Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (GA)

Mangalore, May 22: Top Naxal leader B G Krishnamurthy who had been admitted to one of the private hospitals in the city for treatment managed to escape from the police recently.

The trusted sources said that Krishnamurthy had been admitted to a private hospital for treatment after he was bitten by some venomous creatures in the forest.  Having come to know this, the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) staff went to the hospital in mufti to arrest him.  But Krishnamurthy who somewhat came to know about this escaped from the place before their arrival.

Krishnamurthy has played in organizing and leading Naxal movement in the Malnad region.  He was trained in Andhra Pradesh and was mainly responsible in attracting youth from the border area into the Naxal movement. 

He had also led the gang of Naxalites which had attacked one Chandrakant of Yelaneeru near Shringeri under pretext that Chandrakant was a police informer.  Several cases have been filed against him in police stations.

However, his narrow escape from the hands of ANF police has once again left a question mark on the way the ANF works.  It is still a mystery as how did Krishnamurthy get the information that police were coming in mufti to arrest him.