Hyderabad, December 02: Maoists shot dead a surrendered Naxal and a local TDP leader while abducting at least three others in separate incidents in Andhra Pradesh, police said today.
The banned CPI(Maoist) which is celebrating the anniversary of its People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) from December 2 to 8, carried out the killings and abductions to demonstrate the party’s influence, they said.
According to a report from Karimnagar district, a group of 20 Maoists arrived at the residence of a surrendered Naxalite Kummari Satyam (35) at Pamala village, about 120 kms from here in the wee hours today and shot him dead on the spot suspecting him to be a police informer, Mahadevpur Circle Inspector B Tirumal said.
The Maoists, prior to fleeing from the scene also abducted his relative Kummari Tirupathi, Tirumal added.
–Agencies