Eight Maoists surrender in C’garh’s Dantewada

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Eight Maoists including three women on Saturday surrendered to security forces in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

They turned themselves in, citing disappointment with the Maoist ideology, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai said.

Of the eight, Mangadu Kudhami and Laxmi Muchaki alias Lakhme carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads.

Kudhami was the Marjum militia commander while Muchaki was the Tetam Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan President.

So far, 639 Naxalites, 163 of them carrying cash rewards, have given up violence in Dantewada.

Daily Pioneer
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