Telangana declared Naxal free after 42 cadres surrender.

Telangana declared Naxal free after 42 cadres surrender.

• Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy announced that the state is now free of armed Maoist presence after 42 cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), including PLGA commander Sodi Malla, surrendered.
• 42 Maoists surrendered along with 36 firearms, including five AK-47 rifles, four SLR rifles, two country-made grenades, 1,007 live rounds of ammunition of various calibres, and 800 grams of gold.
• The DGP said police are taking the help of surrendered Maoists to detect IEDs planted by ultras in different areas and remove them.
• A total of 761 Maoists has surrendered to Telangana Police between 2024 and 2026, along with 302 firearms.
• Maoists are often referred to as Naxalites, and their ideology is a doctrine of armed insurgency designed to capture state power through rural, then urban, guerrilla warfare.