Every now and then, Indian newspapers flash news about Maoist insurgents, including women, being killed. In another incident in October 2020, a woman Maoist was killed in an encounter with India’s security forces in Sukma district of Chhatisgarh. And, another woman Maoist, carrying Rs 1.6 million reward on her head, was killed in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. - Advertisement -Sometimes there are pitched battles between the Indian forces and the Maoists, including women. The points 19, 20 and 21 of the Maoist manifesto relating to women stress the need to transform state and customary laws to redress gender inequality at all levels.

Source: Pakistan Today October 28, 2021 04:10 UTC