Fifty Maoists, including 14 carrying cumulative bounties of Rs 68 lakh, surrendered in insurgency-hit Bijapur in Chhattisgarh Sunday, minutes before PM Modi was to arrive at Raipur airport to launch projects worth thousands of crores. The mass surrender comes a day after security forces gunned down 17 Maoists in Sukma, taking the Naxal toll this year to 134. As many as 256 Maoists have surrendered in 90 days this year, 157 of them (62%) in Bijapur. According to police, the surrendered Maoists said they quit the outfit because of its “hollow ideologies” and exploitation of tribals by senior cadres. Also, they were impressed by how security forces are setting up camps, clearing the path for development said police.