From Maoist commander to student again: Devji pursues education at 62

From Maoist commander to student again: Devji pursues education at 62

Hyderabad: From holding an AK-47 to a pen, it has been a four-decade-long but significant journey for former top Maoist commander Thippiri Tirupati alias Devji as he appeared for the Intermediate Public Advanced Supplementary Examination in Telangana on Wednesday, May 12. He joined the Maoist movement in 1983, when he was an intermediate student. Over the next 40 years, Devji rose through the ranks, from a foot soldier to leading the People’s Li…