Two Maoists nabbed in raid in Chintoor agency of A.P.

Two Dalam members, together with a 16-year-old boy, of the banned CPI (Maoist) occasion had been caught whereas a couple of others escaped throughout a joint raid carried out by the AP Special Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) close to Lankapalli village below Chintoor police limits in Alluri Sitaramaraju district on February 20 (Monday). The police additionally seized detonators and different materials left behind by the Maoists. 

Chintoor Assistant Superintendent of Police P.Ok.V. Maheswara Reddy stated in a launch that Dalam member Gali Narayana Reddy of Sri Satya Sai district and a 16-year-old boy had been caught in the raid. Narayana Reddy was concerned in 5 main instances, together with the torching of a personal bus at Sarivela in Chintoor agency in 2022, he stated.

Narayana Reddy was additionally concerned in the killing of two tribal males — a Chintoor-based particular person in January 2023 and one other particular person in 2021 — on the suspicion that they had been police informers. 

Online recruitment

“In November 2020, Narayana Reddy got in touch with the Maoists through a social networking platform and was encouraged to join the party by Maoist leader Koyyada Sumbaiah of Munuguru. He has since been active in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh,” stated the ASP. 

The police registered instances and took up additional investigation.