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Mahato was gunned down by Maoists in Baguria village in Ghatshila on March 3, 2007. "His family has assured us of extending all possible help in ensuring his surrender," Birthare said on Thursday.Birthare had visited Jhunjka village, which was once a Maoist stronghold, to take part in a community policing programme organized by the local police.Accused in the murder case of Jamshedpur MP Sunil Mahato, the rebel is wanted in over one and half a dozen cases in different police stations of the district. JAMSHEDPUR: With the security forces failing to arrest the fugitive CPI (Maoist) zonal commander Ram Prasad Mardi alias Sachin despite several attempts, the district police has now pinned hopes on his family to convince him to surrender.The wanted rebel, who carries a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head, escaped arrest more than six times in the recent past when the forces carried out search and combing operations in the forested hills of Patamda-Bodam-Galudih-Ghatshila police station areas bordering West Bengal Believing that his family could play a crucial role in convincing the rebel to quit the path of violence, SSP Anup Birthare met Sachin's family members in Patamda on Wednesday and requested them to ask him to surrender along with his squad members..