20 Maoists surrender before Telangana police

Hyderabad, Jan 3: In a significant blow to the CPI (Maoist) insurgency, high-ranking commander Badse Sukka alias Deva, along with 19 underground cadre, surrendered before the Telangana police, official sources said on Saturday.

This surrender sounded the death knell for the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) and the Telangana State committee of the CPI (Maoist) party.

The surrendering group turned over the ‘arms dumps’ of the PLGA, including that associated with Hiduma and Badse, a press release from the police said.