400 Maoists surrender every year due to favourable government policy

More than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year following government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy under which they are given all kinds of facilities including financial assistance, said Sundarraj P, Inspector General of Police of Bastar Range. On average, more than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year. A special campaign named “Lone Varrat” has been conducted in District
Dantewada for this purpose and results are great, “said Bastar Range Inspector General of Police Sundarraj P while interacting with a leading news agency on Tuesday. IG further stated that the majority of leaders of the CPI Maoist organizations are usually from the states outside Chhattisgarh like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
The senior leaders of the CPI Maoist organizations are usually from the states outside Chhattisgarh like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. In the past they misguided the local youths and women in the name of Jal, Jungle and Jameen through compulsion said the IG.
After getting recruited by the organisation when the local youths got introduced to the reality of Maoist, that in last 22 years, 1700 people were killed by them alleging them of being informers. So after witnessing the anti-development face of Maoist, these local youths surrendered under the Government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy, he added further. Sundarraj P said they have full faith that other Maoist cadres will soon leave violence and understand the real face of Maoists and join the mainstream of the society and contribute to the region's development for peace and security.