Hyderabad, Jan. 4 -- The last military fortress of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) has completely collapsed with the surrender of the most-wanted military commander of Badse Deva before the Telangana police, state director general of police B Shivadhar Reddy said on Saturday.

Deva, along with senior Telangana state committee member Kankanala Raji Reddy alias Venkatesh and 18 other Maoist party cadres who surrendered to the police on Friday, were presented before the reporters on Saturday.

"The surrender of Deva has virtually eliminated the entire People's Liberation Guerilla Army, the military wing of the CPI (Maoist) party. Similarly, with the surrender of Raji Reddy, the Telangana state committee of the party has also been pushe...