ADILABAD: Mancherial and Komaram Bheem Asifabad district police have intensified surveillance on the state borders and villages located on the banks of river Pranahitha and Godavari rivers with Warangal police arresting a senior Maoist leader Gaddam Madhukar who had come to Mulugu from Chattisgarh for Covid treatment on June 2. It is learnt that police are providing the treatment.
Police are also keeping a close watch on activities and movement of RMPs and PMPs following information that Covid-positive Maoists may take treatment from them.
Intelligence personnel are interacting with family members of Maoists for a health update on them. They are also enquiring about arrivals of new persons in villages and where they were being housed.
Madhukar (38) operating in Chattisgarh region is a native of Kondapalli village of Penchikalpet mandal in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district. It is learnt that Madhukar from the washerman community and a school dropout had joined the Sirpur (T) Dalam of Naxalites in 1999.
News is that police are trying to ascertain the whereabouts of Mylarapu Adellu alias Bhaskar, who is a Telangana state committee member of Maoists and other members of the Asifabad- Mancherial division committee members and their health condition. Adellu is a native of Pochera village in Boath mandal of Adilabad district.
Old Adilabad district police are trying to find out if any Maoists from the area are affected by Covid. They are assuring the family members that the state government is ready to provide treatment to the Covid-affected if they seek police help.
Meanwhile, Gaddam Bapu, father of Madhukar, is worried over his son's health condition while saying that they were making efforts to meet Madhukar but were facing difficulties because of the pandemic.
