India, Jan. 7 -- At least 26 Maoists, 13 of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs.65 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Wednesday, police said.

The cadres, including seven women, laid down arms before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers under the state's "Poona Margem" (from rehabilitation to social reintegration) initiative, Sukma Superintendent of Police (SP) Kiran Chavan said.

The surrendered Maoists were active in the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) battalion, South Bastar division, Maad division, and the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) division, and were involved in several incidents of violence in Abujhmad, Sukma, and adjoining areas of Odisha, he said.

Among them, Lali alias M...