Fifteen Naxalites, including a veteran ultra with a significant bounty, surrendered in Chhattisgarh, effectively dismantling the Maoist movement in the Raipur-Sambalpur region.
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma met surrendered Naxalites at a rehabilitation center in Sukma, offering them a visit to the state assembly and directing officials to improve their living conditions and opportunities.
He had promised his daughter that he would be there, come what may, a kin said. But fate had a different plan.
Two sadhvis at the Maharshi Mehi Ashram in Bhagalpur, Bihar were allegedly gangraped by its in-charge and his associates, police said on Monday.
The Naxals fled from the spot after a prolonged gunfight.
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