By Uudmula Sudhakar Reddy
An accused who was involved in an attack on Chief Minister designate N. Chandrababu Naidu in
2003 has escaped to Dubai as the police tried to track him down after the election results, suspecting
him to be a possible security threat to the CM designate.
Gangi Reddy, a known Red Sanders smuggler hailing from Vathuluru in Pullampeta mandal of Kadapa, is believed to have fled to Dubai from Hyderabad on May 21. He jumped bail in a Red Sanders case booked against him in Kurnool.
Though he was acquitted in the 2003 claymore mine blast attack case on Mr Naidu, police agencies
assessing the security threats began tracking him down from May 17, the day after the results were out.
Gangi Reddy had allegedly helped Naxals in carrying out the claymore mine attack on Mr Naidu when he was on his way to Tirumala. Fearing that the police would target him, Gangi Reddy is suspected to have fled the country.
A senior police official said, “Gangi Reddy had supplied cellphones and supported Maoists financially in the attack on Naidu. After we started the hunt for him, he sensed trouble and fled to the UAE.”
UAE is the transit destination of Red Sanders wood and it is suspected one Sahul Hameed, kingpin
of the racket, has local connections. Police from Kurnool, who were tracking Reddy’s mobile and
came to the city, returned empty handed. “Sahul had links with Rayalaseema-based smugglers
V. Ramnath Reddy and Bala. Ramnath Reddy is in turn linked to Gangi Reddy. Ramnath is right
now in Badvel jail,” a police official said.
An accused who was involved in an attack on Chief Minister designate N. Chandrababu Naidu in
2003 has escaped to Dubai as the police tried to track him down after the election results, suspecting
him to be a possible security threat to the CM designate.
Gangi Reddy, a known Red Sanders smuggler hailing from Vathuluru in Pullampeta mandal of Kadapa, is believed to have fled to Dubai from Hyderabad on May 21. He jumped bail in a Red Sanders case booked against him in Kurnool.
Though he was acquitted in the 2003 claymore mine blast attack case on Mr Naidu, police agencies
assessing the security threats began tracking him down from May 17, the day after the results were out.
Gangi Reddy had allegedly helped Naxals in carrying out the claymore mine attack on Mr Naidu when he was on his way to Tirumala. Fearing that the police would target him, Gangi Reddy is suspected to have fled the country.
A senior police official said, “Gangi Reddy had supplied cellphones and supported Maoists financially in the attack on Naidu. After we started the hunt for him, he sensed trouble and fled to the UAE.”
UAE is the transit destination of Red Sanders wood and it is suspected one Sahul Hameed, kingpin
of the racket, has local connections. Police from Kurnool, who were tracking Reddy’s mobile and
came to the city, returned empty handed. “Sahul had links with Rayalaseema-based smugglers
V. Ramnath Reddy and Bala. Ramnath Reddy is in turn linked to Gangi Reddy. Ramnath is right
now in Badvel jail,” a police official said.
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