A police official said that 22 Naxalites, including six with a combined bounty of Rs 11 lakh, surrendered in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
In 2025, 107 Maoists have laid down arms, 82 ultras have been gunned down and 143 Naxalites have been apprehended in Bijapur, the official informed.
A police official said that 22 Naxalites, including six with a combined bounty of Rs 11 lakh, surrendered in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
Among them, Ayatu Punem, Pandu Kunjam, Kosi Tamo, Sona Kunjam, and Lingesh Padam each had a reward of Rs 2 lakh on their heads, while Tibruram Madvi had a bounty of Rs 1 lakh, the official told PTI.
"Punem was active as Platoon Number 1 member under the Andhra-Odisha-Border (AOB) division of the outlawed Maoists outfit. Pandu and Tamo were Platoon Number 9 and 10 party members, respectively. Sona was a Platoon party member under the Telangana State Committee of the Naxal organization," he said.
"Madvi was Jantana Sarkar head while Lakhma Kadti was Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) president. The others were lower rung members," he added.
So far this year, 107 Maoists have laid down arms, 82 ultras have been gunned down and 143 Naxalites have been apprehended in Bijapur, the official informed.
"They decried the inhuman and hollow Maoist ideology and hailed the state government's Naxalism elimination policy as well as the police's rehabilitation drive. They will get benefits as per the government's surrender and rehabilitation policy," he said.
With inputs from PTI