As many as 295 active Maoist militia members – unarmed villagers who act as sympathisers, informers, and aid of the red rebels – surrendered before the Odisha Police in Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district, Director General of Police (DGP) S.K. Bansal said on Sunday.
The militia, comprising members of Gana Natya Sangha and village committees, includes both men and women who hail from Dhakadpadar, Dabuguda, Taber and Arlingpada villages in Jantri gram panchayat area under the jurisdiction of Jodambo Police Station.
They voluntarily came to a BSF camp in Jantri and surrendered before Odisha Police in the presence of Malkangiri district administration on Saturday afternoon, the DGP said.
