Hyderabad: In a coordinated operation, police apprehended eight individuals associated with the banned CPI-Maoist faction in Bhadradri Kothagudem, Telangana. According to the officials, the arrested individuals, believed to be part of the banned CPI-Maoist Party Militia Committee, were identified as Madakam Bhudra, Madakam Joga, Madvi Sanna, Madvi Bhima, Madvi Anda, Madivi Bhima, Kalma Dula, and Kalma Hadama.
The arrests were made during a joint combing effort, involving Charla Police, Special Party units, and personnel from the 141st and 81st Battalions of CRPF, within the Tippapuram forest area of Charla Mandal.
Authorities stated that these detained individuals were active members of the Kanchala Rasapalli RPC Militia Committee, an arm of the Pamed Area Committee under the CPI-Maoist Party. Their affiliation with the group spans a period of two years.
According to a statement released by Paritosh Pankaj, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Bhadrachalam, “The arrested individuals had participated in placing a 12 kg bomb on the BT road between Gorukonda and Chennapuram villages of Charla Mandal last July with the intention of killing policemen. The bomb was identified and neutralised by Charla Police, special party personnel of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, and 81Bn CRPF personnel on the 25th of last month.”
The statement also revealed that “the banned CPI-Maoist Party has been harassing tribal people living in the border villages of Telangana-Chhattisgarh state by organising meetings in the name of Martyrs’ Weeks. The group has been threatening and imposing fines on those who do not attend these meetings.”
A case has been registered against the arrested individuals at Charla Police Station under various sections of the Explosive Substances Act, the UPA Act, and a few sections of the IPC, according to the police official. The accused have been taken to Bhadrachalam Court for judicial remand, said the official.
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