US EditionMaoists Surrender with Arsenal in Odisha
The revised Odisha policy increased financial and rehabilitation incentives, leading to the largest mass surrender of 22 Maoists, including senior members, this year, officials said.
- On Tuesday, twenty-two left-wing extremists surrendered in Malkangiri district, Odisha, including Divisional Committee Member Linge alias Myre Madkam and six Area Committee Members, officials said.
- The Odisha state government revised its surrender policy on November 27, raising rewards and expanding financial grants and rehabilitation benefits including housing, marriage assistance, skill development programmes, officials said.
- The surrendered haul included rifles, ammunition and IEDs, with nine firearms including an AK-47, two INSAS rifles, an SLR, 150 live rounds, 20 kg of explosives, 13 IEDs, and most cadres from Chhattisgarh carrying a combined bounty of around Rs 2 crore.
- Police officials said the surrender fits into a broader campaign aimed at ending the insurgency by March 2026, while Odisha Director General of Police Y B Khurania warned sixty to seventy extremists are still hiding in state forests.
- Chhattisgarh's massive anti‑Maoist operation and Odisha's border measures aim to prevent influx of cadres through the Gariaband-Nuapada forest corridor, with six of nine LWE‑hit Odisha districts bordering Chhattisgarh.
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Odisha: 22 Maoists carrying total bounty of over Rs 2 cr surrender
Bhubaneswar: Twenty-two Maoists carrying a combined bounty of Rs 2.18 crore surrendered before the police in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Tuesday, an officer said. The surrendered Maoists handed over nine firearms and 150 cartridges, 20 kg of explosives, 13 IEDs, gelatin sticks, and other articles in the presence of Odisha DGP Y B Khurania and other senior officers here. All the 22 surrendered Maoists hailed from neighbouring Chhattisgarh but…
22 Maoists surrender with arms in Odisha’s Malkangiri
Malkangiri, Dec 23 (PTI) Twenty-two Maoists on Tuesday surrendered before police in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, an officer said. The surrendered Maoists handed over nine firearms and 150 live rounds of ammunition, 20 kg of explosives, 13 IEDs, gelatin sticks, and other articles in the presence of Odisha DGP Y B Khurania and other senior officers […]
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