Daijiworld Media Network - Raipur

Raipur, Oct 26: In a major boost to Chhattisgarh’s anti-Maoist operations, 21 hardcore Maoists, including senior leaders, surrendered before authorities in Antagarh, Kanker district, on Sunday — just hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Mann Ki Baat address that Maoism in India is nearing its end.

The surrendered group, which included four Division Vice Committee Members (DVCMs), nine Area Committee Members (ACMs), and eight party members — among them 13 women and 8 men — handed over 18 sophisticated weapons under the state’s ‘Poona Margham’ (Path to Peace) rehabilitation policy.

Among those who surrendered was division committee secretary Mukesh, a key leader of the Keshkal Division (North Sub-Zonal Bureau). Police said the group had b

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