Narayanpur, July 12 -- As many as 22 Naxalites, who were active in the Abhujmad area and carrying collective rewards of '37.5 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, a senior police official said.
The cadres, belonging to Kutul, Nelnar and Indravati area committees under the Maad division of Maoists, turned themselves in before senior police, Border Security Force (BSF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officials here.
The surrendered Naxalites told the police that they were disappointed with the 'hollow' Maoist ideology and growing internal differences within the banned outfit, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinson Guria said.
They were also influenced by the development work being carried out in th...