Vijayawada, March 30 -- Nine members of the banned CPI (Maoist), including party Central Committee member (CCM) and secretary of Andhra Odisha Border Special Economic Zone (AOBSZC) Chelluri Narayana Rao alias Suresh, surrendered before Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta here on Monday.
The 55-year-old Maoist leader Narayana Rao alias Suranna, was actively associated with the then People's War Group (PWG) for over three decades. He hails from Bathupuram village in Vajrapukotturu mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district. The surrendered Maoists were produced before the media.
Narayana Rao had joined the PWG in 1989-90 and steadily rose through the ranks, gaining prominence as an expert in military operations....