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Monday, Oct 04, 2004

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Andhra Pradesh

Abducted SI freed

By Our Staff Reporter

KHAMMAM, OCT. 3. Prakash Soni, Sub-Inspector (Chhattisgarh police), who was kidnapped by the People's War on September 17, was set free in the Kakarlanka forests near Bhejji, a village close to the inter-state border with Khammam in the early hours of Sunday. The naxalite group, which set a five-day deadline for the acceptance of its demand, relented as the Government of Chhattisgarh had reportedly responded positively on some issues.

The Sub-Inspector, who reached the office of the Sub-divisional Police Officer at Dornapal, was taken to the district headquarters at Dantewada. The naxalite group produced him at a praja court and grilled in the presence of people recently. One of its demands was revival of weekly shandies in the villages on the inter-state border. They also wanted release of some tribals arrested in the area.

`Courier' held

The police arrested a courier of the CPI (ML Praja Pratightana) in Kothagudem on Sunday.

The accused, Narapogu Appa Rao, was allegedly indulging in collection of money from contractors of the Singareni collieries and businessmen in the area. He belongs to Anisettypalli village.

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