Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- Two Maoists carrying a reward of Rs 18 lakh surrendered before Gadchiroli police and CRPF in Maharashtra on Thursday, February 27.

Kanta alias Kantakka and Mandi Galu Pallo, aged 56, who has been the divisional committee member in the supply team of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), and Suresh alias Warlu Irpa Majji, who has been part of the local organising squad of the party have surrendered.

The surrender was carried out under the guidance of Sandip Patil, special inspector general of police (ANO), Nagpur; Ankit Goyal, DIG, Gadchiroli range, Ajai Kumar Sharma, DIG (Operations) CRPF, Neelotpal, SP Gadchiroli, and Parvinder Singh, Commandant of 192nd Battalion of CRPF.

Kanta, who was recruited in the local o...