Chhattisgarh: Maoist cultural troupe cadres arrested by police

Raipur: Four Maoists, including two women, were arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district in Raipur on Tuesday when they conducting cultural activities allegedly aimed at publicising Maoist ideology on the ocassion of their ongoing People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) week.  "Cadres of Maoist cultural wing Chetna Natya Mandli were nabbed from Jaigur village from the Jangla police station limits," a senior official told PTI. Communist Party of India (Maoist) is observing PLGA week from 2 to 8 December in memory of their slain leaders during which Maoists organise programmes to spread their propaganda and recruit new youth into their fold. A joint team of the Special Task Force and the district force, which was on a combing operation, located some tribal youth performing songs and dances with anti-government themes, he said. Those arrested were identified as Kunjami Jummo (22), Telaam Sannu (25) as well as women performers Manju (25), Telam Mangi (22). “They were booked under the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005,” he said. Maoist pamphlets, banners and other articles used while performing cultural programmes were seized from their possession, he said, adding seized pamphlets carried messages of the PLGA week being observed by the Maoists. PTI