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Is No 3 position in the Maoist leadership jinxed?

Two top Maoists leaders -- Kishenji and Azad -- have been killed by the security forces while holding the same position.

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Is the number 3 rank in the CPI(Maoist) hierarchy jinxed:

Two top Maoists leaders -- Kishenji and Azad -- have been killed by the security forces while holding the same position.

Kishenji, whose real name Molajula Koteswar Rao whose mother tongue is Telugu, the dreaded Maoist commander carrying Rs19 lakh reward on his head, was the third-in-command in the Naxal top body -- Politburo.

Azad, whose real name is Cherukuri Rajkumar, was killed in a controversial encounter by Andhra Pradesh Police last year and had been officiating in the same position, number 3, when he was killed.

According to a dossier prepared by the Home Ministry, the top-most leader of CPI (Maoists) politburo is general secretary Ganapati who carries a reward of Rs 24 lakh and is still on the run while the second-in-command N Keshav Rao with Rs19 lakh on his head is still at large.

The other politburo members in the order of hierarchy include Kattam Sudarshan (reward Rs19 lakh), Mallojula Venugopal (reward Rs19 lakh), Prashant Bose alias Kishan da (reward Rs7 lakh), Mallarajji Reddy (reward Rs7 lakh).

There are eight politburo members who are in different jails following their arrest by security forces. They are: Kobad Gandhi, Narayan Sanyal, Sushil Roy, Mishir Besra, Pramod Mishra, Akhilesh Yadav, Amitabh Bagchi and Baccha Prasad Singh.

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