In Telangana, at least 22 members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the police in Mulugu district yesterday. The surrendered include three area committee members, one party member and 18 members of the ‘Revolutionary People’s Committee’ of the outfit. Among them are three members who were involved in multiple violent incidents that claimed the lives of several security personnel.
The district Superintendent of Police Shabarish P appealed to the CPI (Maoists) members to surrender and lead a peaceful life with their families. He also said the district police will make efforts for the rehabilitation of those who gave up arms.
As many as 22 members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) surrendered before police in Mulugu district of Telangana on Friday, officials said.
The three surrendered area committee members are Madavi Masa (native of Mulugu district) and Muchaki Joga Ram alias Joga and Thati Joga Puvarthi (both natives of Chattisgarh)
The trio participated in various violent incidents in which several security personnel were killed, it said.
The district Superintendent of Police Shabarish P appealed to the CPI (Maoists) to surrender and lead a peaceful life with their families. The release quoted him as saying that the district police would make efforts for the rehabilitation of those who gave up arms.
According to a Union Ministry of Home Affairs release in April 2025, Bhadradri Kothagudem in Telangana and Alluri Sitharamaraju in Andhra Pradesh are the only districts where Left Wing Extremism is still alive in the two States. Maoists, however, continue to make news through reports of encounters and surrenders. In December, 7 Maoists were killed in an encounter in Mulugu. In February and March 2025, 35 Maoists from Chhattisgarh surrendered in Bhadrachalam, Kothagudem, and Mulugu. In March, 13 Maoists surrendered in Alluri Sitharamaraju.
From the 1970s, Maoist leaders from Andhra Pradesh (part of which is now Telangana) have been steering the extreme-left movement. Facing increasing state repression, they escaped to other States, for instance, Chhattisgarh, a current Maoist stronghold. Even today, a predominant section of the politburo and central committee members of the banned CPI (Maoist) are Telugu-speaking. Ramachandra Reddy, alias Chalapathi, the outfit’s central committee member who was killed by security forces on January 20, 2025, was from Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
Chalapathi had lived most of his life as an active Maoist outside his home State and was eventually killed in Chhattisgarh. He reportedly carried a reward of Rs.1 crore on his head.