Cops challenged PLGA,Had to be killed:Maoists

BERHAMPUR: The CPI (Maoist) has claimed that they had no intention of killing cops in Nayagarh but they had to part with their lives to make their operation a success.

A week after owning responsibility for the loot of armouries in Nayagarh to strengthen the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army, the outlawed outfit has sent its second release to mediapersons.

The letter signed by Sunil, the organisational secretary of CPI (Maoist), Orissa State Committee, has called the armouries loot right under the nose of the police a fitting reply to the policy of Central and State Governments to suppress their movement forcefully.

It criticised the State Government for entrusting a ‘frustrated’ police force for combing and search operations, which in reality, is harassing the locals and innocent people, no way related to the operation.

While stating that the cops in Nayagarh had tried to challenge the PLGA, the letter also mentioned that one civilian was killed due to his own fault. "Despite the identity and warning by the PLGA, the youth tried to attack our cadres," said Sunil.

The PLGA also killed the Assistant Commandant and three jawans in the encounter at Gosama forest on February 16, he said, adding, two Maoists - Rambati and Ikbal, also succumbed. Though he did not mention anything about the whereabouts of their bodies, he criticised the Orissa Government for the false claim of Naxal killing.

While stating that the armed revolution of Maoists will continue, he exhorted the public to lend a helping hand to the ultras to save the innocent public from exploitation.