Warangal Commissioner of Police Tarun Joshi showing the photo a recently arrested Maoist leader.
Some senior Maoist leaders, including Central Committee Members Katakam Sudershan alias Dula Dada and Thippiri Tirupathi alias Kummu Dada, have tested positive for Coronavirus and are undergoing treatment in Dandakaranya forest of Chhattisgarh.
This was revealed to Telangana Police by another COVID-affected senior Maoist leader, Gaddam Madhukar, who was caught in Warangal while on his way to a private hospital in the town from Chhattisgarh for immediate medical assistance.
Madhukar who hailed from Kumaram Bheem-Asifabad district was the head of communications for Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee. While Madhukar managed to evade police for more than two decades, it was COVID which forced him to break his self-imposed security measures.