Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader and Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) Special Zonal Committee member and a ‘division secretary’, identified as Muttannagari Jalandhar Reddy alias Krishna alias Maranna, carrying a reward of INR 2 million on his head surrendered with disillusionment with the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] ideology and lack of public support at Andhra Pradesh Police Headquarters at Mangalagiri in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh on April 20, reported The Hindu. Jalandhar Reddy was involved in six ambushes, including the Balimela attack, 19 exchanges of fire (EoF), seven murders. He had played a key role in the abduction of former Malkangiri District Collector Vineel Krishna. Jalandhar Reddy, a native of Bhoompalli village in Siddipet District of Telangana, was a member of the Radical Students Union (RSU), and had joined in People’s War Group (PWG) in 2000. He had joined as a member of the Giraipalli Dalam (armed squad) in Medak District. Later, he worked in South Telangana Special Guerrilla Squad in Nallamala forest area and in Andhra Area Military Platoon. He was promoted as the area committee member and transferred to the AOBSZC in September 2002. Jalandhar Reddy served in different cadres in Malkangiri-Koraput-Visakha Border (MKVB) divisional committees. In November 2006, he was elevated as the ‘divisional committee member, DCM’ of the AOBSZC. The wanted CPI-Maoist leader also worked as a secretary to protection squad of 'central committee (CC) member' Akkiraju Haragopal alias RK, from 2013 to 2016. Since January 2019, He had been working as the secretary of the MKVB before he was promoted as the Special Zonal Committee member of the AOBSZC, said Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP), D G Sawang. Jalandhar Reddy completed his Intermediate education, was one among those who raided on District armoury at Koraput in 2004, attack on Yerragondapalem Police Station in April 2001, and Srisailam, Sunnipenta Police Stations in Kurnool District and many other offences in the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) region.