Maharashtra maoist chief surrenders: Mallojula Venugopal Rao, 62 cadres lay down arms ending 50-year insurgency; last Naxal stronghold falls | Nagpur News
A file photo of Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu Bhupati. NAGPUR: Senior most guerrilla Mallojula Venugopal Rao, alias Sonu ‘Bhupati’, 69, the Central Committee powerhouse and politburo firebrand who had earlier appealed for a truce, surrendered at Gadchiroli police headquarters in Maharashtra on Tuesday with 62 cadres, signaling the end of state’s five-decade-long Maoist insurgency….