The two Maoists - Kursam Motibai alias Madhavi alias Radha, the wife of Chandranna, secretary of the CPI (Maoist) North Telangana Zonal Committee and Ankalla Prithvi Raj, a post-graduate student of University of Hyderabad, nabbed on Monday near Paloncha town of Khammam district, were produced in a local court in Kothagudem on Tuesday and were sent to judicial remand in Khammam jail.
According to officer on special duty T Srinivasa Rao, Madhavi was involved in 52 other offences in different parts of the state and she carries a reward of R.5 lakh on her head.
It may be mentioned that the police chased a vehicle and nabbed the two leaders and Prithvi Raj’s father Dharmaraj near Paloncha when they were on their way in a car to Vijayawada for medical treatment of Madhavi, as she was suffering from kidney ailments. Later it was found that Dharmaraj had nothing to do with Maoist movement.
Madhavi is the wife of Pulluri Prasada Rao, alias Chandranna, the secretary of the North Telangana zone Maoist party.
Madhavi joined the Maoist movement in 1985 and worked as a member in Sirpur Dalam and later was elevated as Chennuru Dalam commander. She married Chandranna in 1993.
She later worked in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh borders in Dandakaranya zone and was appointed as the secretary of the Bastar division.
She was accused in 10 murder cases, 20 other arson cases and another 15 cases of shooting on the police.
Ankalla Prithviraj is the member of Sukhdev Dalam. He was drawn into Maoist movement in 2011. He joined University of Hyderabad attracted by the speeches of another PG student Udaya Bhanu.
He earlier worked in Telangana Student Association and later joined Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika. He finally met some Maoists leaders in Khammam and went to Hyderabad the same year. Prithvi Raj worked for two months in a Dalam in March 2013. The OSD, however, clarified that they were not involved in the recent Chhattisgarh massacre of Congress leaders.