POLICE ARREST MAOIST LEADER IN INDIA'S SOUTHERN ANDHRA PRADESH STATE

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Police arrest Maoist Leader in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state.

Police in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state arrests a Maoist leader, accused of plotting to kill politicians and police officials.

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MAHBUBNAGAR, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (JUNE 14, 2010) (ANI- NO ACCESS BBC)

1. EXTERIOR OF POLICE STATION

2. CLOSE OF WALKY TALKY SET AND RIFLES (FOUR SHOTS)

3. BULLETS ON DISPLAY

4. BOOKS ON DISPLAY

5. POLICE OFFICIALS SITTING ON THE CHAIR (TWO SHOTS)

6. MAOIST LEADER BROUGHT IN WITH HIS FACE COVERED (TWO SHOTS)

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SUDHIR BABU, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SAYING: "Mahbubnagar district police on very credible intelligence input arrested an important cadre Maoist. This person by the name Chandrashekar Gorebale, he's the Karnataka state committee member."

8. POLICE TAKING AWAY CHANDRASHEKHAR GOREBALA

STORY: Police in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state arrested Maoist Central Committee member and Karnataka committee Chief Chandrashekhar Gorebal on Sunday (June 14)

The police arrested Gorebal near Aija village of Mahbubnagar District while the two other leaders Takkelapalli Vasudeva Rao alias Ashanna and Kanumukkala Ramesh alias Vijay managed to escape.

One carbine gun, two pairs of state police uniforms, one Global positioning system (GPS) set, walky-talky and a radio set have been recovered from Gorebal.

Police claimed that all the Maoists had planned to carry out attacks on political leaders of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh state by using police uniform.

The Superintendent of Police, Sudhir Babu, said that the intelligence agencies alerted both states about Maoists' plan to carry out violent activities at many places along the Karnataka- Andhra Pradesh border.

"Mahbubnagar district police on very credible intelligence input arrested an important cadre Maoist. This person by the name Chandrashekar Gorebale, he's the Karnataka state committee member," said Sudhir Babu.

The Karnataka Police has sent a team to Andhra Pradesh to seek Gorebal's custody.

All the three Naxal leaders are members of the Maoist Military Commission and the Central Action Team.

Gorebal, 45, who hails from Mudiyanur village in Koppal District of Karnataka, holds a postgraduate degree in Economics and was a lecturer in Sindhanur Government College of Karnataka's Raichur District before joining Maoists ranks.

He was earlier member of the Karnataka Vimochana Ranga (Karnataka Liberation Front) active along Hyderabad-Karnataka region.

Earlier this month, the police arrested Nandakumar the Maoists Karnataka state committee secretary, and senior leader Neelaguli Padmanabh.