Kannur: A Maoist, who is undergoing treatment after reportedly being injured in an attack by a suspected wild elephant while he and others were passing through a forest area in a north Kerala district, on Sunday said he surrendered before the police. Is done.

Suresh, who hails from Karnataka and was in the custody of Kerala Police, today told the media that he had wanted to surrender for a long time.

"I was a Maoist for the last 23 years and wanted to surrender for a long time. Have surrendered now. After becoming a Maoist I was unable to do anything. We were unable to make any impact in Kerala, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka. Many Even after years,” Suresh, sitting on a wheel chair, told the media.

The police had picked up the injured Suresh, who hails from Chikkamagaluru in Karnataka, after a six-member team of Maoists left him at Kanjirakolli Chittar Colony on the Kerala-Karnataka border.

Police had said that the Maoists had left him in a house and left after taking rice and other essential items from there.

Local residents told police that the group that brought the injured mother had weapons.

Police soon reached the area and admitted the injured Suresh to a nearby hospital.