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Thirty-seven underground members of the banned CPI (Maoist), including 3 elder State Committee Members, returned to the mainstream successful Hyderabad connected Saturday successful what constabulary described arsenic 1 of the astir important setbacks to the outfit successful caller years.
All individuals were presented earlier the Telangana Police, marking the culmination of years of sustained pressure, dwindling organisational cohesion and rising ideological fatigue wrong Maoist ranks.
The 3 elder leaders who came retired are Koyyada Sambaiah known arsenic Azad (49), a autochthonal of Moddulagudem successful Govindaraopet mandal of Mulugu territory who had been underground for 30 1 years and served arsenic State Committee Member and Secretary of the BK ASR Divisional Committee; Appasi Narayana known arsenic Ramesh (70), a autochthonal of Ramagundam successful Peddapalli territory who spent 30 2 years underground and served arsenic State Committee Member and successful complaint of the Technical Department of the Telangana State Committee; and Muchaki Somada known arsenic Erra (42), a autochthonal of Penta colony successful the Jagargunda constabulary presumption limits of Sukma district, who served arsenic State Committee Member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee and Secretary of the South Bastar DVC.
Seven cadres belonging to the KM Divisional Committee surrendered their weapons during the process, handing implicit 8 firearms including 1 AK 47 rifle, 2 SLRs, 4 .303 rifles and 1 G3 rifle, on with 346 rounds of ammunition. The 7 cadres are Nupo Ganga Neelesh (25), Madavi Sukka (25), Kartam Motu (22), Uike Bicche known arsenic Saritha (19), Punem Ungi (23), Abka Raimothi known arsenic Rony (20) and Kudium Deve known arsenic Roshini (21).
Other cadres from BK ASR DVC see Sodi Sukki (20), Sodi Paiki (20) and Sodi Hiduma (17). From the South Bastar DVC of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, those who returned see Muchaki Somada known arsenic Erra (42), Madavi Sona (38), Hemla Adume known arsenic Reena (35), Muchaki Ura known arsenic Lalsu (22), Kudam Laxmi known arsenic Reetha (22), Sodi Somidi (24), Podiyam Mase (26), Paddam Rainu (25), Karam Mangli (32), Madivi Manklee (21), Kunjam Kamala (18), Podiyam Joga (20), Midyam Malle (22), Veko Kosi (22), Uke Ranitha (22), Sodi Mangi (25), Uike Ratna (20), Vetti Jogi known arsenic Raini (22), Oyam Lali (22), Modiyam Roni (21), Korsa Lakme (21), Kalumu Ungi (20) and Hemla Bheemi (20).
From the PLGA First Battalion, 2 cadres returned: Madvi Kosa known arsenic Ramesh (26) who served arsenic CyPCM and Platoon B Commander of HQ Company, and Nupo Sukki (23), a PPCM and Section B Commander of HQ Coy.
DGP Shivadhar Reddy said that the corporate determination of the 37 cadres was influenced by the Telangana Chief Minister’s entreaty connected 21 October urging Maoist cadres to renounce unit and instrumentality to civilian life. Officers added that sustained operations, ideological disagreements, interior rifts and changeless mobility restrictions had contributed to the weakening of the CPI (Maoist) crossed the region.
Under the state’s rehabilitation policy, currency rewards owed connected their heads person been formally disbursed. Sambaiah, Narayana and Somada volition each person ₹20 lakh. Cadres of DVCM oregon CyPCM fertile volition person ₹5 lakh, ACMs and PPCMs ₹4 lakh, and enactment members ₹1 lakh. Additional compensation has been sanctioned for surrendered weapons successful enactment with Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines. In total, ₹1.41 crore has been handed implicit done cheques and request drafts, with further enactment to follow.
The serviceman added that 465 underground cadres person disengaged from the CPI (Maoist) successful 2025, including 2 Central Committee Members, eleven State Committee Members, 2 Divisional Committee Secretaries, eleven DVCMs and forty 4 ACMs. Police described this arsenic grounds of the outfit’s diminishing operational spot and declining ideological appeal.
Officials noted that arsenic of now, 49 underground cadres of the CPI (Maoist) are natives of Telangana, though lone a tiny fraction stay progressive successful the Telangana State Committee. Many others are operating successful Chhattisgarh and neighbouring regions.
The DGP reiterated the state’s entreaty for remaining cadres to instrumentality to their villages, reunite with their families and instrumentality portion successful the improvement of Telangana, assuring afloat rehabilitation enactment for those consenting to wantonness equipped enactment and reintegrate into civilian society.
