Bengal to rehabilitate Maoists who surrender

LALGARH - West Bengal is set to unveil a rehabilitation package for Maoists willing to surrender and return to the mainstream, a senior police official said here Wednesday.

The package will have provisions for one-time financial assistance, a monthly stipend and vocational training, West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma said.

“The state government will announce the package in two-three days,” he said, hours after joint forces deployed in the district to flush out leftwing extremists killed eight of them in a gun battle.

Verma appealed to all rebels willing to return to normal life to contact the West Midnapore district administration or personnel of the joint forces.