As per a press note purportedly issued in the name of Anita Mandavi, secretary of Maad Divisional Committee of CPI (Maoist), Kudiyam, a resident of Eramnar village, was abducted by them on September 29 and his “interrogation” was underway
The five were taken into custody during an anti-Naxal operation by the 15th battalion of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force on Saturday, said Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress government in Chhattisgarh of being steeped in corruption and misrule, saying there is a scam in every scheme of the state and that it did not spare even cow dung.
The money laundering case lodged in 2022 stems from an FIR registered on a complaint by the Income Tax department over allegations of illegal collection of levy on coal as well as attempts to influence public servants through corrupt means in Chhattisgarh.
Rahul Gandhi said the government is run by secretaries and cabinet secretaries and not MPs and MLAs, and pointed out that only three of the 90 secretaries in various Union government ministries are OBCs.
Union Minister Rameswar Teli on Saturday said the Congress secured the votes of the Sahu community in the 2018 Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh by falsely promising to make Tamradhwaj Sahu as the state's chief minister.