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Three Naxals held in Visakhapatnam

Three Naxals including Bonangi Nageswara Rao, CPI Maoist commander, are arrested in Vishakaptanam by rural police.

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Three Naxals arrested in Vishakhapatanam

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Published : Sep 4, 2020, 12:29 PM IST

Visakhapatnam: Bonangi Nageswara Rao, a commander along with two other Naxals were arrested and remanded by rural police of Visakhapatnam district.

Rao had been working as a CPI Maoist commander since 2005 and was involved in several cases of murder, carrying out landmine blasts, and extortion, among other crimes, according to the police.

The two others, G Rachandra Pasal and S Apparao, were Naxal organisation members and used to threaten government officials and villagers in the region. They also used to organize rallies against police and government, acted as messengers for Naxals, apart from providing food, shelter and other necessary items to them, police said.

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