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Huge Maoist dump recovered

Staff Repoorter

ONGOLE: Police on Sunday recovered an AK 47, nine kg gold ornaments and Rs. 7.41 lakh in cash, allegedly stashed away by Maoists in dumps in Prakasam district.

Acting on the information given by the arrested Maoist, N, Panduranga Reddy alias Sagar alias Pratap, the police made the recoveries, according to Superintendent of Police V. Navinchand.

Speaking to newspersons, Mr. Navinchand said the police arrested Sagar on Wednesday and he was remanded to judicial custody for 15 days and sent to Cuddapah Central Jail.

Circle Inspector of Police, Yerragandapalem, on orders from the court, interrogated him in the jail when he confessed that he had dumped his AK 47, two magazines and 60 live ammunition at Pamulapadu of Podili mandal in Prakasam district.

Confession

After obtaining court permission, the police took him into custody and brought him to Pamulapadu where they recovered the weapon and ammunition.

During interrogation, Sagar revealed that the State secretary of CPI (Maoist) had handed over to him cash and jewels looted in Vemavaram and Morjampadu famine raids in Guntur district and also in the looting of Chaitanya Grameena Bank branch at Pedakonamgundla in Guntur and the State Bank of Hyderabad branch at Dondapadu in Nalgonda. Sagar dumped the jewellery and cash in Chintala Chenchugudem of Dornala mandal in Nallamala forest. Mr. Navinchand said the Maoists conducted famine raids ostensibly to carry away foodgrains for feeding the poor.

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