Karimnagar (Telangana), February 22 With the surrender of top Maoist leader Thippiri Tirupati alias Devji, one of his brothers said on Sunday that the family was happy to be reunited with him after a long time.
Devji, along with senior Maoist leader Malla Raji Reddy and several CPI (Maoist) cadres, has surrendered to the Telangana Police, a senior official said.
The surrender comes days before the union government's March 2026 deadline to eliminate Naxalism in the country.
"The surrender will be officially recorded in a couple of days… they are in the custody of the Telangana Police," the official told