Telangana Maoist-Free After 42 Cadres Surrender, says DGP

With 42 Maoists surrendering, 11 of them from the TSC, the State is completely free of CPI (Maoist) armed formations, DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said on Friday. Sodi Malla, alias Keshal, commander of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion, was among the 42 ultras who joined the mainstream and laid down their arms before the Telangana DGP.

After the surrender of all leaders of the Telangana State Committee of the CPI (Maoist), the remaining TSC cadre has been neutralised, and the TSC no longer exists, he said. The 42 Maoists surrendered along with 36 firearms, including five AK-47 rifles, four SLR rifles, two country-made grenades, 1,007 live rounds of ammunition of various calibres, and 800 grams of gold, the DGP said.