Naxalites sexually exploit girls in squad, says arrested member tollyandhra

LOHARDAGA, JHARKHAND: Sunita Kumari alias Shanti, an active member of the CPI (Maoist) group headed by Akshay Kherwar alleged that senior CPI (Maoist) leaders in the Koel-Shankh zone committee sexually exploit women in their squad.

Sunita gave here statement before police in Lohardaga on Friday after she was nabbed by a team comprising of Town police station in-charge Patras Nag, CRPF deputy commandant Pawan Kumar Singh and assistant commandant Suresh Kumar from Hesal village.

Sub divisional police officer Ram Gulam Sharma said that 22-yr-old Sunita was wanted in Kisko police station in different cases. "She, as a team member of Akshay Kherwar, was involved in making Maoists bunker and hiding explosive wire that police had recovered on March 11," said Sharma.

"Sunita told police that she was forcefully taken in Maoists squad by its leader Akshay while she had been to Putrar village under Kisko police station during Holi festival. She also named Seema, Sitamuni, Rekha and Rehana who, too were forcibly taken to the squad and were being sexually exploited by the leaders," said the SDPO.

He added that Sunita was sent to Chhattisgarh with Eklal Lohra for a special training where Maoists had blown a police vehicle killing five police men just to train her how to damage security forces.

"She stated in the confession that she along with other girls was sexually exploited several times. Sunita was once abort in a nursing home near sadar hospital and Maoist leader Akshay had paid Rs 15,000 for it and had also managed her rest in Rajasthan for a month. When a girl wanted to return home leaving the squad she had shot her dead following the orders of the Commander," Sharma said.