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.