Chhattisgarh: 11 Naxalites surrender in Sukma

SUKMA: Eleven Naxalites surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Thursday, a police official said.

Of the 11, Jogendra Yadav was 'agriculture committee president' under 'Peddabodkel revolutionary party committee' of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), while Hemla Deva was head of the movement's 'public relations committee', Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said.

"The other nine are lower rung cadre. The 11 decried the hollow Maoist ideology and hailed the state government's Naxalism elimination policy as well as Sukma's police's 'Niyaad Nellanar' rehabilitation drive. They will get benefits as per the state government's surrender and rehabilitation policy," the SP added.