About 150 active militia members of Ralegada gram panchayat in Swabhiman Anchal, a former bastion of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), surrendered, said Malkangiri Police on Monday.
The surrender was before the Superintendent of Police, Malkangiri and Border Security Force at Janbai Company Operating Base (COB). The militants pledged to abhor violence and help the government in all public welfare activities. These villagers also brought down a memorial built by Left Wing extremists.
This was in continuation of the surrender of 50 militia members before the Director General of Police on June 2 at Jantri COB and another instance of surrender of 295 members on June 11, the police said.
