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Maoist plan to target politicians foiled

Hyderabad, June 13
The Andhra Pradesh police today claimed to have foiled an attempt of a Maoist team from Karnataka to target political leaders and senior police officers in the state by arresting one of its members.

The arrested member, identified as B Chandrashekhar, of a three-member action team of CPI (Maoist), during his interrogation reportedly told the police that the team led by him was tasked to eliminate politicians and policemen in Andhra Pradesh.

The team active in Karnataka state, managed to sneak into Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh last night. However, alert policemen foiled the plans of Maoist action team members during vehicle checking operation in the district, Gadwal DSP Mahesh said.

The police carried out search operations at the entry points of the bordering areas of Karnataka state and signalled a vehicle to stop. Three Maoists travelling in the vehicle jumped out and tried to escape. However, one of them, Chandrashekhar, was nabbed while two others managed to flee. — PTI