Member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) Yellandu and Narsampet dalam P. Adamaiah alias Ganesh surrendered to the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police, police said.
Adamaiah, 21, a native of Adavi Ramaram village in Allapalli mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, turned himself in before Superintendent of Police B. Rohit Raju in Kothagudem on Saturday.
Police said Mr. Adamaiah had worked as a courier for Maoists for a few months before joining the ranks of the Maoists as a dalam (squad) member in early 2023. He had quit the banned outfit and joined the mainstream to lead a normal life, sources added.
In another incident, a combined team of Dummugudem police and the CRPF personnel on Saturday arrested a Maoist militia deputy commander from Chhattisgarh while checking vehicles at Paidigudem village in Bhadrachalam Agency.
The police identified the arrested person as 27-year-old Karam Venkatesh alias Venka, of Sakileru village in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district.