Malkangiri, March 31: The spree of surrender of Maoist sympathisers in Malkangiri district continued on Thursday with 71 sympathisers, including 23 women, surrendering before the Malkangiri SP at the district headquarters. Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mahapatra said of the 71 sympathisers of Daldali and Gurupadar villages under Mathili police station, 18 are militia, six are village committee members and five belong to Chetana Mandali. They were working for Darabha Division of the outlawed CPI-Maoists. Notably, more than 1000 Maoist sympathisers of Mathili area have so far surrendered before the police within a month.
