VIJAYAWADA: Following the directions of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started investigation into the killing of Araku MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma. “We have arrested four persons within two weeks after the incident.
We conducted combing operations in the forest areas. Since the NIA has a strong force to take up such cases related to the safety of the country, we handed over the case to the NIA,” said Director General of Police (DGP) RP Thakur.
A group of CPI(Maoist) cadres rounded up two TDP leaders near Livitiputtu village under Dumbriguda police station limits while they were on their way to attend ‘Grama Dharsini’ in Sarai village on September 23 and shot them dead after a Praja court (people’s court) held on the spot.