India extradites three Maoists; nine Maoists surrender

January 13, 2006
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India’s Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) have extradited three Maoists to Nepal from Baharich district of India on Thursday, report said.

The SSB had arrested three Maoists in the Indian district of Baharaich bordering Nepal’s Bardiya district on Wednesday.

They were handed over to District Police Office, Bardiya.

Some explosives and cash worth IRs 64,000 and NRs 11,000 were also recovered from them.

Nine Maoists including area committee member (ACM) and district committee members (DCM) have surrendered to the security forces expressing dissatisfaction over the Maoist activities.

A press statement issued by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Friday said that seven Maoists surrendered in the far western development region on Wednesday.

Those, who surrendered in the far western region are ACM Janak Thapa alias “Elaka”, section commander Leg Bahadur Rokaya alias “Pramod” and Maoist cadres Bashanta Rokaya alias “Bijaya”, Hima Rokaya alias “Reshmi”, Chandrika, Namrata and Pema.

The statement further said that they surrendered to the far western divisional headquarter of the Royal Nepalese Army.

“They were later handed over to the representative of Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) Bashant Ojha,” the statement adds.

Likewise, Maoists’ DCM Tilak Bahadur Raut and ACM Dolma Raut of Sindhuli surrendered to the District Administration Office (DAO) in Kathmandu on Friday, the statement of MoD said.

Tilak also submitted a pistol, 25 rounds of bullets and one cordless set to the DAO.

The DAO gave eight thousand rupees to Tilak, who surrendered with the weapon.