As many as 11 Maoists carrying a combined reward of Rs 82 lakh surrendered before the police in Maharashtra’s Maoist-hit Gadchiroli Wednesday, marking a major success for the state police in its efforts to weaken the red rebels’ influence in the region.

Officials said all 11 Maoists had been involved in violent activities for decades together and were active across Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. They all surrendered before Maharashtra Director General of Police Rashmi Shukla at an event organised in Gadchiroli.

Of the 11, four of them surrendered along with their weapons and Maoist uniforms.

Prominent among them was Ramesh, also known as Bhima or Baju Guddi Lekami, who had carried a reward of Rs 16 lakh and 88 cases registered against him in Gadchiroli alone, including 43 encounters, eig

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