The military regime under General J. N. Chowdhury launched its attacks on the people of Telangana immediately, within a fortnight, by September end. The formal struggle against the Razakars was stopped. Men like Kasim Razvi, who was the arch-criminal in the statewide killings and lootings, were only imprisoned and were given Class I treatment inside jails; many others were not even put behind the bars and were just let off. On the other hand, they started the campaign of suppression of Communists.

While establishing huge military camps in different parts of the state with hundreds of militarymen, they brought back to the villages those deshmukhs who had taken to their heels, those enemies of the people and Congress volunteers to re-establish their authority in the villages. Alongside every military camp was also a Congress office. Their job was to go round the villages calling upon the people to surrender to the military and to hand over squad members.

The burden of their song in every village was: ‘We have now got people's raj. The Nizam is gone. Tell the squads to surrender along with arms. You also come to terms with us and give back to us all the properties, cattle, paddy and lands which you have taken from the deshmukhs. The Congress Government will later introduce land reforms and give land to you. We are all Hindus. Communists are Russian agents. Under the Communist Government, everyone will be a labourer. They do not observe any social formalities. All old people will be killed. Hence, do not believe them. You pay land revenue, grain levy and excise taxes. Later, the Congress Government will abolish the levy system.