Twenty-eight Naxalites, 22 of them collectively carrying a reward of Rs 89 lakh on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Tuesday, officials said.The cadres, including 19 women, turned themselves in before senior police officials here citing they were impressed by the ‘Niyad Nellanar’ (your good village) scheme of the state government, new surrender and rehabilitation policy and “Poona Margham (rehabilitation for social reintegration), Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar Range Sundarraj Pattilingam said.
In the last 50 days, more than 512 Maoist cadres have quit the path of violence and joined the mainstream in the Bastar range, comprising seven districts, including Narayanpur.