Key Highlights
- With this, a total of 263 Maoists have quit violence in the district this year, said Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan.
- The cadres surrendered in the presence of senior police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and district officials here under the police's ‘Poona Margem’ (From Rehabilitation to Social Reintegration) initiative, he said.
- They also handed over an AK-47 rifle, two Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs), a Stengun and a Barrel Grenade Launcher (BGL).
- These weapons carried a total reward of ₹8 lakh for their seizure, the SP said.
- Of the surrendered cadres, Midiam Bhima (30), a company platoon commander of the Maoists, carried a reward of ₹8 lakh.
