Jharkhand, Sept 2: In a significant breakthrough for security forces, nine active members of the banned Naxalite outfit Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), including zonal and sub-zonal commanders, surrendered at the SP Office in Latehar here.

Among the surrendered were top commanders including Ravindra Yadav (Zonal Commander) and Akhilesh Yadav (Sub-Zonal Commander), both carrying cash rewards of Rs 5 lakh each.

A total of five cadres received monetary rewards under the state’s surrender and rehabilitation policy.

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The surrendered Naxals handed over a massive cache of weapons, including: 12 firearms: 5 AK-47 rifles, 3 SLRs, 4 self-loading rifles, 26 magazines, over 1,700 live rounds of ammunition.