Maoists oppose conversion of faith by tribals

Around 40 tribal families live in the village called Kumkumpudi under Gudemkothaveedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam distict. They own small houses (called pakka houses), fields and other small properties. Out of these families, around 15 families embraced JESUS. But the Maoists didn’t like this as the members started refusing to do unlawful things, which meant a lot of non-cooperation to Maoists and their activities. They threatened these tribals not to accept JESUS CHRIST. But the tribals still clung to JESUS CHRIST, for which the Maoists got furious and commanded them to leave their village immediately if they cannot leave JESUS. They were also furious with these families for not cooperating in their activities. So the 15 families consisting of around 70 people came out of the village on 26^th of April 2013, injured and outcast.  They came to the place Kasimi in Golugonda mandal and finding waste land there, considered developing and converting the waste land into cultivatable land, and make their living in that place. But the forest department intervened, saying that the tribals cannot make use of the forest lands for cultivation. They tried to transport them back to their own village in a van and failed. 

These tribals stayed under the trees suffering and shaken, with their little ones for days without shelter and food at a place called Thumbalagedda of chintapalli mandal. These tribals approached the authorities and also appealed to the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of Narsipatnam, Mr. Damodaran to provide them proper shelter and means of livelihood, and also to provide them protection from the Maoists. This article was published in many local newspapers on 3^rd May 2013.

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