Senior Maoist leader carrying ₹20 lakh bounty surrenders before Telangana DGP, recieves reward
A former senior Maoist, Kakarala Samatha, surrendered to Telangana police after a lengthy career in the CPI (Maoist).
A 60-year-old senior Communist Party of India (Maoist) member, Kakarala Samatha, surrendered to Telangana DGP CV Anand on Monday, police announced. Formerly Kakarala Samatha, wife of the late senior Maoist leader and CC member Patel Sudhakar Reddy, she carried a ₹20 lakh reward for her surrender. DGP Anand stated that Samatha would receive ₹25,000 as immediate relief, with additional financial benefits as per norms.
Samatha and her sister, Kakarala Sunitha, were both active in the movement, Sunitha serving as a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee. Their father, Kakarala Satyanaraya, is a veteran in the Telugu film industry. Maoism began for Samatha in 1984, and she served in core party teams and the party’s Southern Regional Bureau.
With the movement's complete eradication, she decided to surrender to the police. Currently, only three Maoist leaders from Telangana remain hidden, and the DGP appealed to them to surrender and join mainstream politics.
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