Maoists in Wayanad: Kerala Police carry out combing operations following gun battle
The Hindu
Kerala Police's SOG and Thunderbolt Squad are conducting combing operations in Kozhikode and Periya forest following an encounter with Maoists on Nov 7. Two Maoists were arrested from a taxi driver's house, based on intel from Thambi, a Maoist sympathiser. The squad exchanged fire and one Maoist is suspected to have been injured. Two AK-47 rifles were confiscated. All arrested are suspected to be part of Kabani Dalam, a Maoist unit. Thambi has been moved to SOG HQ in Malappuram for questioning.
The Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Thunderbolt Squad of the Kerala Police are continuing combing operations in rural Kozhikode and the Periya forest region following an encounter between Thunderbolt commandos and Maoists in Wayanad district of Kerala on November 7, 2023 night.
The Thunderbolt Squad had taken into custody two Maoists from a house near Chapparam colony in Periya, Wayanad, around 10.30 p.m. on November 7. The arrested, identified as Chandru and Unnimaya, were part of a group of Maoists that was collecting food from the house that belonged to a taxi driver.
The SOG and the Thunderbolt had followed the Maoists to the house based on intelligence inputs from Thambi, aka Anish Babu, a Maoist sympathiser who was earlier arrested from Koyilandy in Kozhikode.
The two groups exchanged fire, and one of the two Maoists who escaped is suspected to have sustained injuries in the firing. The squad also confiscated two AK-47 rifles.
All the arrested persons are suspected to be part of Kabani Dalam, a Maoist unit that functions in Wayanad and Kannur districts.
Thambi has been moved to the SOG headquarters at Areekode in Malappuram district for further questioning.
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