New Delhi [India], February 7 (HBTV): In another major achievement for security forces in the fight against Naxalism, a Naxal couple carrying a bounty of INR 10 lakh surrendered before the police and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Chawki district.

The couple—Pawan Tulavi and his wife Payem Oyam—was active in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) organization for 17 years.

Tulavi and Oyam surrendered before Superintendent of Police YP Singh of Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Chawki, one of the most LWE-affected districts, along with Commandant 44 and 27 battalion ITBP officers Mukesh Kumar Dhasmana and Vivek Kumar Pandey.

Tulavi alias Maling, 37, a resident of Dorde village under Madanwada police station of Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Chawki district, is currently the commander of the press unit of the leftists as an Area Committee Member (ACM) in Maad Division, with a reward of INR 5 lakh announced on him.

After joining the Left Wing Extremist organization in 2008, Tulavi worked as a teacher in Jantana Sarkar of Maad division from 2013 to 2019. He was promoted to ACM in 2016 and has been serving as Maad Division Press Unit Commander since 2020.

Tulavi's wife, Oyam, 27, a resident of Tadbalala village under Bhairamgarh police station in Bijapur district, has been working in the Indravati Area Committee since 2011. She is currently active in Narayanpur as a Party Platoon Committee Member (PPCM) in platoon number 16, with a reward of INR 5 lakh announced on her. Oyam served as a guard for Central Committee Member (CCM) Sonu until 2018.

'In the last 15 years, continuous operations by the police and ITBP in the erstwhile Rajnandgaon district and the present Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Chawki district have dealt a severe blow to the activities of left-wing extremists,' the ITBP stated.

(ANI)