Ramanna, alias Ravulu Srinivas, who had allegedly led the deadliest ever attack on security forces by rebels killing 76 CRPF personnel in Tadmetla forest of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on April 6, 2010, has taken over charge of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DSZC), a strategically crucial unit of outlawed CPI (Maoist), intelligence sources said on Saturday.
“The CPI (Maoist) has brought some radical changes in the organisation, particularly in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, recently. Leaderships of several zonal and regional committees have also been changed. Accordingly, Ramanna has replaced Kosa alias Katkam Sudarshan alias Satyarayan Rao as secretary of all powerful DSZC, that controls Red movements in Bastar and parts of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra,” a senior intelligence officer told this newspaper. Earlier, Ramanna headed South Bastar Regional Committee (SBRC). Spokesman of DSZC Ganes Uiki alias Pakkala Hanumath has been made secretary of SBRC. “The Central Committee of CPI (Maoist) has recently given its stamp of approval to the changes,” sources revealed. In the latest reconstitution of several committees, North Bastar Divisional Committee has been disbanded and merged with the recently constituted Abujhmad Divisional Committee (ADC). Rajman has replaced Sujata Nureti as chief of ADC. Sujata has been given charge of military operation. Similarly, Jyoti alias Madhavi has been given charge of West Bastar Divisional Committee, while Vinod headed Darbha Divisional Committee.
Sources said the Central Maoist leadership was mulling the proposal to give leadership of several of its units in Bastar to local tribals ultras to end the current cold war between local Naxal leaders and Andhra Pradesh rebels.