6 Naxals carrying bounty of Rs 62 lakh surrender before Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla

The state government had declared cash rewards for the six surrendered Maoists—Rs 16 lakh each on Bhimanna Kulmenthe and Vimalakka Sadmek; Rs 8 lakh each on Kavita Majji, Nagesh Madavi, and Sameer Potam; and Rs 6 lakh on Navata Madavi.

Following their surrender, the Centre and the state government announced rehabilitation assistance of Rs 8.5 lakh each for Bhimanna and Vimalakka, Rs 5.5 lakh for Kavita, Rs 5 lakh for Nagesh, and Rs 4.5 lakh each for Sameer and Navata. An additional Rs 1.5 lakh each was granted to the two Maoist couples—Bhimanna and Vimalakka, and Nagesh and Kavita.

This marks the third major surrender this year. Since the introduction of the Surrender-cum-Rehabilitation Policy in 2005, 716 Maoists have laid down arms in Gadchiroli district. A joint reward of Rs 4 lakh is also offered for group surrenders. Benefiting from intensified police operations and the policy, 73 hardcore Maoists have surrendered since 2022, including 40 this year and six on Tuesday.

During her visit to Gadchiroli, Shukla felicitated the police personnel at Eklavya Hall for their role in recent anti-Maoist operations. She also handed over compensation cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of two civilians killed by Maoists on suspicion of being police informers—Raoji Chinna Atram of Kapewancha and Sukhram Mahagu Madavi of Kiyer.