Telangana: 41 CPI (Maoist) cadres surrender in major setback for banned outfit

Hardships and deployment in unfamiliar territories forced their surrender, the police said.

Hyderabad: In a major development in the anti-Maoist operations in the country, as many as 41 Communist Party of India (Maoist) cadres surrendered before the Telangana police on Friday, December 19, including six senior functionaries.

As part of the surrender process, the cadres handed over 24 firearms and over 700 ammunitions, a release by the police said. The CPI (Maoists) leadership has been deploying cadres to unfamiliar areas without their consent, often in regions where they lack local support and essential necessities. This compelling many to disengage from the CPI (Maoists), it added. 

The surrendered group included six senior functionaries holding Company Platoon Committee Member and Divisional Committee Member ranks.

All 41 cadres will receive the reward amount of Rs. 1.46 crore as part of the state and Centre’s relief and rehabilitation policy, the police said.

The other 37 cadres include Madakam Manga, 28, alias Mangal, a PLGA battalion commander, Erragolla Ravi, 40, alias Santhosh, Prashanth, Praveen and Mahesh, secretary of the Komaram Bheem Asifabad Mancherial divisional committee, and Korsa Lachu, 34, alias Prashanth and Yogesh, commander of the second Central Regional Command company. The surrender took place in the presence of the Director General of Police of Telangana, Shivadhar Reddy.

As many as 509 underground CPI (Maoists) cadres have surrendered before the police in 2025, the police statement said, underscoring the steady decline of the organisation.