In a significant development, 103 Maoists surrendered to authorities in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, abandoning weapons valued at over Rs 1 crore, officials said on Friday.
Bastar Inspector General of Police (IGP) P Sundarrai stated that the member arrested surrendered before the Telangana Police on September 13, carrying a reward of Rs 40 lakh, and had been wanted in more than 70 criminal cases across several districts of Bastar.
The surrender includes members of various ranks -- 2 Divisional Committee Members (DVCMs), 4 Area Committee Members (ACMs), 2 Party Members, 2 Militia Members, and 2 Revolutionary People's Committee (RPC) Members.
In a significant setback to the CPI (Maoist), a senior Naxal couple, active in Left Wing Extremism for the past 25 years, surrendered before the police and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Chhattisgarh's Mohla Manpur district on Wednesday.
In a significant development, five members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered before the police in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana police said in a press release.
More than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year following government's surrender and rehabilitation policy under which they are given all kinds of facilities including financial assistance claimed Bastar Range Inspector General of Police Sundarraj P.
Budhra who had a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, had joined the Maoists in 2018 and was involved in several Maoist activities in the Chintagupha and Chintalnar districts of Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head and who was involved in several violent crimes in Bihar and Jharkhand, surrendered before the CRPF and police on Friday.
CPI (Maoist) Aman Ganjhu, on Wednesday, surrendered before Jharkhand police and CRPF personnel in Ranchi. The CPI (Maoist) was carrying a bounty of Rs 19 lakhs.
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India], May 1 (ANI): A Naxal leader of the dreaded CPI (Maoist) surrendered before Kalahandi police in the presence of Koraput DIG of Police Rajesh Pandit, Kalahandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Saravana Vivek M and Commandant CRPF Biplab Sarkar.
Mulugu (Telangana) [India], January 2 (ANI): A Maoist suspected to be responsible for an attack on security forces in Chhattisgarh which claimed the lives of 22 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers, along with the membership of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered bef