In yet another unfortunate incident of targeted killings by the Maoist (Naxals) a youth identified as Ramji Chinna Aatram, a resident of Kopewencha village of Kanker district of Chhattisgarh was brutally murdered by the Ultras on Friday, November 24. The incident occurred after the Maoist in a Janadalat (Kangaroo Court of the Naxals) held Ramji guilty of passing information to the police following which they hacked him to death.
According to the reports, after the murder the Maoist threw Ramji’s body near the village road, the Ultras also left a leaflet near the body of the youth accusing him for being a police informer. In the leaflet left by the Maoist, they alleged that Ramji had passed crucial information to the police in September 2022 leading to the death of an Area Committee Member (ACM) of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).
The Ultras in the leaflet have further alleged that after the Surajkund Conference continuous assaults are being carried out against the movement and the police are luring the locals to become informers.
Recent incidents of targeted civilians killings
It is to be noted that the Maoist-affected regions in the Chhattisgarh and adjoining regions of Maharashtra, Telangana and Odisha have witnessed a huge surge in incidents of civilian killings by the Ultras, where more than a dozen civilians, including political workers, have been killed in the last year alone.
Recently in another incident, cadres of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), armed wing of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) had brutally killed a Patel (village head) of the Totoda village under Jambia Gram panchayat of insurgency-hit Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
According to the reports, armed cadres of the PLGA barged into the house of village head Lalsu Vedada (63) on Thursday night and shot him dead. It’s been reported that the Ultras also thrashed a youth and a few children before fleeing the spot. They also left a leaflet on the spot accusing Lalsu for working as a police informer.
In the leaflet left by the Maoist, the Gadchiroli Division Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) while taking up the responsibility of the brutal murder has accused Lalsu for conspiring with the police and the Surajgarh mines owners. The Maoist in the leaflet have further alleged that Lalsu was on the frontfoot in luring the locals to work in the mines for money. The Ultras have also accused the Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Hedari and a few local politicians for conspiring against the locals and looting the mineral rich region.
The Maoist in the leaflet have asserted that the Hedari SDPO and a few politicians are agents of the company owners and they have taken lakhs of rupees from them for protection. In the end the Maoist while accusing Lalsu for passing crucial information to SDPO, have also warned others of dire consequences if they dare to follow Lalsu’s suit.
It is to be noted that Lalsu murder occurred days after the Maoist killed an innocent tribal man in Bhamragarh of Gadchiroli. The deceased was later identified as one Dinesh Gawde, a resident of Laheri. The Ultras had also left a pamphlet near the body of the deceased.
Earlier in a similar incident, a 25-year-old youth, Sainath Narote, from Madhukar village under Nalgonda police station limits of Gadchiroli was also abducted and brutally killed by the Maoists.
It was then reported that Narote was going towards a local market when cadres of the banned group abducted and forcibly took him along; it was learnt that the Maoists alleged Narote for being an informer before shooting him from a close range.
Earlier in another incident of targeted killings of civilians, cadres of the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist) killed two civilians in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on June 28.
The horrific development occurred when the banned outfit called for a ‘Jan Adalat’ (Kangaroo Court of the Ultras) on June 28 and sought the presence of the villagers of Tadmela region, one of the worst Maoist-affected regions of the country. It’s been learned that after the Jan Adalat, the Maoist allowed the villagers to return, barring 4-5 of them, including the deputy Sarpanch and a Shikshadoot.
It’s been learnt that the Maoist later killed both of them, alleging them for being police informers, and threw their bodies on the outskirts of the village. The rest of them who the Ultras released have also been warned for acting against the interest of the Maoist outfit.
Later on, it was learnt that the ‘South Bastar Divisional Committee’ of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) alleged both the deceased as informers while claiming responsibility for the killings. The deceased have been identified as deputy Sarpanch Madvi Ganga and Shiksha Doot Kawasi Sukka, both residents of the Tadmetla Panchayat of Sukma.
In a similar incident, a tribal youth was also abducted and then brutally killed by the Maoist in Turram police station limits of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on May 02. As per the reports, the slain youth had gone into the forest with other villagers when cadres of the CPI (M) abducted him; later, the Maoist hacked him to death and then threw his body in the fields around one kilometer away from the Turram police station.
The deceased villager was identified as Avlam Hadma (28), a resident of the Turrepara village under the Turram police station of the Bijapur district.
In another such incident, armed cadres of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA), the armed wing of the outlawed CPI – Maoist had brutally killed a villager in Andherpara village under Bhejji police station of insurgency-hit Sukma of Chhattisgarh in March this year.
It was then reported that the fateful incident occurred when around 6 to 7 armed cadres of PLGA barged into Andherpara village and abducted a villager, later identified as Raju Madkam, on suspicion of being a police informer.
It was learnt that the Maoist took Madkam to the nearby forest, where they brutally hacked him after a brief interrogation; later Konta Area Committee of the banned CPI-Maoist claimed responsibility for the murder.
In another incident, armed cadres of the CPI had also barged into the house of a 38-year-old Narayan Nagesh in Lakshmanpur village of Raigarh in Nabarangpur district adjoining Chhattisgarh and killed him on the pretext of being a wood Mafia on March 17 this year.
In another such incident, armed groups of the Maoist barged into a religious gathering and abducted half a dozen villagers in Tumdiwal village of Kondagaon in March this year. It was reported that the Ultras took the villagers to the nearby forest, where they left five of them after brief interrogation, while the body of one of the villagers was recovered the next morning. Later, It was learnt that the Maoist killed him after alleging him for being an informer.
