Rourkela, May 30: Yesterday dangerous Maoist Bhima aka Krushna Loha and his associate Phula Munda who is a female cadre surrendered before the Police here. Bhima was carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh and Phula carried Rs 1 lakh reward. Bhima has been involved in few police-Maoist exchanges of fire in Sundargarh, Deogarh, Boudh, Kandhmal and Jharkhand. They had also been involved in the Mahulpada cross-fire incident with police on May 20 in which a camp was damaged by the security forces. Bhima’s wife Sushma, who is also a Maoist had surrendered in 2014. Rourkela SP Anirudh Singh informed. The Maoists would receive financial assistance as per the suggestion of the screening team.
