At least 33 Naxalites, 17 of them carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 49 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Friday, April 18, police said.
While 22 cadres, including nine women, turned themselves in before senior officials of the police and Central Reserve Police Forces earlier in the day, later 11 others, including two women, surrendered before police officials, they said.
The surrendered cadres cited disappointment with “hollow” and “inhuman” Maoist ideology and atrocities on local tribals, Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said.
The official said they were also impressed by the state government’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ scheme, aimed at facilitating development works in remote villages, and the new surrender and rehabilitation policy.
