Overview
- Vikas Nagpure, alias Anant, the MMC zonal spokesperson, surrendered to Maharashtra Police in Gondia with 10 others, handing over rifles and gear under the state’s rehabilitation process.
- Separately, ten cadres including senior DKSZC leader Chaitu surrendered in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, under the Poona Margem initiative, with police citing rewards totaling Rs 65 lakh.
- The surrendered groups turned in AK‑47, SLR, INSAS and .303 rifles and other materiel, which police said would be sent for forensic examination.
- The MMC has proposed a coordinated, conditional collective surrender on January 1, 2026, requested a pause in security operations, and shared a daily contact window on radio frequency 435.715 MHz.
- Officials describe the latest handovers as a significant setback to Maoist influence in the MMC tri‑junction and say they expect further defections as governments review the proposal.