Nine Naxals surrendered before police in Bastar division while two others were nabbed during an operation, police said here on Tuesday.
Of the Nine, seven surrendered in Bijapur while two gave up arms in Sukma. Two Naxals were arrested from Dantewada district.
According to Bijapur police, three out of the seven surrendered in the district carried a cash reward of Rs one lakh each on their arrests.
They were identified as Lakshman Vanjami alias Sonu (29). He was LGS (Local Guerrilla Squad) member, active in Bhairamgarh area.
He was allegedly involved in the killing of a policeman Mahesh Uras in 2012 at Keshkutul. Sonu was also wanted in connection with the murder of Mirtur Sarpanch Oyami and murder of an assistant constable at Bhansi.
Neelkanth Ranjeet, alias Suresh (26), who was also a LGS member and carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head gave up arms. Likewise, Gudsa Vacham (29) a CNM (Chetna Natya Mandali) commander carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh also surrendered.
Raju Ram Vacham, vice president DKAMS (Dandkarayna Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangh), Laysu Vachma, Mangal Diva (18), and Chinna Majji (19) all three CNM members were also among those surrendered.
They were provided with immediate rehabilitation benefit of Rs 10,000 each.
In Dantewada, a team of district police and CRPF while carrying out an anti-Naxal operation in Katekalyan police station limits nabbed two Naxals in a hilly terrain between Borpadar and Chikpal villages.
They were identified as Kawasi Masa (26) a Janmilita commander and Kudmi Hadma (25), DKAMS president, both residents of Marjum Bheemapara under Tongpal police station limits.
As per police they were involved in the attack on a police party near Munga village in November 2017, wherein a CRPF man was seriously injured. Similarly, they were also a part of a Naxal team that had attacked a police party in April 2016 at Marjum village. The attack had claimed life of a police jawan.
Both carried a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads.
In Sukma, Podiyam Pandu and Hemla Muya, both native of Chitnagufa, gave up arms before police.