Gadchiroli: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a reward of Rs 1 crore to the Gadchiroli police for the surrender of 60 Naxalites in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district.

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Gadchiroli: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is extremely pleased with the surrender of 60 Naxalites in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. CM Fadnavis announced a reward of ₹1 crore to the Gadchiroli police. The Chief Minister stated that Maoism has ended in Gadchiroli and the backbone of Naxalism has been broken.

Chief Minister Praises Police

The Chief Minister stated that Maharashtra has taken a major initiative in fulfilling the pledge made under the leadership of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to end Maoism in the country by March 2026. Gadchiroli Police’s C-60 went into the dense forests and engaged in a confrontation with them, forcing them to surrender.

The Chief Minister stated that Sonu alias Bhupati has surrendered, along with 60 others. All of them were senior cadres in Naxalism and Maoism. The police had been in contact with them for a month to persuade them to surrender. The backbone of Maoism has been broken, and Maoism has been destroyed. Only one company of 10 remains. Only 8 to 10 people in it are children. In the coming days, even that company will be leaderless. They will not have a leader.

Bhupati’s surrender marks the beginning of the end of the Naxal movement in Maharashtra

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that the surrender of top Naxalite Bhupati and 60 other Naxalites marks the beginning of the end of the Naxalite movement in Maharashtra. Fadnavis said that in the coming days, the entire “red corridor” of Chhattisgarh and Telangana will be free of Naxalism. He said that he is proud that Gadchiroli in Maharashtra is leading the fight against the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). The Chief Minister addressed a public meeting in Gadchiroli district after top Naxalite Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Bhupati and 60 other Naxalites surrendered to him.

An official said that Bhupati had a bounty of Rs 6 crore on his head. The Naxalites also surrendered 54 weapons, including seven AK-47s and nine INSAS rifles, the official said. Bhupati alias Sonu is considered one of the Maoist organization’s most influential strategists and had overseen platoon operations along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border for a long time.