: For women Maoists, the real struggle is against exploitation by comrades #IndiaNEWS #India Ranchi: Back in 2004-2005, Reela alias Mala, a 12-year-old tribal girl from Khartabeda village in Jharkhands

For women Maoists, the real struggle is against exploitation by comrades #IndiaNEWS #India
Ranchi: Back in 2004-2005, Reela alias Mala, a 12-year-old tribal girl from Khartabeda village in Jharkhands Bokaro district, was forcefully taken away from her family by Maoists. Seventeen years have passed since then, but she never returned to her village.
Mala wandered from forests to mountains carrying weapons with Maoist commanders. In the meantime, her parents died and she had only her brother left in the family, who works as a daily wage labourer.
On the evening of September 2, the people of the village got the news that Mala had been killed in an encounter with the police.
This is not the story of Mala alone. The lives of many such innocent girls have been destroyed in Jharkhand because of Maoist organisations. There are many such stories recorded in the police files, which tell how these girls witnessed exploitation and oppression within the organisation. Such stories have come to the fore again and again in the statements of Maoists who surrendered before the police.
In March 2020, the police and CRPF teams had freed a minor girl from the clutches of Maoists in the Gudri police station area in Chaibasa district. She had told the police that Maoists abducted her from her village in 2017 when she was just 10 years old.
In her statement to the police, she had mentioned that many male members of the (Maoist) organisation, including the area commander, used to physically abuse her. Whenever she protested, she was beaten up and even threatened with death.
PC Di alias Prishila Devi, a woman Maoist who surrendered before the Dumka police in June 2019, had revealed publicly that women and girls in the Maoist organisations have to face atrocities every day.
She had the rank of sub-zonal commander within the organisation, but despite this she became a victim of exploitation.
Laying down arms before the police, she said that she was happy that she came out of that life of exploitation and atrocities, but there are many girls for whom it is not easy to get out of that siege.
In July 2021, Maoist commanders Usha Kisku and Sarita Soren, carrying Rs 1 lakh reward, surrendered before then Hazaribagh SP Karthik S.
According to 27-year-old Usha, she wanted to study and achieve a good position in life, but about 15 years ago, Maoists forcibly inducted her in their child squad. Earlier, her job was to inform the organisation whenever the police arrived in their area.
In 2009, she was inducted into the armed squad and her name was changed to Phoolmani alias Usha Santhali. She revealed that life is very difficult for girls in the organisation.
Similarly, Sarita Soren alias Mamta Santhali, a resident of Dhukru Tola Harli village in Hazaribagh, was inducted into the organisation at the age of 13.

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