It may be added here that the Maoist had killed a fertiliser shop owner and TRS leader Maduri Bheemeshwar Rao at Alubaka village of the neighbouring Venkatapuram mandal in the district on October 10 throwing a challenge
After a long lull, Maoists increased their activities in Telangana State, particularly in erstwhile Adilalabad, Warangal and Khammam districts, throwing a challenge to the police
SP Sunil Dutt said the police received inputs on the naxal dalams movements on Telangana and Chhattisgarh borders and also on Kothagudem-Mulugu district borders
Maoist Gangalur Area Committee in-charge and Divisional Committee Member (DVCM) Modium Vijja alias Bhadru (39) was shot dead on Thursday by the naxals under his command, says Bastar Range IG
The case relates to an IED blast followed by indiscriminate firing on April 9, 2019 near Shyamgiri village in Dantewada district in which Mandavi, the then MLA of Dantewada, was killed by the operatives of CPI (Maoist).