After The Indian Express reported on Wednesday that the Bengal is yet to issue a formal notification about the surrender policy for Maoists which was announced by the state on June 17, the state government on Wednesday issued the notification and asked the district administration and police to implement the policy as soon as possible. Significantly, the state government took almost two months to issue the notification, without which any government policy cannot be implemented. All the Naxalite-affected states, including Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, had announced rehabilitation packages for Maoists long ago. "The government has today issued a notification. So the policy will be implemented from today.

From now onwards, if any Maoist approaches us to surrender and return to the mainstream, we will be able to bring him under the cover of this policy," West Bengal DGP Bhupinder Singh said on Wednesday."We have asked the district administration to initiate action for extensive publicity of the scheme through the media, by dropping leaflets and announcing the policy in local languages in the affected blocks," Singh added. According to sources, a few Naxal cadres had sent indications to the police through their relatives and others expressing their desire to surrender if they are provided the rehabilitation package. However, the police could not assure them of the same since the notification was not issued and the policy not implemented. Zulfiqar Hassan, IG, Western Range said on Wednesday, "The notification has been issued today. We will receive the copy soon. And from now onwards, we will start implementing the policy."

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