Among those who surrendered, the most prominent name is Koyyadi Sambayya alias Azad. Azad had been playing a key strategic role within the Maoist organization for several decades. Apart from him, Abbas Narayan alias Ramesh, who headed the technical team, has also surrendered. Ramesh had been active in the Ramagundam area for a long time.
Around a month ago, Politburo member Venugopal Rao alias Bhupati and Central Committee Member Rupesh had surrendered. A total of 283 Naxalites from Telangana and Chhattisgarh had laid down arms along with them. Since then, major leaders of the Naxal organization have been surrendering one after another.
