A Naxal couple involved in several deadly attacks on security forces and carrying a reward of ₹5 lakh each on their heads surrendered on July 11, 2022 in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, a police official said.
Madkam Hidma and his wife Kuram Hungi, who are area committee members of the self-styled Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the Odisha State Committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), laid down arms due to their disillusionment with the Naxal ideology, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma said.
"They carried rewards of ₹5 lakh each. Hidma was involved in the Burkapal (Sukma) Maoist ambush in 2017, in which 25 security personnel were killed, and planting IED to target security forces in Palodipara (Basebatti) in 2019," he said.
