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Revanth Reddy Orders Aid for Missing Telangana Activist’s Family
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered financial help for a missing activist’s family.
The family will receive Rs.5 lakh.
The activist, Mandala Raju, disappeared on June 20, 2013.
He had taken part in the movement for Telangana statehood.
He was also arrested and held in Cherlapally central jail.
Raju was the only son of his elderly parents.
His parents are facing serious money problems.
The assistance was approved on humanitarian grounds under a special quota for Telangana martyrs.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered Rs.5 lakh in financial assistance for Mandala Raju’s family.
Mandala Raju went missing on June 20, 2013, during the Telangana statehood movement.
Raju, 34, was the only son of Mandala Sammi Reddy and his elderly parents.
According to MLA Gandra Satyanarayana Rao, Raju had participated in the movement and was jailed in Cherlapally.
The aid will be sanctioned to Mandala Sammi Reddy on humanitarian grounds under the Telangana martyrs’ quota.
- Who
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered assistance for the family of Mandala Raju, following a request from MLA Gandra Satyanarayana Rao.
- What
- Officials were directed to provide Rs.5 lakh to Mandala Sammi Reddy, Raju’s father.
- Where
- Raju was from Gorla Veedu village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, Telangana; the order was issued in Hyderabad.
- When
- Mandala Raju went missing on June 20, 2013; the date of the assistance order was not stated.
- Why
- The assistance was approved on humanitarian grounds because Raju’s elderly parents were facing severe financial difficulties.
Key facts
- Assistance
- Rs.5 lakh
- Beneficiary
- Mandala Sammi Reddy
- Missing person
- Mandala Raju
- Date of disappearance
- June 20, 2013
- Age when reported
- 34
- Basis for aid
- Humanitarian grounds under the Telangana martyrs’ quota
- Reported hometown
- Gorla Veedu village, Jayashankar Bhupalpally district










