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Raipur/Sukma, Nov 24 (IANS) The killing of most wanted Maoist commander Madvi Hidma on the Andhra-Chhattisgarh border has triggered a wave of exodus within the banned CPI (Maoist), with fifteen active cadres carrying a total reward of around Rs 50 lakh laying down arms in Sukma district on Monday.
The group, comprising ten men and five women, formally surrendered before Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan at the district police headquarters.
They included four staunch members of the dreaded People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army Battalion No. 1 – PPCM Madvi Sanna, Sodi Hidme, Suryam alias Ravva Soma and Meena alias Madvi Bhime – each carrying a bounty of Rs eight lakh on their head.
Area committee members Sunita alias Kuhraam Hungi and Madakam Pandu were wanted for Rs 5 lakh each, while militia member Kunjam Singa was wanted for Rs 3 lakh.
The remaining eight belonged to village-level units such as KAMS, DAKMS, Revolutionary People’s Committee and the Maoist economic wing.
Speaking to reporters, SP Chavan said the surrender was a direct result of the leadership vacuum and fear created by the abolition of Hidma earlier this month.
The Chhattisgarh government’s lucrative Naxalite Surrender Rehabilitation Policy-2025 along with the continuous expansion of security camps inside former Maoist strongholds has broken the morale of the cadre.
Most of those who surrendered told authorities that they were tired of internal harassment, constant instructions from absconding top officials, and the organization’s atrocities against the very tribal villagers it claims to represent.
SP Kiran Chavan announced immediate incentive of Rs 50,000 for each surrenderer and appealed to the remaining Maoists to give up violence.
“No one can build a future by following the path of guns. Those who return will be rehabilitated with dignity and linked to all government welfare schemes so that they can live with dignity in the society,” he said.
Police headquarters sources confirmed that several more cadres from South Bastar are in touch with the authorities and are likely to surrender in the coming days.
With Monday’s developments, the number of Maoists who have quit the movement in Chhattisgarh this year has crossed 650, indicating a rapid collapse of the four-decade-old insurgency ahead of the Centre’s March 2026 deadline to end Maoism.
–IANS
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