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Eleven Maoists, including a Divisional Committee Member (DCM), carrying a bounty of ₹22 lakh, surrendered earlier Odisha Police successful Kalahandi territory connected Sunday (March 15, 2026), an serviceman said.
The Maoists surrendered and handed implicit their weapons to Odisha DGP Y B Khurania, ADG (anti-Maoist operation) Sanjeeb Panda and different elder officers astatine a peculiar relation successful Kalahandi territory office Bhawanipatna, the serviceman said.
The 11 Maoists, including Divisional Committee subordinate (DCM) Nakul, beryllium to the BGN (Bansadhara, Ghumsar, Nagavali) part of the outlawed CPI(Maoist).
While Nakul, a autochthonal of Maharashtra, was carrying a reward of 22 lakh connected his caput arsenic DCM of Odisha State Committee, 10 others hail from Chhattisgarh.
The 11-member Maoist radical comprised 1 DCM, 5 Area Committee Members (ACM) and 5 enactment members (PM). Together, they are carrying a reward of implicit Rs 63 lakh.
Addressing the gathering, DGP Khurania said, the surrender of Maoists reflects the dependable weakening power of left-wing extremist ideology successful the region. He said that sustained cognition by information forces led to the erosion of the Maoist basal successful the region.
"All surrendered Maoists would beryllium extended the benefits nether the authorities government's surrender and rehabilitation policy, including fiscal assistance, vocational grooming to assistance them reintegrate into nine with dignity," the DGP said.
So acold Nuapada, Nabarangpur. Malkangiri, Koraput, Boudh, and Bolangir districts person go Maoist-free. "Odisha Police is committed to marque Odisha Maoist-free by March 31, 2026," the DGP said.
ADG (Anti-Maoist Operations) Sanjeeb Panda said that the surrender of 11 Maoists is simply a large measurement towards achieving the people acceptable by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to destruct Maoists from the state by March 31.
"After the surrender of 11 Maoists connected Sunday (March 15, 2026), the authorities present has lone astir 15 reddish rebels, including State Committee Member (SCM) Sukru, hiding successful Kandhamal district," Panda said, adding that operations volition beryllium further intensified to nab the remaining Maoists progressive successful the state.
The ADG said that the 11 surrendered Maoists volition person compensation of implicit Rs 1.23 crore, including further currency compensation of Rs 60 lakh.
They person surrendered 11 weapons, including 1 AK-47, 1 INSAS, 4 SLR rifles, 4 single-shot rifles, 1 12 bore gun, a immense quantity of ammunition and different articles. They volition get astir Rs 10 lakh for the weapons, helium said.
The 11-member radical was operating successful the BGN Division and progressive successful the districts of Kalahandi, Rayagada and Kandhamal.
Panda said aft the sidesplitting of Central Committee Member (CCM) Ganesh Uike successful Kandhamal successful December 2025 and continuous and sustained operations, the Maoists were demoralised and decided to surrender and articulation the mainstream.
Panda said Maoist activities are present constricted to the borderline areas of Kandhamal district. "The cognition volition beryllium intensified successful the coming days involving SOG, DVF, CRPF and BSF successful bordering areas of Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Rayagada districts," the ADG said.
