Maharastra / 40% of the armed Maoists in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra are women

The illustration of ladies amongst Maoist cadres in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra has risen to around 40% and numerous of them are commanders of numerous gadgets of the banned ultras and are frequently concerned in clashes with safety employees, stated a senior Chhattisgarh police officer. However, ladies illustration withinside the decision-making manner of the Maoists continues to be very low, he added.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 15, 2021, 06:35 PM

The illustration of ladies amongst Maoist cadres in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra has risen to around 40% and numerous of them are commanders of numerous gadgets of the banned ultras and are frequently concerned in clashes with safety employees, stated a senior Chhattisgarh police officer. However, ladies illustration withinside the decision-making manner of the Maoists continues to be very low, he added.


Sujata (65), in the price of South Bastar department of Maoists’ Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), turned into one most of the key planners in nearly all ambushes in South Bastar, that is the centre location of Maoists withinside the country. Even at 65, she includes an AK-forty seven and speaks six languages inclusive of neighbourhood Halbi and Gondi, the police officer quoted above stated.


Sujata, the spouse of senior chief Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji who turned killed in 2011 in an operation, is in-price of logistics and different guide withinside the Teklaguda assault this April, wherein 22 safety employees have been killed.


“Sujata may be very active, sharp and vital for Maoists in South Bastar. In the April four incident, she turned into constantly speaking to Mandvi Hidma all through the ambush. Hilma, the pinnacle of battalion #1 of Maoists, led the assault in Teklaguda on safety forces. Sujata and his crew have been rescuing the injured Maoists and additionally amassing the fingers and ammunition of slain safety employees. Mainly, she has been most of the key planners of any massive assault in South Bastar,” stated a senior police officer published in Bastar.