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| slain Maoist Atram Shoban alias harles |
Dreaded Maoist Atram Shoban,35, alias Charles of Adilabad district along with two other Maoists of Chhattisgarh were killed in an encounter with the joint team of a greyhound, Telangana and C-60 commandos of Maharashtra in the forests under Venkatapur police station limits in Aheri taluk of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra on June 19.
Police seized AK-47, SLR and .303 rifle from the encounter scene. Charles is working as Adilabad district committee member of CPI( Maoists). Charles is Adilabad district committee member of CPI( Maoists) and leading Mangi Dalam. It is considered as active dalam in the Telangana.
Sources said, Telangana greyhounds and C-60 commandos of Maharashtra intensified combing operations on the in the forest areas on the borders of Maharashtra following the information that Maoists were in the area.
The bodies of the three Maoists were found at the encounter while some reportedly managed to escape. It is said that Atram Shoban alias Charles was carrying Rs 4 lakh reward on his head and was involved in 19 offenses committed in the Adilabad district. The other two bodies were identified as that of Dinesh and Mukesh of Chattisgarh.
Police said, Charles went into underground in 2004 and was involved in burning dumpers at Dorli opencast mine in 2009 and killing the Adivasi Ballarsha branding him as police informer in October 2015 and also in torching the machinery used in manufacturing of inter- state bridge on river Godavari at Gudem in Bejjur mandal in April,2016.
State cops were on hunt for slain Maoist :
The Telangana police were on a hunt for dreaded Maoist Atram Shoban alias Charles,32, of Adilabad who was leading the Mangi dalam and has become a headache for the Telangana police.
It is surprising that, Atram Shoban was killed an encounter just 5 days after police visiting his native village Rompelli in Tiryani mandal and had interaction with Shoban’s uncle Parichaki Jaithu and sister Kova Laxmi and SP offered sari and fruits to Atram Shoban’s sister on June13.
During his interaction with latter, SP Vikram Jeet Duggal asked Shoban’s sister to appeal him to surrender before the government.
It is said that Charles had narrowly escaped from the police’s combing operations coming nearer to them many times because he knew every nook and corner of the forests areas especially in Tiryani mandal and Indravelli mandals where his movements were found frequently in the last two years.
It is believed that being born and brought up in the interior Rompelli Adivasi gudem in Tiryani he had some network in that area too and police suspected that some people in Tiryani, Indravelli, and Kasipet mandals were giving shelter for the Mangi dalam led by Charles.
The police have intensified their hunt for Charles after a group of Maoists torched the machinery used in the construction of an inter-state bridge on river Pranahitha at Gudem in Bejjur mandal of Adilabad district on April26.
It was confirmed that the group of Maoist was reached the Gudem crossing the river Pranahitha from bordering Maharashtra and went into the jungles of jungles of Maharashtra after committing the offence.
A police officer of Adilabad on condition of anonymity said, Charles become a headache for not only Adilabad police but also for state police after his rebel activities along the state border and had intensified in the last few years.
The state government took the serious note of Maoist movements on the district border and obstructing development works by torching machinery meant for the construction of the interstate bridge.
Recently, top leaders of intelligence, greyhound of Telangana had visited the Gudem after Maoists committing an offence and even conducted an Arial survey of the river Pranahitha river area both Maharashtra and Telangana.
Encounter of Maoists triggers fear :
Silence before the storm like the situation is prevailing in the villages along the river Pranahitha and the Godavari in Adilabad district bordering Maharashtra in the wake of encounter killing of three Maoists.
Police intensified combing operations along the river Pranahitha suspecting that the injured Maoists may sneak into the Adilabad crossing river Pranahitha.
People of bordering villagers panicked with the encounter, worried about the fallout of the encounter.
Adivasis here in Tiryani mandal and especially in Rompelli, the native village of slain Maoist Atram Shoban alias Charles and its surrounding areas are silent on the incident and not sharing any information about Atram Shoban and his activities.
Adivasis leaders are also not coming forward to comment on the incident with the fear of backlash from police or threat of branding them as Maoist sympathizers. However, people of Rompelli and Gundala in Tiryani mandal shocked on hearing the death of Atram Shoban.
Elected public representatives including MLAs of east region of Adilabad district went Hyderabad for their safety just after the incident took place and new broke out in the media and police alerted the political leaders just after the incident of Maoists torched machinery used in the construction of an inter-state bridge on river pranahitha.
An Adivasi leaders said, some of the villagers came forward to bring the body of the Charles to the native village as he had lost his parents in his childhood and it is the duty of the villagers to see that his funerals take place properly being an Adivasi.
Police also alerted the elected public representatives not to visit interior areas especially bordering mandals of river Pranahitha without informing them as Maoists may indulge in retaliation.
Adivasis of Maoists affected gudems in the Tiryani mandal were gripped with the fear as police are visiting their villages. Police and villagers are making efforts to bring the body of the Charles to his native Rompelli. It is learned that funerals of the slain Maoist Atram Shoban alias in his native village in the late on Monday night.
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