Maoist outfits declared unlawful in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Apr 12 (UNI) The Chhattisgarh Government has declared Communist Party of India (Maoist) and its five frontal organisations ''unlawful''.

The Home department has issued a notification declaring these organisations as ''unlawful'' under section 3 of the Chhattisgarh Special Peoples' Security Act, 2006, for one year, official sources said today.

Besides CPI (Maoist), a naxalite organisation active in many districts of Chhattisgarh, five frontal organisations had also been brought under the provisions of the Act.

These organisations are the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangh, the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangh, the Krantikari Adivasi Balak Sangh, the Krisnikari Kisan Committee and the Mahila Mukti Morcha.

Dr Raman Singh Government had brought the Chhattisgarh Special Peoples' Security Act, 2006, to contain unlawful activities in the state, particularly in the light of increased naxalite activities in tribal Bastar region.

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