Hyderabad, October 12: Police today nabbed a former Naxalite who joined hands with self-styled commander of Revolutionary Patriotic Tigers chief Patolla Goverdhan Reddy and threatened a businessman in a land dispute.
Neelam Mallesh alias Sagar alias Pandu alias Ramdas, is a former member of the erstwhile People’s War group (PWG) Giraipally dalam member. He hails from Dhammakpalli village in Medak district.
In 1996, he joined the Giraipally dalam of the PWG and later worked in Narsapur and Ummadidala dalams.
“Mallesh also took part in the attack on the Bommalararam police station in Nalgonda district under the leadership of Sudarshan alias Papanna in 1999.
–Agencies