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Kothagudem: A cow died and another one injured in a landmine blast in Pusuguppa forests in Cherla mandal in the district on Saturday. The landmine was planted by naxals targetting police forces. The incident was said to have occurred just one kilometre away from the Joint Task Force base camp set up for police forces […]

Kothagudem: Police arrested a militia member of the banned CPI (Maoist) at Tippapuram village in Cherla mandal in the district on Wednesday. The arrested militia member Tellam Bhima of Jarpalli village of Pamed gram panchayat in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh State has been serving as a member of the Maoist militia for the past three […]

Kothagudem: An incident of a tribal woman losing her life because of breakdown of a 108 emergency ambulance came to light in the district. It was said that the deceased Madvi Chukudi (21) of Rallapuram in Cherla mandal consumed poison on Thursday due to some family issues and fell unconscious. Her family members informed the […]

Kothagudem: Police busted a fake currency racket and arrested eight persons, including a woman and a minor boy at Cherla in the district. Speaking to the media at Bhadrachalam on Tuesday, ASP B Rohith Raj informed that counterfeit currency worth Rs 5.15 lakh was seized from the accused. A total of 551 fake currency notes […]

Kothagudem: Police arrested a Maoist dalam member in the forests of Chintaguppa in Cherla mandal in the district on Monday. Bhadrachalam in-charge ASP, B Rohith Raj speaking to the media at Cherla on Tuesday informed that the local police and CRPF 141 Bn personnel during combing operations spotted four persons moving suspiciously in the forests. […]

Kothagudem: Bhadrachalam bandh called on Thursday by different political parties passed off peacefully and was a success. The bandh, which was called for to demand demerger of five Telangana gram panchayats (GPs) merged with Andhra Pradesh, was also observed in Cherla and Dummugudem mandals in the district. All shops, cinema halls, hotels and schools were […]

Khammam: The district police defused land mines set up by the Maoists to target and kill police personnel in the forests between Battinapalli to Yerrampadu villages in Cherla mandal in the district. A statement from the office of the Superintendent of Police here on Monday said that the land mines were planted by the Naxals […]

Kothagudem: The CPI (Maoist) Cherla Local Guerilla Squad (LGS) member, Vetti Jogi alias Jyothi surrendered before Superintendent of Police Sunil (SP) Dutt and CRPF 141 Bn second-in-command Kamalvir Yadav. Hailing from Bathinapally village in Cherla mandal in the district, she was forced to join the Maoists in 2018 by the party leaders when she was […]

Kothagudem: The Maosist Cherla local guerrilla squad (LGS) commander Rajitha was hiding in Chhattisgarh under the protection of her husband and top Maoist Damodar, district police said. A statement on Monday said they have credible information that Rajitha fled to Chhattisgarh fearing for her life after the encounter in Pesarlapadu forests in Chhattisgarh on Dec […]

Mulug: Maoists allegedly kidnapped Kursa Ramesh, a former sarpanch of Suraveedu gram panchayat in Venkatapur mandal in the district on Monday evening while he was on his way to Cherla in Kothagudem district. Some people who witnessed the abduction informed Ramesh’s family about it. The former sarpanch’s wife Kursa Rajitha speaking to the media persons […]

Kothagudem: Four Maoist sympathisers hailing from Chhattisgarh were arrested by police in Cherla in the district on Tuesday. Sodi Sona, Sodi Sonu, Sodi Urra and Madakam Sandeep were naxal sympathisers arrested by a joint team comprising Cherla police, CRPF 151 Bn and 204 CoBra personnel during inspections in Cherla, informed Bhadrachalam ASP, Dr. Vineeth G. […]

Kothagudem: CPI (Maoist) party Telangana State committee spokesperson Jagan called upon the public to oppose construction of police base camps in Cherla mandal of the district. In a statement released to the media here on Thursday, he said the Police Department had started construction of a base camp at Chennapuram village in the mandal and […]

Kothagudem: Cherla police have come to the rescue of Adivasis suffering from viral fevers at a remote tribal hamlet, Veerapuram of Cherla mandal in the district. It was learnt that both children and adults of nearly 34 Adivasi families, infected with viral fevers, were troubled due to the lack of access to medical facilities. Cherla […]

Kothagudem: As many as 14 Maoist militia members of Cherla Area Committee, including three minors, surrendered before the district police and CRPF 141 Bn on Thursday. The surrendered militia members were aged between 14 and 38 years and belonged to Yerrampadu, Rallapuram, Ramachandrapuram, Kistarampadu and Korakatpadu villages of Cherla mandal in the district. Superintendent of […]

Kothagudem: In a big jolt to the banned CPI (Maoist) party as many as 52 militia members, village committees members and sympathisers have surrendered to police at Cherla in the district on Thursday. There were seven minors and five women among those surrendered before Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Dutt and CRPF 141 Bn Commandant […]

According to police the incident occurred at a mango orchard where the Maoists have displayed a poster on a tree.

Kothagudem: Police arrested six militia members of CPI (Maoist) in the forests of Pusuguppa in Cherla mandal in the district on Saturday. Bhadrachalam ASP, Dr. Vineeth G told media persons that the arrested militia members were from Rampur village of Usuru block in Chhattisgarh State. They were spotted and taken into custody during combing operations […]

Kothagudem: A member of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) militia from Rekhapalli village of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh was arrested in Cherla mandal in the district. The militia member, Madivi Ramesh, was held by a team of police engaged during a vehicle-checking drive at Danavaigudem on Saturday evening. He dropped Maoist pamphlets on a road between […]

The militia members were arrested by a team comprising Cherla police, special party personnel and CRPF 141 Bn A Coy personnel while combing the Kurnapally forest area.

Kothagudem: In a good example of people-friendly policing, Cherla Inspector of Police (CI), Boddu Ashok, came to the rescue of a pregnant woman of a remote tribal hamlet and helped her get to the hospital for delivery on Monday. The woman, Kalumu Budri of Chennapuram village in Cherla mandal in the district, was in an […]