A day after Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu, 70 — politburo member and one of the three remaining top leaders of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) — surrendered before the Gadchiroli Police, another 50 Maoists laid down arms in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district Wednesday.

Those who surrendered include senior Maoists leaders from Abujhmad, and sources said more surrenders are expected in the coming days.

The 50 Maoists, including two members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) — the outfit’s topmost state-level body — surrendered before the Border Security Force (BSF). The Dandakaranya region includes Bastar’s seven districts and border areas of Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

The two DKSZC members, Rajman Mandavi and Raju Salam, surrende

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