'Abhay' for anonymity: How Maoists evade police action

ENGLISH playwright William Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet, "What's in a name?" For the outlawed CPI (Maoist), the answer is everything. Names, often assumed or symbolic, are a tool of survival, strategy, and connection with the communities in which they operate.

- EJAZ KAISER @ Raipur

"In the CPI (Maoist) movement, their key leaders mostly operated underground. Since maintaining anonymity remains a key part of their modus operandi, they continue their illegitimate pursuits under different pen names or aliases. Such names that are neither modern nor customary facilitate them to gel with the local population," said Sundarraj P, who spent over nine years as inspector general of police in Bastar.