- विज्ञापन -
Raipur: Authorities in Chhattisgrah on Monday said that Twenty-four Maoists, including 14, with a combined bounty of Rs 28.5 lakh on their heads, surrendered in Bijapur district.
According to a senior official, this surrender coincides with an extensive anti-Maoist operation involving nearly 24,000 security personnel, ongoing in the Karregutta hills of Bijapur near the Telangana border since April 21.
Among those who surrendered were eleven women, the officials added.
The Maoists reportedly expressed disillusionment with the Maoist ideology, the atrocities inflicted on local tribal communities by the ultras, and internal discord within the outlawed group.
They were also influenced by the state government’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ initiative, a development scheme aimed at improving remote villages near security camps, the police officials said.
The surrendered individuals were affiliated with various Maoist formations, including the east Bastar division, Partapur area committee, and west Bastar division.
