Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Telangana CM Orders Aid for Missing Activist’s Family
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered money to help the family of Mandala Raju.
Raju took part in the movement for Telangana statehood.
He disappeared on June 20, 2013, when he was 34 years old.
His parents are elderly and do not have a reliable livelihood.
The government will provide them Rs.5 lakh.
The decision followed a request from MLA Gandra Satyanarayana Rao.
The chief minister also ordered Rs.10 lakh for the children of a late couple who helped people during the movement.
The couple had provided free food, snacks and tea at their small hotel.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed officials to provide Rs.5 lakh to Mandala Raju’s elderly parents.
Raju, 34, disappeared on June 20, 2013, after participating in the Telangana statehood agitation.
MLA Gandra Satyanarayana Rao said Raju had been arrested and held at Cherlapally jail in Hyderabad.
The assistance to Raju’s father, Mandala Sammi Reddy, was approved on humanitarian grounds under the Telangana martyrs’ quota.
Reddy also directed officials to provide Rs.10 lakh to the children of late couple Lingala Kedari and Pushpalatha.
- Who
- Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered assistance for Mandala Raju’s parents after an appeal from MLA Gandra Satyanarayana Rao; he also approved aid for the children of Lingala Kedari and Pushpalatha.
- What
- Officials were directed to provide Rs.5 lakh to Mandala Sammi Reddy’s family and Rs.10 lakh to the children of the late Kedari and Pushpalatha.
- When
- Mandala Raju disappeared on June 20, 2013; the reports identify the announcement as September 21 but do not specify the year.
- Where
- The families are associated with Telangana, including Gorla Veedu village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district and Hanumakonda district; Raju was reportedly held in Cherlapally jail in Hyderabad.
- Why
- The aid was intended to support Raju’s elderly parents, who were facing severe financial hardship, and the children of the couple who served participants in the statehood agitation.
- Aid for Mandala Raju’s family
- Rs.5 lakh
- Aid for Kedari and Pushpalatha’s children
- Rs.10 lakh
- Missing person
- Mandala Raju
- Date of disappearance
- June 20, 2013
- Reported age
- 34
- Basis for Rs.5 lakh aid
- Humanitarian grounds under the Telangana martyrs’ quota
- Source of Rs.10 lakh aid
- Chief Minister’s Relief Fund
- Requesting legislator
- Bhupalpally MLA Gandra Satyanarayana Rao