Madikeri: A Naxal movement leader, who has his roots in Kodagu, has surrendered before the Kerala Police in Wayanad. He is 37-year-old Lijesh, alias Ramu alias Raman Lijesh, a senior leader of the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist).
He lived at Perumbadi-Arji village near Virajpet and was an agriculturist before he took up arms. His family hailed from Kerala and decades ago, they had settled in Arji village and maintained agricultural lands for livelihood. The family also cultivated ginger in neighbouring fields.
