Ten Maoists impressed by the surrender policy of the State Government gave up arms in insurgency-hit Kondagaon district, police said here on Saturday.
The surrendered Maoists were lower cadre members belonging to Naxal Janmilitia, local Organising Squad (lOS) and Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM), an offshoot of banned organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist), Superintendent of Police Kondagaon JS Watti informed.
According to the SP, they were active in Kondagaon and Kanker districts. The increased police pressure on left wing extremists (lWE) is also one of the reasons behind surrender, he added. They were identified as Banda, Hadi, Umesh, Sonaru all residents of Amabada police station, Rajantin, Gobruram, Budhni Korram Dalsaiand, Jaymati all hailing from Bayanar and Ramlal of Amabeda police station limits, the SP mentioned.
According to police, security forces have managed maintained upper hand on Naxals from the beginning of this year. In different encounters so far 23 ultras haven eliminated in the month of January this year in Bastar region.