Chief minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao, is said to have inquired about the case with the state police chief and asked him if it can be diluted.
The Telangana Police had registered the case in August 2022 accusing them of conspiring to 'take over the power of the democratically elected government at gunpoint'. The issue came to light only on Thursday, June 15.
Tadvai police had claimed the individuals were booked after their names were found in a diary seized on August 19, 2022 from a place where Maoists were holding a meeting.
After working for six months at a brick kiln in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh, Ranka Bag, a 42-year-old tribal man and his family, which included a child, decided to go back to their hometown in Odisha’s Balangir on May 9. However, the owner of the brick kiln denied their request and forced them to stay back.