In a significant turnaround, as many as 29 naxals of the Kutul Area Committee in Chhattisgarh surrendered before Narayanpur SP Prabhat Kumar on Wednesday, officials said.
Six Naxalites surrendered in Bengaluru on Wednesday in the presence of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Home Minister G Parameshwara, and senior police officials.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday stated that around 9,000 Naxals had surrendered in the Northeast from 2019 to 2024, with many youths who joined the Naxal movement in Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra also giving up arms.
Several Naxals who gave up arms and surrendered in Chhattisgarh to enter mainstream society were welcomed at the Bastar Academy of Dance Art and Literature on Sunday. They are also scheduled to meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah later today.
As many as 16 Naxals, including four carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 18 lakh on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur on Tuesday, officials said.
"Their surrender is a clear indication of the increasing realization among the Naxal cadres of the falseness of Maoist propaganda. The persistent efforts of 190 Battalion, CRPF and the state's surrender and rehabilitation policy have influenced these cadres to choose the path of peace and
In another dent to Naxal movement, four cadres, including a militia commander carrying a cash reward, of the outlawed organization surrendered before police in the worst insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday.