Retired bureaucrat S R Sankaran, who had played a crucial role in bringing the Maoists and Andhra Pradesh government together for the first ever direct peace talks six years ago, passed away on Thursday after a brief illness.
The Janashakti, which a 71 member-strong underground unit, has been reduced to half its strength, police claim.
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