Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy announced that only 17 active underground cadres from Telangana remain in the CPI (Maoist), a sharp decline from the earlier estimate of 50. While one State Committee Member and four Area Committee Members are still active in Chhattisgarh.
Twenty-seven Naxalites, including 10 women and 16 with rewards totaling Rs 50 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma. Disillusioned with Maoist ideology, they credited government development schemes and rehabilitation efforts for their decision to return to normal life
The cadres turned themselves in before senior police and CRPF officials here, citing disappointment with "hollow" and "inhuman" Maoist ideology and atrocities by ultras on local tribals
