Maoist doc, aide held

MALKANGIRI: The district voluntary force , a wing of the district police, nabbed six Maoist accomplices from Kondapalli forest area, some 10 km from Motu police limits, on early hours of Friday.

The arrested include a Maoist doctor and an expert in writing Maoist literature. This was informed by SP Satish Kumar Gajbhiye. The arrested are Marian Mukta Madiam, Sariam Rama, Rama Prasad Sana, Dr Sujay Dafatar, Ranjit Sarkar and Karam Sita. Police recovered six detonators, 26 gelatin sticks, 100 meter wire, gun powder and some life-saving drugs from them.

All the six were acting as couriers for Maoist leaders like Ashok and Jaga, attended Maoist meetings and extended logistics support to the movement.

Dafatar was also working as a physician for Maoists while Sarkar of MV-128 village, who is a sikshya sahayak, was an expert in writing Maoist banners, leaflets and pamphlets, he said.

They were involved in recent encounter between Maoists and police at Kondapalli.