Hyderabad, February 24 Top Maoist commander and the key "strategist" of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit, Thippiri Tirupati, also known as Devuji, surrendered to the Telangana police on Tuesday.
Devuji, a key member of the Central Committee of the proscribed organization and a member of the Polit Bureau of the Maoist party, along with another Central Committee member, Malla Raji Reddy, formally surrendered in the presence of Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) B Shivadhar Reddy.
Besides Devuji and Raji Reddy, two other militants – Bade Chokka Rao @ Jagan and Nune Narasimha Reddy @ Ganganna – also laid down their arms.
Devuji, currently working as the in-charge of the Central Military Commission (CMC), operated from Maad in the Chhattisgarh state.
In 1982, while studying Intermediate in Korutla in the Jagtial District, he was drawn to the Radical Student Union (RSU).
In 1983, Devuji joined the CPI ML (PWG) and went underground. During 1983-84, he worked as a Dalam member in the Gadchiroli Dalam, and in 1985, he was promoted to the Area Committee Member.
He was promoted to the Central Committee Member in 2001, and was made in-charge of the CMC in 2016, according to the police.
