The Nuapada-Mainpur Division of the outlawed CPI(Maoist) has strongly condemned the killing of five innocent tribals in police firing during an anti-Maoist operation at Kurtumgarh in Kandhamal district on Friday night.
This is for the first time the Red rebels have spoken on the issue since the incident.
In an audio clip released to the media, one Budhuram Paharia claiming to be the spokesperson of the Nuapada-Mainpur Divisional Committee of the CPI(Maoist), while strongly condemning the incident, has appealed to the public to strongly protest against the atrocities by the police.
“Rulers like Narendra Modi and Naveen Patnaik are murdering innocent people using the police. We strongly condemn the barbaric killing of innocent people in Kandhamal,” stated Paharia in the audio clip.