Hyderabad, March 15 -- Around 64 Maoists surrendered before the police in Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Saturday, March 15. The members belong to Bijapur and Sukma districts of Karnataka and Chhattisgarh respectively.

According to Multi Zone-1 inspector general of police (IGP) Chandrasekhar Reddy, the latest surrender is part of the 122 earlier surrenders in the last three months.

Among the 64 Maoists who surrendered, 48 are men while 16 are women. One of the surrendered persons is an area committee member (ACM).

"The surrendered Maoists members carried a cash reward of Rs 25,000," IGP Reddy told the media.

In February this year, nine members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered to the Telangana police in Mul...