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Time of India
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
A major success: Naxal husband-wife duo surrender in Chhattisgarh; drove cadre motivation and fresh recruitments
Two senior naxal operatives, a husband-wife duo, involved in the ideological and propaganda machinery of the outlawed CPI , surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, officials confirmed. Jeevan Tulavi, 45, and his wife Agasha, 35, gave themselves up in the Maoist-affected Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district, around 180 km from state capital Raipur. Both had been active in the rebel ranks for over two decades and held major roles in the Maad division of the organisation. Tulavi, also known as Ram Tulavi, was the divisional committee member (DVCM) and was working as education team commander in Maad division (Abujhmad), a remote, forested stretch known for long-standing Naxal activity. Agasha, alias Aarti Korram, was a key member of the press team and also worked as commander of the Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM), the outfit's cultural wing. The state police had placed a bounty of Rs 8 lakh on Tulavi, who joined the Maoist ranks in 2008 as a military operative in south Rajnandgaon. By 2012, he had shifted to ideological training, working through mobile political schools (MOPOS) to spread Left Wing Extremist (LWE) ideology across villages in Abujhmad. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free P2,000 GCash eGift UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo His wife, Agasha, originally from Telitola village, was a singer, dancer, poet, orator and a song composer since 2000 and was operating computers and drafting press releases for the LWEs, officials told PTI. The surrender was accepted in the presence of Rajnandgaon range inspector general of police Abhishek Shandilya, superintendent of police Y P Singh, and ITBP 27th Battalion Commandant Vivek Kumar Pandey. Officials hailed the development as a 'major success' in the government's intensified anti-naxalite drive. The region borders Chhattisgarh's Kanker and Maharashtra's Gadchiroli districts — both active naxal zones. The Union government has set a deadline of March 2026 to root out naxal insurgency from the country, under which intensified operations are underway.
Hindustan Times
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Naxal couple surrenders before security forces in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Two senior Maoist cadres, including an education unit commander and a press team member, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, officials said. Jeevan Tulavi, 45, and his wife Agasha, 35, were active in the Maoist ranks for more than 20 years. They surrendered in the Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district, about 180 km from the state capital Raipur. Tulavi alias Ram Tulavi was the divisional committee member and was working as education team commander in Maad division , while Agasha alias Aarti Korram was an area committee member of the outlawed CPI and was working in the press team in the same division and used to draft press releases, a senior officer said. The state police had placed a ₹8 lakh reward for catching Tulavi, he said. The couple surrendered before Rajnandgaon range Inspector General of Police Abhishek Shandilya, Superintendent of Police Y P Singh, and Commandant of the 27th Indo-Tibetan Border Police force Vivek Kumar Pandey. The security forces called the surrender a "major" success, given that the two Maoists were part of the ideological setup of the Naxalites, who worked to motivate the cadres and recruit fresh blood into the fold. Tulavi joined the ranks of the Left Wing Extremists in 2008 and worked in the military team of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army in south Rajnandgaon. After 2012-13, he changed track and got engaged as an LWE ideology teacher in the mobile political school of the Maad division, according to security officials. The man hails from the Parvidih village in this district and has been working as the Maad division education unit commander and has extensively travelled in all the villages in Abujhmad to train and educate the political ideology of the Maoists through mobile academic school , they said. Agasha is a resident of Telitola village in this district and has been working in the press team of the Maad division and as a commander of the Chetna Natya Mandali . She has been a singer, dancer, poet, orator and a song composer since 2000 and was operating computers and drafting press releases for the LWEs, the officials said. The district shares its border with Kanker and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, and the forces are undertaking operations here as part of the Union government's declaration to end Maoism from the country by March 2026.
