A total of 44 Naxalites including nine women surrendered to the police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said on Sunday.The Naxalites, mostly lower-rung cadres who were active in Chintalnar, Kistaram and Bheji areas, turned themselves in at the new police camp in Karigundam village on Saturday, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma said.One of the surrendered Maoists, Madkam Dula, a member of Maoist platoon no. 4, carried a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head, he said.The others were members of Naxalite militia or the Chetna Natya Mandli, a cultural wing of Maoists, he added.So far, 265 Naxalites, including 119 carrying rewards on their head, have surrendered in the district since August 9, 2021, the officer added.