Adivasi associations have demanded the immediate release of former Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MTPC) member Nalluri Srinivas Rao (40), who was abducted by a group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres on July 8, reports Telangana Today on July 10. Pamphlets by Adivasi associations in this connection have surfaced at Tegada, Kaliveru, Satyanarayanapuram, R Kothagudem, Kudunur, Chintaguppa and Lenin Colony villages in Charla Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Bhadradri-Kothagudem District on July 10. It might be noted that nearly 300 Adivasis and the family members of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader went into forests on the borders of Telangana and Chhattisgarh in search of the abducted person. ‘It was unjust on part of Maoists to abduct such a person. In case Srinivas Rao has committed any wrong, Maoists would have given him a prior warning but no such thing happened. Hence he should be released without causing any harm to his life’ Adivasi associations said in the pamphlet.
Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported, suspected CPI-Maoist cadres allegedly abducted Nalluri Srinivas Rao (40), a former MTPC member owing allegiance to the ruling TRS from Kothur village in Charla Mandal in Bhadrachalam agency in Bhadradri-Kothagudem District of Telangana on July 8.