Maoist accused in 2005 Venkatammanahalli massacre held in K'taka

Tumakuru (Karnataka), July 3 The police have arrested a suspected Maoist, who was allegedly involved in the 2005 massacre of seven policemen and a bus cleaner at Venkatammanahalli village in Karnataka's Tumakuru district, sources said on Wednesday.

The accused has been identified as Komulu Mutyala Chandru, a resident of Garaladinne Keshavapura in Andhra Pradesh.

According to the police, Chandru was part of a gang of about 300 Maoists who laid siege to a police camp at Venkatammanahalli in 2005.

The accused, who was working as a civic worker in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has been sent to judicial custody, the police said.

On February 11, 2005, at about 10.30 p.m., nearly 300 Maoists ambushed a police camp at Venkatammanahalli village, killing seven policemen and one civilian besides leaving five others injured.

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