Other MoA event in Chhattisgarh, Dantewada District area, India on Tue 22nd November 2022

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre carrying bounty of INR 800,000 on his head was found dead with a firearm of 12 bore next to him in a forest area in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on November 22, reports Pragativadi. The body of Deva alias Tirri Madkami was found in the Jiakorta Forest area near Bhusaras valley under Kuakonda Police Station, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar Range, Sundarraj P said. Madkami was wanted in nine Maoist-related incidents and carried a reward of INR 800,000 on his head, he added. A weapon, a bag and a water bottle were recovered near the body, he said. Madkami was a member of the Katekalyan Area Committee of the Maoists, which has been instrumental in executing several major attacks. However, the organisation has been witnessing infighting and recruitment crises for several months, the IGP said. Prima facie, the Police suspect that infighting within the Maoist group or anti-people activities of Madkami may have resulted in his death, said the Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari.