Dharmasthala case: SIT to produce complainant in Belthangady court today
Belthangady: While the probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the Dharmasthala mass burial case is still on, the investigation team is to produce complainant-witness Chinnaiah before the Belthangady court on Wednesday as the period of his retention in SIT custody ends on Wednesday.
Chinnaiah was arrested by SIT on August 23, charged with perjury, and produced in court, which sent him to SIT custody till September 3. The SIT has inspected the houses of activist Mahesh Shetty Timarodi and Jayant T and also the lodges where the witness had been staying during the period of the investigation, taking him along for the search.
The complainant will now be produced in court after end of SIT custody that he was sent to.
He is known to have provided information to the SIT on several matters related to the mass burial case and the inquest is expected to be held in several other sites.
The SIT, therefore, is expected to urge the court to extend the period of SIT custody of Chinnaiah.
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Maoist carrying bounty of Rs 15 lakh among four killed in gunfight with security forces in J’khand
Hazaribag (PTI): Four Maoists, including one carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Friday, police officials said.
The encounter took place in the Khapia forest area within the Keredari police station limits, following a tip-off.
"Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with joint forces in 'Operation KotiNeer'. The Maoists killed have been identified as regional committee member Sahdeo Maho, carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh, Ranjit Ganjhu, Zonal committee member, carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh," IG, CRPF, Saket Kumar Singh told mediapersons.
The remaining two are Area Commander Budhan Karmali, carrying a reward of Rs one lakh and sub-zonal committee member Natasha, a woman who hailed from Gadchiroli in Maharashtra.
SDPO of Barkagaon, Pawan Kumar, said that no security personnel were injured in the operation.
The Maoists killed were wanted in about 80 cases.
With the encounter, only 57 Maoists are left in the state, the IG said.
A number of arms were also recovered during the operation including two AK 47 and one INSAS rifles.
The development comes close on the heels of a fierce exchange of fire between a Maoist squad headed by Misir Besra, who carries a bounty of Rs 1 crore, and police personnel on April 15 in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum. Four security personnel were injured in the encounter.
The Centre has already informed the state governments that there are no Naxal violence-affected districts in the country, more than five decades since Left Wing Extremism (LWE) originated in India.
The declaration followed a high-level security review held earlier this month by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the mandated 'National Policy and Action Plan to Address Left Wing Extremism' formulated in 2015.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed Parliament on March 30 that India was free from Maoists.
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