A Maoist cadre, identified as Durbadala Bariha (40) alias Badal, surrendered before the Nuapada SP on Wednesday after being harassed and tortured by his fellow cadres.

Badal, hailing from Bargarh district, was involved in Maoist activities since April 2009. He was working in the Bargarh-Balangir-Mahasamund division of the ultras. He was forcefully inducted into the organisation by Sankar Majhi alias David.

Discrimination and humiliation of the Odisha cadres by their Telugu and Chhattisgarhi counterparts was the main reason for which Bada left the organisation. He was involved in torching a road construction camp in Bargarh in 2009, burning a truck in Bargarh in 2011 and killing a civilian in Bargarh in 2012. He was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.

Badal will be rehabilitated as per the surrender policy of the Odisha Government.

Tortured by fellow cadres, Maoist surrenders to cops