A total of 24 Naxalites, including 12 women, have surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Wednesday.
The cadres, who were active in south Bastar region, turned themselves in before police on the occasion of the Republic Day on Tuesday, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.
They were also impressed by the police's 'Lon Varratu' rehabilitation campaign, he said.
Among the surrendered, Aaytu Muchaki (31), head of Chikpal-Junglepara Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangthan (DAKMS), Baman Denga Sodhi (40), head of Chikpal-Schoolpara DAKMS, and Kamli Madkam (32) carried rewards of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads. The other 21 rebels were lower rung cadres.