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| Maoist 'military' brain shot dead by Andhra cops |
| 2006-06-19 |
| The Andhra Pradesh Police achieved yet another major success against the outlawed CPI (Maoist) killing one of its top 'military' brains responsible for killing as many as 30 policemen in the past five years. Guntur district Superintendent of Police B Shivadhar Reddy said district committee member and Nallamalla platoon commander Suresh was killed in an encounter on Sunday night while his accomplice escaped. The incident occurred at the Ramapuram crossroad near Dachepalli where the police was conducting vehicle checks. When policemen tried to stop a motorcycle carrying two persons, the pillion rider opened fire. In the retaliatory firing, the pillion rider fell while the driver escaped on the motorcycle. The person, who was later identified as Suresh, died on the spot. The police recovered a diary, Rs 10,000 cash and .45 revolver from him. "This is a significant development because this person was a top military brain of the outfit in the area. He was involved in as many as 40 murders, attacks on police stations and landmine blasts," Shivadhar Reddy said. Suresh, who headed a 30-member 'military platoon' of the CPI (Maoist) active in Prakasham and Guntur districts, was responsible for the death of 30 policemen since 2001. One of the landmine blasts triggered by him in Guntur district five years ago killed 8 policemen. Subsequently, another blast in 2001 had also killed nine people. An expert in landmine laying and blasting, 28-year-old Suresh was also the first Maoist to use a rocket in the attack on the Durgi police station. He was involved in the attack on the Chilkaluripet police station in Guntur district in March last year, in which seven persons were killed. He also led the attack on the Addanki police station in Prakasham district, the SP said. The police was on a high alert in all sensitive areas of the State in view of the local body elections later this month. Maoists have given a call for the boycott of elections. This is the second major blow the CPI (Maoist) has suffered in less than a week. A top Maoist leader, a central committee and central military commission member M Ravikumar was killed in the neighbouring Prakasham district last Friday. Meanwhile, the police suspect one of the two Maoists killed in an encounter in Khammam on Sunday was also a senior functionary, possibly a district committee member. An AK-47 rifle was recovered from him. The weapon is indicative of a higher position of the person in the outfit. |
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