Overview
- Police said 36 of the 63 who surrendered carried rewards totaling about ₹1.19 crore, and the group included 18 women.
- The cadres turned themselves in at the District Reserve Guard office before senior police and CRPF officers, with DRG, Bastar Fighters and CRPF cited for outreach.
- Under Chhattisgarh’s rehabilitation policy, each surrendering cadre will receive ₹50,000 in immediate assistance followed by training, land support and other measures.
- Authorities named several senior operatives among those who quit, including Paklu (Pradip Oyam), Mohan (Azad Kadti), Sumitra (Droupati Chapa) and Hungi (Radhika Lekam).
- The Dantewada event follows 26 surrenders in Sukma on January 7 and a surge in 2025 statewide surrenders, as the Centre targets March 31, 2026 for eliminating Naxalism.