Nineteen Naxalites, including four women, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said on Monday.
The Naxalites, three of them carrying cash rewards of Rs 1 lakh each on their head, turned themselves in before the police and CRPF at the Bhejji police station on Sunday, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma said.
They cited their disappointment with the Maoist ideology as the reason for their step.
All the Naxalites hailed from Bodhrajpadar village in Bhejji area and were active as lower rung cadres of the outlawed Maoist movement.
A large number of locals accompanied them when they reached the police station, he said.
They will be provided facilities as per the Chhattisgarh government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy.