Three die in suspected Maoist attack

Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Janardhan Reddy and his wife, state minister N Rajyalakshmi, escaped unhurt in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist guerrillas that killed three people in Nellore district on Friday. Two workers of the ruling Congress party and a driver were killed and five others were injured in the attack on the minister's convoy near Kovada village in Nellore district.