Dantewada, Aug 13 (PTI) Three Naxals carrying a collective reward of Rs 14 lakh on their heads surrendered in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said.

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The surrendered ultras are Raju alias Rosha Tati (24), the deputy in-charge of Dandkaranya Special Zonal Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM), Jira Alami (42) who is Barsoor area committee member/area committee DAKMS president, and Kumma Barse (35), the Molasnar DAKMS chief, said Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava.

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"Tati has a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head, Alami has Rs 5 lakh and it is Rs 1 lakh for Barse. Tati was involved in the 2014 encounter at Pamed (Sukma) in which 14 police personnel were killed, the 2017 Naxal attack in Burkapal (Sukma) in which 25 jawans and one Maoist were killed, as well as the 2016 Naxal-police encounter at Orchha (Narayanpur) in which five ultras were killed," the AP said.

"Alami and Barse were also involved in several Naxal incidents. The surrendered ultras will be given facilities as per the state government's surrender and rehabilitation policy. So far, 403 Naxals, 107 of them carrying cash rewards on their heads, have surrendered and joined the mainstream in Dantewada under the police's 'Lon Varratu' campaign," he informed.

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