Five Maoist sympathisers held, explosives seized
Deccan ChronicleKARIMNAGAR: Karimnagar police arrested on Tuesday five Maoist sympathisers and seized from them explosives including 14 boxes of detonators, each box containing 100 pieces; seven bundles of safety fuses, each containing 25 coils; four coils of lose bundles, four mobile phones, two cars and ₹ 1.45 lakh in cash. Speaking to media, police commissioner V. Satyanarayana identified the sympathisers as Mudidena Chinna Rao and Kondagorla Sunil of Chhattisgarh state, Basaveni Rajaiah and Gorla Babu of Siddipet district, and Nagaboina Nagaraju of Hanamkonda district. Following instructions issued by Maoists, the five sympathisers secured explosives from quarries in Bejjanki mandal of Siddipet district. Additional DCP S. Srinivas, Karimnagar rural ACP Vijay Sarathi, Thimmapur inspector Shashidar Reddy and SI Pramod Reddy were among those present at the press conference.