<p>A Maoist ‘sub-zonal commander’, active in five Jharkhand districts, surrendered before security forces here on Tuesday, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>The Maoist, identified as Khudi Munda alias Khudi Ji, was wanted in 44 cases and had a bounty of Rs five lakh on him.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bihar-stf-intensifies-crackdown-against-illegal-poppy-cultivation-to-choke-flow-of-funds-to-naxals-1237470.html"><strong>Bihar STF intensifies crackdown against illegal poppy cultivation to choke flow of funds to </strong>Naxals</a></p>.<p>He surrendered in presence of deputy inspector general (DIG), Ranchi range, Anup Birthare, Gumla superintendent of police (SP) and other CRPF officials.</p>.<p>Munda was active in Gumla, Lohardaga, Latehar, Budha Pahad and Simdega districts, Birthare said.</p>.<p>He was allegedly involved in the killing of former Maoist Mangal Nagesia in 2014.</p>.<p>Munda was also involved in an attack on the police during ‘Operation Double Bull’, an anti-Maoist exercise carried out in Peshrar forest of Lohardaga district in 2022, a police statement said.</p>
<p>A Maoist ‘sub-zonal commander’, active in five Jharkhand districts, surrendered before security forces here on Tuesday, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>The Maoist, identified as Khudi Munda alias Khudi Ji, was wanted in 44 cases and had a bounty of Rs five lakh on him.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bihar-stf-intensifies-crackdown-against-illegal-poppy-cultivation-to-choke-flow-of-funds-to-naxals-1237470.html"><strong>Bihar STF intensifies crackdown against illegal poppy cultivation to choke flow of funds to </strong>Naxals</a></p>.<p>He surrendered in presence of deputy inspector general (DIG), Ranchi range, Anup Birthare, Gumla superintendent of police (SP) and other CRPF officials.</p>.<p>Munda was active in Gumla, Lohardaga, Latehar, Budha Pahad and Simdega districts, Birthare said.</p>.<p>He was allegedly involved in the killing of former Maoist Mangal Nagesia in 2014.</p>.<p>Munda was also involved in an attack on the police during ‘Operation Double Bull’, an anti-Maoist exercise carried out in Peshrar forest of Lohardaga district in 2022, a police statement said.</p>