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NEW DELHI, Sept 7 (KUNA) -- Three members of the ruling Congress party in
Andhra Pradesh were killed Friday morning and five others were injured in a
Maoist landmine bomb that targeted an MP and his wife, a state minister, both
of who escaped unscathed.
Indo Asian News Agency said Indian MP and former chief minister of the
southern Indian state, Janardhan Reddy, and his wife, Rajyalakshmi, who is a
minister in the state cabinet, escaped a the blast this morning.
However, three members of the ruling party were killed and five others were
injured in the attack on the convoy near Kovada village in Nellore district of
Andhra Pradesh.
Janardhan Reddy and Rajyalakshmi, who is Minister for Women Development and
Child Welfare in Andhra Pradesh, were going to Tirupati, a temple town.
Andhra Pradesh police suspect the Communist Party of India (Maoist) of
being behind the blast.
Janardhan Reddy, who had imposed a ban on Maoists during his tenure as the
chief minister (1990-1992), was on the hit list of the left wing extremists
and the police had foiled an attempt to kill him in 2003. (end)
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