The outlawed leftwing organisation CPI Maoist, reeling under the loss of 34 of its members in the recent encounter in Malkangiri district of Odisha has alleged that it was a covert operation. The dreaded armed organisation has called a shutdown in five States across the country in protest against the incident.
Central committee member and central spokesperson of the organisation Pratap called for the strike in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.
Official spokesperson of CPI Maoist in Telangana Jagan has alleged that the police used their covert agents within the organisation to kill the Maoists. Jagan confirmed that those killed include two top leaders AP Odisha Special Zone committee members Chamalla Kishtaiah alias Daya Szc member and Venkatramanna alias Ganesh.
Another CPI Maoist leader East Division committee secretary, Kailash held the Chief Ministers of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Naveen Patnaik and N Chandrababu Naidu responsible for the killings and threatened
them with dire
consequences.
Maoists, blamed for many political killings in the past have also issued a letter threatening to target Chandrababu Naidu and his family members. Naidu narrowly escaped a major attempt on his life by Maoists in Tirumala in October 2003.
CPI Maoist has given a call for Telangana Bandh or shut down on November 3. It is after a long gap of many years that the Maoists have tried to make their presence felt in Telangana by calling a strike in protest against the killings of its members.