Maoist leader Sujatha surrenders before Telangana Police

Pothula Padmavathi, alias Sujatha, a central committee member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), surrendered before the Telangana Police on Saturday after being underground for more than four decades, The Indian Express reported.

The 62-year-old, who is the widow of Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji, was in charge of the organisation’s South Sub-Zonal Bureau of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee.

Sujatha was wanted in connection with more than 70 cases filed in several districts of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region and carried a reward of Rs 40 lakh on her head, The Hindu reported.