Andhra Pradesh (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2011

Police unearthed an arms dump of the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Mailapadu mandal (administrative unit) of Srikakulam District and recovered a large quantity of explosives on January 4. Acting on an information provided by some villagers, Police carried out searches in a forest in the mandal and recovered 40 grenades, eight landmines and materials used for making explosives, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sanjay Kumar Jain said. Read less...

Two ‘deputy commanders’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered before the Superintendent of Police (SP) G. Srinivas in the Kakinada area of East Godavari District on January 6. One of them, identified as Jartha Nageswara Rao alias Naresh (25), associated with the outfit since 2004, is a ‘deputy commander’ of ‘A' section of the first Central Regional Company on the Andhra-Orissa border, while Gammella Neelanna alias Sagar (22), was associated with the outfit since 2000. He is in the armed militia dalam (squad) of the outfit. “Both Naresh and Sagar joined the outfit at the age of 10 and worked in different capacities. For their surrender, both of them citied reasons, including domination of Guthikoyas in the outfit, and the methods of killing adopted by the outfit in recent times,” Superintendent of Police Srinivas said. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commanders’ surrendered before the Visakha rural Police in Vishakhapatnam District on January 13. The Maoist duo are identified as Vantala Somaraju alias Sekhar, a ‘commander’ of Korukonda area committee, and Kakuri Kanthamma alias Shanti alias Syamala, ‘deputy commander’ of a platoon in the first central regional command (CRC) company. Both Somaraju and Kanthamma decided to come overground to help their families and wished to lead a normal life, Sources said. Somaraju of Aratichetla Veedhi in G K Veedhi Mandal (administrative unit) was involved in four sensational murders, including that of a Zilla Parishad (district level local self government institution) vice-chairman Samida Ravishankar. He also took part in attacks on Police Stations in Visakhapatnam and Gajapati District in Odisha. Kanthamma, whose uncle Kakuri Pandanna alias Jagan is a top Maoist leader, participated in eight exchanges of fire and was a member of the second CRC Company in Chhattisgarh. She was forcibly taken into the Maoist squad at the age of 14 years. Rural Superintendent of Police Vineet Brijlal said they would be handed over INR 200, 000 each along with a rehabilitation package. He said they had received some credible information that some more Maoists were willing to surrender. Read less...

A former cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Rachakonda Laxmaiah was arrested by the Police in Hyderabad on January 22. Laxmaiah along with his associates reportedly extorted money from INR 100, 000 to INR 300, 000 from several Government officials, contractors and businessmen in the guise of Maoists between 2003 and 2009, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), VB Kamalasan Reddy said. Laxmaiah, a native of Nalgonda District started participating in Maoist activities in 1988. He also distributed the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist [People’s War Group] (CPI-ML-PWG) brochures in Mahaboobnagar and Nalgonda Districts and participated in underground activities before surrendering to Police in 1997, Reddy added. On receiving a complaint about Laxmaiah's activities, a special team of Commissioner’s Task Force worked out and arrested him while he was waiting for collecting money, the DCP added. Read less...

A Left Wing Extremist (LWE) belonging to the Praja Pratighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML Praja Pratighatana), identified as Suresh alias Pratap Reddy, was killed in an exchange of fire with the Police near Busuraigutta hillocks in Allapalli Singaram forest area under Gundala Mandal (administrative unit) in Khammam District on January 23. Suresh, a ‘District Committee Secretary’, remained underground for several years and was involved in more than eight murder cases and several other cases of extortion, abduction and arson. Suresh hailed from Giddaluru in Prakasam District. It is suspected that Mohan, ‘State Secretary’ of the outfit, managed to escape from the encounter, Superintendent of Police Kanti Rana Tata said. The Police recovered a Springfield rifle along with 10 bullets, a 9-mm pistol, a kit bag, INR 20,000 cash and three cell phones from the encounter site. Read less...

Five cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including two women, voluntarily surrendered before the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tafseer Iqbal in Koyyuru Mandal (administrative unit) in Visakhapatnam District on January 27. The Police are yet to reveal the identity of the surrendered Maoists. The Maoists were involved in offences like setting ablaze of a bus, road blocking, as well as giving shelter to the Maoists for the past severalyears. Read less...

Deccan chronicle reports that the Planning Commission has finally recommended the inclusion of three more Districts from Andhra Pradesh in the Prime Minister’s Special Development Package for the areas affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) on January 31. Andhra Pradesh was insisting on including Warangal, Karimnagar and Visakhapatnam in view of their strategic location, for carrying out anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operations. The Centre initially included Khammam and Adilabad but ignored the State’s plea for including the above three Districts. Read less...