Ganesh was initially associated with the Radical Students Union (RSU), a frontal organisation of the CPI(M), a Naxalite group, which became defunct after 2005.
The surrendered ultras handed over 24 firearms, including one INSAS LMG, three AK-47 rifles, and five SLR rifles, along with 733 live rounds of ammunition of various calibres, to the police.
Santosh befriended and lured former deputy dalam commander Siddanna to Agraharam hillocks before killing him, allegedly enraged by the latter’s admission of executing his father during Maoist operatio ...
DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said the Maoists chose to return to the mainstream due to sustained pressure from security forces, ideological differences, and internal rifts within the organisation.
