130 Maoists surrender in Telangana
Hyderabad, March 8 -- A total of 130 members of the CPI (Maoist), including a large number of People's Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) commandos, surrendered with their weapons before Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad on Saturday, ahead of the March 31 deadline.
The cadres handed over 124 firearms, including AK-47 Rifles and over 5,200 live ammunition of various calibre, the highest in recent times in the country with respect to the quality and numbers of arms surrendered by the PLGA.
Of the 130 surrendered Maoists, 125 belong to Chhattisgarh, four are from Telangana and a top leader from Andhra Pradesh - Chalasani Navatha alias Chandra, who was working as Dandakaranya special zonal committee member and party's Andhra committee secretary, the Telangana Police said.
"With their surrender, the People's Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) has now completely lost its existence," the police added.
The Centre has set a March 31 deadline to eliminate Left-Wing Extremism from the country.
According to officials, in the last two years, 532 Maoists have been neutralised in separate operations, more than 2,700 have surrendered and around 2,000 have been arrested in Chhattisgarh....
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