Police arrested five persons they claim have links to the CPI (Maoist), including two cadres and three sympathizers of the Maoist party, in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district on Saturday.
Officials of the Nagarkurnool district police said the arrests were part of an operation to curb attempts to revive Maoist activity in the erstwhile Mahbubnagar district and Nallamalla region.
District police officials allege that the detained persons have been identified as Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee military instructors’ team commander Meesala Saloman alias Santhosh Nagraj and his wife Sanbatti. The remaining three persons in police custody are said to have been identified as a government teacher and Telangana Praja Front co-convener Edla Ambaiah, petrol pump owner and Civil Liberties Committee joint secretary Jakka Balaiah, and a farmer, Manshetty Yadaiah.
District police officials claim combing operations had forced the Maoists to abandon base camps and attempt to regroup in smaller units. As part of this strategy, Saloman and Sanbatti were purported to have arrived in Achampet to revive Maoist party activities with the help of affiliated frontal organizations, acting on instructions from senior underground CPI (Maoist) leaders.
Source : https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2026/Jan/25/two-maoists-three-sympathisers-held-in-telanganas-nagarkurnool