At least 11 Maoists, including a female cadre, surrendered to security forces in Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
Among the surrendered Maoists many carried rewards on them.
"It is a matter of joy that by the collaborative effort of Telangana police and Bijapur police at least 11 Maoists have decided to leave Naxalism and adopt the mainstream lifestyle," said Inspector General, S.R.P. Kalluri.
Meanwhile, a hardcore Maoist was killed in two-hour long encounter with police in Jharkhand. The killed Maoist is suspected to be a senior cadre, but his identity is yet to be known.
A semi-automatic rifle, 110 bullets, hand-made grenade, walky-talky and mobile have been recovered from the Maoist.
"An operation called 'Operation Neptune' is underway and most of its stages have been completed. Under it, there was an encounter in Sargaon region where one Maoist was killed and others are injured. These arms are recovered from the killed Naxal," said sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Mohammed Arsi.