The CPI (Maoist) organisation is facing a steep decline in cohesion and capability due to sustained security operations, ideological dissatisfaction, and internal conflicts. Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy revealed that arbitrary deployments, logistical shortages, and leadership disputes have compelled cadres to surrender.
Eleven senior Naxalites carrying a collective bounty of Rs 82 lakh surrendered before Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla in Gadchiroli. Police said the cadres, many disillusioned with Maoist ideology, joined 112 others who have surrendered in the district this year
Officials said that Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested four Bangladeshi nationals including two women from the Agartala railway station before boarding a West Bengal-bound train.
