Maoists Surrender In Chhattisgarh: At least 22 Maoists, including 12 with a combined bounty of Rs 40.5 lakh on their heads, surrendered to security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Friday, police officials reported.
The group, which included nine women, voluntarily surrendered before senior officers of the police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). According to Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan, the cadres expressed disillusionment with the “hollow” and “inhuman” Maoist ideology, as well as the continued atrocities committed against local tribal communities.
Police credits State government scheme behind this surrender
Sukma SP Kiran Chavan noted that the Naxalites were also motivated by the state government’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ (Your Good Village) scheme, which promotes development in remote areas, along with the new surrender and rehabilitation policy.
The surrendered individuals were previously active in the Maad division of Chhattisgarh and the Nuapada division in Odisha, both known Maoist strongholds.
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Key Maoists leaders lay down their arms in this surrender
Among those who laid down arms were Muchaki Joga (33), a deputy commander in the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Company No. 1 under the Maad division, and his wife, Muchaki Jogi (28), a squad member. Each had a reward of Rs 8 lakh on their heads.
Other prominent names included Kikid Deve (30) and Manoj alias Dudhi Budhra (28), both Maoist area committee members, each carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh. Seven other surrendered cadres had rewards of Rs 2 lakh each, while one had a bounty of Rs 50,000. Police confirmed that many of them were involved in multiple attacks on security forces.
SP Chavan credited the efforts of the district police, the District Reserve Guard (DRG), the CRPF, and its elite CoBRA unit for facilitating the surrender.
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Each surrendered Naxalite received an initial assistance of Rs 50,000 and will be further rehabilitated in accordance with the government’s surrender policy.
In 2024, a total of 792 Naxalites surrendered in the Bastar region, which includes seven districts, among them Sukma.
