In a historic development, 37 underground cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the Telangana Police, marking a major setback for the insurgent group.

Among those who surrendered were three senior State Committee Members (SCM): Koyyada Sambaiah alias Azad, Appasi Narayana alias Ramesh of the Telangana State Committee, and Muchaki Somada Erra of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC).

Significantly, seven of the surrendered cadres belonging to the KM DVC not only laid down arms but also handed over a cache of weapons, including one AK-47 rifle, two SLRs, four .303 rifles, and one G3 rifle, along with 343 rounds of live ammunition of various calibres.

Telangana DGP B. Shivadhar Reddy hailed the surrender as a turning point, noting that continuous police operations

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