Suspected Maoist leaders shifted to prison in Hyderabad

Suspected Maoist leaders Jaspal Singh and Akhilesh Jadav have been shifted to the central prison at Charlapalli in Hyderabad from Karimnagar District Jail, Karimnagar Jailor N Shiva Kumar said here today.
Based on a representation by the Karimnagar District Jail to shift the duo since there is no special cell for Maoists in Karimnagar District Jail, Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Azahar Hussain had directed that they be shifted to Charlapalli Central Prison in Hyderabad, where separate barracks exist to house Naxal leaders.
Jaspal Singh and Akhilesh Jadav were shifted to Charlapalli Central Prison accordingly.
The two undertrial prisoners are allegedly involved in the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Duddilla Sripada Rao in 2009, in which, top Maoist leader Muppala Laxmana Rao (Ganapathi) and others have also been named as accused.

Based on a confessional statement given by one of the accused -- Malla Raji Reddy -- on January 1, 2008, the Karimnagar Rural Police had registered a case of murder against Ganapathi and 33 others.
They include Kobad Gandhy, Varanasi Subrahmanyam, Janthu Mukherjee, Amit Bagchi, Pramod Mishra, Jaspal Singh and Akhilesh Jadav who are detained in various prisons.

Ganapathi, Akkiraju Haragopal, Cherukuri Raj Kumar and several others have also been arrested. Malla Raji Reddy got bail and has been absconding since then.
However, the police have not file any charge sheet so far.
Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (Maoist) Central Committee members Janthu Mukherjee, Amit Bagchi and Pramod Mishra were produced before a local court on Wednesday.

Jaspal Singh and Akhilesh Jadav were not produced before court.