Overview

• Mala Sanjeev and Perugula Parvathi, both former State Committee members of the CPI (Maoist) cultural wing, surrendered to Rachakonda Police on July 17 after more than four decades underground.
• Each leader carried a ₹20 lakh bounty, highlighting the significance of their defection for state security forces.
• The couple directed the party’s Chaitanya Natya Manch propaganda troupe and held senior roles in the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee across tribal regions.
• Telangana’s rehabilitation drive offered financial incentives, skill training and legal amnesty, which officials say persuaded them to leave armed struggle.
• Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu called the surrender a moral victory and appealed to remaining underground cadres to reintegrate and help rebuild their communities.