Hyderabad, March 5 -- Muppala Lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathy, the ideological head of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and arguably the most consequential figure in the organisation's history, has reportedly been taken into custody by central intelligence officials and is being held at an undisclosed location in Delhi.

Reports indicate that Ganapathy, 77, had been living in Nepal not as a Maoist functionary but as an ordinary citizen, in severely deteriorating health and barely able to walk, when he came into contact with Telangana Police and expressed his intent to surrender.

Amit Shah meeting fuels speculation

Speculation about Ganapathy's capture or imminent surrender intensified after Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth R...