The Supreme Court has sought the response of an alleged Maoist leader in a plea by the Kerala government against a High Court judgment quashing the offences under the UAPA against him.
The Madras High Court granted bail to a suspected CPI (Maoist) follower on the condition that he swore allegiance to the Constitution of India and that he did not believe in Maoist ideology.
Accused Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut and Dr Anand Teltumbde have sought for discharge from all charges in the 2018 case allegedly linked to the Elgar Parishad event.
About 8 Maoist cadres die of COVID-19, another 15-20 are seriously ill ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 08:29 IST
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 12 (ANI): About seven to eight Maoist cadres have died of COVID-19 and about 15 to 20 others are seriously ill, a letter seized from a Communist Party of India (Maoist) leader said.
As per Bastar Inspector General Sundarraj P, the letter was seized during an operation in Bijapur on Tuesday. During an operation in Bijapur today, a letter written by a cadre of CPI (Maoist) to a senior leader was seized. The letter mentions that 7-8 cadres have died of COVID-19 and around 15-20 others are seriously ill, Sundarraj informed.