On Tuesday, a total of sixteen active members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), including a Regional Committee Member who was carrying a bounty of Rs 15 lakh, surrendered to the Jharkhand Police as part of Operation Navjeevan-II. This group also handed over 11 advanced firearms and 1,562 rounds of live ammunition.
Jharkhand’s Director General of Police, Tadasha Mishra, reported that the group included one Regional Committee Member (RCM), three Zonal Committee Members (ZCMs), three Sub-Zonal Committee Members (SZCMs), six Area Committee Members (ACMs), and three cadre members, with five of them being women. The majority of the surrendered individuals were active in the Kolhan and Saranda forest areas, while two were operating in the Latehar district.
The Maoists surrendered a total of six INSAS rifles, two AK-47s, one HK-33 rifle, one US Carbine, one M-16 rifle, along with 38 magazines and 1,562 cartridges.
According to police sources, these individuals were affiliated with senior Maoist leaders Misir Besra, known as Sagar Ji, and Asim Mandal. The DGP credited the surrenders to ongoing anti-Naxal operations conducted by the Jharkhand Police, CRPF, CoBRA battalions, and Jharkhand Jaguar, in addition to the state’s surrender and rehabilitation initiatives.
CRPF Inspector General Saket Singh also noted that eight other members of the same faction surrendered in the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh. Police reports indicate that out of the surrendered members, 15 are from Jharkhand, and one hails from Odisha’s Sundargarh district.
Furthermore, police statistics revealed that in 2026 alone, 93 Maoists have been arrested, 45 have surrendered, and 22 have been killed in encounters across Jharkhand. Authorities have urged remaining Maoist members to abandon violence and take advantage of the state’s rehabilitation program.
As part of the press release, police records indicated that several of the surrendered members were implicated in significant incidents, including IED explosions, assaults on security personnel, civilian murders, and other Maoist-related crimes in the West Singhbhum and Latehar districts over recent years.
