Sunil Yadav (about 40 years), said to be the CPI(Maoist)'s self-styled 'area commander' of Koshi division surrendered at Alauli police station in the presence of the District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Singh and the Superintendent of Police Deepak Varnwal, the sources said.
Yadav was wanted in about half-a-dozen cases of naxal violence in the district since joining the proscribed outfit about five years ago, they said.