14-08-2025
Six more Maoists from Chhattisgarh surrender before Telangana police in Kothagudem
As many as six members of the banned CPI (Maoist) from Chhattisgarh's strife-torn south Bastar region surrendered before police in Telangana's Kothagudem town on Thursday.
According to the police, six Maoists including three each from Bijapur and Sukma districts turned themselves in before Bhadradri Kothagudem Superintendent of Police B. Rohit Raju, taking the total number of surrendered Maoists in the district to 306 so far this year.
The surrendered Maoists include Madakam Lakme, Platoon Party Committee Member, Sodi Bheme and Sodi Raje, party members, 4th Platoon, Konta Area Committee, Madivi Sona, Militia Deputy Commander, Madivi Bheem and Madakam Bheemaiah, Militia Members of Palagudem Revolutionary People's Committee.
They have parted ways with the banned organisation and returned to the mainstream to lead a peaceful life by availing of the financial support under the Telangana government's rehabilitation policy, police said.
