57 Naxals, including 25 women, surrender before police in Odisha's Malkangiri district

Bhubaneswar: As many as 57 Naxals, including 25 women, surrendered before police in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Sunday.

According to media reports, these 57 sympathisers belong to Tamuda village in Malkangiri district.

A total of 315 Maoist supporters have given up violence and surrendered in the past seven days, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said today.

"The rebels who surrendered today include 11 armed militia and two village committee members. The Maoist supporters were working for Kalimela Dalam of the Communist Party of India-Maoist," the police officer said.

He said the surrendered Maoist supporters will be rehabilitated as per the state government policy.

Notably, 19 Maoist sympathisers, who were members of Darwa division of the outlawed CPI-Maoist, surrendered on Saturday.