MANY WELL-EDUCATED TRAPPED

East Godavari SP Vishal Gunni, who produced the arrested Chandan Kumar Mishra and Ankala Prudhiviraj before the media, said that on receipt of a call, they met top Maoist Haribhushan who instructed them to leave a few letterheads of Maoists at the site after murdering the V-C. The SP added that a number of well-educated persons were being ‘trapped’ by the Maoists.

An attempt to kill University of Hyderabad ViceChancellor P. Appa Rao was foiled and East Godavari police arrested two alleged Maoists on Friday.

East Godavari Superintendent of Police Vishal Gunni, who produced the arrested Chandan Kumar Mishra and Ankala Prudvi Raj, told mediapersons here on Saturday that Maoists had hatched a plan to kill Dr Rao. The two were arrested at Pitchukulapadu ‘T’ Junction on the Bhadrachalm-Cherla Road on Friday.

Mr Gunni said that on information, Anti-Naxal Squad personnel were searching vehicles and nabbed the duo. Chandan, 37, and Ankala, 27, met Haribhaushan in December 2017 through a person working on Telangana Vidhya Vedhika and spoke about their interest in Maoist ideology.

The next month they were made to meet Haribhushan in a forest area between Cherala and Venkatapuram. Discussions were also held on the suicide of Vemula Rohith in UoH and its repercussions.

On receipt of call, Ankala along with Chandan later met Haribhushan and revealed the plan and instructed them to leave a few letter heads of Maoists to be dropped at the site after murdering the VC, Mr Gunni said, adding that a number of well-educated persons were being ‘trapped’ by Maoists.