The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘Divisional Committee Member (DCM)’ and ‘Press In-charge’ of the Telangana State Committee, Nerella Jyothi alias Jyothakka, surrendered before Police Commissioner L Subbarayudu in Karimnagar District of Telangana on May 12, reports Telangana Today. Jyothakka, a native of Shivangulapalli, Konaraopet Mandal (administrative division) of Rajanna-Sircilla District, had joined the extremist party in 2004 and worked in different cadres in Sircilla, Adilabad, the Godavari River belt area, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha during the last 20 years. Attracted by the party ideology, she joined the party through the then ‘commander’ Raghu. Jyothi, who worked in the Sircilla area for a few days, went to the Mangi Dalam (armed squad) of Adilabad District after the Manala encounter. After the Adilabad Karrigutta encounter in 2011, she migrated to Odisha along with Jampanna and worked as a member of the press committee. She worked in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Commissioner of Police Subbarayudu said she was vexed with the extremist party’s barbaric ideas towards tribal people and inequality towards women members of the party and decided to surrender before the Police.