The official noted that tribal people want to live a peaceful life though the Maoist party leadership was trying to attract tribals towards them in the name of their party ideology.
The body of Kaka Arjun (52) was found on Wednesday evening on Kongupalli-Ilmidi road in Bijapur, located more than 400 km from state capital Raipur, they said.
the outlawed CPI (Maoist)'s Darbha Division Committee secretary Sainath asked the police to stand by adivasis being subjugated by the State and Central governments
The attacks were going on since 6 am on Friday on Bhattum, Kavurugatta, Meenagatta, Jabbagatta villages in the forest area targetting crop fields and hillocks
SP Dr. Vineeth held an interaction meeting with the family members of underground Maoists from the district at Cherla police station in the Kothagudem district
Four fake Naxalites, who claimed that they were followers of Maoist leader Haribhushanam, kidnapped an iron merchant from Kothagudem district and demanded a ransom of Rs 20 lakh
Cherla CI, B Ashok informed that everyday people of Kurnapalli, Battinapalli, Ramachandrapuram, Erraboru villages of Cherla mandal travel through this road on which the landmine was planted.
Cherla police, Kothagudem special party personnel and bomb disposal team found two more pressure mines at the incident site and defused them on the spot.