India, Oct. 16 -- In a major blow to the Naxal network, as many as 77 Maoists, including 42 women cadres and at least two members of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma and Kanker districts on Wednesday, officials said.
This development follows Tuesday's mass surrender by senior Naxalite Mallojul a Venugopal Rao alias Bhupathi and 60 other cadres in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.
In Sukma district, 27 Naxalites, including ten women, laid down their arms. Among them, 16 Naxalites were carrying a collective bounty of '50 lakh, officials said.
In Kanker district, 50 Naxalites, including two members of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of Maoists and 32 female cadres, turned themselves in at a Bor...