Hyderabad, February 27 – Six top Maoists of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist, who surrendered to the Telangana Police, recently met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy here on Friday.
The surrendered Maoists, including Thippiri Tirupati alias Devuji, who was a member of the Central Committee, Politburo member, and In-charge of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the CPI-Maoist, and Malla Raji Reddy alias Sangram, who was a member of the CPI-Maoist Central Committee, met the Chief Minister at the State Secretariat.
Other attendees included Pothula Kalpana alias Sujatha, Pulluri Prasad Rao alias Chandranna, both former Central Committee members, Bade Chokka Rao alias Damodar, who was the Secretary of the Telangana State Committee (TSC), and Nune Narsimha Reddy alias Ganganna, a former State Committee member.
Devuji, Raji Reddy, Chokka Rao, and Narasimha Reddy surrendered to the police on Tuesday, while the other two had already rejoined the mainstream earlier.
Government advisors K. Kesava Rao and Vem Narender Reddy, Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao, Director General of Police (DGP) Shivadhar Reddy, Additional Director General (Intelligence), Vijay Kumar, and Inspector General of Special Intelligence Bureau, Sumati, were also present.
At the press conference on Tuesday, DGP Reddy had stated that the top Maoist leaders had rejoined the mainstream following the appeal made by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy last year to the CPI-Maoist cadres to renounce violence, return to the mainstream, and actively participate in the development and welfare of the state and its people.
DGP Reddy noted that a total of 591 Maoists have surrendered to the Telangana Police since 2024. This includes four members of the CPI-Maoist Central Committee and 16 members of the State Committee.
He said that only 11 underground CPI-Maoist cadres, all natives of Telangana, remain.
"Of these, only two Area Committee members are currently working in the Telangana State Committee, while the remaining are operating in other states, including Chhattisgarh."
DGP Reddy appealed to all the remaining underground CPI-Maoist cadres, particularly the 11 cadres who are natives of Telangana, to renounce violence, return to their native villages/towns, reunite with their families, and contribute constructively to the development of the state.