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Top Maoist Leader Mallojula Venugopal Rao ‘Sonu’ Surrenders in Maharashtra
Mallojula Venugopal Rao and 60 cadres surrendered under Maharashtra's rehabilitation scheme amid organizational setbacks and internal pressure within the Maoist party, police said.
- On Tuesday, Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu surrendered to the Maharashtra Police in Gadchiroli, laying down arms with 60 other cadres.
- After a 15 August letter surfaced proposing a unilateral ceasefire, the Central Committee of the CPI pressured Sonu to surrender, following rebuttals from state-level Maoist committees last month.
- Police records indicate Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu was a politburo and central committee member with a Rs 10 crore bounty, multiple cases, impaired mobility, and kept a laptop.
- Officials say the surrender signals a weakening of the Maoist party, citing over 700 surrenders in Gadchiroli over two decades as evidence of organisational decline.
- An official statement may follow only after Mallojula Venugopal Rao formally lays down arms before Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on October 16; his wife Vimala Chandra Sidam, alias Tarakka, surrendered on January 1, 2025.
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Telangana: 6 Maoists surrender before police in Bhadradri Kothagudem
Hyderabad: Six members of the banned CPI (Maoist) party from Chhattisgarh surrendered before the police in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana on Tuesday, police said. This comes hours after senior Naxalite Mallojula Venugopal alias Bhupathi and 60 other cadres surrendered before police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. Attracted by the Telangana government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy, along with the developmental and welfar…
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·New Delhi, India
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