Date:10/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/10/stories/2008101053300600.htm

Andhra Pradesh

8 kidnapped by Maoists in Khammam

Staff Reporter

KHAMMAM: Eight persons, including seven tribal youths, were kidnapped by naxalites of the CPI (Maoist) from four forest-villages of Khammam — all located close to the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh, say reports.

The police at Chintur station made a general diary entry of the kidnapping cases on information furnished by village revenue officials on Thursday. A large tribal group comprising mainly the kin of those kidnapped embarked on a massive search in the Bastar forests in the neighbouring Bijapur district. Members of sanghams — village-level committees floated by Maoists — had assured them of the safe return of all those kidnapped.