Jamshedpur, July 29 -- In what is being viewed as the last nail in the coffin of Maoist menace, 16 extremists of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) operational in Jharkhand surrendered before the police in the state police headquarters in Ranchi on Tuesday and eight Maoists from Chhattisgarh, active in Saranda forests for decades, would surrender before Chhattisgarh police in a day or two, officials said on Tuesday.

The 16 Maoists surrendering on Tuesday had six Naxals with cumulative bounty of Rs.39 lakh, including regional committee member (RCM) Santosh Mahto alias Basudev-da alias Gandhi with Rs.15 lakh bounty, zonal committee member (ZCM) Chandan Lohra with Rs.10 lakh bounty, SZCMs Anil Turi alias Ujjwal and Sukhlal Biranjia alias Akela with ...