VISAKHAPATNAM: An action team of two Maoists planned to kill Hyderabad Central University (HCU) Vice Chancellor Podili Appa Rao on the instruction of the CPI Maoists Telangana State Committee secretary Haribhushan alias Yapa Narayana and central committee Member Chandranna.

The action team members were arrested by the East Godavari cops at Pitchukalapadu Junction at Bhadrachalam and Cherla road on Friday evening. They were identified as Anakala Prudhviraj of Kesarapalli village in Gannavaram mandal of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh and Chandan Kumar Misra (28) of Howrah in West Bengal.

According to East Godavari SP Vishal Gunni said that both the action team members were intercepted by the cops while on their way to kill the VC. Both arrested Maoists met with Telangana committee secretary Haribhushan in the month of December 2017.

