Maoist bounty hiked

Hyderabad Aug. 4: The government has enhanced the reward for the heads of Maoists, announcing Rs 10 lakhs each on 27 members of the Maoists State committee. The money is given to the Maoists if they surrendered. If they are killed or captured, the persons responsible will share the reward.
They include Shakamuri Appa Rao, Patel Sudhakar Reddy and Modem Balakrishna who is Andhra Orissa border committee secretary. Soon after renewing the ban on Maoists the government also issued an order enhancing the reward money on the head of Maoists. Police officials denied that the reward had been enhanced. They said that they had brought the senior leaders under the category of Rs 10 lakhs as their position was elevated in the Maoists ranks after the death of State committee leaders including Madhav, Matta Ravi Kumar, Sande Raja Mouli, Wadkapur Chandra Mouli.
However, Appa Rao, Balakrishna and Sudhakar Reddy have been members of the State committee for five years. The earlier re-ward was Rs 8 lakhs. Maoist secretary Muppala Lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathy and 12 other Central committee members carry a reward of Rs 12 lakh each.According to the government order, 13 members of the Maoist Central committee including the secretary will carry a reward of Rs 12 lakh each, members of the State committee, North Telangana special zonal committee, Dandakarnya special zonal and Andhra-Orissa Border committee carry Rs 10 lakhs each.