Overview
- The group, which gave up arms Saturday in Hyderabad, surrendered before state police chief B. Shivadhar Reddy.
- They turned in 32 firearms, including a light machine gun and four AK-47s, with 515 rounds of ammunition.
- The cohort included Hemla Iythu, or Vijja, who led the South Bastar divisional committee, a unit police now say is near collapse.
- Police count 260 surrenders in Telangana so far this year and 818 since 2024, and they now identify only four Telangana-origin cadres still active outside the state.
- Each surrenderer received Rs 25,000 in interim relief under the state’s rehabilitation policy, which promises larger payouts and health cards after documentation.