Two held for planting AI generated Maoist threat letters in Toopran

Two 23-year-old men were arrested by the Medak police for allegedly planting threat letters purportedly issued by Maoists at the Toopran Municipal Office and inside the Toopran police station in an attempt to gain publicity on social media.

The accused were identified as Banda Madhu and Chintakindi Sridhar, both residents of Nagulapalli village. Police seized a motorcycle, two mobile phones, a raincoat, a shawl and pens from them, Medak Superintendent of Police D.V. Srinivasa Rao said on Friday.

According to the officer, at around 1.30 a.m. on the intervening night of September 21 and 22, a masked man entered the Toopran police station and left a red cloth containing a letter on the reception desk. Another person waited outside on a motorcycle. A similar letter was placed near the municipal office around the same time.