HYDERABAD: In yet another blow to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), 41 Maoists, including 39 from Chhattisgarh, surrendered before Telangana Police on Friday.
The Maoists, including six senior functionaries of Company Platoon Committee Member/Divisional Committee Member (CyPCMs/DVCMs) rank, along with 24 firearms, surrendered and joined the mainstream in the presence of Telangana Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy.
The surrendered arms include one INSAS Light Machine Gun, three AK-47 Rifles, five SLR Rifles, seven INSAS Rifles, one BGL gun, four .303 Rifles, one Single-shot Rifle and two Air guns.
The cadres from Telangana who surrendered are Erragolla Ravi alias Santhosh, 40, Komaram Bheem Asifabad – Mancherial Divisional Committee (K-M DVC) Secretary and Kanikarapu Prabhanjan, 33, a Party Member (PM).