Andhra University professor arrested for alleged Naxal links in Vizag

The Visakhapatnam rural police have arrested an associate professor of Telugu at the Andhra University in Visakhapatnam.

FP Archives|Nov 06, 2014, 20:25:45 IST

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam rural police have arrested an associate professor of Telugu at the Andhra University in Visakhapatnam and three others on the charge of supplying explosive materials to the Maoists.[caption id="attachment_1791285" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Representational image. Reuters[/caption]J Appa Rao, the varsity teacher, was arrested late last night here, said superintendent of police Koyya Praveen and additional superintendent of police Vishal Gunni on Thursday.Rao played a role in giving logistical support to the rebels, including procurement of detonators and ammonium nitrate, they said.The other three were identified as V Prasad (34), G Subbaraju (32) and K Jagadeesh Reddy. All the four were produced before the media on Thursday.Narsipatnam police intercepted a car on Wednesday and seized 500 electrical detonators, 100 ordinary detonators, 300 kg of ammonium nitrate and mobile phones while arresting V Prasad and G Subbaraju.Their interrogation led to the arrest of professor Rao here and K Jagadeesh Reddy in Kakinada on Wednesday night. According to police, they procured the explosive materials from Kathipadu in the East Godavari district.Rao (38) belongs to a tribal community and is a native of Korrapalle area under G Madugula mandal. He has been working at Andhra University since 2007.PTI

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