Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Kandula Sirisha alias Padmakka, wife of the late CPI-Maoist Central Committee Member (CCM) Akkiraju Haragopal alias RK, and Duddu Prabhakar alias Ajay alias DP, in connection with the Tiriya encounter in Chhattisgarh in 2019 (also called as RK Diary case), in which six Maoists and a civilian were killed.
Sirisha and Prabhakar were arrested from Prakasam and NTR districts respectively in Andhra Pradesh by NIA teams on Friday. NIA has so far arrested six persons in the case. Sirisha, a member of the frontal outfit, was previously active as armed cadre (Tech. incharge) of the CPI (Maoist) party, the NIA officials said in a release on Saturday.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (SPF) participated in the Tiriya encounter in July 2019, under Nagarnar police station of Jagdalpur district, in which seven persons were killed.
