Four Naxalites, carrying a collective reward of Rs 6 lakhs on their heads, on Thursday surrendered to security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said.
They were active in Katekalyan and Amdai area committees of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.
They were identified as Budhra Sodi alias Sodi Bhaskar, woman Naxalite Manki Alami, Sunder Padami and Boti Mandavi.
Sodi was the Katekalyan Area Committee member/Militia Commander-in-Chief, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakhs on his head, the officer said.
He was involved in 14 incidents involving many killings including those of 19 security personnel, Pallava said.
Alami was President of the Maoist cultural outfit Chetna Natya Madali and carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head.
So far, 412 Naxalites, 110 of them carrying cash rewards, have given up violence in Dantewada.