Kerala Anti-Terrorism Squad arrest ‘senior Maoist chief’ and a ‘commander’ from Wayanad

Express News Service

KOZHIKODE: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Kerala police has arrested senior Maoist chief B G Krishnamurthy, who’s the secretary of the Western Ghats Special Zonal Committee.

According to the sources within the police, Krishnamurthy, who is named BGK amongst Maoist circles, was picked up from Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad on Tuesday night. Savithri alias Rejitha, the commander of the Kabani dalam of the CPI (Maoist), was additionally arrested together with BGK.

The Maoist chief is “a big catch for the police” as he was elevated to the central committee of the get together not too long ago. BGK was elected the non permanent secretary of the CPI (Maoist) after the killing of the Kuppu Devaraj in an encounter in Nilambur in Malappuram in November 2016. The zonal committee assembly in 2017 made him everlasting within the submit.

BGK hails from Sringeri in Karnataka and there are allegedly greater than 50 instances towards him within the state. He grew to become the chief of the get together in Karnataka after the killing of Saket Rajan in 2005 and the break up within the motion in 2006.

Savithri was the spouse of the Maoist chief Vikram Gowda, who can be within the Kabani dalam of the Maoists working within the Wayanad-Kozhikode space. The get together had allowed her to break up from Vikram Dowda two years in the past.

The arrest is the most recent blow for the Maoists in South India, which is going through a critical disaster up to now few years. Lijesh alias Ramu, a member of the get together, surrendered earlier than the police two weeks in the past in Wayanad, and Raghavendra, who has been working as a ‘courier’ for the get together up to now seven years, was arrested in Kannur two days in the past.