Overview

• On July 11, 22 Maoist cadres carrying a collective bounty of Rs 37.5 lakh surrendered in Narayanpur, crediting disillusionment with the movement’s ideology and local infrastructure gains.
• A day later in Sukma, 23 insurgents—including nine women and senior PLGA operatives with bounties up to Rs 8 lakh—laid down arms before police and CRPF officials.
• Under the 2025 Naxal Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy, each defector receives Rs 50,000 in immediate assistance plus access to housing, vocational training and livelihood schemes like Niyad Nellnar.
• Security forces from the CRPF, BSF and ITBP have intensified coordinated operations in Narayanpur and Sukma, tightening pressure on Maoist strongholds under Operation Cheyutha.
• Defectors report growing internal factionalism and tribal abuses within the CPI (Maoist), signaling deepening ideological fractures across Bastar.