Senior Naxalite Mallojula Venugopal Rao, alias Bhupathi, surrendered before the police along with 60 other cadres in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said on Tuesday.

One of the influential strategists in the banned organisation, Bhupathi, a member of the central committee and Politburo, carried a bounty of Rs 6 crore, an official said. He said the Naxals turned themselves in before the police around 10 pm on Monday.

The cadres were brought to the Gadchiroli police headquarters in police vehicles from Hodri village, where they surrendered with 54 weapons, he said. The seized weapons include seven AK-47s and nine INSAS rifles, the official said.

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