In a significant development, a senior member of the banned CPI (Maoist) Party, Manda Ruben, also known as Kannanna, has surrendered to authorities in Telangana's Warangal district. The 67-year-old decided to abandon his underground life to pursue a peaceful existence under the state's Rehabilitation and Resettlement Programme.

Ruben, who was a Division Committee Secretary of the South Bastar Division and part of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, surrendered before Warangal Police Commissioner Sunpreet Singh. Originally from Vangapadu village, Ruben was influenced by radical ideology in 1979, leading to his long association with the banned organization.

After years of underground activities and imprisonment, Ruben cited his declining health, the declining ideological relevance of

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