Hyderabad, Oct 14 (PTI) Senior Naxalite Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Bhupathi surrendering before the Maharashtra Police was a welcome move, his nephew said on Tuesday.

Mallojula Dilip Sharma alias Santosh, said he had never seen his uncle as he had left home even before he was born.

Sharma, is the son of Venugopal's elder brother Anjaneyulu, a retired employee of a cooperative bank.

The senior Naxalite surrendered before police along with 60 other cadres in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said on Tuesday.

One of the influential strategists in the banned organisation, Venugopal, a member of the central committee and Politburo, carried a bounty of Rs 6 crore, an official said.

According to Sharma, Venugopal is the youngest of three sons of Mallojula Venkataiah and Madhura

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