A total of 41 Naxalites, including 12 women, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday. As per the officials, 32 Naxalites carried a combined reward of Rs 1.19 crore on their heads. The cadres turned themselves in before senior police officials.
Among the 41 surrendered Naxalites, four were members of PLGA (People's Liberation Guerrilla Army) battalion no.1 and different companies of Maoists, three of area committees, 11 platoon and area committee party members, two PLGA members, four militia platoon commanders, one deputy commander, six militia platoon members, and the remaining belonged to frontal outfits of outlawed CPI (Maoist).
