India, Oct. 17 -- More than 200 Maoist cadres, including a Central Committee (CC) member, carrying a total bounty of Rs.9.18 crore, surrendered on Friday before authorities in Jagdalpur, the police headquarters of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, police said.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai called it "a historic day not only for Bastar but for Chhattisgarh and the entire nation" after 210 Maoist cadres surrendered before senior police and paramilitary officers at the police lines in Jagdalpur.

Among the senior leaders who surrendered are central committee member Rupesh alias Satish; Bhaskar alias Rajman Mandavi, Ranita, Raju Salam, and Dhannu Vetti alias Santu, all four members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZ...