Telangana declared Naxal
free
¨
Telangana DGP B Shivadhar
Reddy announced that the state is now free of armed Maoist presence after 42
cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), including PLGA commander Sodi
Malla, surrendered.
¨ 42 Maoists surrendered
along with 36 firearms, including five AK-47 rifles, four SLR rifles, two
country-made grenades, 1,007 live rounds of ammunition of various calibres, and
800 grams of gold.
¨ The DGP said police are
taking the help of surrendered Maoists to detect IEDs planted by ultras in
different areas and remove them.
¨ A total of 761 Maoists
has surrendered to Telangana Police between 2024 and 2026, along with 302
firearms.
¨ Maoists are often
referred to as Naxalites, and their ideology is a doctrine of armed insurgency
designed to capture state power through rural, then urban, guerrilla warfare.
