Chhattisgarh attack: Andhra Pradesh police arrest suspected Naxal

Chhattisgarh attack: Andhra Pradesh police arrest suspected Naxal

Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested a suspected Naxal leader identified as Savita alias Madhvi in Khammam district of the state.

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Chhattisgarh attack: Andhra Pradesh police arrest suspected Naxal

Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested a suspected Naxal leader identified as Savita alias Madhvi in Khammam district of the state, CNN-IBN reported.

Police suspect that Savita was involved in the 25 May attack on a Congress convoy at Darbha ghati in Chhattisgarh and had been injured during cross firing.

PTI

Savita was apprehended by the Andhra police from a car during routine checking. Savita is allegedly a member of CPI-Maoist Bastar Regional Committee and wife of Central Committee member Chandranana.

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Security agencies had declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh for her capture.

In addition to Savita’s arrest, police have apprehended a Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika member identified as Prithviraj. The organisation is suspected to be CPI-Maoist’s a frontal organisation.

On 25 May, heavily-armed Maoists had ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders at Darbha, killing 27 people, including PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh, senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma and ex-MLA Uday Mudaliyar and injuring 37 others, including former Union minister VC Shukla.

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