Four conduits arrested, weapons, ammunition seized

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Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, Jan 25 (UNI) The district police seized weapons and cash, purportedly meant for the Naxalites from a car during a vehicle check near Mulugu and arrested four persons in this connection.

Addressing press conference here today, Superintendent of Police Soumya Misra said the four arrested, along with the consignment containing two weapons, 171 rounds of ammunition of various firearms and cash amounting to Rs one lakh were meant for delivering to the outlawed naxalites in the district.

He said a police team led by Mulugu Sub Inspector I V Kiran Kumar noticed a car from Mallampalli village stopping some distance away from the checking point and one of its occupants fleeing. They rushed towards the car and on inspection found Two Mark II rifles and various types of ammunition, including 30 round of .303 rifle bullets, five live SLR cartridges, two charger clips and Rs one lakh cash from the dicky.

The arrested, belonging to Prathighatana naxal outfit were identified as Merugu Devender of Moranchapalli, Badithela Mahender of Kasimpalli in Bhupalpalli mandal, Kaka Lingaiah of Govindraopet mandal and car driver Nallabelli Chaitanya of Bhupalpalli mandal.

The person, who fled was Jampala Vidyasagar of Matchapur in Govindraopet mandal, he added.

The ultras had extorted more than Rs five lakh from a Secunderabad-based transport company, a contractor of Bhupalli and another person from Nagrampalli.

In an another incident, police arrested one person, having links with "pseudo-naxalites" and recovered from his possession one 9mm country-made pistol along with seven live.

Mr Misra also said a special police team led by Narasampet Sub Inspector G Shekhar Goud recovered two landmines, each weighing two and half kg and hidden in steel tiffin boxes.

The boxes containing the landmines, planted under a bridge near Ramavarpadu on Punugondla road in Kothaguda Mandal, meant for targeting the police parties were difused, he added.

UNI

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