As many as 21 Maoist cadres surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district Sunday after handing over 18 weapons to authorities, a police official said.

They laid down arms under the ‘Poona Margem: Rehabilitation through Reintegration’ initiative started by Bastar Range police, the official added.

“The 21 includes Division Committee Secretary Mukesh. Thirteen are women ultras. The 21 comprise four divisional committee members, nine area committee members and eight part of the outlawed movement’s lower rungs. They all belong to the Kuemari/Kiskodo Area Committee of the Keshkal Division (North Sub-Zonal Bureau) of the Communist Party of India (Maoist),” the official said.

Legal procedures are being carried out for the rehabilitation and reintegration of these 21 cadres into society, he adde

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