Last Rites Of Alleged CPI (Maoist) Leading Cadre Macharla Esobu Held In Hanamkonda District

Hanamkonda District, September 6, 2024: The last rites of alleged leading CPI (Maoist) cadre Macharla Esobu alias Randir, a supposed member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) of the Maoist party, who was among the nine purported Maoists killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, were held in his native Tekulagudem village in Telangana’s Hanamkonda district on Thursday. Esobu was reputed to be one of the senior Maoist leaders from Telangana state.

Mr Esobu was said to have joined the then CPI (ML) People’s War (People’s War Group) in the 1980s. Mr Esobu was reported to have held senior posts in the erstwhile PWG and later in the CPI (Maoist) in the last three and a half decades, sources said.

Members of Amarula Bandhu Mithrula Sangham, several human rights activists, and people from far and near attended Mr Esobu’s funeral.

A host of leaders of various political parties including Congress leader and Telangana State Cooperative Oil Seeds Growers Federation Limited chairman Janga Raghav Reddy, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Hanamkonda district president and former MLA D Vinay Bhaskar, among others, consoled Mr Esobu’s family members. Earlier, the body of the deceased putative Maoist leader arrived at Tekulagudem from Chhattisgarh.

Source : https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/last-rites-of-maoist-leader-held-in-hanamkonda-district/article68610803.ece