Andhra Pradesh (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2013

Following the directive from Kolkata National Investigation Agency (NIA) court to seize and attach the properties of top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, the Karimnagar District revenue authorities visited the Bheerpur village of Sarangapur mandal (administrative unit) on June 1 and found that Maoists’ supremo Muppala Laxman Rao alias Ganapathi did not have any properties in his native village of Bheerpur, reports The Hindu. However, the revenue authorities said that they had seized and attached 1.37 acres of land that belonged to Maoists central committee member Balmuri Narayana Rao in the village and handed over the same to the NIA authorities. Read less...

The Prakasam District Police have launched area domination operations in the thick Nallamalla forests, once a safe heaven for the Maoists, in the wake the extremists’ May 25 ambush in Chhattisgarh. “We have increased the frequency of the combing operations to curb any movement of Maoists in the district,” Superintendent of Police K. Raghuram Reddy said. Read less...

The Koutala Circle Police in Adilabad District on June 2 recovered a small arms dump belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hidden near Gudem village in Bejjur mandal (administrative unit), reports The Hindu. The dump had three tapanchas, 15 live rounds of 12 bore shot gun and 25 electrical detonators. Read less...

Kurasam Mothi Bai alias Madhavi (40), Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) south Bastar division committee secretary and wife of North Telangana Special Zonal Committee (NTSZC) secretary Chandranna, and two others were arrested by the Police after a 20-km-long chase on the Bhadrachalam-Kothagudem main road near Palvancha town in Khammam District on June 3, reports The Hindu. According to Police sources, the other two arrestees were identified as A. Prudvi (22), a student of integrated MA course of Hyderabad Central University and his father A. Dharmaraju (50), a railway employee of Chirala in Prakasam District. Sources said that the car carrying the trio overturned after hitting a roadside pole while negotiating an empty jeep kept as a road barrier by the local Police at Peddamma Thalli temple, a few km from Palvancha. It is suspected that Madhavi was heading towards Vijayawada to undergo treatment for an ailment. It is suspected that Prudvi was associated with a student organisation, a “secret” frontal organisation of the banned outfit, he said, adding that further investigations were under way to ascertain the antecedents of the duo. The Times of India adds that Prudvi confessed that he had left the campus a few months back to join the Maoist party. Prudvi also claimed that he was a member of the Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika of the Hyderabad Central University. Read less...

Kurasam Mothi Bai alias Madhavi (40), Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) south Bastar division committee secretary and wife of North Telangana Special Zonal Committee (NTSZC) secretary Chandranna, and two others were arrested by the Police after a 20-km-long chase on the Bhadrachalam-Kothagudem main road near Palvancha town in Khammam District on June 3, reports The Hindu. According to Police sources, the other two arrestees were identified as A. Prudvi (22), a student of integrated MA course of Hyderabad Central University and his father A. Dharmaraju (50), a railway employee of Chirala in Prakasam District. Sources said that the car carrying the trio overturned after hitting a roadside pole while negotiating an empty jeep kept as a road barrier by the local Police at Peddamma Thalli temple, a few km from Palvancha. It is suspected that Madhavi was heading towards Vijayawada to undergo treatment for an ailment. It is suspected that Prudvi was associated with a student organisation, a “secret” frontal organisation of the banned outfit, he said, adding that further investigations were under way to ascertain the antecedents of the duo. The Times of India adds that Prudvi confessed that he had left the campus a few months back to join the Maoist party. Prudvi also claimed that he was a member of the Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika of the Hyderabad Central University. Read less...

A husband-wife couple Beersingh alias Mahesh alias Bhagat Singh and his wife Nagireddy Lakshmi Devi, who were presently living in Madhya Pradesh along with their children, surrendered before Markapur Police in Prakasam District. Beersingh, from Madhya Pradesh, was a deputy commander in PWG while Lakshmi, native of Ardhaveedu mandal (administrative unit) of Prakasam, was involved in Maoist activities earlier (during 2003 and 2006) in Prakasam and Mahabubnagar Districts. The duo shifted to Madhya Pradesh after escaping during an encounter and stayed away from the organisation, a senior Police official said. Read less...

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on June 5 requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sanction and fund the construction of a corridor of road network all along the borders of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh equipped with communication and other facilities to effectively tackle the Maoists taking shelter in the tri-junction between these three States, reports The Hindu. Read less...

Four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres including a husband-wife and another couple on June 5 surrendered before the Police in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam and Khammam Districts, reports The Times of India. Maoists - Arun and his companion Uma - eloped and came out of the dalam (squad) and surrendered before the Police. Arun, carrying INR 400,000 on his head, was working for the past nine years with Special Guerilla Squad of Maoists, which is also considered to the rank of Area Committee Member (ACM), Police said, adding that Uma was carrying a cash reward of INR 100,000. Read less...

A small explosives dump belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was found in the forests of Chinna Dampur under Lingapur Police Station limits in Adilabad District on June 10, reports The Hindu. The dump, consisting of two land mines and an equal number of detonators, switches, plugs, wire, medical kit and red cloth, was stored in the 25 kilogram steel box and buried in the ground. Read less...

Maoists are observing Janpituri saptah (revolutionary week) from June 5 to June 11 to commemorate their 'martyrs'. Vehicular traffic was thin at many places in remote areas. Earlier, the Railways have decided not to run the passenger train from Visakhapatnam to Kirandul beyond Jagdalpur fearing Maoist attacks during the week. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called upon separate Telangana protagonists to take up the proposed ‘Chalo Assembly’ on June 14 as a militant struggle, reports The Hindu. In a statement released on June 11, Jagan, spokesman of the North Telangana Special Zonal Committee (NTSZC) called upon the people to ensure the success of the demonstration in spite of refusal of permission by the Police. City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma’s recent statements exposed the intention to unleash repression on the agitating activists, but people should demonstrate yet again that they would not be deterred by such actions. He criticised the political parties for diluting the agitation with an eye on the next elections. Read less...

Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police have come up with a joint strategy to increase surveillance on borders to check the movement of the Maoists, reports The Times of India on June 12. As part of the strategy, the Border Security Force (BSF) would support the Police of the two States by setting up base camps in Naxalite [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] stronghold areas. The BSF, which was asked to eliminate the Maoists in Koraput and Malkangiri in Odisha, has been in the forefront of combing activities in Odisha. BSF troopers have discovered more than 20 Maoist dumps in both Malkangiri and Koraput Districts in the past one-and-half years. The BSF would now focus entirely on nipping the Maoist squads to restrict their movement. It has already established camps, with at least 100 troopers (an entire company) in each camp, in the region. There are a total of 30 such camps in some of the sensitive areas in Malkangiri alone with 20 more in Koraput. Now, the Sarukubanda and Nakkamamidi camps in Malkangiri have joined the list. The Odisha authorities set up the Nakkamamidi camp three weeks ago while Sarukubanda camp was set up a week ago. Read less...

Apprehending possible “Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) misadventure” during the Telangana Joint Action Committee’s Chalo Assembly march on June 14, Andhra Pradesh Police are deploying an unprecedented number of Security Forces (SFs) to ensure that Telangana activists do not take to the streets in the first place, reports The New Indian Express. Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said on June 12 that permission was not given for the Chalo Assembly march. Read less...

The Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Vijayawada discussed on how to prevent the possible Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attacks and other crimes on moving trains or on isolated railway stations, reports The Hindu. At a security meeting held in Vijayawada, GRP Superintendent of Police Ch. Syam Prasad, Guntakal Division Railway SP Munu Swamy, RPF Divisional Security Commissioner Ramesh Chandra and officers from about 10 Districts talked about impending threats to the railway passengers and properties. The railway Police were asked to carry weapons compulsorily while on beat duties. The The officers decided to conduct joint beats on moving trains and on platforms, particularly in Maoist-affected Districts, forests and danger zones. The GRP or the RPF can open fire, if necessary on thieves to protect themselves and the passengers, said the officials. The GRP SPs and the RPF divisional chief said that the Police should be alert while on the moving trains in the Maoist-dominated areas and keenly observe the bushes and forests along the tracks. Read less...

Andhra Pradesh Police on June 25 seized about 50 country-made bombs from Mannesultan Palem village in Guntur District, once a Naxal stronghold, reports PTI. Following the seizure, 20 persons were taken into custody for interrogation. Read less...

Two former Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist-New Democracy (CPI-ML-New Democracy), a Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist (LWE)] group, cadres were arrested on June 25 on the charge of hatching a plot to murder a realtor, reports The Business Standard. The arresteees were identified as J Dasarath and S Srinu. When the duo were going to eliminate one Babu Singh, a realtor, following a land dispute with him, Police acting on a tip off foiled their plan and arrested them. Police also recovered country-made weapons from them. The duo earlier worked as dalam (armed squad) members of CPI-ML-New Democracy in Nalgonda District of Andhra Pradesh and had once surrendered, Cyberabad Police Commissioner C V Anand said. Read less...

A Naxal [Left Wing Extremist (LWE)] belonging to Praja Prathighatana surrendered in the presence of Superintendent of Police (Urban) A. Venkateswara Rao in Warangal District on June 27, reports The Hindu. Madipeddi Balaiah alias Anjanna worked in Mohananna squad of Praja Prathighatana group. He belonged to Pegadapelli village of Kothaguda mandal and joined the group in 1984. He worked in various squads within the group but had also surrendered in the past when he found his agriculture field had been encroached and he could not recover it. Following Mohan’s assurance, he again joined the group. However, having waited for long, he was unable to recover the land and surrendered to the Police again. Read less...

A joint team of local Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the forest area surrounding Peddabandirevu village in Dummugudem mandal (administrative unit) in Khammam District in the night of June 30, reports The Hindu. The Police identified the duo as Tellam Dadaiah alias Madhu, of Yerrampadu village, and Karam Ungaiah of Rallapuram village in Charla mandal. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) N. Prakash Reddy on July 1 said that they been working in Venkatapuram area committee of Maoists led by ‘militia commander’ Musaki Bheema alias Lal for the past few years. They were allegedly involved in two murder cases Read less...