Mangalore: Police Confirm Killed Naxal was Yellappa Alias Dinakar
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (NM)
Mangalore, Sep 9: "The Naxal who was shot dead during the exchange of fire between the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) and Naxals at Cheru reserve forest near Subrahmanya recently, has been identified as Yellappa alias Dinakar of Raichur," declared IGP (Western Range) Pratap Reddy in a press meet on September 9.
Addressing reporters in the police commissioner’s office he confirmed the identity of the dead Naxal as Yellappa alias Dinakar (34), son of Gaddiappa, resident in Mandalagere in Raichur.
According to records available with the Sadar Bazaar police station, Yellappa alias Dinakar was an accused in a murder that had taken place in the city in 2003, but was acquitted later in 2005.
However, he had not returned home nor had anyone seen him after he was released, the IGP said, based on the information given by Yellappa’s brother Thayappa during the inquiry. "It was therefore suspected that he had links with Naxals and was an active member of the Naxalite group. Identifying him was a difficulttask as the dead Naxal had neither interacted with the people in the region nor possessed any important documents like ration card, voter card etc," he said.
Thayappa confirmed that Yellappa was his brother and the fingerprints which were registered in Sadar Bazaar police station too matched with that of the dead person’s fingerprints. The records had also mentioned that Yellappa had a scar on his left shoulder, which is also proved correct.
After completion of all the formalities, the body of Yellappa was cremated at Nandigudda cemetery (Hindu Rudra Bhoomi) in the presence of police personnel, the IGP said.