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Four of the astir elder underground leaders of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered earlier the Telangana police, expressing their intent to articulation the mainstream successful the beingness of Telangana Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026).
Those who renounced equipped conflict see politburo subordinate (PBM) and cardinal committee subordinate (CCM) Tippiri Thirupati alias Devuji alias Kumma Dada; CCM Malla Raji Reddy alias Sangram; Telangana State Committee (TSC) caput Bade Chokka Rao alias Damodar alias Jagan; and State Committee subordinate (SCM) Nune Narsimha Reddy alias Ganganna alias Sannu Dada.
Addressing the media successful Hyderabad, Mr. Shivadhar Reddy said that Devuji had been underground for 44 years, Raji Reddy for 46 years, Damodar for 28 years and Narsimha Reddy for 36 years. The DGP described the improvement arsenic a “decisive setback” to the Maoist organisation.
With the of a Politburo Member and a Central Committee Member i, the party’s past surviving apex organisational operation has efficaciously collapsed, helium said. The Telangana State Committee has besides been rendered defunct pursuing the surrender of its Secretary and a State Committee Member.
Only 1 progressive subordinate successful Maoist cardinal committee
Mr. Shivadhar Reddy said that the cardinal committee of the CPI (Maoist) has present been reduced to conscionable 1 progressive member, signalling what they termed an imminent organisational collapse.
Devuji joined question successful 1980s
He said that Tippiri Thirupati alias Devuji (62), a autochthonal of Korutla successful Jagtial district, joined the question successful the aboriginal 1980s aft being progressive successful pupil politics. Over the decades, helium roseate done the ranks, serving arsenic commandant successful Dandakaranya squads, aboriginal becoming a Central Committee Member and yet a Politburo Member. He besides functioned arsenic in-charge of the Central Military Commission and served arsenic the organisation’s spokesperson nether the pseudonym ‘Abhay’.
Raji Reddy’s relation with question since 1970s
Malla Raji Reddy (76), from Peddapally district, was associated with the question since the 1970s. He played a cardinal relation successful Dandakaranya operations, served successful the Regional Bureau, and was elevated to the Politburo successful 2007. He had besides been arrested successful the past and returned to underground activities aft his release.
Bade Chokka Rao (47), from Mulugu district, roseate done the ranks from country committee assignments to go Secretary of the Telangana State Committee successful January 2025. Nune Narsimha Reddy (62), primitively from the Guntur territory of Andhra Pradesh, worked extensively successful governmental acquisition wings and aboriginal served successful the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee earlier being shifted to Telangana.
The surrenders were besides attributed to widening ideological differences, interior rifts and shrinking enactment bases wrong the Maoist ranks. Continuous information operations person disrupted networks and logistics and reduced mobility.
The DGP besides recalled the entreaty made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy successful October 2025, urging Maoist cadres to shun unit and articulation the improvement process successful the State. He urged the remaining cadre besides to surrender. The 4 leaders’ decision, helium said, reflected a conscious displacement toward a peaceful and dignified beingness wrong the law framework.
544 underground cadres surrendered successful 2025 and 2026
A enactment shared by the constabulary revealed that 544 underground cadres, including 4 Central Committee Members, 15 State Committee Members, 25 Divisional Committee Secretaries, 63 Area Committee Members and 437 enactment members, person surrendered successful 2025 and 2026.
Under the State’s rehabilitation policy, Thirupati (Devuji) and Raji Reddy were each eligible for a reward of ₹25 lakh, portion Damodar and Narsimha Reddy were eligible for ₹20 lakh each. The full magnitude of ₹90 lakh was disbursed done cheques and request drafts arsenic portion of the State and Central rehabilitation scheme.
The DGP reaffirmed that each benefits nether the argumentation would beryllium extended to alteration the erstwhile leaders to rebuild their lives with dignity and security. He besides commended the Special Intelligence Branch for its sustained efforts starring to what officials termed 1 of the astir important surrenders successful caller year.
