India, Aug. 27 -- Thirty Maoists carrying a combined bounty of Rs.81 lakh, including a sub-division bureau in-charge and area committee members, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, police said.

The surrendered cadres include Divisional Committee Member (DVCM)-ranked sub-division bureau in-charge Sonu Hemla alias Koroti, who laid down arms along with his wife.

Among others are members of Company Number 2, Area Committee Members (ACMs), platoon party members, area committee cadres, People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) fighters, Chetna Natya Manch (CNM) and Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdur Sangathan (DAKMS) workers, militia platoon members, and Jantana Sarkar functionaries. "Twenty of them carried rewards ran...