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10 Left helping extremists connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026) laid down their arms earlier the information forces successful Odisha’s Kandhamal district.
One of the surrendered Maoist cadres is simply a State Committee subordinate who carried a reward of ₹55 lakh.
Sanu Pottam alias Nitu, State Committee subordinate of the Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Balangir and Nayagarh (Division), is the prize catch.
Similarly, Santaei Salam alias Anupa, divisional committee subordinate of the aforesaid division, Laxmi Madvi alias Sangita and Sunil Telam, country committee members, besides surrendered. Six enactment members were besides portion of surrender.
At a ceremonial ceremonial organised to people the juncture astatine Phulbani, Sanjeeb Panda, Additional Director General of Police, who is heading Odisha’s anti-Maoist operations, said each 10 cadres, who surrendered arms and ammunition were from Chhattisgarh and had a combined reward of ₹1.15 crore connected their head.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi, who besides holds Home portfolio, precocious informed that determination were 40 Maoists progressive successful the State. Some of the confederate and occidental Odisha districts, which were antecedently affected by Left helping extremism, specified arsenic Nabarangpur, Balangir, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nuapada had already been declared Maoist-free.
Sources successful the State constabulary said determination were astir 20 to 25 CPI (Maoist) cadres inactive wandering successful Kandhamal and successful bordering districts evading encounters with information forces.
