Naxal leader Vikas, 14 ultras surrender in Chhattisgarh; 'red terror' ends in Raipur-Sambalpur belt
Naxal leader Vikas, 14 ultras surrender in Chhattisgarh; 'red terror' ends in Raipur-Sambalpur belt
MAHASAMUND (CHHATTISGARH): (Mar 1) Fifteen Naxalites, including veteran ultra Vikas, carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 73 lakh on their heads surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district on Sunday, resulting in the outlawed movement getting dismantled in the Raipur-Sambalpur belt straddling the state's border with Odisha, police officials said.
The surrendered persons, including nine women, belonged to Balangir-Bargarh-Mahasamund (BBM) division of the Communist Party of India (Maoists) active along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, they added.
They laid down arms at the Mahasamund district headquarters here in the presence of Chhattisgarh Additional Director General of Police (Anti-Naxal Operations) Vivekanand Sinha, Inspector General of Police (Northern Range) Sambalpur (Odisha), Himanshu Lal, IGP (Rural Zone, Raipur) Amresh Mishra, among others, officials said.
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