15 Maoists on 'most wanted' list of police, security forces

THE 15 WANTED MAOISTS HAVE DIFFERENT ROLES AND ARE EACH CARRYING REWARDS RANGING FROM ₹40 LAKH TO ₹1 CRORE

- Prawesh Lama

NEW DELHI: At least 15 members of the central committee (CC) of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) remain on the most wanted list of police and security forces, documents accessed by HT have shown.

The 15 members have different roles and carry rewards ranging from ₹40 lakh to a crore, the documents showed.

Senior leader Sudhakar, who was killed in an encounter in Bijapur on Monday, was number 16 on the list.

The most wanted man, Mupalla Laxmana Rao alias Ganpathy, is a CC member and former general secretary. Ganpathy was the CC general secretary before Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavarju who was killed in a gun-fight on May 21.

Also on the list is Sujata alias Kalpana, who is believed to be in her 60s, and is the widow of Maoist leader Kishen ji who was killed in a 2011 encounter in West Bengal, officials said.

According to security records, Sujata remains a CC member and is also in charge of the South Bastar Divisional Committee.