Three pseudo-naxals held for extortion bid
Hyderabad, Oct 12 (INN): Task Force sleuths on Tuesday produced three persons before media persons, accusing them of attempting to extort money from the management of a seed company by posing themselves as Naxalites. According to Task Force officials, the three, Velupula Srinivas (36), Srikonda Raju (30) and Illandula Tirupathi (33) were working as masons. The officials revealed that prime accused Srinivas got the brainwave of extorting money from members of the business community after watching a television programme. He took the help of his close friends, the other two accused to hatch a plan.
According to the plan, Srinivas managed to obtain the phone number of Kaveri Seeds plant manager A Srinivas through one of the employee. In the first week of September, Srinivas called his namesake and introduced himself as a member of a banned Naxalite organization. He demanded Rs 15 lakhs from the seed plan owners and threatened that if the Naxalites were not paid, the employees of the company would not be spared.
The Naxalites also called on the head office number of the seed company and tried to extort money from the management. The company officials filed a complaint at the Mahankali Police Station, Hyderabad.
News Posted: 12 October, 2010
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