Twelve Naxals, including five women, carrying a total bounty of Rs 18 lakhs, surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district. 12 Naxals carrying a total bounty of Rs 18 lakhs have surrendered today. The 12 Naxals include five women and seven men. Two of them were ECMs in their naxal outfit in Indravati and East Bastar areas," Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinson Guria told ANI.

The SP stated that under the surrender policy, the surrendered Naxals are given Rs 50,000 each, and their identification documents are made so that they get the benefits of government schemes. According to Narayanpur SP Guria, one of the surrendered Naxals belonged to Platoon 16, whose commander was neutralised in the last operation. The SP stated that the Naxals surrendered due to the government's surrender policy and increasing pressure from ongoing anti-Naxal operations.