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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Paritala|lang=Telugu}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Story|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Paritala Ravindra
| image               = Paritala_Ravi.jpg
| office1             = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly| Member of Legislative Assembly<br/>Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start1         = 1994
| term_end1           = 2005
| predecessor1     = Sane Venkata Ramana Reddy
| successor1        = [[B. K. Parthasarathi]]
| constituency1       = [[Penukonda (Assembly constituency)|Penukonda]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1958|8|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = Venkatapuram, [[Anantapur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age |df=yes|2005|1|24|1958|8|30}}
| death_place         = [[Ananthapur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_cause         = Assassination
| occupation          = Politician
| party               = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| spouse              = [[Paritala Sunitha]]
| children            = 3
}}
'''Paritala Ravindra''' (30 August 1958 &ndash; 24 January 2005), better known as '''Paritala Ravi''', was a politician from the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="factionist1">{{cite web |title=Suri's family killed by Ravi |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/suri-life-beset-by-violence/20110104.htm |website=Rediff |publisher=Rediff India}}</ref> He was a cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh and a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA). He was assassinated by his political rivals in 2005. He started as a [[communism|communist]] and later entered electoral politics by joining the [[Telugu Desam Party]]. He was elected three times as an MLA from the [[Penukonda (Assembly constituency)|Penukonda]] constituency in [[Anantapur district]], Andhra Pradesh.
==Early life==
Paritala Ravi's father, Paritala Sreeramulu, was a [[Naxalite]] leader and was close to [[Kondapalli Seetharamaiah]] of the then-monolithic People’s War Group. In 1975, Gangula Narayana Reddy, a factionist, Congress MLA and Sane Chenna Reddy, another factionist, killed Sreeramulu.<ref name="factionist">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/63765/ |title=In Andhra’s Samurai country, Ravi was always a cut above, |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2005-01-31 |access-date=2013-02-23}}</ref> He was seventeen years old when his father was killed. He, along with his brother, Paritala Hari, escaped the attack.
After losing his father and brother, Ravi wanted to take shelter from his rivals. He went to his maternal uncle, Kondaiah, in Seerpi Kottaala village of [[Uravakonda]] Constituency to take shelter. He married his uncle's daughter [[Paritala Sunitha|Sunitha]] in 1986 and took up cultivation. He had three children.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 March 2019|title=Paritala Ravi's daughter Snehalatha Engagement Held|url=https://www.ap7am.com/lv-282019-paritala-ravis-daughter-snehalatha-engagement-held|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124206/https://www.ap7am.com/lv-282019-paritala-ravis-daughter-snehalatha-engagement-held|archive-date=6 May 2021|access-date=6 May 2021|website=ap7am.com|language=en}}</ref> He was one of the accused in the murder of Gangula Narayana Reddy, Narsanna and Yaadi Reddy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2204/stories/20050225004803100.htm |title=Murder and mayhem |publisher=Frontlineonnet.com |date=2005-02-05 |access-date=2013-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706131319/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2204/stories/20050225004803100.htm |archive-date=6 July 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
==Faction and Politics==
After Narayana Reddy was killed, Ramachandra Reddy of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] became [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Penukonda in 1983 and 1985. In the 1989 elections, the Congress formed the government in the state. Sane Chenna Reddy became MLA of Penukonda by defeating Ramachandra Reddy of the TDP. Ravi wanted to avenge the deaths of his father and brother. He allied himself with [[Peoples War Group|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War]] (PWG) who were ready to help Ravi and so plotted against Chenna Reddy.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/a-saga-of-chilling-feud-between-two-families-of-anantapur-news-national-lbeskfaaijfsi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707035722/http://www.sify.com/news/a-saga-of-chilling-feud-between-two-families-of-anantapur-news-national-lbeskfaaijfsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-07-07 |title=A saga of chilling feud between two families of Anantapur |website=Sify.com |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Sane Chenna Reddy, who was conspirator in his father's and brother's deaths was killed in Dharmavaram in 1991. By-elections were conducted and Ramana Reddy, son of Chenna Reddy, became MLA in 1991.
Paritala Ravindra was accused in the murder of 7 of Maddela Cheruvu Suri's family members (including women and children) in 1995 via a TV bomb. Ravi allegedly planned the bomb to kill Suri, but Suri escaped.<ref name="factionist1"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Maddelacheruvu Suri Killed |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Gangster-Suri-killed-End-of-a-life-marked-by-faction-violence/articleshow/7213677.cms |website=Times Of India |publisher=Times Of India}}</ref>
Maddelacheruvu Suri tried to take vengeance by triggering a remote-controlled car bomb in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, in 1997, but missed his target. After his death, his wife [[Paritala Sunitha]] became M.L.A from his assembly constituency [[Penukonda|Penugonda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatandhra.com/articles/special-articles/paritala-ravi-and-suris-violent-battle-26013.html |title=Paritala Ravi And Suri's Violent Battle |website=Greatandhra.com |date=2011-01-03 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1"/>
==Death and post death reaction==
On 24 January 2005, hired killers detonated bombs near the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) party office and shot Ravindra. He died instantly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/paritala-ravi-murder-life-term-for-eight/article2397317.ece |title=Paritala Ravi murder: life term for eight |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2011-08-25 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>
On 9 November 2008, Joolakanti Srinivas Reddy was assassinated in the Anantapur jail. The main person accused in the case, Maddelacheruvu Suri (Gangula Surya Narayana Reddy), was murdered by his aide Bhanu Kiran on 4 January 2011 in Hyderabad for property disputes. On 18 December 2018 Telangana High Court had sentenced him to life. The court delivered the verdict after examining 133 witnesses, including Paritala's father-in-law Kondanna. The court has convicted 8 accused - Hanumantha Reddy, Peddi Reddy, O.B. Reddy, Vadde Konda, Vadde Srinivasulu, Rekamayya, Narayana Reddy and Ranganayakulu - and the approver was Rammohan Reddy. 4 accused - G B Reddy, Anand Reddy (Rice Mama), Ramaswamy and Patola Govardhan Reddy - have been acquitted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.fullhyderabad.com/hyderabad-news/paritala-ravi-murder-case-8-get-life-sentence-4-acquitted-5122.html |title=Paritala Ravi Murder Case: 8 Get Life Sentence, 4 Acquitted - Hyderabad News on fullhyd.com |publisher=News.fullhyderabad.com |access-date=2013-02-23}}</ref>
== In Popular Culture ==
Based on the life story of Paritala Ravi   [[Rakta Charitra]] and [[Rakta Charitra 2]] had been released.
==See also ==
* [[List of assassinated Indian politicians]]
==References==
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[[Category:Crime in Andhra Pradesh]]
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[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:People from Rayalaseema]]
[[Category:People from Anantapur district]]
[[Category:People murdered in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1983–1985]]
[[Category:Asian politicians assassinated in the 2000s]]
[[Category:Politicians assassinated in 2005]]