Member of the CPI Central Committee (Maoist) Mallojul Venugopal Rao aka Bhupati. Photo: Special arrangement
In and Major Blow to the Maoist Movement in Mahashtra, 61 Maoists, Including Prominent Central Committee of CPI (Maoist) Mallojula Venugopal Rao aka Bhupati, Surrendered in Front October 13 and 14. The 70-year-brid bhupati is known to be one of the brains Behind the extremist movement. Other insurgents who have given up are two members of the State Zonal Committee, 10 members of the division committee and the cadre from Maharaštra and Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists handed over 54 weapons, including seven AK47, six SLRs and six Inses rifles. Bhupati’s surrender arrives a month after his wife Tarak, aka Vimal Sidam, also turned in. His sister -in -law gave up before the Telangana police.
“Bhupati was the brain or the main spirit of the Naxal movement. It was the second number in the movement and was to become the Secretary -General. Since his wife gave up, he had spoken openly about how the party changed,” the official said.
The head official said Hindu that with Bhupati’s surrender to the “main family of Naxal”, the “main step in eliminating” the rebellion. “It happened after four to five months of consistent efforts of the Maharashtra,” the official said, adding that there was a hard competition between Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
The official said that after a meeting in Chhattisgarh, Bhupati was skeptical about surrendering there. “With such a resistance to Telangan’s leading to his idea of surrender, he was not sure if he could go for a long distance and safely achieve Hyderabad to give up,” the official said, adding that Bhupati also saw “dealing with others who gave up in Maharah, including his wife”.
“The official surrender will take place in front of the main Minister Maharahtra on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) in the morning,” the clerk said.
Bhupati, a graduate of the pedapall shop in Telangana, was a member of the CPI (Maoist) and was the brother of Kistenji, the dreaded Maoist leader in 2011 shot in West Bengal. Another sibling, Azad, was also Maoist killed 20 years ago.
Since the beginning of the uprising in the Mahari in 1980, 1,522 Maoists surrendered, 4 123 was arrested and 347 was killed in operations, showing government data.
Published – October 14, 2025 22:31 ist
