17 naxals surrender in a month in Gadchiroli

July 19, 2015 12:58

Seventeen Naxals, many of them hard core, surrendered before police in the last one month in Maharashtra's Naxal-hit Gadchiroli district, a senior police official said on Sunday.

Of the 17, 13 hail from Kotmi-Kasansur, which has been one of the most difficult Naxal areas for the police for last many years.

"We have opened a new police post at Kotmi in February and it has proved to be very effective," Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Sandip Patil told PTI over phone.

"The surrender operations may gather momentum after first week of August, post 'Shaheed Week' observed from July 28 to August 3," the senior officer said.

Of the 17 naxals, nine carried a reward of over Rs 30 lakh on their heads. Of them, Irpa Kujur was involved in 18 violent offences including encounters, blasts, murders and waylaying of a truck carrying explosions.

During Patil's tenure as district police chief, 37 Naxals surrendered in 2014, and 24 have done so this year so far.

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