Updated On: 24 April, 2024 10:18 PM IST | Dantewada | PTI
The Naxals surrendered themselves as they were impressed by police`s rehabilitation drive `Lon Varratu` and disappointed with hollow Maoist ideology.

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As many as 18 Naxalites, including a militia platoon section commander and three women, surrendered on Wednesday in Chhattisgarh`s Dantewada, a senior police officer said.
Hidma Oyam (34) was working as the Hurrepal Panchayat Militia Platoon (HPMP) section commander, said Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai.