Chhattisgarh: 'Big loss to Maoist organisation,' says IG Bastar as key Maoist members neutralised

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Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, P. Sundarraj, announced that security forces had inflicted major damage on the insurgent group.

Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 4 (HBTV): Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, P. Sundarraj, announced that security forces had inflicted major damage on the insurgent group.

On June 17, Andhra Pradesh Police recovered the bodies of Central Committee member Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, committee member Aruna, and another cadre, Anju, following a targeted operation against the CPI (Maoist).

‘Effective action was taken against the banned and illegal CPI Maoist organisation... In this connection, on June 17, the bodies of Central Committee member Gajarla Ravi alias Uday and committee member Aruna and another cadre Anju were recovered by the Andhra Pradesh team. This caused a big loss to the Maoist organisation... This will reduce the activities of Maoists in the area...,’ IG Sundarraj said.

Meanwhile, in a separate development on Wednesday, a senior Maoist couple active in Left Wing Extremism for over 25 years surrendered before the police and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla Manpur district. The surrender is considered a major setback for the CPI (Maoist).

The couple — Jeevan Tulavi (45), alias Ram Tulavi, and his wife Agasha (35), alias Aarti Korram — surrendered in the presence of Inspector General (IG) Rajnandgaon Range Abhishek Shandilya, Superintendent of Police Y. P. Singh, and Commandant of 27 Battalion ITBP Vivek Kumar Pandey, along with officers from 44 Battalion ITBP.

According to an official release from the ITBP, Jeevan Tulavi, a resident of Parvidih village under Mohla police station, was a Divisional Committee Member (DVCM) and the Education Unit Commander of the Maad Division. He carried a reward of INR 8 lakh on his head.

Tulavi joined the CPI (Maoist) in 2008 and initially worked with the military wing of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) in South Rajnandgaon. After 2012–13, he was assigned to the Mobile Political School (MOPOS) of the Maad Division as an instructor promoting Maoist ideology. He later led the division’s education unit, travelling extensively through villages in Abujhmad and delivering ideological training through the Mobile Academic School (MAS).

His wife, Agasha, a resident of Telitola village under Mohla police station, served as an Area Committee Member (ACM) and worked with the press team of the Maad Division. She also headed the Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM), the Maoists’ cultural wing. Since the early 2000s, she had been active as a singer, dancer, poet, orator, and composer, in addition to managing computer operations and preparing press releases for the outfit.

(ANI)