri’s son Ranjit, who worked in Chhattisgarh, has already surrendered to the police.

She is said to have been responsible for the recruitment of about 350 tribal youths to the Maoist movement.

The DGP also told reporters that the police were always on a high alert to apprehend Maoists if they tried to cross the border and enter Telangana.