Two naxalites of Janashakthi group, Moorthy Srinivas Reddy and Manwada Vasanth, at Gagapur village of Chinnakodur mandal on Sunday, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Narasimha Reddy. They were arrested when they went to the village to settle a land issue. One pistol and five bullets were seized from them. The arrested were identified as Moorthy Srinivas Reddy and Manwada Vasanth.
The police informed that the Janashakti was in an expansion mode and trying to get money by threatening people. They said that Vasanth was involved in supplying of weapons to the Naxalites.
Srinivas Reddy has been acting on the instructions of Kura Rajanna alias K.R. Kura Devender alias Amar, Narsi Reddy alias Viswanatham and Bhim Bharath.