Twenty-seven Naxalites, including 10 women and 16 with rewards totaling Rs 50 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma. Disillusioned with Maoist ideology, they credited government development schemes and rehabilitation efforts for their decision to return to normal life
The cadres turned themselves in before senior police and CRPF officials here, citing disappointment with "hollow" and "inhuman" Maoist ideology and atrocities by ultras on local tribals