In Bijapur district on Sunday, 50 Maoists, including 14 insurgents with a total bounty of ₹68 lakh, turned themselves in ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Chhattisgarh.
The District Reserve Guard (DRG), Bastar Fighters, Special Task Force (STF), CRPF, and its elite CoBRA unit helped to assist the surrender. High-ranking members with rewards of ₹8 lakh and ₹5 lakh, respectively, including Ravindra Karam (PLGA Battalion No. 1) and Bhima Oyam (National Park Area Committee), were among those who turned themselves in.
The rebels’ main justifications for putting down their weapons were internal strife, senior leaders’ exploitation of tribal members, and their disenchantment with Maoist philosophy.
The state’s “Niya Nellanar” strategy, which supplies facilities in isolated locations, and the growing number of security personnel in rebel strongholds have had an impact on them. This comes after security forces murdered 18 Maoists in a significant anti-Naxal operation in Sukma and Bijapur, increasing the year’s total to 134.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reaffirmed the government’s pledge to eradicate Naxalism by March 2026 and commended Chhattisgarh’s efforts to fight the Maoist insurgency.
He urged the remaining terrorists to surrender, emphasising that Maoist brutality has no place in a democratic society.
