Other MoA event in Andhra Pradesh, Lankapalli village under Chintoor Police Station limits in Alluri Sitharamaraju District area, India on Mon 20th February 2023

Two Dalam (armed squad) members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) party were arrested while a few others escaped during a joint raid conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Special Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) near Lankapalli village under Chintoor Police Station limits in Alluri Sitharamaraju District on February 20, reports The Hindu. The Police also seized detonators and other material left behind by the Maoists. Chintoor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), P.K.V. Maheswara Reddy, said in a release that Dalam member Gali Narayana Reddy of Sri Satya Sai District and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in the raid. Narayana Reddy was involved in five major cases, including the torching of a private bus at Sarivela in Chintoor agency in 2022. Narayana Reddy was also involved in the killing of two tribal men Ñ a Chintoor-based person in January 2023 and another person in 2021 Ñ on the suspicion that they were Ôpolice informersÕ. ÒIn November 2020, Narayana Reddy got in touch with the Maoists through a social networking platform and was encouraged to join the party by Maoist leader Koyyada Sumbaiah of Munuguru. He has since been active in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh,Ó said the ASP.