Osmania University PhD scholar arrested for ‘Maoist links’ in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A PhD scholar of the Osmania University, who was also the former State president of the Telangana Vidhyarthi Sangam (TVS), was arrested by the LB Nagar police on Sunday, on charges of his alleged links with the outlawed CPI (Maoist) party and influencing and encouraging people to join the party. Police said he was […]

Hyderabad: A PhD scholar of the Osmania University, who was also the former State president of the Telangana Vidhyarthi Sangam (TVS), was arrested by the LB Nagar police on Sunday, on charges of his alleged links with the outlawed CPI (Maoist) party and influencing and encouraging people to join the party. Police said he was arrested in connection with a case registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) two years ago.

The arrested scholar was identified as K.Srinivas Goud (38), a resident of Warasiguda in Secunderabad and a native of Peddapalli district.

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According to the police, Srinivas Goud was in alleged possession of Maoist literature and also was inciting, influencing and encouraging people, mostly youngsters, to the banned organization. He was also involved in the collection of money from various persons in support of the party and worked on the instructions of leaders of the organization.

The police said Goud was one among the suspects in the 2019 case booked against N.Ravi Sharma and his wife Anuradha, ex-State Committee members of CPI (Maoist) party’s Bihar-Jharkhand unit and others for having links with the party. So far, the cops have arrested 13 persons in connection with the case booked at LB Nagar police station.

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