Chhattisgarh news: Eight Naxalites, four of them carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 5 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district today (June 2), police said. The Naxalites turned themselves in before senior officials of the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), citing disappointment with atrocities committed by Maoists on tribals and inhuman and hollow Maoist ideology, an official said.
They were also impressed by the state government's Naxal elimination policy and the Sukma police's rehabilitation drive 'Puna Narkom' (a term coined in the local Gondi dialect, which means new dawn, new beginning), he said.
Three women are among eight surrendered cadres, who were allegedly tasked with cutting roads, putting up Maoist pamphlets and posters, conducting recce on security personnel and collecting illegal levy for Maoists, he said.
Of the surrendered, woman cadre Vetti Mase (42) was active as a member of platoon no. 24 under the Malangir area committee of Maoists and carried a reward of Rs 2 lakh, the official said.
Three other cadres, Sagar alias Deva Madkam (31), Podiyam Nande (30) and Sodhi Tulsi (32), carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh each, he added. The surrendered Naxals will get facilities as per the state government's surrender and rehabilitation policy, he added.
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