Hyderabad: The banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) outfit blamed the police for the death of a man who died in an explosion caused by a bomb that was planted by the party. Yallandula Yesu, the deceased, died three days ago in Kongala village of Vajedu mandal, Mulugu district, for which the Maoists expressed their regret.
Shantha, secretary of Vajedu-Venkatapuram area committee, CPI (Maoist), released a letterstating that the police is eliminating Maoists and innocent Adivasis in the name of ‘Operation Kagaar’. The party claimed that the police had pressurised Yesu to follow and report the movements of Maoists in the village bordering Chhattisgarh.
Accepting that they had installed booby traps on Karrigutta located at a very high altitude to counter the movements of the police in that area, Maoists stated that the residents of nearby villagers were informed not to venture onto that hillock.
Reiterating that they were not planting booby traps in areas where Adivasis move, the Maoists stated that the police have pressurised Yesu to climb the hillock and get information, and as a result Yesu fell in the trap and died.
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