The Hindu : Two naxals killed in `encounter'

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Monday, Jul 21, 2003

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Two naxals killed in `encounter'

By Our Staff Reporter

NALGONDA JULY 20. In an alleged encounter on the banks of the Krishna, two naxals of the PW were killed by a special party police in the early hours of Sunday at Chintalabeedu near Adlur village of Mellacheru mandal.

The naxals were suspected to be members of the Bellamkonda dalam, which is operating on the borders of Guntur and Nalgonda districts. According to police sources, five naxals who were on the way to Adlur from Reballe side indiscriminately opened fire on the combing police team.

The policemen opened fire in retaliation and two bodies were found later at the site of the encounter.

Three naxals took to their heels under the cover of firing. Earlier in the day, the police said they chased one naxal who jumped into the Krishna. Though they claim that he was dead, his body was not recovered. Some revolutionary literature and an old tapancha were recovered from the spot and the deceased are yet to be identified.

10 naxals, others surrender

Our Guntur Staff Reporter writes:

At least 10 militants, members of the `grama rakshaka dalams,' and sympathisers of the People's War (PW) surrendered before the Superintendent of Police, Ravishankar Ayyanar, on Sunday.

Among those who surrendered, members of the Regulagadda village "grama rakshaka dalam'' (GRD), T. Nageswara Rao (18), Jakkula China Kondaiah (18) and Kalagani Venkateswarlu (19) were listed as accused in the cases of famine raids at Vemavaram and Chennayapalem, attack on Nagarjuna Cement factory and snatching of wireless sets, attack on four persons in Govindapuram village and blasting of soap box bomb at the Janmabhoomi grama sabha venue.

The SP said that M. Kasaiah (25), I. Anjaneyulu (28), D. Koteswara Rao (40), K. Nageswara Rao (28) and T. Konda (20) were all militants and accused of participating in the Vemavaram famine raid.

Darsi Surya Chandra Rao (18) alias Suryam was a member of area rakshaka dalam (ARD), enjoying the rank of an LGS (local guerrilla squad) member for almost one-and-half years.

He was accused in several cases, including hurling of soap bombs on Janmabhoomi grama sabha in Kancharagunta and Mutukur, burning of two RTC buses in Kancharagunta and telephone exchanges at Mutukur and Adigoppula and killing of an operator in the bank robbery at Mandadi.

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