Hyderabad, Oct 12: In the wee hours on Monday in Yatnaram village of Karimnagar district, the Maoists shot down one extremist who surrendered to the police.Fearing that the surrendered is an informer to the police, the Maoists took this extreme step.According to the police sources the victim Ramlal an ex 'dalam' (or armed squad) commander of CPI-ML Pratighatna group was dragged out from his house by eight Maoists and was shot dead. Ramlal surrendered to the police two years ago.In the wake of the reports that the Maoists are regrouping themselves this incident holds out some significance.Though the Maoists'Central Committee (CC)has directed its top leaders not to step up their activities but according to reliable the Maoist leadership is shifting the cadre from Chhattisgarh and Orissa to Andhra Pradesh to foment violence.
The Maoists main task is to revive the Maoist movement in North Telangana region,comprising Warangal, Khammam and Karimnagar districts, which used to be their bastion earlier according to sources close to the Maoists.It is learnt that senior Maoist leader Malla Raji Reddy, who was released on bail last week, was reported to be missing.Raji Reddy, who hails from karimnagar district was a former member of central working committee of CPI (Maoist).He was taken into custody in Kerala in 2007. He was accused in several cases including the murder of former assembly speaker D. Sripada Rao.