Hyderabad: Senior Maoist leader and member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) Bandi Prakash surrendered before Telangana police, on Tuesday October 28.

Prakash was serving as a member of the CPI (M) state committee. A native of Mancherial district, Prakash was reportedly underground since 1987 while carrying a bounty of Rs 20 lakh on his head.

At that time, he was in charge of the Singareni Coal Belt Committee Labour Wing.

On October 10, three Maoist leaders surrendered to the Telangana police. According to the Chief Minister’s office, the surrendered leaders were Kunkati Venkataiah alias Vikas, who had remained underground for 36 years; Mogilicherla Venkatraju alias Raju, who was underground for 35 years; and Thodem Ganga alias Sony, who was underground for 21 years.

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