Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at 53 locations in the State on Monday, in connection with the Munchingiputtu ‘Maoist conspiracy’ case and arrested Chandra Narasimhulu, State executive committee member of Pragathiseela Karmika Samakya (PKS), in Sri Sathya Sai district.
A pistol, 14 rounds of bullets, ₹13 lakh cash and Maoist literature were seized from raids conducted in Guntur, Palnadu, Vijayawada, Rajamahendravaram, Prakasam, Bapatla, Eluru, East Godavari Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konasema, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Nellore, Tirupati, Kadapa, Sri Sathya Sai, Anantapur, and Kurnool districts, said sources.
About 50 teams were formed to conduct raids on the houses of the activists of “frontal organisations” of the Maoists, including Civil Liberties Committee (CLC), Amarula Bandhu Mitrula Sangham (ABMS), Chaitanya Mahila Sangham (CMS), Kula Nirmulana Porata Samathi (KNPS), Patriotic Democratic Movement (PDM), Pragathiseela Karmika Samakya (PKS), Praja Kala Mandali (PKM), Revolutionary Writers Association (RWA) or Viplava Rachaitala Sangam (VIRASAM), Human Rights Forum (HRF), Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), and Indian Association of Peoples Lawyers (IAPL).
