The Last Soldiers of Mao
February 19 2007. Deep inside the jungles of Jharkhand bordering Orissa, one hundred delegates, comprising the core of the Maoist leadership in India had gathered. The event was the much awaited 9th Congress of the CPI(Maoist). A protective umbrella was thrown around by the armed People’s Liberation Guerilla Army(PLGA). Several sentry posts were put up inside the thick forest to keep a constant vigil. Patrolling teams formed by the comrades of the Central Military commune, called CM-KC commune, continuously scoured the area for any slightest sign of enemy movement and the villages surrounding the forest had been asked to act as “eyes and ears of the Party.” For any trespasser or any suspicious character, the order was :”Shoot to Kill.” According to a document in possession of the TSI, homage was paid to two “martyrs”, comrade Chandramouli alias Naveen and his wife, a divisional committee member, Karuna, who were “arrested tortured and murdered” by the police. The document, while spe...