Two Maoist rebels allegedly involved in a failed bid to assassinate the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh have been killed trying to escape custody.
| Ahhh... Shot will attempting to escape. |
The two militants, senior leaders of the outlawed Peopleâs War Group (PWG), were arrested on Saturday in neighboring Karnataka, a police spokesman said. They were being escorted to Tirupati, about 500 km south of the Andhra Pradesh capital Hyderabad, for questioning when they tried to escape, said police superintendent Ramchandra Raju. âThey had stopped on the side of the road for a break when the two men tried to snatch the weapons of their police escorts and escape. They were immediately shot dead,â Raju said.
| Yep. That sounds plausible. |
The two were allegedly involved in an assassination attempt on chief minister Chandrababu Naidu last October in which rebels detonated a landmine as Naiduâs cavalcade passed by on its way to the temple town of Tirupathi. Naiduâs car was badly damaged but he escaped with his life.
| There's two that won't be targetting him again... |
Police also announced yesterday the killing of another top PWG leader in Cuddapah, some 400 km south of Hyderabad. âThere was shootout after which our men surrounded the militants and in the shooting killed the PWGs district committee secretary for the neighboring district of Anatapur,â Abhilesh Bhist, superintendent of police for Cuddapah, said. He said the slain militant was probably involved in the planning of the landmine attack on Naidu.
| ... and that makes three. The gene pool feels cleaner already. |
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