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Rocket Launcher case

Accused surrendered before Superintendent of Police

Hyderabad, October 17, 2006

In a surprise move, the main accused, CPI (Maoist) leader Srinivas Reddy alias Tech Madhu and his wife Sudha Rani Vasanata surrendered before the Superintended of Police in Warangal on Tuesday evening.

The police are on the look out for them ever since they cracked the Rocket launchers case and seized nearly 850 rockets and launchers in the month of September. According to police sources, Madhu who set up an engineering firm in Chennai about three years back and the main person behind the manufacture and assembly of about 1000 launchers. The raids on Kranti Transport at Vijayawada helped the police seize the weapons in huge quantities.

The dairy of Madhu revealed that the Naxal leader was willing to surrender. Acting on the clue, Director General of Police, Swaranjit Sen gave a call to Madhu asking him to surrender It is learnt that Madhu contacted police through his contacts in Warangal district and thus the stage was set for his surrender.

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