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Headline: Senior Maoist Leader to Surrender in Telangana Amid Calls for Peace

Hyderabad, India – October 28, 2025 – Bandi Prakash, also known as Prabhat, a senior leader and Telangana State Committee member of the CPI (Maoist) organization, is scheduled to surrender to Telangana Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy today. The surrender follows a recent appeal by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for Maoists to lay down their arms and rejoin mainstream society.

Prakash, a native of Mandamarri in Mancherial district, has been involved in activism for nearly 45 years. His involvement began in the early 1980s. He later held positions such as president of the Singareni Workers’ Union.

This development comes on the heels of the surrender of three other senior Maoist leaders – Kunkati Venkataiah, Mogilicherla Venkatraju, and Thodem Ganga – who recently gave themselves up to Telangana Police after decades spent underground.

Earlier this year, civil rights groups expressed concern for Prakash’s safety, following reports of his alleged detention by Chhattisgarh Police. The Telangana Civil Rights Association issued a statement in June, urging his production in court and calling for renewed peace talks with Maoist leadership, fearing potential extrajudicial killings. Prakash’s surrender marks a potentially significant step toward de-escalation of conflict in the region.

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