Police Keep Track of Surrendered Maoists
After watching social media videos, many people visited Hidma’s mother in Sukma district to offer money, forcing the security forces to set up a checkpost to verify the details of people visiting her.
Hyderabad: Investigation agencies have kept a close watch on surrendered Maoists to track their activities and ensure that they use the funds released to them for giving up violence to lead a normal life.
"Officials of the Union home ministry were shocked with the response that Madvi Hidma’s encounter evoked on social media. Since then, strict guidelines were issued to police officers to monitor the rehabilitation issues of surrendered Maoists," sources said.
After watching social media videos, many people visited Hidma’s mother in Sukma district to offer money, forcing the security forces to set up a checkpost to verify the details of people visiting her.
According to senior officials, 509 Maoists — the largest number among the affected states — surrendered in Telangana in 2025, underscoring the steady decline of the organisation. Of this, a majority of surrendered Maoists belong to other states.
"Following the guidelines of the Central government and the state government, we have provided monetary support to surrendered Maoists and helped them to obtain Aadhar cards, PAN card and saving accounts. Similarly, we kept a close vigil on their regular movements to ensure that they use the funds to lead normal life in the society," a senior officer said.
The officials also asked the surrendered Maoists to join a group on WhatsApp to get assistance from the police on rehabilitation measures.
As per the Telangana government’s rehabilitation policy, a senior police officer said that the government provides Rs 5 lakh to divisionalcommittee members, Rs 4 lakh for area committee members, Rs1 lakh for party members.
As per MHA guidelines, the government offers money for surrendering weapons: Rs5 lakh for surrendering a light machine gun; Rs4 lakh for an AK 47 rifle; Rs2 lakh each for Indian Small Arms System (Insas) or a self-loading rifle; Rs1 lakh for .303 rifle, Rs 40,000 for under-barrel grenade launcher (UGBL), and Rs 20,000 for 12 bore/single shot gun.
"If any person from other states, they are surrendered before us. We will hand it over to their respective state police, who will examine the pending cases registered against them and their state government will take care of the rehabilitation and surveillance," the officials said.