Police kill 2 leaders active in Maoist fortress Dandakaranya for 3 decades. Killings come week after 2 more central committee members were killed in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Soren, wanted for his role in 2005 killing of IPS officer posted in Bihar's Munger and escape from police custody in 2012, was killed in encounter in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh Monday morning.
Also known by his aliases Bhaskar and Manoj, Bala Krishna was among 10 Maoist cadres killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district Thursday.
It is fine to talk of a ruthless approach when you are dealing with terrorists. However, when you are dealing with your own people, strictness must be tempered with empathy.
Gajarla Ravi alias Uday ‘used to put up posters, run errands for Maoists since age 7’. At the time of his death, he was senior-most Maoist leader in Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border areas.
Along with Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds also killed Aruna, a senior Maoist leader in Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee & wife of slain Maoist Chalapathi.
After few rounds of productive negotiations, talks were called off by Maoists in January 2005 on grounds of continued operations by Andhra Pradesh’s Greyhounds force against the group.
Sudhakar’s death comes just a fortnight after security forces eliminated CPI (Maoist) chief Basavaraju. Earlier, top leaders Chalapathi and Prayag Manjhi were also killed.
The IG's assertions, made in an interview with ThePrint, come 10 days after security forces killed Basavaraju & 26 other Maoists in a 3-day encounter in Abujmarh.
Among these are former Maoists who brought to the table their knowledge about unit within the armed wing of CPI (Maoist) responsible for protecting top leaders including Basavaraju.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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