Hyderabad, June 17 -- The Telangana State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) declared a bandh across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on June 20 in protest against the extrajudicial killings carried out by the Central government under Operation Kagar.

In a press statement, spokesperson Jagan claimed that the Central government had carried out extrajudicial killings against party members under the guise of counter-insurgency operations. He condemned and mourned the passing of Chalam alias Gautham, Mailarapu Adellu alias Bhaskar, and seven other individuals in Chhattisgarh as murders by the state.

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