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Top Maoist Leader Behind Kidnap Of Odisha Cadre IAS Officer Vineel Krishna Surrenders

Bhubaneswar: Krishna, a top Maoist leader who had played a key role in the 2011 kidnapping of Odisha cadre IAS officer Vineel Krishna, surrendered before Andhra Police on Tuesday.

Briefing newsmen in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh DGP DG Sawang said Muttanagari Jalandar Reddy, a native of Siddipet in neighbouring Telangana, had many aliases like Krishna, Maranna, Karuna and Sarath. He was a member of Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee  (AOBSZC) and a division secretary.

The DGP further said Krishna had actively participated in raids on District Armoury in Koraput town in 2004, led the second assault in ambush in Balimela of Malkangiri district on June 29, 2008, in which 38 commandos of the elite Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh Police were killed.

He had also played an important role in the kidnapping of 2005 batch IAS officer R Vineel Krishna, the then collector of Malkangiri district in February 2011.

Apart from this, he was also involved in five other important ambushes, 19 exchanges of fire against security forces and seven murders in the Andhra-Odisha border area, the DGP added.

OB Bureau

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