Overview
- The group, led by Division Committee Secretary Mukesh, included four DVCMs, nine ACMs and eight party members from the Kuemari–Kiskodo area of the Keshkal Division.
- Thirteen of the 21 were women, and the surrender took place in Antagarh’s Barrebeda area under the Bastar police’s Poona Margem rehabilitation initiative.
- The cadres deposited three AK-47s, four SLRs, two INSAS rifles, six .303 rifles, two single-shot guns and a BGL, with police noting nine automatic weapons.
- IG P. Sundarraj said verification and rehabilitation are in progress and cited the dismantling of the Kuemari–Kiskodo Area Committee with the belt moving toward normalcy.
- The development extends an October surge that included earlier mass surrenders of 210 and 103 cadres, as Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed the move and reiterated a March 31, 2026 goal.