Eleven senior Naxalites carrying a collective bounty of Rs 82 lakh surrendered before Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla in Gadchiroli. Police said the cadres, many disillusioned with Maoist ideology, joined 112 others who have surrendered in the district this year

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): Eleven senior Naxalites, carrying a collective reward of Rs 82 lakh, surrendered before Director General of Police Rashmi Shukla in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Wednesday, officials said.

Four of them were in ‘uniform’ when the cadres laid down their arms in front of the DGP, they said. The State government had announced a cumulative reward of Rs 82 lakh on them, a police release said.

A large number of cadres have been disillusioned by the hollow Maoist ideology, frustrated by the mindless vio

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