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School correspondent among five PW militants arrested

By Our Staff Reporter

ADILABAD SEPT. 13. A private school correspondent-cum-headmaster, who doubled up as an important courier for the banned People's War, was among five militants arrested by the Mandamarri police on Friday.

The Superintendent of Police, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat, and the Bellampalli Additional SP, Vijay Kumar, produced the five PW cadres before newsmen this evening at the Mandamarri police station.

The correspondent-cum-headmaster of Kakatiya school in Ramakrishnapur, Gajarla Anandam, a close relative of the North Telangana Special Zone Committee member, Gajarla Saraiah alias Azad, was working as a courier for the banned outfit and had close links with top PW leaders.

Anandam's own brother, Gajarla Ramesh alias Navin, was the Warangal DCM and died in an exchange of fire along with his wife, Jyotakka, recently.

Anandam, who was also an active Telugu Desam Party worker and unsuccessfully contested last years local bodies polls for the post of MPTC member, carried out his underground activity in the cover of the private school for the last one decade. Anandam along with the Sikasa CO, Janjepalli Sridhar, established the school.In the last few months, he had single handedly managed to provide shelter to top PW leaders and arranged for their medical treatment. Among the senior PW cadre, who visited Anandam, was the former Adilabad DCS, Seshanna, who is at present the PGA East division commander.

The NTSZC member, Seshanna, visited Mancherial twice and on both occasions Anandam, arranged for his stay in a hideout. Seshanna underwent treatment and went back to take up his assignment in the party. Seshanna was introduced to a number of party sympathisers during his brief stay at Mancherial. His wife, Kavitakka, who was also suffering from some ailment, was provided treatment with the help of the school correspondent.

With the help of Anandam, the PW leaders started strengthening the party in the area. With the initiative of Anandam, Janjepalli Sridhar met other four militants -- Appala Krishna of Srirampur, Kondapaka Sampath of CCC Naspur, Sripati Swamy, pump driver in Singareni Collieries Company Limited, Srirampur and Mogili, a tipper owner of Mandamarri.

Janjepalli Sridhar utilised the services of Appala Krishna, to procure a cycle for the party purpose. He used to make telephone calls to Anandam and other PW militants, enquiring about the party movement. Sridhar continued to summon Anandam for party work and issued him directions from time to time. Anandam, also met his cousin Gajarla Saraiah alias Azad, who was the then Nizamabad DCS and handed him over some letters in the Gundaram forest area.

The SP said Anandam was the key person for the banned outfit in the coal belt area. He also acted as a link for PW leaders of Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal districts. He mainly provided shelter and treatment for ailing PW leaders and cadres. He established a wide network of party workers and sympathisers and carried out his activities.

The Mandamarri CI, Sashidhar Raju, and the Ramakrishnapur SI, Narayana Rao, arrested the five militants. The Bellampalli DSP, G. Satyanarayana, and the Mandamarri SI, Balu Jadhav, were present at the press conference. The five militants were remanded to judicial custody.

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