
Top Maoist succumbs to COVID
The Hindu
CPI (Maoist) south Bastar tech team commander Kurasam Gangaiah alias Aithu, 28, is believed to have died from COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Khammam in the wee hours of T
CPI (Maoist) south Bastar tech team commander Kurasam Gangaiah alias Aithu, 28, is believed to have died from COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Khammam in the wee hours of Thursday. The Manuguru police said that Gangaiah, 28, a native of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, succumbed to COVID-19 at a hospital in the district, where he was admitted for treatment four days ago by a Maoist dalam member, a militia member and a courier. The police claimed to have arrested the trio while they were heading to Chhattisgarh in a car during a vehicle checking drive in Manuguru town on Thursday morning.
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