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October 15, 2025

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.

- SUDHIR SURYAWANSHI @ Mumbai

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.

Sonu was considered one of the most influential strategists in the Maoist organisation and had long supervised platoon operations along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border, according to sources. He had a total bounty of ₹10 crore on his head from various states.

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