In yet another blow to the banned CPI (Maoist), 37 underground cadres, including three State Committee Members, surrendered before the Telangana Police Saturday

Seven cadres also handed over eight firearms, including one AK-47 rifle, two SLRs, four .303 rifles and one G3 rifle, along with 343 live ammunition of various calibres.

Three State Committee Members (SCM) Koyyada Sambaiah alias Azad, Appasi Narayana alias Ramesh of Telangana State Committee and Muchaki Somada alias Erra of Dandakarnya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) were among 37 Maoists who surrendered before Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy.

Three Divisional Committee Members (DVCM), nine Area Committee Members (ACMs) and 22 party members of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation joined the mainstream.

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