Live
- Naidu pats TDP leaders, cadres for enrolling 73L members
- Rupali Ganguly says for 20 years she never got an award
- Advanced anti-drone systems deployed for devotees’ safety at Mahakumbh
- Workshop on ‘Industry-Academia Practices in Civil Engineering’ concludes
- Revanth assures Kurma community of its due
- 204 cadets pass out of AFA
- Youngest chess king wins laurels for India
- FairPoint: Rahul’s rhetoric falls flat as PM Modi steals spotlight
- Notice issued to SGPC chief Dhami
- PM Surya Ghar scheme set to surpass a decade’s installation growth in a year
NIA to seek custody of Maoist Usendi
NIA to seek custody of Maoist Usendi, Gudsa Usendi's Case, Maoist Gudsa Usendi. Veteran Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla, who was also injured in the attack, succumbed after battling for life for a week.
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will seek the custody of Gudsa Usendi, the top Maoist who officially surrendered before the SIB police here on Thursday. The Agency is hopeful of eliciting vital inputs from him on the Jiram Ghati massacre of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh on May 25 of last year. At least 27 people, including Mahendra Karma, founder of Salwa Judum, were killed in the ghastly attack in Sukma district’s Darbha valley.
Veteran Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla, who was also injured in the attack, succumbed after battling for life for a week. NIA is seeking Usendi’s custody because it is also probing the attack.
According to official sources, NIA and Chhattisgarh police were on Usendi's trail ever since the time he fled to Andhra Pradesh under pressure from various quarters. Officials revealed that since many Naxalites operating in Chhattisgarh were from Andhra Pradesh, they were preferring surrender to getting caught by Chhattisgarh police. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs has reiterated its appeal to other Maoist leaders to stop "mindless experiments with violence and destruction" and enter the mainstream.
Frustrated with the policies of the CPI (Maoist) and his own failing health, both Gudsa Usendi and his wife Santoshi Markam surrendered before the AP Police, said Director-General of Police, B Prasada Rao, after presenting the couple at a press conference here on Thursday. Gummudavelli Venkata Kishan Prasad alias Gudsa Usendi was the spokesperson of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) and Markam alias Jaini, a native of Kopra village of Kondagaon district of Chattisgarh state, was divisional committee member of DKSZC press unit.
Usendi left the movement due to ideological differences with the central committee on policy matters and tactics. The DGP said that they were airing their opinions against the policies for close to six years. The native of Kadavendi village in Warangal district had earlier opposed destruction of school buildings, blasting of high tension power lines and roads and indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians by branding them as ‘police informers’.
Attracted to the Maoist ideology early in life, he joined the movement in 1985 and participated in its underground activities for about 28 years, Rao said. He was carrying a cash reward of Rs 20 lakh. As part of the State Government's policy, the amount would be handed over to him for rehabilitation.
