NAGPUR: When Vilas Kolha stands in line to vote at a polling booth in Gadchiroli during the Maharashtra assembly elections on Nov 20, it will be another victory for democracy. He will be among 137 surrendered Maoists casting votes across three constituencies in Gadchiroli.The ex-Maoist commander-in-chief of central India’s stronghold in Abujmarh, carrying a record…
NAGPUR: C-60 commando Kumod Atram, who was airlifted in a critical condition from the Abujmarh battlefield on Monday, says he has participated in 22 encounters over eight years. “Ab tak unchaalis,” he said when asked about the toll he had inflicted personally on the Maoists.Though down with gunshot injuries, he told TOI from his hospital…
C-60 commandos in Abujmarh NAGPUR: Five Maoists were killed Monday during an eight-hour gunfight with C-60 commando units and CRPF quick-action teams that stormed the booby-trapped Abujmarh headquarters of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) in an offensive ahead of elections in Maharashtra next month.At least 2,500 rounds were fired during the joint operation to…
