Overview
- Sunita surrendered on November 1 in Balaghat before the Hawk Force, the state's specialised anti-Naxal unit.
- Police say she guided them to recover an INSAS rifle with three magazines, 30 live rounds and a UBGL shell after separating from her group.
- Authorities identify her as a former armed guard for CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Ramder and later an Area Committee Member in the Malajkhand–Darrekasa area.
- She carried a joint Rs 14 lakh reward announced by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh and qualifies for a rehabilitation package exceeding Rs 35 lakh under MP's policy.
- Officials frame the surrender as part of wider momentum, reporting 450-plus Maoist surrenders and more than 550 weapons recovered since 2024, and say more defections in MP are likely.