Hyderabad, Feb. 25 -- The surrender of two Central committee members of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) - Thippiri Tirupati alias Devji and Malla Raji Reddy alias Sangram before the Telangana police is a virtual death blow to the outlawed party, state director general of police B Shivadhar Reddy said on Tuesday.

Along with Devji and Sangram, the party's Telangana state committee secretary Bade Chokka Rao alias Damodar and member Nune Narasimha Reddy alias Ganganna also surrendered before the Telangana police. "With this, the Telangana has more or less been liberated from Maoist insurgency," the DGP told reporters.

The DGP said at present only three central committee members were left in the entire Maoist party across the country, ...