Bhubaneswar, Feb. 6 -- Once again the issue of sexual exploitation of women in Maoist camp has promoted two hardcore rebels to lay down arms. This time two women Maoists, aged about 21 and 22 years, respectively have surrendered before IGP Southern Range, Berhampur at Boudh district.

Out of the two women Maoists, one was a member of the eighth company and another was a party member of Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the CPI (Maoist).

Senior officials informed that both the surrendered Maoist cadres are of Chhattisgarh origin. Moreover, their task was to reactivate the North-South corridor from Jhakhand to Chhattisgarh through south-centre Odisha. Moreover, they were part of the Maoist organisation since 2018 and we...