India - Maoist leader accuses Malkangiri SP of corruption, false propaganda

VISAKHAPATNAM: The leader of the Malkangiri, Visakhapatnam and Koraput border division committee of the banned CPI (Maoist), Venu, lashed out at Malkangiri district SP Mitrabhanu Mahapatra for carrying out a false propaganda against the Maoists. He alleged that cops have been keeping arms and explosives in dumps only to take them out later and announce that they have unearthed Maoist dumps. “This has become a routine exercise for the Malkangiri SP,” Venu alleged. “Mahapatra has been claiming that the Telugu leaders of CPI (Maoist) are responsible for the deaths of innocent tribals. If he has evidence, he should come out for an open debate,” Venu said, adding that the Maoists do not have any caste, creed or religion as revolutionaries have only one aim — to free the people from the clutches of the bourgeois. He also accused the Malkangiri SP of being involved in false publicity and corruption.
In a press note released on Saturday, the Maoist leader alleged that Mahapatra claimed to have ‘affection’ for tribals. “Then why did he torture the teenage boys (aged below 14 years) to death at Silakota after arresting them in September 2013? In another incident, three squad members were killed by the cops at Tondapi in July this year when they were taking rest,” he said. Venu also alleged that the security forces had killed a tribal when he had gone fishing at Nerangijola around five months ago and then claimed that a naxal was killed in an encounter.

“The cops killed Podia area committee member Jogal though they knew he was unwell. Jogal’s brother, who was illegally arrested, also died in prison due to non-availability of proper medical treatment,” he said. “Malaria kills more jawans than Maoists attacks do while the SP roams around in helicopters. The Malkanagiri SP has been accepting crores of rupees from Essar and is responsible for the death of jawans deployed to protect the Essar pipeline,” he alleged. The naxal leader also accused cops of forcing innocent tribals to become informers by threatening them and said cops were responsible for tribal deaths.