RAIPUR: In a boost to Chhattisgarh govt’s surrender policy and a setback for banned CPI (Maoist), 103 Naxals, including 49 carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 1 crore, laid down arms before senior police and paramilitary officials in Bijapur district of Bastar division Thursday. Each surrendered cadre was given a cheque of Rs 50,000 as immediate assistance under the surrender and rehabilitation policy. “This is not merely a surrender of weapons, but the defeat of a Maoist ideology sustained for decades through violence,” said Dantewada range DIG Kamlochan Kashyap, who, along with CRPF Bijapur DIG B S Negi and Bijapur SP Jitendra Kumar Yadav, presided over the ceremony. SP Yadav said the rehabilitation scheme offers Maoists and their families a chance to live peacefully in the mainst

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