Overview

• On October 2 in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, 103 CPI (Maoist) cadres surrendered before senior police and CRPF officials, with 49 listed as wanted carrying combined rewards of about ₹1.06 crore.
• Each surrendering individual received an immediate ₹50,000 assistance under the state policy, with officials highlighting Poona Margem and Niyad Nellanar as key drivers of reintegration.
• Police said the group included senior functionaries and militia members, and cited disillusionment with Maoist ideology, leadership losses, and intensified security sweeps as reasons for quitting.
• In a separate operation the same day, one Naxalite was killed during an encounter in the Gangaloor area of Bijapur, where security forces recovered a weapon and explosives.
• Hours earlier, suspected Maoists killed villager Madkam Bhima in Pujarikanker after accusing him of being a police informer, with officials noting 38 civilian deaths in Bastar-linked violence so far this year.