Suspecting them of being police informers, Maoists murder 2 in Chhattisgarh village
Two residents of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district were murdered on Saturday night by Maoists who suspected them of being police informers, officials said.
Bijapur is the Chhattisgarh district worst affected by Maoist violence. The state has reported 22 civilians killed by Maoists this year and 71 last year.
Saturday night's incident took place in Sendrobor and Yampur villages in the jurisdiction of Pamed police station. The area is in the southernmost area of Bijapur, towards the Telangana border, near the area where the Maoists' most dangerous battalion — Battalion 1 of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) — is believed to be located.
A security camp, Dharmavaram, is located seven kilometres from the villages, and the police station is around 10 km away. Last year, the Dharmavaram camp was attacked by the Battalion 1 with heavy gunfire and rocket launchers, injuring 12 jawans. The NIA recently filed a chargesheet in the case.
An official said a group of Maoists came to the villages late at night in Saturday and murdered the two civilians, 'suspecting them to be police informers.'
This comes just a few days after the insurgents killed three other civilians in Bijapur.
The killings come amid an intensified push by security personnel against the Maoists, leaving the group at their weakest ever condition. Several Maoists, including top leaders, have been killed in recent years.
The group's Politburo, its highest decision-making body, has shrunk to just three members: Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu, Thippiri Thirupathi alias Devuji, and Misir Besra alias Sagar. At the height of the insurgency, the Politburo had at least 11-12 members. The Central Committee members have also whittled down to 17 from 42 in 2007-08.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Chhattisgarh for a two-day trip starting Sunday. He is set to visit a security camp and chair a meeting to review ongoing anti-Maoist operations in the state, said Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma.
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