NEW DELHI: Twenty-eight Naxalites, together with 19 girls and 22 cadres carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 89 lakh, surrendered earlier than senior law enforcement officials in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Tuesday, officers mentioned. In line with inspector normal of police (Bastar Vary) Sundarraj Pattilingam, the group cited their choice was pushed by the state authorities’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ (your good village) growth initiative, the brand new surrender-and-rehabilitation coverage, and the Bastar police’s “Poona Margham (rehabilitation for social reintegration)” programme.Of those that surrendered, 4 senior operatives – Pandi Dhruv alias Dinesh (33), a divisional committee member, and Dule Mandavi alias Munni (26), Chhattis Poyam (18) and Padni Oyam (30), all from Army Firm No. 6 of the Maoists’ East Bastar division – every carried an Rs 8 lakh reward. Six others, together with Lakhmu Usendi (20), Sukmati Nureti (25), Sakila Kashyap (35), Shambatti Shori (35), Chaite alias Rajita (30) and Budhra Rava (28), had bounties of Rs 5 lakh every. Police mentioned that Dinesh, Lakhmu and Sukmati surrendered weapons – a Self Loading Rifle (SLR), an INSAS rifle and a .303 rifle. Pattilingam mentioned the pattern mirrored a shift on the bottom. “The rehabilitation of 28 Maoist cadres in Narayanpur signifies that the tip of the violent and anti-people Maoist ideology is close to. Persons are reposing religion within the ‘Poona Margham’ initiative and selecting the trail of peace and dignity,” he mentioned. He added that over the past 50 days, greater than 512 cadres have joined the mainstream throughout the Bastar vary’s seven districts.Narayanpur SP Robinson Guria mentioned Tuesday’s give up takes the district’s tally to 287 cadres giving up arms this yr. He added that senior Maoist leaders – together with politburo member Devji, central committee member Ramdar, and Dandakaranya Particular Zonal Committee members Pappa Rao and Barse Deva – now have “no possibility however to surrender violence and be a part of the mainstream.”Police officers mentioned round 2,200 Naxalites, together with high operatives, have surrendered in Chhattisgarh over the past 23 months.