Six Naxalites Surrender in Kanker, Chhattisgarh; Major Blow to LWE

• Six Naxalites, including Area Committee Members, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district over two days.
• The surrendered cadres handed over three weapons, including an SLR and two .303 rifles.
• Police are using information from the surrendered Naxalites to encourage other active cadres to join the mainstream.
• Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam, appealed to remaining Maoists to renounce violence, assuring rehabilitation benefits.
• Over 2,700 Maoist cadres have joined the mainstream in the past 26 months under the state's surrender and rehabilitation policy.