Twenty-nine Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh

As many as 29 Naxalites surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Wednesday, a senior official said.

The cadres, all active as members of the frontal wings of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), turned themselves in before senior police and CRPF officials here under “Poona Margem” (from rehabilitation to social reintegration) initiative, Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan



said.

They were impressed by the state government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy, he said.

Of them, Podiam Budhra, head of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS – frontal wing of Maoists) in the Gogunda area, was carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head.

The other cadres were members of DAKMS, militia, and Janatana Sarkar wings of the Maoists, the official said.