Sunday 28 February 2010

Top guerrilla: Ashanna the task master of CPI Maoists

U Sudhakar Reddy
AP's `most wanted' forty two year old Ashanna alias Takkelapalli Vasudeva Rao hailing from Warangal district in AP is the task master in guerrilla warfare of the CPI Maoists. Ashanna led the teams that executed attacks on VVIPs in the state. He is Andhra’s most wanted Naxal.
He is accused in the clay- more mine blast attack on former CM N. Chandra Babu Naidu at Alipiri in Tirupati in which Naidu survived with injuries. He is also accused in the killing of former Home minister E Madhava Reddy. Ashanna also pulled the trigger on IPS official Ch Umesh Chandra.
Hailing from a lower mid- dle class family in a for- ward caste in Telangana region, Ashanna is a grad- uate, was active in the Rad ical Students Union and then went underground 20 years ago. He is married to another dalam member.
"Ashanna is known for his military tactics. He uses Ak-47s as well as smaller weapons. He is suspected to be hiding outside Andhra but returns to carry out operations," said an intelli- gence official.

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