Thirteen Maoists, three of whom carried a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads, have surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Wednesday.
The Naxalites said they were disappointed by the Maoist ideology, meaningless violence and hardships of jungle life in Bastar region, a press release from Dantewada police said.
Of the 13, Lakhma Midiyami, a Jan Milita commander, Bheema alias Kamlu Karma, President of the Maoist DKAMS (Dandakaranya Kisan Adivasi Mazdur Sangh), a frontal body of the Maoists, and Jogi Midiyami carried cash rewards for their capture.
According to the police, Mangal Ram Sodhi, who was involved in an attack on the house of Congress leader Awdhesh Gautam at Nakulnar in 2010, also surrendered.
They surrendered under the Dantewada police’s special drive ‘Lon Vrratu’ (Homecoming) launched in June last year. So far, 310 Maoists have surrendered in the district. Seventy-seven of them carried cash rewards.
They were provided immediate financial assistance of Rs 10,000 and will be rehabilitated in accordance with the rehabilitation policy of the state government.