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Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

1250 naxals `liberated' from records

By Our Staff Reporter

SIDDIPET APRIL 29. In order to provide real salvation to militants and sympathisers of the outlawed People's War Group of naxalites the Medak district police on Monday removed the names of about 1250 militants from the police records of the Siddipet division.

At the `Vimukti' sadassu (redemption convention) organised in Siddipet town, the Hyderabad range DIG, N. Sambasiva Rao, the Medak Superintendent of Police, Shikha Goel, and the OSD, Charu Sinha, distributed certificates (sathpravarthana druvikarna pathram) to the militants with good character to lead a happy life in the villages. The next phase of Vimukthi sadassu would be held in Toopran division very soon to liberate over 600 militants of the region.

From now onwards no militants or sympathisers of the division would be summoned to police stations. It was really a dream come true for the militants who had been regularly summoned to police stations since 1990 for aiding naxalites.

Speaking on the occasion, the Hyderabad range DIG launched a scathing attack on the extremists for obstructing development and hindering progress of the interior villages. He called upon the villagers to protest against destruction by naxalites and oppose their entry into the villages. "There is no scope for the naxalites' outdated ideology in a democratic set-up where everyone is accountable,'' he said.

Inviting the villagers to inform the police or any other officials about their problems, he urged them not to approach the naxalites as they would not solve their grievances and would, instead, ruin their lives. Referring to the campaign of `Maa vooriki randi- maa thone vundandi' (which was aimed at appealing to teachers and doctors to reside at the place of posting), he suggested to the villagers to take on the responsibility of developing their village by providing education to children by ensuring that Government officials, including teachers, resided at the place of posting.

The Superintendent of Police, Shikha Goel, said they had launched the `Kalisinaduddam' (together we can make differences) focussing on the rural youth, who were otherwise exploited by naxalites, to eradicate the extremist menace and develop rapport with the people and to evolve people-friendly and service-oriented systems.

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