Vizag police score a ‘first’

Two members of an action team, one of them a girl, held. The action teams of Maoists had been on the lookout for politicians and police officers during campaigning for the just concluded General Elections.

May 28, 2014 11:52 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 08:56 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

The district police achieved a major success over the banned CPI (Maoist) when it arrested a two-member action team, including a 20-year-old girl, and recovered a country-made revolver and five rounds of live ammunition from them on Wednesday. The capture was said to be the first of its kind in the State.

The team members were Chikkudu Praveen (24 years) and 20-year-old Chikkudu Usha of Chintagaruvu village under Ginnelakota panchayat of Pedabayalu mandal and the arrest was made on the road between D. Chintalaveedhi and Kamayyapeta in Hukumpeta mandal. Killo Sreenu of Chadurumamidi village of G. Madugula mandal, who was providing logistics support and acted as an “advance pilot” for the duo, was also arrested

Assistant Superintendent of Police of Paderu Fakkeerrappa Kaginelli said that the country made revolver and bullets were seized from Praveen. The three, along with commander of Maoist militia committee of Pedabayalu Killo Sanyasi Rao alias Sagar and deputy commander Killo Narasinga Rao, both from Chadurumamidi, who had surrendered to the police, were produced at a press conference at Paderu.

“Catching action team members is a difficult task but we could achieve it. They carry weapons and live ammunition and take precautions and get logistic support from their people”, Mr. Fakkeerappa said. The three claimed that they were planning to throw pamphlets at villages. Some pamphlets were seized from Usha.

The action teams of Maoists had been on the lookout for politicians and police officers during campaigning for the just concluded General Elections. The ASP said some more action teams were moving around in the Paderu Sub-Division. Praveen was allegedly involved in several incidents since 2010 Usha was also involved in the two cases of snatching of the nomination papers and ballot boxes.

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