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Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad
Naxalites belonging to the outlawed People's War Group shot dead 12 alleged police informers -- six each at two places in Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh -- on Friday evening.
While six bullet-ridden bodies were recovered from Vattimalla forest in Sircilla sub-division, about 150 km north-east of Hyderabad, six more bodies were found at Rudrangi village in Chandurthy mandal.
A police spokesman said armed extremists, led by north Telangana special zonal committee member, Azad, waylaid a state transport bus between Nimmapalli and Marimetla villages on the border of Konaraopet-Yellareddy mandals in Sircilla sub-division.
They forced six passengers off the bus, took them into Vattimalla forest and shot them.
The victims, all in the 24-25 years age group, were residents of Karimnagar and Nizamabad districts. The bus driver and conductor informed the Sircilla police about the incident.
State police sources here said that the bullet-ridden bodies of six more persons were recovered from the forest area near Rudrangi village in Chandurthy mandal on Saturday morning. The victims were shot dead by the Naxalites in the early hours on the border between Kamarpally in Nizamabad disrtrict and Marimetla in Karimnagar district.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has expressed shock at the killings. In a statement released in Hyderabad he said such incidents would not deter the government and the mindless violence would be put down with an iron hand.
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