Maoist escapes from Odisha court, 7 cops suspended

  • | Tuesday | 18th September, 2018

BHUBANESWAR: Maoist Manoj Madkami escaped from the premises of a court in Nuapada town on Monday. There were several cases pending against him including those of murder and arson, both in Bargarh and Nuapada districts. He had been arrested in May this year, and had carried a cash reward of Rs 4 lakh on his head.Based on preliminary findings, SP (Nuapada) Smith Parmar suspended seven policemen for dereliction of duty. "An inquiry is on to find out the circumstances into Madkami's escape from court. He was better known by his alias of Rosan, and had worked his way up the outfit's ranks to become an area committee member.

BHUBANESWAR: Maoist Manoj Madkami escaped from the premises of a court in Nuapada town on Monday. He had been arrested in May this year, and had carried a cash reward of Rs 4 lakh on his head.Based on preliminary findings, SP (Nuapada) Smith Parmar suspended seven policemen for dereliction of duty. "An inquiry is on to find out the circumstances into Madkami's escape from court. We need to determine the role of the policemen on duty," Parmar said.The suspended policemen are assistant sub-inspectors Pankaj Kumar Tandi and Pushpalata Sunani, constables Bholanath Majhi and Pantobai Naik and three armed police force personnel Harishankar Sabar, Laxman Sabar and Madhusudan Majhi.Police said Madkami hails from Chhattisgarh and was a cadre of the Balangir-Bargarh-Mahasamund division of CPI (Maoist) in Nuapada. He was better known by his alias of Rosan, and had worked his way up the outfit's ranks to become an area committee member. There were several cases pending against him including those of murder and arson, both in Bargarh and Nuapada districts.

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