KHAMMAM: Fifteen Naxalites of different groups, ten in Khammam district and five in Kurnool, surrendered to the police on Thursday.
The ten surrendered before Khammam superintendent of police DS Chowan included Vagaboina Saraiah alias Sagar (31), district committee secretary of CPI-ML Praja Prathighatana group.
He went underground in 2004, participated in bus robbery in Aswapuram police station limits and was involved the murders of Bogga Ramulu, Ch Bakka Raju and Mankidi Vasantha Rao.
He took part in an exchange of fire with the police at Regulagudem and six extortion cases are pending against him.
The others are sagar’s wife K Suguna alias Lalitha (25), a member of the Maoist Manuguru local guerilla squad; K Tirupatamma alias Jilani Begum (17), a member of CPI-Maoist Jegurukonda dalam of Chhattishgarh; Banda Bhadraiah alias Kiran (35), zonal committee secretary of CPI-ML Godavariloya Praja Prathigatana of Yellandu, Bayyaram and Tekulapally areas; Gundamalla Venkateswara Rao alias Venkat (30), a state committee member and district secretary for East and West Godavari districts of Praja Pratighatana, Godavariloya; Kunja Eswar (26), a dalam member of PPG; Uke Buchaiah alias Butchi Babu (35), a member of PPG Sagar dalam; Vanka Srinu alias Chandu (25) deputy commander of CPI ML Janasakti Arun dalam; Chinta Raju (20) of Janasakti Arun dalam; P Sailaja alias Kavithakka (19) of Janasakti Asok dalam.
The surrendered extremists would be rehabilitated as per rules, the SP said and appealed to the other underground Naxalites to join the mainstream.
KURNOOL: Five CPI-ML (Janashakti) Naxalites including its state committee member surrendered before the police at Nandyal on Thursday.
Kurnool superintendent of police SB Bagchi and OSD (Nandyal) KV Mohan Rao, who presented the Naxalites before mediapersons, said the Naxalites, who belonged to Kurnool district, cited health problems for giving up arms.
They include state committee member Nallabothula Boya Srinivasulu alias Ramu, Chakali Ramudu alias Gopal (deputy commander of Ahobilam dalam) and Kranti Kumar alias Ravi Boyapula Nagaraju and Chinnaiah alias Dhanaiah.
The surrenders were part of ‘Operation Velugu Bata’ launched by the police, Mohan Rao said.
The Naxalites used to extort money from contractors in Telangana and Rayalaseema regions. They would be rehabilitated as per norms, they said.
Source: Express News Service, March 14, 2008
