Hyderabad, April 10 Forty-two members of the banned CPI (Maoists), including a senior commander, surrendered to the Telangana police on Friday. Sodi Malla, also known as Keshal, the commander of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion, is among the cadres who joined the mainstream and laid down their arms before Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy.
The ultras surrendered along with a total of 36 firearms, including five AK-47 rifles, four SLR rifles, and 800 grams of gold, the DGP said.
Addressing a press conference, Reddy said that Telangana is now completely free from the armed formations of CPI (Maoist).
He said that the operational capacity of PLGA has been completely neutralized through these surrenders.
With the surrender of all leaders of the Telangana State Committee (TSC) of CPI (Maoist), the remaining TSC cadre has now been neutralized, and the TSC no longer exists, he added.