31 Naxals surrender a day after Amit Shah's appeal

A day after Union home minister Amit Shah appealed to surrender arms in Chhattisgarh, 31 Naxals, including five women, each carrying a bounty of ₹1 lakh, surrendered along with their weapons, in Dantewada and Narayanpur. Among them, 26 Naxalites, including three who carried bounties, surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Monday, police said.

They said the surrendered Naxalites belonged to Janmiltia, Revolutionary Party Committee (RPC) and Janatana Sarkar wings of the Maoists and their frontal units like Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS) and Chetna Natya Mandli (CNM).

Of the surrendered cadres, Rajesh Kashyap was active as the Aamdai area Janmilitia commander and carried a reward of Rs 3 lakh, while Kosa Madvi, head of the Janatana Sarkar squad, and Chhotu Kunjam, a member of CNM, carried bounties of ₹1 lakh and ₹50,000 respectively, the official said.