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Top Maoist leader carrying bounty of ₹10 cr surrenders with 60 cadres
The New Indian Express Belagavi
|October 15, 2025
Maoists strangle BJP worker to death in Chhattisgarh district
MALLOJULA Venugopal Rao, alias Sonu —a politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and one of the most prominent Naxalite leaders—laid down arms late Monday night, taking with him 60 other cadres, marking a significant setback for the party.
Venugopal alias Bhupathi alias Sonu, along with the cadres, including a member of the central committee and ten members of a divisional committee, surrendered before the police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, sources said.
This story is from the October 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Belagavi.
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