Hyderabad, April 5 -- In a major setback to the Communist Party of India (Maoist), 86 revolutionaries, including 20 women, operating in Chhattisgarh and natives of Telangana, surrendered before multi-zone 1 Inspector General of Police (IGP) S Chandrasekhar Reddy at the district police headquarters in Bhadradri-Kothagudem on Saturday, April 5.

This is the second such major surrender of Maoists this year in Telangana, after 64 of them surrendered last month before Bhadradri-Kothagudem police in a similar manner.

Among the 86 surrendered outlaws, 82 hail from Bhadradri-Kothagudem district, and four belong to Mulugu district.

The surrender list consists of four area committee members, four party members, a militia commander, 27 militia mem...