Overview

• The surrender group included 49 cadres with combined bounties exceeding ₹1 crore, and each person received ₹50,000 with access to the state’s rehabilitation package.
• Police said disillusionment and programmes such as Poona Margem and Niyad Nellanar influenced the decision to quit, with 22 women among those who laid down arms.
• In the Gangaloor area, security forces killed one Naxalite during an operation and recovered a weapon and explosive materials from the site.
• In Pujarikanker village, suspected Maoists dragged villager Madkam Bhima from his home and hacked him to death after accusing him of being a police informer, according to officials.
• Police registered a case in the Bijapur killing and are probing a separate Sukma murder, while officials report 410 surrenders in Bijapur this year and 38 civilian deaths in Bastar in 2025.