Overview

• On August 14, six CPI (Maoist) cadres—including one area committee member, two party members and three militia members—surrendered before Superintendent of Police B Rohith Raju in Bhadradri Kothagudem.
• Each surrendered cadre received an immediate relief payment of Rs 25,000 with the balance to be deposited by cheque after Aadhaar and bank account verification.
• This year’s district total has reached 306 surrenders, marking a continuation of rank-level defections driven by coordinated security operations and rehabilitation incentives.
• Police attribute the wave of defections to Operation Cheyutha’s welfare measures and to worsening conditions in insurgent areas, including illness, food shortages and eroding tribal support.
• Officials from CRPF 81 and 141 Battalions attended the ceremony as authorities underscore declining CPI (Maoist) cohesion and community backing.