4 Senior Maoists Surrendered Before Telangana DGP
The organisational structure of the CPI (Maoist) has moved towards imminent collapse owing to various factors: Police
Hyderabad: Four senior Maoists surrendered before the Telangana police on Tuesday, saying they were responding to the recent call of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to join the mainstream. Among them, Tipiri Tirupati alias Devji, a politburo member, stated health reasons for his surrender and said he would continue to fight for the public through the legal framework.
Director-General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy, addressing mediapersons at the event, claimed this as a moral victory and asked the 11 other Maoists remaining underground to join the mainstream. He mentioned that Special Intelligence Branch inspector-general Sumathi and her team worked on the surrender operation.
Others who surrendered were central committee member Malla Raji Reddy alias Sangram, Bade Chokka Rao alias Damodar, Telangana committee secretary, and Nune Narsimha Reddy alias Ganganna, state committee member.
Under the state and the Centre’s rehabilitation policy, ₹90 lakh was disbursed to the four Maoists.
Devji and Sangram carried rewards of ₹25 lakh each, and Damodar and Ganganna ₹20 lakh. The police assured full support under the rehabilitation programme.
Their surrenders were being seen as an effective collapse of the Maoist leadership, coming against the backdrop of the killing of other senior leaders in encounters.
DGP Shivadhar Reddy said Devji would have been leading the Maoists if he had not surrendered. The DGP noted that there had been no new Maoist recruitments since 2019; three members who attempted to join the extremists returned after some time.
Devji, 62, a native of Korutla in Jagtial district, was underground for 44 years and was in-charge of the Maoists’ central military commission. Sangram, 76, from Peddapalli district, had spent 46 years underground . Damodar, 47, from Mulugu district, underground for 28 years, was elevated as Telangana committee secretary only in January 2025. Ganganna, 62, a native of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, was underground for 36 years.
DGP Shivadhar Reddy stated that the continuous security operations had disrupted the networks and logistics of the Maoists, which eventually led to shrinking of the support bases and reduced mobility. The central committee now comprised one Maoist.
According to the officials, the surrenders showed a decline of the organisation. Between 2024 and 2026, a total of 591 cadres surrendered, including four Central Committee Members, 16 State Committee Members, 26 DVCs/DVCMs, 85 ACS/ACMs and 460 party members, along with 142 firearms.
