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5d ago

Maoist Central Committee Leader Pothula Padmavathi Surrenders in Telangana

Police frame the high-profile exit as validation of a pressure-plus-rehabilitation strategy.

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Pothula Padmavathi alias Kalpana joined the mainstream in the presence of director general of police (DGP) Jithender.
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Overview

  • Padmavathi, 62, surrendered in Hyderabad on September 13 before Telangana DGP Jitender, citing deteriorating health.
  • Authorities handed her a ₹25 lakh demand draft on surrender and said additional rehabilitation benefits will follow under state policy.
  • The long-time underground leader served as a Central Committee and Secretariat member, led the South Sub-Zonal Bureau, and oversaw Janathana Sarkar.
  • She had been underground for 43 years and is the widow of senior Maoist leader Kishenji, who was killed in West Midnapore in 2011.
  • Telangana and Chhattisgarh officials called the move a major setback for the CPI (Maoist) and said it could spur more defections, with Telangana reporting 404 underground surrenders this year.