Maoist behind murder of top cop and bid on Naidu is killed

Top Maoist leader Sakhamuri Apparao,involved in the bids on the lives of former Andhra chief ministers N Chandrababu Naidu and N Janardhan Reddy....

Top Maoist leader Sakhamuri Apparao,involved in the bids on the lives of former Andhra chief ministers N Chandrababu Naidu and N Janardhan Reddy and the killing of a DIG who founded the anti-Naxal force that became the Greyhounds,was shot dead today in a gunbattle with police in the Nallamalla forests in Prakasam district.

Prakasam SP V Navin said Apparao was shot dead while three others fled into the forest.

From Khanapur in Warangal,Apparao alias Ravi was one of the most wanted Maoist leaders and a close associate of CPI (Maoist ) state secretary Ramakrishna.

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He was involved in the killing of two police officers,including DIG K S Vyas in Hyderabad in 1993,and the attempt on Chandrababu Naidu at Alipiri near Tirupati in October 2003. Vyas was the officer behind the creation of the Greyhounds.

In 2004,Apparao was instrumental in aligning leaders of CPI (Maoist) and CPI (ML) Janashakti for peace talks with the state government.

In another incident,Soli Kondala Reddy,secretary of the Maoist zonal committee for South Telangana,was shot dead in Kodishala in Tadvai mandal of Warangal.

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