A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) couple allegedly involved in extremist offences in Chhattisgarh surrendered before the Police in Mulugu District of Telangana on February 1, reports Telangana Today. N Bheema alias Sanju, working as ‘section commander’ of the ‘second Central Reorganisation Committee (CRC)’ of the CPI-Maoist party, and his wife Muchaki Duldo alias Soni, ‘area committee member (ACM)’ in the ‘second CRC’ surrendered before Mulugu District Superintendent of Police (SP), P Shabarish, in order to join the mainstream and lead a normal life, the Police said, adding that the couple, both in their mid-20s, were carrying a reward of INR 200,000 each on their heads. Bheema, who belongs to Bhadradri Kothagudem District of Telangana, worked as a ‘militia’ (people’s army of the Maoists) member in the Cherla area of the district in 2019, and later he joined the ‘second CRC’ of the CPI-Maoist and was promoted to ‘section commander’ in November 2022. Soni joined the CPI-Maoist in 2018, and later she attached herself to the ‘second CRC', and in December 2022, she was promoted to ‘ACM’. According to the Police, the couple was involved in offences including the Bechirakumadugu exchange of fire (EoF) of Elmidi Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh, the Timmapur-Putkel attack in Basaguda Police Station limits of Bijapur District in February 2022, the Kunded-Jagargunda attack in Jagargunda area, and the Terram attack in April 2021, in which several Police personnel died.