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Mangalore October 14, 2005 7:43:30 PM IST
Three people suspected to have links with naxalite groups in Andhra Pradesh have been arrested here last night, police said today.
Talking to reporters here today, IGP (Western Range) Suresh Babu said the arrested people were identified as Venkatreddy from Kodadi near Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh, Syed from Malur in Kolar district and Madhusudhan from Byrapura in Sakhleshpur near Hassan.
The trio had been moving in the city in a van last night. As part of routine checking, the police had stopped their vehicle and on suspicion arrested them. While Rs three lakh cash and a pistol was seized from Venkatreddy, Rs one lakh cash and a revolver was recovered from Syed.
During interrogation the trio revealed that they had been proceeding to Kerala to purchase some weapons and ammunition.
It was also found that Venkatreddy had been earlier arrested by the Andhra police for supplying seven weapons to naxalite outfit Janasakthi. Of them, the police could recover only three weapons.
The arrested people were produced before the court today for seeking police custody.
<b>The prime accused Venkat Reddy possesses M Sc, B Ed, M Phil degrees and owns a college named 'Maharshi College' at Kodad. He is also a professor in the same college. But for the last 4 years he has been supplying arms to the CPI -ML Janashakti, a Naxalite organization after purchasing them from Karnataka and Kerala with the help of Madhusudhan and Mohammad Syed. He also revealed that the present Rs 3 lac that he possessed was brought to purchase arms and he was on his way to Palakkad in Kerala to procure them.</b>
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Mangalore October 14, 2005 7:43:30 PM IST
Three people suspected to have links with naxalite groups in Andhra Pradesh have been arrested here last night, police said today.
Talking to reporters here today, IGP (Western Range) Suresh Babu said the arrested people were identified as Venkatreddy from Kodadi near Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh, Syed from Malur in Kolar district and Madhusudhan from Byrapura in Sakhleshpur near Hassan.
The trio had been moving in the city in a van last night. As part of routine checking, the police had stopped their vehicle and on suspicion arrested them. While Rs three lakh cash and a pistol was seized from Venkatreddy, Rs one lakh cash and a revolver was recovered from Syed.
During interrogation the trio revealed that they had been proceeding to Kerala to purchase some weapons and ammunition.
It was also found that Venkatreddy had been earlier arrested by the Andhra police for supplying seven weapons to naxalite outfit Janasakthi. Of them, the police could recover only three weapons.
The arrested people were produced before the court today for seeking police custody.
<b>The prime accused Venkat Reddy possesses M Sc, B Ed, M Phil degrees and owns a college named 'Maharshi College' at Kodad. He is also a professor in the same college. But for the last 4 years he has been supplying arms to the CPI -ML Janashakti, a Naxalite organization after purchasing them from Karnataka and Kerala with the help of Madhusudhan and Mohammad Syed. He also revealed that the present Rs 3 lac that he possessed was brought to purchase arms and he was on his way to Palakkad in Kerala to procure them.</b>
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