Hyderabad, Jan. 6 -- Top PLGA Commander Deva and 19 other Maoist cadres have officially surrendered with a massive cache of high-calibre weapons, including a rare foreign-made Tavor CQB, according to officials.

Director General of Police Shivadhar Reddy said on Monday, " The operational reach of these groups has been severely neutralised; our forces have applied such consistent pressure that their previous freedom of movement has been entirely eliminated."

"While most of the recovered arsenal--including AK-47s and LMGs-consists of stolen police equipment, we are specifically investigating the origin of an Israeli-manufactured Tavor CQB found in their possession", he added.

Last month, in a major setback to the banned CPI (Maoist) organ...