Bhubaneswar, March 15: As many as 117 Maoist sympathisers, including 34 women and 14 militia members, surrendered before the police Malkangiri district on Monday.
The rebel supporters who surrendered belong to Barha village in Mathili police station area.
They include seven village committee members and three members of Chetna Natya Madali, the cultural wing of the Naxals.
The Naxal supporters were working for Darava division of the outlawed CPI (Maoist). They will be rehabilitated as per the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the state.
Notably, 57 Maoist supporters from Kalimela area had surrendered before the police in the naxal-hit district on Sunday.
Earlier, 19 Maoist sympathisers of Darava Division had surrendered before the police last week.
