Continuing their killing spree, Maoists and Janashakti Naxalites killed four persons in different incidents in four districts in Andhra Pradesh since Friday night.
One of the victims, belonging to Telangana Rashtra Samithi, was killed for ignoring the Maoists' ultimatum to all TRS leaders to quit their elected posts by June 15.
In the early hours of Saturday, six armed Maoists of Praveen Dalam went to the house of Thottu Nagabhushanam, 36, mandal parishad territorial constituency member of TRS, at Veernapalli village in Yellareddipet mandal in Karimnagar district.
They dragged him out of the house, ignoring the pleas of his wife. They shot him dead after stabbing him. The incident occurred at around 0120 IST.
The Maoists had issued an ultimatum to TRS leaders to resign from their elected posts by June 15. The victim had earlier worked as a deputy central organizer of Madhu dalam of People's War and surrendered to the police in 1994. He joined TRS and was elected to a panchayat post in 2001.
In another incident, three armed Maoists went to the house of a Congress leader S Venkat Rami Reddy at Kalapadu mandal near Badwel in Kadapa district and shot him dead. He was former president of primary agricultural cooperative society at Kothakota and a close associate of Congress legislator D C Govind Reddy of Badwel. The incident took place at 2000 IST on Friday night.
In yet another incident, six armed Maoists went to the house of an ayurvedic practitioner Darsi Sivaiah, 30, at Kondipadu village in Bellamkonda mandal in Guntur district around 2200 IST on Friday night. They took him out of his house on the pretext of talking to him and shot him dead, branding him a police informer. He was practicing at Tenali town for the last three years and came to his native village earlier in the day to attend the funeral of his grandfather.
On Saturday morning, at around 11.45 am, five armed extremists of CPI-ML (Janashakti) belonging to Rajanna group shot dead M V Prasad, 50, spokesman of CPI-ML (Janashakti) Ramachandran group at Mamillagudem toll gate in Mothe mandal in Nalgonda district while he was traveling in a vehicle.