Six Maoists give up in Gadchiroli

Nagpur : Six wanted Maoists, including four women, carrying cash rewards on Saturday surrendered before police in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, officials said.

All of them collectively carried a bounty of Rs 32.50 lakh on their heads. They are identified as Gokul alias Sanju Madavi (30) who is believed to have involved in a number of cases of encounters, murders, and triggering blasts, police said in a release.

"He was carrying a bounty of Rs 8.50 lakh on his head," it said. Another ultra, identified as Ratan alias Munna Kunjami (22), was involved in two encounters in Bijapur Ghat in 2017 and in Aaypenta encounter in 2018.

He has a string of cases pending against him in Chhattisgarh, it said, adding that Kunjami was carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh.