India, Jan. 10 -- As many as 63 Naxalites, 36 of them carrying a collective bounty of over Rs 1.19 crore, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Friday, a senior police official said.

The cadres, including 18 women, turned themselves in before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials here under 'Poona Margem' (from rehabilitation to social reintegration) initiative, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai said.

The Naxalites said they were also impressed by the state government's surrender and rehabilitation policy, he said.

They were active in the South Bastar division, the West Bastar division, the Maad division in the state, and in areas bordering Odisha, he said.

Seven of the cadres carrie...