Hyderabad doctor among 4 held for buying weapons for Janashakti Dalam

ADILABAD: Adilabad police on Friday arrested four persons, including doctor, on charges of buying weapons from Uttar Pradesh to revive the Janashakti Dalam in Kurnool. The authorities seized four pistols, eight magazines, 18 live rounds, six cellphones, and a car from their possession.

Human rights activists have alleged that police picked up Dr Nallaganti Prasanna Raju of Nakrekal, Nalgonda, from Hyderabad and took him to Adilabad for questioning on Thursday night.

Adilabad Rural police registered cases against nine persons in connection with seizure of weapons under the BNS and the Arms Act.

Briefing the media, superintendent of police Gaush Alam said that the police had caught the accused who had bought pistols from Bihar and entered Adilabad from Maharashtra on their way to Hyderabad.

Gaush Alam alleged that the group had devised a plan to take political revenge in Suryapet and were in the process of reviving the Janashakti unit by mobilising finances and weapons. The prime accused, Votti Venkat Reddy of Sunnipenta village, Nandyal, had previously worked with the Janashakti and was arrested in the past.

Venkat Reddy’s friend, Dr Raju, had allegedly financed the purchase of weapons. The superintendent of police said that Venkat Reddy and Dr Raju were arrested on Thursday night and taken to the Adilabad Rural police station on Friday morning.

The other accused were identified as Myla Dileep of Thulasiram, Sunnipenta, and Avulapati Himakanth Reddy of Nandyal.