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Citizens’ group seeks help for seriously ill surrendered Maoist in prison
A Bengaluru citizens’ group says surrendered Maoist Kotehonda Ravindra is seriously ill and in an intensive care unit.
Ravindra is being held in a Keralam prison in connection with a National Investigation Agency case.
He surrendered in February 2025 and returned to the mainstream, after six other Maoists surrendered in Bengaluru the previous month.
The group says the Karnataka government has not fulfilled assurances on release and rehabilitation made during the surrenders.
It wants Karnataka to work with Keralam to move his cases forward and secure his relocation.
It has also called for legal help, medical treatment, family visits and clear information about his health.
The group says other surrendered Maoists are still awaiting rehabilitation, and has urged the government to honour its commitments to them.
The Citizens’ Initiative for Peace has urged the Karnataka government to help secure medical care and relocation for surrendered Maoist Kotehonda Ravindra.
The group said Ravindra was seriously ill and being treated in an Intensive Care Unit.
Ravindra is lodged in a Keralam prison in connection with a National Investigation Agency case, according to advocate K.P. Sripal.
The group said the government had not fulfilled assurances on the release and rehabilitation of surrendered Maoists.
It called for legal assistance, medical treatment, family visits and coordination with the Keralam government.
- Who
- Kotehonda Ravindra, a surrendered Maoist, and the Citizens’ Initiative for Peace, Bengaluru.
- What
- The group is seeking government intervention over Ravindra’s deteriorating health and prison situation.
- When
- The group issued its statement on Tuesday; the article was published on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Ravindra is in a Keralam prison and is being treated in an Intensive Care Unit.
- Why
- The group says Ravindra is seriously ill and that government assurances on release and rehabilitation have not been fulfilled.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Six Maoists, excluding Ravindra, surrendered in Bengaluru in the presence of then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Ravindra surrendered and returned to the mainstream.
Ravindra was taken to Keralam.
The Citizens’ Initiative for Peace urged the Karnataka government to intervene, saying Ravindra was seriously ill and in the ICU.
- Surrendered Maoist
- Kotehonda Ravindra
- Current prison
- Keralam
- Case
- National Investigation Agency case
- Medical condition
- Seriously ill and being treated in an Intensive Care Unit
- Group seeking intervention
- Citizens’ Initiative for Peace, Bengaluru
- Six other surrenders
- January 8, 2025, in Bengaluru
What people are saying
He also suffered a stroke. He would not even meet people who visited him in prison. Subsequently, special arrangements were made for his family to meet him in prison.
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