IED event in Telangana, Mulugu District area, India on Mon 20th March 2023

Eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) couriers and sympathisers were arrested during vehicle checking on the outskirts of the Ramachandrapuram village under Venkatapuram Mandal (administrative sub division) in Mulugu District of Telangana on March 20, and some explosive substances were seized from them, reports NDTV. Superintendent of Police (SP), Gaush Alam, said on checking their vehicles, the Police found some explosive substances, metal parts of Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] revolutionary literature, and some medicines. On questioning, they told Police that some time ago, they, along with other accused, met CPI-Maoist leader Damodhar and some of the Dalam (armed squad) members for solving their land problems, and they got attracted to the revolutionary ideology of the rebels.