maoist surrender

Latehar, April 2 A Maoist, who carried a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head, surrendered to the police in Latehar district, Jharkhand, on Thursday, officials said.Surendra Lohra, also known as "Tiger ji," was a "sub-zonal commander" of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of...

Narayanpur, March 31 – As a success for anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, a 26-year-old armed Maoist cadre surrendered to authorities in the Narayanpur district on Tuesday.The youth, identified as Bijlu Mandavi, was carrying a reward of one lakh rupees and belonged to the North-West Joint...

Raipur/Bijapur, March 31 – In a significant boost to anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, 25 Maoist cadres associated with the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee have surrendered and returned to mainstream life.This development occurred on Tuesday as part of the "Poona Margem"...

Raipur/Dantewada, March 31 – Five Maoist cadres, including four women, associated with the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, surrendered to security forces in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.The surrender event took place at the Police Lines in Karli, under the Puna...

Raipur/Kanker, March 31 – With just hours left for the Central government’s ambitious deadline to make India completely “Naxal-free”, two more Maoists laid down their arms in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Tuesday.These surrenders have added fresh momentum to the ongoing campaign against...

Hyderabad, March 30 Telangana Director General of Police B Shivadhar Reddy appealed to the leaders and members of the CPI (Maoist) party to renounce violence, lay down their arms, and join the democratic mainstream to lead safe and dignified lives.The DGP made a special appeal to Telangana...

Hyderabad, March 30 – Telangana’s Director General of Police, B. Shivadhar Reddy, appealed to the leaders and members of the CPI (Maoist) party to lay down their arms and join the national mainstream on Monday.The police chief urged the leaders and members of the banned organization to...

Amaravati, March 30 Nine Maoists, including senior leader C Narayana Rao, have surrendered to the police, Andhra Pradesh DGP Harish Kumar Gupta said on Monday.He also claimed that "Left Wing Extremism (LWE) has come to an end in the state".The DGP observed that the central government...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani, March 24 Sukru, the most wanted Maoist in Odisha, who had a reward of Rs 55 lakh on his head, surrendered to the police in the Kandhamal district on Tuesday along with four other cadres, DGP YB Khurania said.Sukru, who was a state committee member of the CPI(Maoist)...

Bhawanipatna (Odisha), March 15 Eleven Maoists, including a Divisional Committee Member (DCM), carrying a reward of Rs 22 lakh, surrendered to the Odisha Police in the Kalahandi district on Sunday, an official said.The Maoists surrendered and handed over their weapons to Odisha DGP Y B...

Raipur, March 13 – In a symbolic move towards rehabilitation and mainstream integration, 78 surrendered Maoists from the Sukma district visited the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in Raipur on Friday.The group, consisting of former cadres who once operated in the dense jungles of Bastar...

Bhubaneswar, March 11 – As many as 10 hardcore Maoists formally surrendered to the Odisha Police on Wednesday at a special event held at the Reserve Police Lines in the state’s Kandhamal district.During the event, the surrendered Maoists, operating under the KKBN...

Phulbani (Odisha), March 11 Ten Maoists, carrying a combined bounty of Rs 1.15 crore, surrendered to the Odisha Police in the Kandhamal district on Wednesday, officials said.Among those who surrendered is CPI(Maoist) State Committee Member (SCM) Sanu Pottam alias Nitu, who carried a bounty of...

Hyderabad, March 10 In the wake of declining Maoist activities in Telangana, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has hinted that senior police officials should consider scaling down the staff of the Greyhounds, a specialized commando force that deals with the problem of Left-Wing Extremists...

Hyderabad, February 27 The leaders of the CPI (Maoist), who recently surrendered to the Telangana police, on Friday appealed to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to enhance the relief and rehabilitation packages for surrendered cadres, bringing them in line with those offered in neighboring states...

Raipur, February 27 As many as 120 former Maoists, including former Central Committee Member (CCM) Rupesh alias Satish, visited the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly on Friday to observe the proceedings.Besides Rupesh, the group included five former members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal...

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...

Raipur, February 27 – In a remarkable display of transformation in Chhattisgarh's long struggle against Maoism, 120 former Maoists were present in the visitors' gallery of the state Assembly, observing the democratic process firsthand.Among those in the gallery were former "feared" Maoists...

Hyderabad, February 26 When B Sumathi, a saree-clad officer, sat on the dais alongside Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy, few onlookers realized that she was the silent architect of the historic event unfolding before them.On Tuesday, top Maoist commander Thippiri Tirupati alias Devuji and other...

Hyderabad, February 25 When B Sumathi was seated alongside Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy, as top Maoist commander Thippiri Tirupati alias Devuji and other Maoist leaders surrendered to the police, no one could have guessed that it was this saree-clad IPS officer who had played a crucial role...