Purulia, Nov. 6: A Maoist couple in Purulia today became the first to surrender after Mamata Banerjee announced a revised rehabilitation package in August.
Some rebel sources suggested that the two might have been persuaded to give themselves up by police who had “picked them up” a couple of months ago.
Balarampur residents Durjodhan Rajwar, 32, alias Sujan, and wife Akri Sahis, 20, alias Lata, surrendered before Purulia police chief Sunil Chowdhury.