Chattisgarh, 1/6: Two Naxalites, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, surrendered in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on ThursdayThe rebels turned themselves in before police and the Central Reserve Police Force’s second battalion officials here on Wednesday evening citing disappointment with “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist ideology, a senior official said.
Police identified them as Vetti Raja, commander of Chetna Natya Mandli (CNM), a cultural wing of Maoists, and Rava Soma, a militia member, he said. Raja was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, he adde
The official said the duo told the police that they were also “impressed” by the district police’s rehabilitation drive for Naxalites called ‘Puna Narkom’ (a term coined in local Gondi dialect which means new dawn or new beginning
The surrendered Naxalites will be provided with facilities as per the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the Chhattisgarh government, the police said.).d.
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