As a major jolt to the outlawed CPI(Maoist), as many as 61 Maoist supporters including 12 militia members and a village committee member along with 27 women, surrendered before the Malkangiri police here on Friday.
Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mahapatra said the supporters belong to Gumukaguda, Intaguda and Eerelguda villages of Chitragapalli gram panchayat under the Kalimela police station of the district.
On Thursday, 129 Maoist supporters including 35 women, 18 militia members and six village committee members of Terubai village under the Padia police limits surrendered before the police.
The Maoist supporters confessed that they have suffered a lot at the hands of the Maoists. They were also disillusioned by the Maoist ideology and the mindless violence. “We want to live a normal life,” they said while surrendering before the police.