Telangana (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2022

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on January 2 have issued warnings to the sand mafia in Mulugu District of Telangana, reports 10tv.in. The Maoists, outraged at the sand mafia, issued a letter issuing warnings to them. In a letter issued by the ‘secretary’ of the JMWP (Jayashankar, Mahabubabad, Warangal and Peddapally) Division Committee of the CPI-Maoist, Venkatesh, he alleged that the Mafia was infiltrating and looting the Adivasi Sand Society Reaches in the Godavari basin. The letter warned that some contractors were trying to divide and rule the tribals, turning young people into slaves to alcohol and living in groups in pubs. Change your method for now. Gave a strong warning that otherwise the results would be severe. The Maoists have warned that ignoring the warnings in the letter will not be tolerated. Contractors Prabhakar Chaudhary and Pillutla Sreenu have warned that if they do not change, they will be punished by the people, the letter read. Read less...

As the protests against the GO 317 [Government Order (GO) 317 which was introduced on December 6, 2021, pertaining to Telangana Public Employment’s introduction of a zonal system in the allocation of jobs] gather momentum in the State, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have also extended their support to the employees' demand in Mulugu District of Telangana, reports The Hans India on January 4. The letter purportedly released by the CPI-Maoist ‘Central Committee (CC)’ ‘spokesperson’ Jagan at Venkatapuram on January 3 demanded the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government to withdraw the GO and stop the employee allocation with immediate effect. The Maoists demanded the government to take up recruitment on the basis of nativity and reservations. With the government taking up the allocation of employees on the basis of seniority, a whole lot of employees especially women were put to distress. The GO is also likely to affect the unemployed youth especially the Adivasis, the letter said. Instead of implementing such thoughtless GOs, the government should focus on taking up recruitment, the Maoists said. The Maoists further opined that the TRS government had intentionally issued the GO 317 to distress the employees. The letter also questioned the rationale behind forcing the GO although nearly 3 lakh employees have been up against it. The banned outfit criticised the government for not taking the opinion of the employees before rolling out the GO. The letter also urged people to support the employees' protests until the government withdraws the GO. Read less...

Karimnagar Police arrested Malyala Suresh (40), a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) sympathiser and seized revolutionary literature, explosive material, motorcycle and other material from his possession from Laxmidevipalli under Gangadhara Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Karimnagar District of Telangana on January 10, reports Telangana Today. Suresh, a native of Kondayapalli of Gangadhara Mandal, was moving to join the underground activities of Maoists. Suresh became Facebook friend of Aman Chander Rao, ‘central committee (CC)’ member of Maoist-Leninist Study Center in 2020. Chander Rao is a native of Mangalvaripeta in Beharampur in Agastreet of Odisha. Chatting with Chander Rao over Facebook and WhatsApp, Suresh was trying to work with Maoist party. He introduced two persons Kolumula Nagabushanam of Gangeda, Navabpet Mandal and Dinnaram Gopal of Muduchitempalli, Madugula Mandal of Vikarabad District, to Chander Rao to work with Maoist party. Suresh had also attended Maoist party meeting held in Chhattisgarh wherein party’s state and central committee leaders took part. He gathered banned revolutionary literature in that meeting. Later, Suresh along with Nagabushanam and Gopal sent one Bonala Raju of Sirisinagandla, Kondapaka Mandal of Siddipet District, to work with Maoist party. In December 2021, Suresh also joined another person Teja Amarnath Reddy of Vetapalem, Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh, in an extremist party through Chander Rao. He also developed friendship with Manugur Dalam (armed squad) ‘commander’ Kakarla Ravi through WhatsApp and arranged the Aadhar card of Polisetti Ravi of Ashwarapet, Khammam District, who was already planning to join extremist party. According to instructions by Kakarla Ravi, Suresh has also decided to take part in underground activities of the party. Police arrested him while he was moving to join the party and recovered revolutionary literature, slurry, electric detonators, mobile phone, motorcycle, and INR 5,410 cash from his possession. Meanwhile, the Police Commissioner appealed youth not to spoil their lives by joining Maoist ideology. Stating that there was no presence of Maoists in the district, he warned the Maoist party of severe action if the latter tries to lure innocent people into their trap and utilise them for their activities. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an encounter with the Police in Venkatapuram (Nuguru) Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Mulugu District of Telangana close to Chhattisgarh border in the early hours of January 18 (today), reports Telangana Today. Sources said a constable of Greyhounds, the elite anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] squad of Telangana State, sustained injuries in the incident. It is suspected that ‘divisional’ level leaders of the outlawed CPI-Maoist were killed in the exchange of fire between Police and Maoists as an INSAS [Indian Small Arms System] assault rifle had been reportedly recovered from the encounter site. Mulugu Superintendent of Police (SP), Sangram Singh Ganpat Rao Patil said he was to yet to receive complete information about the incident. “Our combing parties are still there in the forests on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana State border. The operation is still underway. We will give details later,” he added. Read less...

Secretary of the JMWP (Jayashankar, Mulugu, Warangal and Peddapally) Division Committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Venkatesh, has alleged that the Police of Telangana and Chhattisgarh had fired on Maoist cadres after they gathered information about the movement of Maoists and killed three Maoists in a fake encounter in the Karriguttalu forest area on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh State border on January 18, reports Telangana Today. Condemning this ‘fake encounter,’ Venkatesh, in a media release, called for a bandh of Mulugu District on January 22. The attack on Maoists took place while they were on their way to meet the people of Wajedu-Venkatapuram area of Mulugu District in Telangana State, he said, adding that the party had lost three members who were identified as Madakam Singe alias Shanta, Venkatapuram area committee ‘secretary’, who hails from Chhattisgarh State, Kommula Naresh, Yellandu-Narsampet ‘squad commander’, from Jaggaihapet village of Regonda Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Jayashankar Bhupalpally District, and Kovasi Mooyal alias Kailas of Cheekupal village of Dantewada District in Chhattisgarh State. However, The New Indian Express reports that ‘secretary’ of the Division Committee, Venkatesh, gave a call for a Statewide bandh on January 22. He also alleged that the Police have not allowed media persons at the encounter spot. Read less...

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from Chhattisgarh surrendered before the Police in Bhadradri Kothagudem District of Telangana on January 21, reports The Hindu. Vemula Nanga (30), ‘section commander’ and Podium Adami alias Manjula (28), ‘deputy commander’ of the CPI-Maoist from south Bastar region in Chhattisgarh turned themselves in before Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Dutt, in the district headquarters town of Bhadradri Kothagudem. Vemula joined the outlawed organisation as a Dalam (armed squad) member in 2013, and was elevated as ‘deputy commander’ of the Basaguda Local Organising Squad (LOS) in 2016. He was subsequently made ‘section commander’ of the supply team of the banned outfit. In 2014, Adami joined the CPI-Maoist’s Jagargunda LOS and worked as Dalam member in MMC (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) zone till 2017. She was subsequently elevated as ‘deputy commander’ and shifted to the outfit’s supply team in Jagargunda area in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. In June 2021, Nanga and Adami decided to live together but the Maoist party refused to allow them to marry, said SP, Dutt in a statement, adding that they decided to quit the banned outfit unable to bear regular harassment by Maoists and surrendered to lead a better life. Read less...

The Karimnagar District Police on January 28 arrested former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Aanem Chander Rao for influencing youngsters to join CPI-Maoist after befriending them through social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp, reports Telangana Today. Police arrested Chander Rao while he was trying to approach the High Court in Hyderabad for an anticipatory bail. Chander Rao, who is running a Marxist-Leninist Study Center (MLSC) on Facebook used to influence youth towards Maoist, Police said. Read less...