Andhracafe.com- HYDERABAD : Maoist party south Telangana secretary and action team member Kavali Yadagiri alias Sudhakar alias Pandu (41) was taken into custody by police in Medak district, while a woman naxal surrendered before police in Warangal on Tuesday.

Pandu of Nalgonda was arrested by SIB police at Nizampet in Dubbaka mandal when he was going on a scooter along with Pothu Ramesh Goud, son of TRS leader Chandra Goud. Sources said Pandu was whisked away in a car by sleuths to an unknown place.

          He has been with the Maoist party since 1998 and worked as a courier to top leader Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna. A 12 bore tapancha and a fuse wire bundle was recovered from his house at Udthalpalli village.

          Chetti Prameela alias Swarnakka alias Vidya, commander of Venkatapuram special guerrilla squad in Khammam district, who has been underground for 15 years, surrendered in Warangal on Tuesday.

          She is the wife of senior Maoist leader and NTSZC secretariat member Chetti Rajapapaiah, who was killed in an encounter at the Medaram forests on July 1. In all, 23 cases were registered against her in Khammam and Warangal districts, including seven murder cases.