Sunday, April 1, 2018

Two Maoist supporters held for plot to kill Hyd central varsity VC 

They’re Working On Order Of Telangana Maoist Brass To Avenge Vemula’s Death

TIMES NEWS NETWORK   01.04.2018

Kakinada/Hyderabad:

Two people with Maoist leanings were arrested on Friday night by East Godavari Police on the charge of hatching a plot to assassinate the vicechancellor of University of Hyderabad (UoH), Podile Appa Rao.

Police claimed the duo was acting on orders of Maoist brass of Telangana to avenge the death of dalit research scholar Rohit Vemula, who committed suicide on the campus.

Producing them before media on Saturday, East Godavari SP Vishal Gunni identified them as Ankala Prudviraj, 27, from Gannavaram in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh and Chandan Kumar Mishra, 28, from Howrah in West Bengal. The two were students of UoH when Vemula committed suicide in January 2016, and have strong Maoists links.

They hold vice-chancellor Appa Rao responsible for Vemula’s death, police said.

During questioning, Prudviraj and Mishra said they were following orders of Maoist Telangana state committee secretary Haribhushan alias Yapa Narayana and central committee member Chandranna.

By killing the VC, the guerrillas hoped to attract more youth into their fold and replenish their depleting cadre strength, said police.

The duo was arrested at Pitchukalapadu ‘T’ junction on the Bhadrachalam-Cherla Road, after they were evasive to queries by a police patrol party.

Prudviraj, who is currently studying in Siddhartha College, Vijayawada, was a student of UoH between 2010 and 2013 and was an active member of Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika. Drawn to Maoist ideology, Prudviraj later met Sukhadev, Dal commander in Charla area in 2013 and moved with his dalam for two months.

Later, he was arrested by Palvoncha police and sent to Warangal central jail for assisting a Chandranna dalam member. On his release on bail, he resumed work for Maoists.

Police said Chandan Kumar Mishra joined UoH in 2013 to study post-graduation and was a member of Telangana Praja Front, a frontal organization of Maoists. During the agitation after Vemula’s suicide, he got acquainted with Prudviraj and both continued their friendship even after Prudviraj moved to Vijayawada to study law.

In December 2017 and January this year, Mishra and Prudviraj met Maoist leader Haribhushan in Cherla area where they were instructed to kill HCU vice-chancellor Appa Rao.

Speaking to STOI, Cyberabad police said they were informed by AP Police about the arrests of two Maoist sympathisers, who were conspiring to eliminate Appa Rao, but they are yet to get full details.

“The state government has deployed two gunmen for the security of vice-chancellor Appa Rao. He resides inside the UoH campus and there are private security guards at his home too. We are waiting for recommendations of AP police and if required we may further beef up his security,” a senior Cyberabad police told STOI.

HATED FIGURE: The state government has deployed two gunmen for the security of vice-chancellor Appa Rao

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