Bastar ( Chhattisgarh ) [India], October 17 (ANI): Preparations are underway in Chhattisgarh 's Bastar as around 200 Naxalites from the Dandakaranya region, including senior leaders, are set to surrender their arms and return to the mainstream on Friday in the presence of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai.

Earlier on Thursday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that 258 Naxalites had surrendered in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra over the past two days.

Describing the development as a "landmark day" in the country's battle against Naxalism, Shah said the menace is now "breathing its last."

As per the Home Minister, 170 Naxalites surrender ed in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, while 27 had laid down arms in the same state a day earlier. Another 61 cadres surrendered in Maharasht

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