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The Times of India
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Chhattisgarh Congress leader caught with Moists, BJP writes to Union home minister seeking probe; he was abducted, claims his party

RAIPUR: Opposition BJP has cornered the ruling Congress after its block general secretary was caught with four Maoists, including two women, in Telangana and demanded a high-level inquiry into the matter citing the safety of people of Chhattisgarh.

BJP state president Arun Sao has written to Union home minister Amit Shah expressing concern over the development in which Chhattisgarh Congress’s Bhopalpatnam block general secretary K G Satyam was caught with Maoists in Telangana. Congress has claimed that Satyam, at present, is not associated with the party in any form. He was earlier in Congress.

Sao urged the home minister for an investigation to expose as to how many other people have nexus with the Maoists. Sao wrote that the situation in other states has improved as far as Maoists violence is concerned unlike Chhattisgarh.

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