13-yr-old Maoist surrenders

A 13-year-old boy, forcibly recruited to the Maoist rank two years ago, escaped on Friday from the clutches of the ultras and surrendered in Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, police said.

A 13-year-old boy, forcibly recruited to the Maoist rank two years ago, escaped on Friday from the clutches of the ultras and surrendered in Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, police said.

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Jatia Siddhu was forcibly taken away by the Maoists from his village in Keonjhar district two years ago and renamed Bipin, Superintendent of Police, Dayal Gangwar said.