Kolkata: Top Naxalite leader Ranjit Pal surrenders to police
In presence of the Director General of West Bengal Police Surajit Kar Purakayastha, Additional Director General (Law & Order) of state police Anuj Sharma and Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, Maoist leader Ranjit Pal, who was involved in naxalite activities since last 17 years, and his wife Jharna Giri officially announced their surrender at state police headquarters at Bhabani Bhavan in Kolkata.
Police officials said that Ranjit Pal was an area commander of Communist Party of India (Maoist) and he along with his wife used to lead Maoist activities in West Bengal-Jharkhand bordering areas, including Purulia and Bankura districts.
A senior official of the state police claimed that at least 213 Maoist activist-leaders were arrested and 219 others surrendered to the police in last two years.
"We will provide all necessary helps to Ranjit Pal and his wife Jharna Giri to get them back to mainstream society," a senior official of state police told IBNS.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha, Image: ABP Ananda TV Grab)
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