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Senior Maoist leader Samatha surrenders to Telangana DGP
A very important person in a banned group in India has decided to leave the group.
The group is called the Maoists, and the government has said it is not allowed to exist.
Her name is Samatha, and she was one of the group's top leaders.
She went to the police and gave herself up in the state of Telangana.
Her father was a movie actor who acted in about 300 films.
Long ago, when she was a student in Chennai, she stopped studying to join the group.
Over the years, she became more and more important in the group's work.
Recently, she was in charge of looking after women's issues and spreading the group's ideas in cities.
The police see her surrender as a big loss for the Maoist group.
As part of a government program that helps such people start fresh, she received money from the police.
Kakarala Samatha alias Madhavi, a senior underground CPI-Maoist leader, surrendered to Telangana DGP C V Anand on Monday.
She was a State Committee Member handling women's issues and intelligence-propaganda in urban areas for the outlawed outfit.
In 1985, while in her second year of Intermediate in Chennai, she discontinued her studies and joined the CPI (ML) People's War Group.
She was elevated to the rank of ACM in 1991 and transferred to Hyderabad as a 'Central Organiser'; in 2015 she was shifted to the South Regional Bureau's urban area.
Under Telangana's rehabilitation policy, police handed her a cheque of Rs 20 lakh and interim relief of Rs 25,000.
- Who
- Kakarala Samatha alias Madhavi, a senior underground CPI-Maoist leader, and Telangana DGP C V Anand, who received her surrender.
- What
- Samatha quit the outlawed CPI (Maoist) outfit and surrendered to police, joining the mainstream.
- Where
- Telangana, India.
- When
- Monday (exact date not specified in the articles).
- Why
- Not explicitly stated in the articles; Telangana Police described the surrender as a significant setback to the CPI (Maoist).
Key facts
- Name
- Kakarala Samatha alias Madhavi
- Role in outfit
- State Committee Member handling women's issues and intelligence-propaganda in urban areas
- Outfit
- Outlawed CPI (Maoist)
- Surrendered to
- Telangana DGP C V Anand
- Rehabilitation benefits
- Rs 20 lakh cheque and Rs 25,000 interim relief
- Native place
- Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh
- Year joined
- 1985 (second-year Intermediate in Chennai, CPI (ML) PW)
- Father
- Kakarala Sathyanarayana, film actor in about 300 movies, died in 2022
Sources
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