Maoist leader arrested

October 13, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:49 am IST - Kakinada:

The East Godavari police have arrested CPI (Maoist) Party State committee member and secretary of the party’s Khammam district committee Eruvu Shiva Reddy alias Kiran, 38, along with a registered medical practitioner in the forest area under the Etapaka police station limits. They were produced before the media here on Monday evening. Shiva Reddy was an accused in 73 cases. including 27 charges of murder in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Chattisgarh States and a reward of Rs. 20 lakh was announced on his arrest by the government.

SP M. Ravi Prakash said Shiva Reddy and Dukkam Naresh, 26, an RMP from Nandigama village near Etapaka were arrested on Sunday.

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