14 Naxalites, including two prize-winning Naxalites from Gumiyapal village in Naxal-affected area in Kirandul police station of Dantewada district, have surrendered.
Superintendent of Police Dr Abhishek Pallava said that one lakh each of the rewarded Naxalites Baman Midyami and Raju Midiyami and Hidma Kovasi, Nanda Midiyami, Joga Panjam, Hurra Midiyami, Somadu Mudami, Nanda Madavi, Somdu Kunjim, Lakhma Mandimi, Hurra Mandi , Budharam Mudami, Chetna Natya Mandali members Deva Panjam and Bhima Midyami have surrendered yesterday.
He said that 240 Naxalites have surrendered, including 63 rewarded Naxalites in the district so far. In Bijapur district, police arrested Kosa Sodhi alias Sudru, a ten thousand Naxalite Naxalite, while the Joint Force has demolished a Naxal camp in the jungle between Itawar and Lendra in the district.