Five Naxals, including three women, have surrendered before the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at the district headquarters here.
The surrendered Naxals were involved in various crimes like attempt to murder, brawl and are also booked under the arms Act.While addressing a joint news conference, Superintendent of Police (SP) Manish Sharma, CRPF Commandant Pushpendra Kumar Yadav and Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ashok Pipre informed that the surrendered Maoists belong to Kondagaon and Kanker and were the active members of local Operation Squad (lOS) and Chetna Natya Manch (CNM) of Maoists.
The five Naxals have been identified as Soni, Budhwan Mandavi, Gasonti, lakhmi and Bavji.The Naxals have confessed their involvement in Maoist activities , although they were not active in Dhamtari district.The cases have been registered in their names with other district police for their involvement in various crimes.