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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Naxal released on day's parole

By Our Special Correspondent

Ganesh, a naxalite and serving life sentence, at Manjeera guest house in Hyderabad on Monday when he came to meet CPI (Maoist) leaders. Photo: Satish H.

HYDERABAD, OCT. 18. In a conciliatory gesture, the Government on Monday released Patangi Ganesh, a top naxalite and main accused in the Magunta Subbarami Reddy murder case on a day's parole from the Chanchalguda jail here.

This followed a special request by the three naxalite emissaries--P. Varavara Rao, Gadar and G. Kalyan Rao--to the Home Minister, K. Jana Reddy. They sought parole for three to four months on the ground that Ganesh was "seriously ill" and was undergoing dialysis. Expressing his inability to release him on a long parole, the Minister agreed to free him for a day.

Short-lived freedom

Ganesh was freed around 2 p.m. after police bandobust was organised. He used the short-lived freedom to see and talk to the CPI(Maoist) leaders -- Ramakrishna, Sudhakar and Ganesh -- at Manjeera guest house and others later at Marri Channa Reddy HRD Institute.

He raised revolutionary slogans as he boarded and stepped out of the police vehicle at the two locations. He was taken to the jail again soon after.

Earlier, the emissaries demanded release of all political prisoners, especially lifers, who had completed seven years of the life-term sentence. They wanted, in particular, the release of Samudrala Mallesh, Seelam Ramesh, Kotagiri Veeraiah and Shankar.

Two of the prisoners are facing TADA cases.

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