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Chhattisgarh: Eight Maoists die of Covid-19, around 20 'seriously ill'

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Maoist cadres have so far succumbed to Covid-19 and 15 to 20 are seriously ill, according to a letter seized from a Communist Party of India (Maoist).The letter was seized during an operation in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, said Bastar inspector General Sundarraj P on Tuesday."During an operation in Bijapur today, a letter written by a cadre of CPI (Maoist) to a senior leader was seized.

The letter mentions that 7-8 cadres have died of Covid-19 and around 15-20 others are seriously ill," Sundarraj informed."We have information that some Naxals left the cadre due to fear of contracting Covid-19," he added.Prior to this, the Dantewada Police had appealed to top Maoist leaders and their cadets, who are reportedly suffering from Covid infection and.

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