Devuji’s emotional reunion with brother after 40 years

Emotional reunion of Tippiri Gangadhar with his brother Devuji after 40 years, marking his return to the mainstream.

For Tippiri Gangadhar, the younger brother of 62-year-old Tippiri Thirupati, alias Devuji, it was an emotional reunion with his elder brother, whom he had not met in more than 40 years. Devuji was one among the top Maoist leader who returned to the mainstream on Tuesday (February 24, 2026).

Gangadhar said in emotionally choked voice that their decades-long anxious wait ended with Devuji’s return to the mainstream.

A native of Korutla town in Jagtial district, Gangadhar and his family members met Devuji in Hyderabad soon after the latter along with three other senior Maoist leaders turned themselves in before Telangana DGP B. Shivadhar Reddy.

The dilapidated house of CPI (Maoist) top leader Tippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji in Korutla town of Telangana’s Jagtial district. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

Recalling childhood memories with his elder brother (Tirupathi), Gangadhar said that he was a meritorious student with social consciousness and concern for poor and marginalised sections. ”We prayed for his safety and our anxious wait ended with his safe return,” says a visibly relieved Gangadhar.

Taking a cue from the reunion of Devuji with his brother, Ramchandra Rao, the cousin of the elusive veteran Maoist leader Muppala Laxman Rao alias Ganapathi, a native of Beerpur in Jagtial district, made a fervent appeal to his brother to return to the mainstream.