Eight members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered before the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Narayanpur district of Bastar on Thursday.
Sunil alias Sunnu Koram (24), Sayatram alias Guddu Salam (22), Rajju alias Mangatu Koram (24), Rupram alias Jugalu Koram (23), Mainuram Salam (23) and Motiram Koram (25) were the Maraskol militia members of the CPI (Maoist) and surrendered before the CRPF DIG to join the mainstream, said Narayanpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Kamble in a press statement.
Rainu Nureti (25), the Kiskodo Militia cammander and Raidhar Karanga alias Surinder (28), the Rawghat LGS commander of the CPI (Maoist) also surrendered before the CPRF, the SP added. All of them surrendered without weapons.
Four Maoists were arrested from different places of Bastar on Thursday.
Vijay Uike (38) and Samru Mahavir Uike (45) were arrested by a joint team of the Border Security Force and district police from Khairkatta forest in Kanker district. Both the Maoists have many offences registered against them in different police stations, informed Kanker SP R.N.Das.
