Hyderabad, Dec. 20 -- As many as 41 members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), including six senior functionaries and four Telangana state committee members, surrendered before Telangana director general of police B Shivadhar Reddy on Friday. Speaking to reporters, the DGP said prominent among the surrendered Maoists were: Erragolla Ravi alias Santhosh (40) from Arepally in Kamareddy district, a Telangana state committee member and divisional committee secretary who had been underground for 24 years and Kanikarapu Prabhanjan (33) from Jannaram in Mancherial district, a platoon committee member. "Besides, a large number of Maoist party functionaries from Chhattisgarh chose to surrender before the Telangana police along with arms, following a call given by the Telangana state government headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy," the DGP said. Shivadhar Reddy said the Maoist party cadres are in a state of disarray, as the party leadership has been arbitrarily deploying cadres to unfamiliar and distant areas without their consent. "This has resulted in serious mobility constraints and acute logistical difficulties, including shortages of essential day-to-day necessities. Such conditions have caused growing frustration and hardship among the cadres, compelling many to disengage from the CPI (Maoist) organisation and choose to return to the mainstream of society," he said.Besides, sustained pressure from security forces and non-cooperation and dilution of their logistic networks resulting in restricted mobility and operational setbacks.P4...