A court in Udupi district has framed charges against 11 maoists in 39 cases registered against them in Udupi, after the police filed supplementary chargesheets in 14 cases.
The charges were framed by Abdul Rahim Hussain Shaikh, the Additional District and Sessions Judge sitting at Kundapura. The accused were produced from different prisons, while two accused, who were out on bail, appeared before the court when the charges were framed a week ago.
The accused are M. Vanajakshi from Kalasa taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, B.G. Krishnamurthy alias Vijay from Sringeri taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, Savithri J.L. alias Usha from Kalasa taluk, Nilaguli Padmanabha from Koppa taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, Tombattu Lakshmi from Macchattu at Kundapur taluk in Udupi district, and Latha alias Mundagaru Latha from Sringeri taluk.
In addition, charges were framed against Mahesh alias Madhava alias John alias Jayanna from Manvi taluk in Raichur district, Kanyakumari alias Suvarna from Kalasa at Mudigere taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, A.S. Suresh alias Mahesh alias Pradeep from Mudigere taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, Sundari alias Geetha from Kulturu village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada, and Prabha alias Hosagadde Prabha from Tirthahalli taluk of Shivamogga district.
