RAIPUR, Oct. 13 -- Six Maoists, with a total reward of Rs.35 lakh for information leading to their arrest, surrendered to police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, according to a statement by the Bijapur police.

The six comprise four People's Party Committee Members and two party member-rank cadres. Police identified them as Rani Sodhi alias Sandhya, Pando Podiyam alias Sasmita, Sukku Kudiyam alias Santosh, Kosa Madvi alias Satish, Deve Madkam alias Janni and Lalu Tati.

Rani Sodhi, 30, and Pando Podiyam, 28, were PPCM cadres of Company No. 8 operating in Odisha. Both carried a reward of Rs.8 lakh.

Sodhi joined the Maoists in 2012 when she was in her teens and was involved in several Maoist-related incidents in Maharashtra an...