Kerala: Three Maoists killed in police encounter.

Mangalore Today News Network

Kerala, Oct 29 2019: On Monday, the Kerala Police gunned down three Maoists near Agali in Kerala’s Palakkad district.

Thunderbolts, the Kerala Police’s specialised anti-terror commando force, killed Karthik, Arvind and Sreemathi in an encounter at the Agali-Ooty road, which runs through the Manjakandi forest.

Since 2016, the police have killed six Maoists in three different encounters in Kerala. They had gunned down Kuppu Devaraj and Ajitha in 2016 in Nilambur in Malappuram district. Three years later, they killed CP Jaleel in Vythiri in Wayanad district. Karthik, Arvind and Sreemathi were the latest victims.

All the three encounters have a few striking similarities.

After the encounters, police would claim that Maoists had fired at them and they did not have any other option but to retaliate. The government would announce crime branch and magisterial inquiries only after human rights activists and relatives raised doubts about the deaths. And the government would not show any interest in publishing the probe reports.

Courtesy:manoramaonline.com