Twelve Maoists, including two women, surrendered to the police in Maoist insurgency-hit Bastar district of South Chhattisgarh on Monday.
They include Bastar area Janmilita Commander and CNM (Cetna Natya Manch) commander of the CPI (Maoist). “All of them were inspired to surrender after learning about the State government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy,” said Bastar police in a press statement.
“Monday’s surrenders indicate a vanishing Maoist presence in Bastanar and Barsoor areas. All 12 Maoists have serious criminal offences registered against them in different police stations of Bastar. Today’s surrender has taken the total number of Maoist surrenders to 362 in Bastar district this year,” police said.
