CPI (Maoist) commander of Charla Local Organising Squad (LOS), Shyamala Dharmaiah alias Dharmanna, 38, surrendered before Bhadrachalam Assistant Superintendent of Police R Bhaskaran in Kothagudem on Saturday.

According to police sources, Dharmanna hails from Tekuleru in the neighbouring Chhattisgarh.

He joined the outlawed outfit in 2010. He worked as a member of Sabari Area Committee and Deputy Commander of the LOS before being elevated to the position of Commander of Charla LOS in January 2015.

He reportedly participated in three incidents of exchange of fire with the police in areas adjoining the porous inter-State border with Chhattisgarh during 2013-14.