86 Maoists surrender before Telangana police

Among these 86 surrendered Maoists, 82 were from Bhadradri-Kothagudem district, and four belonged to Mulugu district. “They were all operating in the Bijapur forests of neighbouring Chhattisgarh district,” Reddy told reporters at Kothagudem.

This is the second such major incident of Maoists’ surrender this year in Telangana, after 64 of them surrendered last month before Bhadradri-Kothagudem police, he said, adding that a total of 224 Maoists of various cadres have surrendered this year.

The surrendered Maoists included four area committee members, four party members, a militia commander, 27 militia members, eight committee members, 20 members of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (DAKMS)/Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (KMS), 13 Chetana Natya Manch (CNM) members, and nine Grama Rakshaka Dalams (GRDs). There were 20 women among those who surrendered, police said.