RAIPUR: 9 Maoists including 7 female cadres, carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 47 lakh surrender before officials in Chhattisgarh, officials said on January 23.
The surrendered Maoists were active in the Nagri and Sitanadi Area Committees of the banned CPI (Maoist) who turned themselves in before Inspector General (IG), Raipur range, Amresh Mishra and Dhamtari Superintendent of Police (SP), Dhamtari, Suraj Singh Parihar with weapons on Friday.
The members of the outlawed group cited disillusionment from Maoist’s ideology, and hardship of forest life. They were also said to be inspired by the rehabilitation program run by the state.
Among the surrendered cadres were Jyoti alias Jaini, secretary of the Maoist’s Sitanadi Area Committee and Usha, a Divisional Committee member, both carrying a bounty of Rs 8 lakh each on their heads. The group during the surrender also submitted weapons, including an INSAS rifle, 2 SLR rifles, a gun and a carbine. The surrendered members were all active in the Nagri, Gobra and Mainpur region.
The surrendered Naxalites were all provided with financial assistance, as provisioned in the Chhattisgarh Surrender Cum Victim Rehabilitation Policy.
As many as 9 Maoists had also surrendered before officials in Gariyaband district of Chhattisgarh January 19.
In a related news, security personnel on Friday recovered body of another Maoist from the forest area of Saranda in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand where a fierce encounter broke out between a joint team of security personnel and Maoists on Thursday morning.
The gunfight resulted in neutralisation of 15 Maoists, excluding the one whose body was recovered on Friday.
Several top commanders, including Central Committee Member Anal Da alias Patiram Manjhi and Bihar-Jharkhand Special Area Committee member Anmol were killed in the gunfight which took place in forest areas under the jurisdiction of Chotanagra police station.
Anal was carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 2.35 crore on his head while a reward of Rs 90 lakhs was announced on Anmol. Counter-insurgency operations are in full swing in affected regions with the government eying to wipe out the red terror menace from the country by March 2026
