50 Maoists surrender in Bijapur

Fifty alleged Maoists – 14 of whom carried a cumulative bounty of ₹68 lakh on their heads – surrendered before the security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday (March 30, 22025), said the police.

Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj said that this was the highest number in terms of surrenders in large numbers, adding that 26 Maoists surrendered on an occasion last month, also in Bijapur. Bijapur is one of the seven districts in the Bastar region and is the worst-affected by the Naxal conflict.

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai credited the State government’s recently announced surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for the surrenders.