As many as nine Naxalites carrying a collective reward of Rs 26 Lakh on their heads surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Wednesday, police said.
The surrendered Naxalites included six women, said Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan.
They turned themselves in before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials here citing disappointment with the “hollow and inhuman” Maoist ideology and growing differences within the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), he said.
Naxalites are on the backfoot with increasing pressure of the security forces and establishment of police camps in interior areas, the SP said.
The surrendered Naxalites were also impressed by the ‘Niyad Nellanar (your good village)’ scheme of the state government aimed at facilitating development in remote villages, Chavan added.
Of the surrendered ultras, Bandu alias Bandi Madkam (22), a member of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) company number two of the Maoists, was carrying a reward of Rs eight Lakh on his head, he said.
