The officials from the Telangana Intelligence Department of Cyberabad Police apprehended a most-wanted Maoist, Sanjoy Deepak Rao, the Central Committee Member of CPI (Maoist), from near Malaysian Township in Kukatpally on Friday morning. A revolver with six live rounds, a laptop and other articles along ₹47,250 in cash were recovered from his possession.
The Telangana state’s Intelligence Bureau has been tracking this high profile target for a long time, said the DGP of the state, Anjani Kumar.
“A native of Shivagandha Nagar of Ambernath East district of Thane, Maharashtra, Rao got attracted towards the Left Wing Extremist ideology having been influenced by his father, who was a strong Communist trade union leader,” said the official.