As many as seventeen Naxals including two women rebels, surrendered before police in the insurgency-hit Bastar district, a senior police officer said here on Saturday.
“One of the female surrendering ultras was a CNM (Chetna Natya Mandali) member which is banned outfit. She carried a cash reward of ` 1 lakh on her head,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Bastar, RN Dash said.
A Naxal lOS (local organizing squad) Commander who was operating in the Niyamgiri region of neighboring Odisha district was also among the persons surrendering, the SP added.
“They were deeply unsatisfied with the dual standards adopted by Naxals and also were under the pressure of anti-Naxal operations being carried out by police forces’’, he added.
He informed the ultras who surrendered were residents of Bodavada, Badhanpal, Govindpal, Badhrimau villages which are located near Darbha valley of Bastar region.
According to the SP, they were involved in different kinds of Naxal activities. The ultras who have given up arms will be provided with benefits provisioned under the surrender policy adopted by the state government, he mentioned.