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VISAKHAPATNAM: Branding him as a police informer, Maoists killed 35-year-old Gemmeli Krishna Rao of Vakapalli village on Sunday night. Krishna Rao was hacked to death at the Eguva Vakapalli church and his killers left a note near his body stating that the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) had killed him. Tension prevailed in the village, following the incident.
According to sources, a group of over 30 Maoists entered the village, picked up Krishna Rao, before hacking him to death. In the letter, the Maoists alleged that the deceased’s brother Rama Rao, the president of Vana Samrakshna Samiti, had been creating problems for the villagers. The letter said that Krishna Rao too had maintained ties with cops after armed outpost (AOP) at Nurmati was constructed.
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December 16, 2020 00:00 IST
A man was dragged out of his home and allegedly hacked in front of his wife in Vakapalli
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A woman of Vakapalli village using water from a purifier installed by the police at the request of locals.
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A man was dragged out of his home and allegedly hacked in front of his wife in Vakapalli
On the night of December 13, at around 11.30 p.m., when 20 fully-armed PLGA (People’s Liberation Guerilla Army) members of Pedabayalu and Korukonda area committee of the CPI (Maoist) trooped into Vakapalli village in G. Madugula mandal in Visakha Agency and dragged Gemmili Krishna Rao (32) by his hair out of his house, the calm of the sleepy little village was broken by the piercing shrieks of his wife Sirso (25).