Raipur, Nov 2 : Nineteen Naxals including eight women surrendered Friday in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, a police official said.
They turned themselves in before police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials at Tongpal police station, said Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena.
The surrendered rebels were lower-rung cadres affiliated to Katekalyan Area Committee of the Maoists, and were active as members of militia groups, Chetna Natya Manch (a cultural wing of Maoists) and Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangh (KAMS), he said.
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Virudhunagar (PTI): More than 10 workers were feared dead following a blast in a firecrackers manufacturing unit near here and some others were severely injured, police said.
The blast occurred when about 30 workers were engaged in routine manufacturing related processes at the firecrackers unit at Kattanarpatti near here, they said adding portions of the building too collapsed under the impact.
