37 Maoists carrying Rs 1.4-cr reward surrender in Telangana

As many as 37 Maoists, three of whom were state committee leaders, surrendered to Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy on Saturday. They carried a total cash reward of Rs 1.40 crore, with two of them carrying bounties of Rs 20 lakh each.

The surrendered cadres included three state committee members, identified as Koyyada Sambaiah (49), alias Azad, Appasi Narayana, alias Ramesh (70), and Muchaki Somada. The surrendered Maoists handed over one AK-47 rifle, two SLR rifles, four 303 rifles, one G3 rifle, and 346 rounds of live ammunition.

The DGP urged all CPI (Maoist) cadres to come forward and join the mainstream.

The DGP dismissed reports that top Maoist commander Madvi Hidma, killed in Andhra Pradesh earlier this week, was taken to Telangana because police refused his surrender, calling them false.

Sambaiah said the present state committee leaders, Damodar and Venkanna, should also join the mainstream. Muchaki Somada added that the decision to surrender was influenced by health issues and the difficulty of continuing in the CPI (Maoist) under current conditions.