09-18-2006, 08:12 PM
<b>High alert in Chhattisgarh after killing of Maoist leader</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Raipur, Sept 18: Chhattisgarh Police on Monday issued a high alert in the state in the wake of the death of CPI (Maoist) Gadchiroli division secretary Vikas in a shoot out with the police in Kanker district.
<b>"Since he was the Supreme Commander of the Maoists in Maharshtra's Gadchiroli area, and working directly under the powerful Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist), most likely the Naxalites would try to take revenge of his killing," </b>Director General of Police Om Prakash Rathor said here.
Keeping in mind the possible reaction of the ultras, the state police have been put on high alert, the DGP said.
<b>"Vikas is involved in over 100 crimes of various nature in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, and when he was arrested in 1991, the Maoists kidnapped the then Sironja (in Maharashtra) MLA and secured the release of the rebel in exchange for the MLA,"</b> Rathor said.
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<b>"Since he was the Supreme Commander of the Maoists in Maharshtra's Gadchiroli area, and working directly under the powerful Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist), most likely the Naxalites would try to take revenge of his killing," </b>Director General of Police Om Prakash Rathor said here.
Keeping in mind the possible reaction of the ultras, the state police have been put on high alert, the DGP said.
<b>"Vikas is involved in over 100 crimes of various nature in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, and when he was arrested in 1991, the Maoists kidnapped the then Sironja (in Maharashtra) MLA and secured the release of the rebel in exchange for the MLA,"</b> Rathor said.
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