Thirty-four cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including three women, surrendered before Superintendent of Police (SP), DS Maravi at Errabor Police Station in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on April 8, reports NDTV. All the cadres were low rung functionaries of the outfit and were involved in cases of loot, attempt to murder in areas like Manikonta, Gaganpalli, Kongdam, Mettaguda and Maraiguda villages of Errabor area, about 500 kilometres from Raipur, Police said. Seventeen of them had permanent arrest warrants against their names, Police added. "Among those who surrendered, Madvi Hinga was heading the Maoists' so-called revolutionary people's committee. He handed over his muzzle-loading gun to the police," SP, Maravi said. The SP termed the surrender of such a large group of Naxals as a big success in the region, especially against the backdrop of the ultras Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Indian Parliament) poll boycott call.