Three Maoists, including Telangana state committee member, lay down arms

U Sudhakar Reddy / Feb 23, 2026, 02:08 IST

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Three Maoists, including Telangana state committee member, lay down arms

Hyderabad: Three more Maoists, including state committee member Nune Narasimha Reddy alias Jampanna, surrendered to Telangana police on Sunday.Reddy, a native of Valluru village in Kakumanu mandal of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, previously served as a special zonal committee member (SZCM) in the Dandakaranya special zonal committee (DKSZC) of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), covering parts of Chhattisgarh and adjoining regions. He recently operated in Telangana alongside senior Maoist leader Devji, who had surrendered earlier.

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Police stated that two battalion commanders, Company 1 commander Kallu and Company 2 commander Lakku of Chhattisgarh, also laid down their arms. Both were part of the CPI (Maoist) battalion structure and had accompanied Devji before surrendering.With the surrender of the Telangana state committee member and the two company commanders, police said the battalion unit had been neutralised.Reddy is among several Andhra Pradesh-origin Maoist cadres who were active in central India under the CPI (Maoist) structure before returning to Telangana.

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About the AuthorU Sudhakar Reddy

Sudhakar Reddy Udumula is the Editor (Investigation) at the Times of India, Hyderabad. Following the trail of migration and drought across the rustic landscape of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Sudhakar reported extensively on government apathy, divisive politics, systemic gender discrimination, agrarian crisis and the will to survive great odds. His curiosity for peeking behind the curtain triumphed over the criminal agenda of many scamsters in the highest political and corporate circles, making way for breaking stories such as Panama Papers Scam, Telgi Stamp Paper Scam, and many others. His versatility in reporting extended to red corridors of left-wing extremism where the lives of security forces and the locals in Maoist-affected areas were key points of investigation. His knack for detail provided crucial evidence of involvement from overseas in terrorist bombings in Hyderabad.

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