Andhra Pradesh Timeline 2010

January 5: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that the extremists would be happy if political parties failed to hammer out a solution on Telangana.

January 6: A woman cadre of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Ravva Sathamma alias Bandi and four others – all members of a village-level committee floated by the outfit – surrendered before M. Raghuram Reddy, Additional Superintendent of Police (Khammam), Bhadrachalam.

Five more Districts — Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Kurnool and Chittoor – have been added to the list of those affected by extremist activity for the purpose of seeking Central funds for development of roads.

January 8: Andhra Pradesh Police arrested Tushar Kant Bhattacharya alias Srikant (50), a top leader of the CPI-Maoist, from Warangal on an unspecified date and was produced in a Warangal court. 

Two area committee members of CPI-Maoist, Puvvala Mohana Rao alias Kumar of Vanakabadi village in G.L.Puram mandal (administrative unit) and Ariki Chinnammi alias Sarada of Dibbaguda in Sitampeta mandal in Srikakulam District surrendered before Superintendent of Police Y. Gangadhar and OSD (Vizianagaram), Navin Gulati.

Karimnagar First Additional Sessions Judge S.M. Rafi remanded CPI-Maoist’s Maharashtra State committee member Ogge Chandramouli alias Mahender alias‘CM’ in judicial custody till January 19.

January 10: About 30 Naxalites (left wing extremists), at least 15 of them Gothikoya tribals, set ablaze a porcelain and a tractor of a civil contractor near Puligundala village under Dummugudem Police Station in Khammam District at around 11.30pm. They also set ablaze a tractor engaged in road-laying work. Police sources said the extremists were out to scuttle the progress of road works taken up on the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh.

January 12: Superintendent of Police Ch. Srikanth gave a cheque for INR 200, 000 to surrendered woman Naxalite G. Vijayalakshmi in Kurnool District. 

January 13: Taking advantage of the prevailing volatile political situation in Andhra Pradesh, the CPI-Maoist may try to strengthen their base, Police officials have warned.

January 17: A former Naxalite was hacked to death by his rivals near the Ngarajunasagar Project Guest house in the Khammam town. The Police said that Nallamothu Venkateswarlu, 38, had earlier been associated with the Praja Pratighatana group of the CPI-Maoist.

February 7: The CPI-Maoist cadres abducted a Congress party leader and a former Telugu Desam Party (TDP) panchayat ward member in Koyyuru mandal (administrative division).

February 10: A leader of the Mohananna faction of the Praja Pratighatana Group of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML), Maddi Venkat Reddy, was among five Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) arrested by the Police in Yellandu in Khammam District.

The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has sanctioned scholarships worth INR 70,000 to 34 children of the families affected by the LWE violence in Nalgonda District to enable them to pursue their studies.

February 12: The CPI-Maoist 'general secretary' Ganapathy admitted that the group has suffered a setback in Andhra Pradesh.

February 14: The CPI-Maoist gave a call for boycott of Justice B. N. Srikrishna Committee, entrusted by the Centre to look into formation of separate Telangana State from Andhra Pradesh issue, describing the terms of reference of the panel as "betrayal of people".

February 16: The Police arrested arms supplier Sanjay Khare charging him with supplying weapons to Naxalites in Yellandu.

February 17: A group of nearly 40 cadres and supporters of the CPI-Maoist destroyed household property of one Vijay Kumar, who was reportedly helping bauxite mining agencies, and computer and furniture in the office of the AP Coffee Development Corporation at R.V. Nagaram in the Visakha Agency area in Visakhapatnam District.

The CPI-Maoist politburo member Malla Raji Reddy jumped the bail and rejoined the movement. Reddy was arrested at Angamali on December 17, 2007, along with his wife Suguna by the Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) of the State Police.

February 22: 25 persons belonging to G. Madugula and Pedabayalu mandals of CPI-Maoist surrendered at the G. Madugula Police Station. They were among the 75 villages identified by the Police for helping the Maoists.

February 23: About 25 cadres of the CPI-Maoist accompanied by around 30 militia members set ablaze a mobile phone tower room at Pedabayalu, the mandal (administrative unit) headquarters in Visakhapatnam District.

Mudupu Bal Reddy alias Balanna (37), Maddimalla Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) ‘deputy commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, surrendered before Karimnagar District Superintendent of Police (SP) N. Shivashankar Reddy.

March 10: A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, Ipuri Yeshodamma (36), surrendered before Police in Guntur District due to ill health. She was the area committee member of the outfit for 15 years.

March 12: Two top leaders of the CPI-Maoist were killed in separate gun battles in Prakasam and Warangal Districts. Party central committee leader and former chief of the military commission in Nallamala forests, Sakhamuri Appa Rao alias Ravi alias Venkanna (55), was killed in exchange of fire near Nettikonda forests in Pullalacheruvu mandal (administrative unit) in Prakasam District. Kondal Reddy alias Tech Ramana (48) was shot dead in Bandala Kodishala forest village in Tadwai mandal in Warangal District.