Three Naxalites, two of them carrying a total reward of Rs 8 lakh on their heads, surrendered in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.
Madvi Budhra, Vetti Joga and Madvi Joga turned themselves in on Wednesday citing their disappointment with the Maoist ideology, Sukma Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Sharma said.
Budhra, who carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh, was the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) President and a Kistaram Area Committee member of the outlawed Maoist organization.
He was involved in 2017 Burkapal ambush in which 25 security personnel were killed, the 2020 Minpa ambush where 17 security personnel were killed, the 2017 Bhejji ambush in which 12 CRPF personnel died and other incidents in the Kistaram and Bhejji areas of the district, the official said.
Vetti Joga, who carried a reward of Rs 3 lakh on his head, was a Kistaram Local Organization Squad Deputy Commander, Sharma said. He was involved in the Minpa ambush and another attack in which a trooper was killed.
Madvi Joga was the DAKMS Vice President in the Palachalma Revolutionary People’s Committee as well as a member of the Naxalite platoon number 8.
He was involved in the 2017 Burkapal and Bhejji attacks and the Kasalpad attack in which 14 security personnel were killed, the officer added.