Telangana Reports 509 Maoist Surrenders in 2025, Rules Out Resurgence
Officials say a state rehabilitation scheme is drawing cadres to lay down arms.
Overview
- DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said 509 underground CPI (Maoist) members surrendered to Telangana Police in 2025.
- Of those who surrendered, 483 were from Chhattisgarh, 24 from Telangana, and one each from Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
- He said there is no sign of recruitment or local support in Telangana and ruled out a comeback of the movement.
- Police say 53 individuals from Telangana remain active and are being approached through relatives and other channels to surrender.
- Authorities point to the surrender policy and adherence to a Union deadline of March 2026, while reports differ on how many central committee leaders were among those who surrendered.