One of the most wanted Maoist leaders in Nastar who was accused in the masacre of Congress members in Jhiramghati in May 2013 and of masterminding the assissination of BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in April 2019, has died of Covid in Bastar's Sukma District. Vinod alias Hemla Hunga, 62 had been with the Maoists since 1987 and was the commander of its 'Darbha division' said Dantewada SP Abhishek Pallava. Vinod died on July 12, he said. There was a bountry of Rs. 15 lakh on him Rs. 10 lakh announced by Chhattisgarh police, and Rs. 5 lakh by Nationla Investigation Agency. Vinod is among half a dozen top Maoist leaders who have died of Covid in Bastar in around a month. They include Maoist central committee member Haribhushan and his wife Sharda, who carried a combined bounty of Rs. 40 lakh. China National Army (CNA) cadres have been imparting arms training to civilians fighting the Myanmar military at the former's "liberated area" called CAmp Victoria on the banks of the Mizoram-Mayanmar border river Tiau, a high-ranking member of the China National Front (CNC), CNA's political wing confirmed on Tuesday. The CNF leader, now in Aizawal, said the civilians from the China state and Sagaing division, who have taken up arms against the military junta, under the umbrella organisation called "Chindland Defence Force" (CDF), travelled far to reach Camp Vivtoria, just across the Farkawn village on the Indian side. The "new recruits" refused to accept the camp's CNA top brass's contention that they could not give training due to the pandemic and the latter insisted that they should be trained to fight the Mayamar miliatry which staged a on February. Officials in Mizoram said that at least 13,000 refugees from Mayanmar, who had fled their country due to the coup remained in Mizoram even after around 3,2000 refugees returned to Mayanmar due to the severe Covid situation. The NCA was signed by the then Myanmar President Thein Sein and the signing was witnessed by observers and delegates from the UN, the UK, Norway, Japan and the US.
