Maoist leader Kundan Pahan, facing 128 cases including that of murder of senior police officers and carrying a reward of ₹15 lakh on his head, surrendered before the police here on Sunday.
The CPI (Maoist) Jharkhand ‘regional committee secretary’ is an accused in the killing of special branch inspector Francis Indwar in 2008 and looting of ₹5 crore from a cash van of a bank.
He was also allegedly involved in the Baliba ambush in Saranda and killing of DSP Pramod Kumar in 2008 in Ranchi district, Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldip Diwedi said. Kundan Pahan said he had realised that he had “wasted” 20 years and would now help in development works in the State.