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38 members of CPI (Maoist) from Chhattisgarh surrender before Kothagudem police

38 members of CPI (Maoist) from Chhattisgarh surrender before Kothagudem police

The Hindu09-05-2025
As security forces intensified anti-Maoist 'Operation Kagar' in neighbouring Chhattisgarh's south Bastar region, as many as 38 militia and front organisation members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from the strife-torn Bijapur district surrendered before the police in Telangana's Kothagudem town on Friday.
They hail from Ampuram, Gomuguda and Rasapalli villages under Pamed police station limits in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. They have voluntarily surrendered before Bhadrari Kothagudem Superintendent of Police B. Rohit Raju, impressed by the rehabilitation policy of Telangana government for the surrendered Maoists, the police said.
Those who surrendered include two CPI (Maoist) members, 16 militia members, seven Village Committee Members (VCMs), six Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sanghatan (KAMS) members, three Chetana Natya Mandali (CNM) members and four Grama Rakshaka Dalams (GRDs) members.
According to the police, a total of 265 CPI (Maoist) members working in various cadres in the banned organisation have surrendered before the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police so far this year.
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