Overview
- Forty-one cadres laid down arms in Bijapur on November 26, including 12 women and 32 with rewards totaling ₹1.19 crore, with many drawn from PLGA units and front outfits.
- Officials said 39 of those who surrendered in Bijapur belonged to the Maoists’ south sub‑zonal bureau and were linked to the Dandakaranya, Telangana and Dhamtari–Gariaband–Nuapada formations.
- Each Bijapur returnee received ₹50,000 in immediate assistance under the state’s policy, which police say is encouraging reintegration through the Poona Margham drive.
- A day earlier in Narayanpur, 28 cadres — 22 of them with a collective ₹89 lakh bounty and 19 women — surrendered, handing over an SLR, an INSAS and a .303 rifle.
- Police report more than 512 surrenders across the Bastar range in the last 50 days and over 2,200 in Chhattisgarh in 23 months, with some outlets also linking the surge to the reported neutralisation of leader Madvi Hidma.