![]() ![]() This is the latest chapter in a gang war that has lasted 35 years and has involved the families of Suri and Paritala Ravi, the TDP leader who was gunned down in January 2005, allegedly by Suri's supporters. Over the years, personal egos and inter-village feuds led to the rise of faction lords who groomed private armies to take on or kill rivals.Įarlier this month, on the evening of January 3, Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Suri was shot dead in his car when he was travelling with two of his friends. That's an old saying told with chilling simplicity in Rayalaseema, the southern part of Andhra Pradesh that borders Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.įor decades, the region, especially Anantapur district, has been a theatre of killings in wars defined by caste and political domination, led by wealthy landlords and powerful families. ![]() ![]() Once you bloody your hands, there will always be more blood only death washes it off. ![]()
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