Hyderabad, April 10 --  In what Telangana Police described as the "final collapse" of the CPI (Maoist)'s organisational structure in the state, 42 cadre of the banned outfit, including a battalion commander and senior leadership from two key formations, surrendered before the Telangana Police on Friday, April 10. 

The surrender, the latest in a series of capitulations that has accelerated sharply this year, included Sodi Malla alias Keshal alias Nikhil, the in-charge commander of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion and a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), one of the most senior figures to have come forward this year. 

A 47-year-old native of Sukuma district in Chhattisgarh, Sod...