Unknown event in Chhattisgarh, Sukma District area, India on Wed 15th February 2023

Thirty-four cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) including four INR 100,000 rewardees have surrendered themselves in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on February 15, reports The Print. ÒOf the total, 33 Naxals [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] surrendered in a recently established camp in the Dubbamarka area located in the deeply forested regions of Sukma, the surrendered Naxals included Dirdo Muda, Hidma, and Vajaam Hidma who carried a reward of Rs one lakh on their heads. These Naxals who were earlier misled decided to abjure violence and return to the mainstreamÓ CRPF said. The efforts of the 201 CoBRA [Commando Battalion for Resolute Action] Battalion of the CRPF persuade the surrender of another INR 100,000 rewardee Maoist, identified as Madvi Vaga, in Sukma. He was a ÔJan militiaÕ (people's army of the Maoists), ÔcommanderÕ and had joined the Naxalism in 2016 and was active in Chintalnar and Jagargunda region, said the force.