{"id":84,"date":"2025-07-29T08:42:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/?p=84"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:42:53","slug":"over-60-naxals-surrender-in-bastar-szcm-cadre-naxalite-surrenders-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/over-60-naxals-surrender-in-bastar-szcm-cadre-naxalite-surrenders-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 60 Naxals Surrender in Bastar; SZCM Cadre Naxalite Surrenders for First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raipur. <\/strong>More than\u00a060 Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0surrendered across\u00a0four districts<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Chhattisgarh\u2019s Bastar region<\/strong>\u00a0on a single day. Of these,\u00a055 Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0had a combined\u00a0bounty of \u20b92.27 crore<\/strong>\u00a0on their heads. This marks a\u00a0significant blow<\/strong>\u00a0to the\u00a0Naxal movement<\/strong>\u00a0in the region, official sources said.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Bijapur district<\/strong>,\u00a025 Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0surrendered, with\u00a023 of them<\/strong>\u00a0carrying\u00a0rewards worth \u20b91.15 crore<\/strong>. Among them is a\u00a0Special Zonal Committee Member (SZCM)<\/strong>\u00a0cadre Naxalite \u2014 the\u00a0first time<\/strong>\u00a0an\u00a0SZCM member<\/strong>\u00a0has surrendered in Bastar.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Kanker<\/strong>,\u00a013 Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0surrendered, with\u00a0bounties totalling \u20b962 lakh<\/strong>. In\u00a0Narayanpur<\/strong>,\u00a0eight Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0surrendered, carrying rewards of\u00a0\u20b933 lakh<\/strong>. In\u00a0Dantewada<\/strong>,\u00a016 Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0surrendered, and\u00a0five of them<\/strong>\u00a0had a combined bounty of\u00a0\u20b917 lakh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The surrendered Naxalites include a\u00a0Military Company Commander<\/strong>, along with\u00a0Divisional Committee Members (DVCM)<\/strong>,\u00a0Platoon Party Committee Members (PPCM)<\/strong>, and\u00a0Area Committee Members (ACM)<\/strong>\u00a0ranks.<\/p>\n

\n

District-wise Surrenders<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\ud83d\udd38\u00a0Kanker:<\/strong>
\nThirteen Naxalites<\/strong>, active in the\u00a0North Bastar Division\u2019s Raoghat, Partapur, and Maad areas<\/strong>, gave up violence.
\nThis group includes:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • 1 Naxalite with \u20b910 lakh reward<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Manglu alias Rupesh<\/em>, commander of\u00a0Military Company Number 1<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 4 with \u20b98 lakh each<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 3 with \u20b95 lakh each<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 5 with \u20b91 lakh each<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \ud83d\udd38\u00a0Bijapur:<\/strong>
    \nTwenty-five Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0surrendered, including\u00a0Ramanna Irpa<\/strong>, who had a\u00a0\u20b925 lakh reward<\/strong>.
    \nThe group also includes:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • 5 Naxalites with \u20b98 lakh each<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • 8 with \u20b95 lakh each<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • 1 with \u20b92 lakh<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • 7 with \u20b91 lakh each<\/strong>
      \nThese include cadres of\u00a0DVCM<\/strong>,\u00a0PPCM<\/strong>, and\u00a0ACM<\/strong>\u00a0ranks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \ud83d\udd38\u00a0Narayanpur:<\/strong>
      \nEight Naxalites<\/strong>, including\u00a0four women<\/strong>, laid down their arms.
      \nAmong them:<\/p>\n

        \n
      • 3 had \u20b98 lakh bounties<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • 1 had \u20b95 lakh<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • 4 had \u20b91 lakh each<\/strong>
        \nWatti Ganga alias Mukesh<\/strong>, a\u00a0DVCM cadre<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0TD team in-charge<\/strong>, also surrendered.
        \nAll had been associated with the\u00a0Maoist organisation<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0several years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \ud83d\udd38\u00a0Dantewada:<\/strong>
        \nSixteen Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0surrendered.<\/p>\n

          \n
        • Budhram<\/strong>\u00a0had an\u00a0\u20b98 lakh reward<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • 1 with \u20b95 lakh reward<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • 1 with \u20b92 lakh reward<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • 2 with \u20b91 lakh each<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \n

          \u201cPoonam Margem\u201d Campaign Pays Off<\/strong><\/h3>\n

          The police in\u00a0Bastar division<\/strong>\u00a0have been running a new campaign called\u00a0\u201cPoonam Margem\u201d<\/strong>, which translates to\u00a0\u201cRehabilitation to Rejuvenation\u201d<\/strong>. This initiative began\u00a0a few days ago<\/strong>, and its\u00a0early success<\/strong>\u00a0is evident in the\u00a0large-scale surrender<\/strong>\u00a0of Naxalites with\u00a0significant bounties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

          Bastar Inspector General of Police (IG) Sundarraj P.<\/strong>\u00a0stated that this is a\u00a0major setback<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0Naxal organisation<\/strong>, with\u00a0many high-ranking cadres<\/strong>\u00a0surrendering.
          \nThe IG appealed to other\u00a0Naxalites<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0abandon violence<\/strong>,\u00a0return to the mainstream<\/strong>, and\u00a0benefit from government schemes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Raipur. More than\u00a060 Naxalites\u00a0surrendered across\u00a0four districts\u00a0in\u00a0Chhattisgarh\u2019s Bastar region\u00a0on a single day. Of these,\u00a055 Naxalites\u00a0had a combined\u00a0bounty of \u20b92.27 crore\u00a0on their heads. This marks a\u00a0significant blow\u00a0to the\u00a0Naxal movement\u00a0in the region, official sources said. In\u00a0Bijapur district,\u00a025 Naxalites\u00a0surrendered, with\u00a023 of them\u00a0carrying\u00a0rewards worth \u20b91.15 crore. Among them is a\u00a0Special Zonal Committee Member (SZCM)\u00a0cadre Naxalite \u2014 the\u00a0first time\u00a0an\u00a0SZCM member\u00a0has surrendered …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}