In a significant breakthrough for peace and rehabilitation efforts in South Bastar, 71 Maoists, together with 30 with bounties totalling Rs 64 lakh, on Wednesday laid down arms and surrendered to authorities beneath the Chhattisgarh authorities’s flagship initiatives – Lon Varratu. | X @np_nationpress
Raipur: In a significant breakthrough for peace and rehabilitation efforts in South Bastar, 71 Maoists, together with 30 with bounties totalling Rs 64 lakh, on Wednesday laid down arms and surrendered to authorities beneath the Chhattisgarh authorities’s flagship initiatives – Lon Varratu (Come Back Home) and Puna Margem (Rehabilitation and Regeneration).
Among the surrendered cadres have been 21 ladies and 50 males, a lot of whom have been deeply concerned in violent actions over the previous decade.
The most outstanding amongst them was Baman Madkam, carrying an Rs 8 lakh reward, who had participated in a number of police-Naxalite encounters throughout villages like Dugaiguda, Ambeli, Velagadaram, and Gundam between 2011 and 2024.
Other notable surrenders included: Shamila alias Somli Kawasi (Rs 5 lakh reward), concerned in arson and armed battle in Bhairamgarh and Bodga, Gangi alias Rohni Barse (Rs 5 lakh reward), linked to the 2024 Paradi encounter, Deve alias Kavita Madvi (Rs 5 lakh reward), energetic within the Jiram forest skirmishes, Joga Madkam (Rs 2 lakh reward), related to incidents in Marjum and Gogunda Dunginpara.
The surrendered Maoists additionally admitted to collaborating in disruptive actions akin to highway digging, tree felling, and propaganda throughout Naxalite bandh weeks.
The mass give up was facilitated by sustained outreach and confidence-building efforts led by the District Police Force and CRPF, beneath the steering of senior officers, together with IG Bastar Range Sundarraj P. (IPS), DIG Dantewada Range Kamalochan Kashyap (IPS), DIG CRPF Rakesh Chaudhary, SP Dantewada, Gaurav Rai (IPS), and ASP Ramkumar Barman (RPS).
The give up ceremony happened on the Superintendent of Police workplace in Dantewada, the place the cadres have been welcomed by a joint workforce of police and CRPF officers, together with commandants and second commanding officers from the 111th, 195th, 230th, and 231st CRPF battalions.
Special models akin to DRG/Bastar Fighters and the Special Intelligence Branch of Dantewada and Jagdalpur performed an important position in persuading the Maoists to desert violence and reintegrate into society, officers mentioned.
Under the state’s rehabilitation coverage, every surrendered cadre will obtain Rs 50,000 in monetary help, together with entry to ability improvement programmes, agricultural land, and different help providers geared toward making certain a dignified return to civilian life.
This wave of surrenders marks a major step ahead within the authorities’s mission to revive peace and improvement within the insurgency-affected areas of Bastar.
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