Chhattisgarh/Kothagudem. Maoists killed their own courier branding him as a police informer in Cherla mandal in Kothagudem district on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Nayakulapu Eshwar of Mallampalli village of Mulugu district. Initially, Eshwar was assumed to be a Home Guard but the police later clarified that he was a naxal courier.
Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt, in a statement, said police have found a body in the forests between Chennapuram and Gorukonda villages in the mandal. During investigation, the deceased was identified as Eshwar who worked as courier for the CPI (Maoist) Party’s top leaders Haribhushan and Damodar.
The Maoists subjected him to torture before killing him and branded him as a police informer to create confusion among public. A case under IPC Sections 143, 147, 148, 302 read with 149, 120 (B), 25 (1-B) IA Act and Sections 10, 13 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was registered at Cherla police station, the SP added.
32 Maoists surrender in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh
In Chhattisgarh, 32 Maoists have surrendered at Dantewada in Bastar division. Six of them were carrying rewards on their head.
Dantewada SP Abhishek Pallava said, the surrendered Maoists were influenced by the ‘Lon Varratu’ campaign being carried out by the police in the district. ‘Lon Varratu’ means ‘Return Home’ in the local tribal dialect Gondi.
Under this campaign, the police have earmarked about 50 hypersensitive Maoist-affected villages, where pamphlets have been put up with an appeal to surrender. The SP said, so far 150 Maoists have surrendered under the ‘Lon Varratu’ campaign. The surrendered naxals were activists of different wings of Janatana Sarkar, Chetna Natya Mandali, Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangh.
