03-09-2008, 08:17 PM
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9 Mar 2008
DEOGARH (Orissa): A woman Maoist leader involved in several attacks has surrendered before the police along with arms here, police said on Sunday.
Pushpa Tirkey (30), who was leading a women's wing of the Maoists active in Sambalpur and Deogarh areas, surrendered on Saturday, Superintendent of Police, Safeen Ahmed said.
Tirkey, who joined the outfit in 2005, was trained in Serenda forest areas in neighbouring Jharkhand, police said adding that she also surrendered her arms including a rifle.
She was involved in a number of Maoist attacks between 2005 and 2007 in Orissa, she was a resident of Mendiakani village, around 35 km from here, he said.
Efforts were being made to persuade Tirkey to give up arms for a long time and finally police succeeded in convincing her to surrender, he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Constant efforts of police in convincing her to renounce the path of terrorism finally pays off. <!--emo&:beer--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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9 Mar 2008
DEOGARH (Orissa): A woman Maoist leader involved in several attacks has surrendered before the police along with arms here, police said on Sunday.
Pushpa Tirkey (30), who was leading a women's wing of the Maoists active in Sambalpur and Deogarh areas, surrendered on Saturday, Superintendent of Police, Safeen Ahmed said.
Tirkey, who joined the outfit in 2005, was trained in Serenda forest areas in neighbouring Jharkhand, police said adding that she also surrendered her arms including a rifle.
She was involved in a number of Maoist attacks between 2005 and 2007 in Orissa, she was a resident of Mendiakani village, around 35 km from here, he said.
Efforts were being made to persuade Tirkey to give up arms for a long time and finally police succeeded in convincing her to surrender, he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Constant efforts of police in convincing her to renounce the path of terrorism finally pays off. <!--emo&:beer--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' /><!--endemo-->