Chhattisgarh: Naxalite woman with INR 8 lakh bounty surrenders in Gariaband

Gariaband (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 28 (HBTV): In a major setback to the Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh, a woman with a bounty of INR 8 lakh, involved in multiple violent incidents, surrendered to authorities in Gariaband district.

According to Gariaband Superintendent of Police Nikhil Rakhecha, the Naxalite, identified as Jansi, joined the banned organisation in 2005 and had been operating across the state for the past two decades. ‘Today, a woman named Jansi, who had a bounty of INR 8 lakh on her head, has surrendered. She joined the Naxalite organisation in 2005 and has been active in different areas for the last 20 years,’ the SP told ANI.

Rakhecha added that Sukma police played a key role in facilitating the surrender and appealed to remaining Naxal cadres to take advantage of the government’s surrender and rehabilitation scheme to reintegrate into mainstream society. ‘The only appeal to the remaining active Naxalites in this area is that they should utilise the government’s Naxal surrender and rehabilitation policy and return to the mainstream,’ he said.

Under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs’ ‘Surrender-cum-Rehabilitation Policy,’ cadres can surrender with or without arms. Eligible individuals receive an immediate grant of INR 1.5 lakh, a monthly stipend of INR 2,000 for up to 36 months, training in a trade of their choice, and additional incentives for surrendered weapons and ammunition.

Earlier, on September 14, Central Committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist), C Sujatha aka Kalpana, surrendered to Telangana Police, marking another significant blow to the Maoist movement in the Dandakaranya region. Bastar IGP P Sundarrai noted that more than 850 cadres have returned to the mainstream under the government’s rehabilitation policies.

(ANI)