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SIA Arrests Maoist Couple in Raipur as Probe Zeroes In on Urban Support Network

Investigators are mining seized phones to map city safe houses, facilitators.

Overview

  • Chhattisgarh’s State Investigation Agency picked up Jaggu alias Ramesh/Ravi Kursam, 28, and his wife Kamala/Kamla, 27, from Raipur’s Changorabhata on September 23, with police citing a combined reward of Rs 13 lakh on the pair.
  • An FIR under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was lodged at DD Nagar police station; Jaggu is in three-day police remand for interrogation and Kamala has been sent to judicial custody.
  • Searches at their rented home yielded about Rs 1.14–1.15 lakh in cash, a 10‑gram gold biscuit and smartphones, while one outlet additionally reported a seized revolver that officials have not confirmed.
  • Police say the couple lived undercover for years as labourers across Raipur, Bhilai and Durg, with Jaggu also working as a guard and driver, and that they served as urban operatives coordinating shelter, medical support and information.
  • Officials are analysing call and data records to map contacts and safe houses linked to the pair’s alleged city network, with further action possible based on leads from interrogation.