Top-ranked Maoist leader Sasadhar Mahato killed in encounter

[EastWest]

Top-ranked Maoist leader Sasadhar Mahato killed in encounter

KOLKATA: In a major breakthrough, the joint forces on Thursday killed top-ranking Maoist leader Sasadhar Mahato and arrested a person at Kapgari in the Jamboni police station area in West Midnapore district.

"Top-ranking Maoist leader Sasadhar Mahato has been killed in an encounter and one AK 47 rifle has been recovered from him at Binpur under Jhargram police station," IG (CRPF), T B Rao told PTI.

Rao said one more person has been arrested, but his identity is not yet known and that the encounter and search operation is still going on.

Rao could not say if anyone was injured in the encounter. Sasadhar, brother of imprisoned PCPA convenor Chattradhar Mahato, is suspected to be behind major Maoist attacks in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore districts and has been linked to the Jnaneswari train accident in which 149 people had lost their lives.

Sasadhar, a close aide of Maoist leader Kishenji, is also considered to the mastermind behind the attack on an Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp at Silda in West Midnapore district in which 24 jawans were killed.

A state committee member and spokesperson of the Bihar-Jharkhand-Orissa regional committee of the Maoists, Sasadhar carried a reward of Rs two lakh on his head.

Mahato was also responsible for organising and mobilising youth in West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts.

 

[KS]

Good.

The motto of the CRPF should be "Take no Prisoners ; Leave no man behind".

 

[Nair saab]

Ajjj dassera haii kya, sare Ravan mare ja rahe haii...First it was Sajjad Afgani now its sasadhar mahato...

 

[Veeru]

Good job. Kill them all.

 

[tallboy123]

3 down today all big heads....

Our Armed force are celebrating.......

Never leave alive the one who is a threat to national security and Integrity...

 

[Yeti]

Just gets better and better today keep it coming guys

 

[Archie]

It would have been better if Koteshwar Rao aka Kishengi have been killed or Ganpathi , frankly i would even be happy if some despot shoot Arundati Roy

 

[angeldemon_007]

Good news...

 

[desioptimist]

It would have been better if Koteshwar Rao aka Kishengi have been killed or Ganpathi , frankly i would even be happy if some despot shoot Arundati Roy

Why Arundhati Roy?she has not taken up arms against govt.

 

[Abhishek_]

these scum bags should be shot at sight, don't even bother capturing them lest after a week their comrades kidnap some poor state employee and demand release

 

[below_freezing]

A tragic case of a great freedom fighter suppressed by the state war machine.

Much like how the students in China 1914 were brutally suppressed by the Nationalist government and how Communist Party members were massacred by machine gun in the late 1920's.

 

[thebrownguy]

A tragic case of a great freedom fighter suppressed by the state war machine.

Much like how the students in China 1914 were brutally suppressed by the Nationalist government and how Communist Party members were massacred by machine gun in the late 1920's.

Unlike those who fell in Tinamen square?? Troll!!

 

[below_freezing]

Unlike those who fell in Tinamen square?? Troll!!

This is not a troll. There are many parallels between 1948 China and 2010 India. Both were nominally democratic governments that suppressed freedom, had high rates of poverty, low literacy, low average lifespan, armed insurgencies and significant foreign influence. 1 year later, the Nationalist government in China collapsed and was replaced by the CPC.

 

[EastWest]

This is not a troll. There are many parallels between 1948 China and 2010 India. Both were nominally democratic governments that suppressed freedom, had high rates of poverty, low literacy, low average lifespan, armed insurgencies and significant foreign influence. 1 year later, the Nationalist government in China collapsed and was replaced by the CPC.

So gr8 communist ideologist...what do u predict.? will Indian democratic gov fall in 1 yr???

 

[below_freezing]

So gr8 communist ideologist...what do u predict.? will Indian democratic gov fall in 1 yr???

Hard to say. The communists are doing great in Kerala and West Bengal. It is only a matter of time before they break out on the national scene. At the same time, the Maoists are putting pressure on the mafia thugs looting the tribals and dalits, weakening the current government's support.