Vijay Kumar Arya

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Vijay Kumar Arya
Nationality Indian
Known forA cadre and Central Committee member of the CPI (Maoist)

Vijay Kumar Arya alias Dilip alias Jaspal [1] is an Indian Maoist ideologue and Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Career

Arya belongs to Karma village under Konch area in Gaya district. [2] His father name is Ram Jatan Yadav. [3] He is a postgraduate in economics from Magadh University. Initially he was a political worker with close affinity to Lalu Prasad Yadav [4] thereafter attracted to left wing extremism. Arya had also worked as a temporary lecturer before he joined in the active politics. He joined in Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) and led armed conflicts with Ranvir Sena. After the death of MCCI supremo Sagar Chatterjee in an encounter, the police raided the village and destroyed Arya's shanty. Thereafter Arya went underground. [5] After the formation of CPI (Maoist) in 2004 he joined the party and became active in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and undivided Andhra Pradesh to spread Maoist ideologies. Arya was known as Jaspalji alias Amar and was chairman of the Party's all-India subcommittee of mass organisation (Sucomo). [6] [7] He was arrested on 1 May 2011 along with two other Central Committee Member of CPI (Maoist) Jhantu Mukherjee and Varanasi Subramanyam from a village under Barsoi block in Katihar district by the Special Task Force and Bihar Police team and was lodged in Central jail of Gaya. [8] Total 12 criminal cases are pending against him in Bihar and he carried Rs 3 lakh award on his head. [9] At present Arya is in Special Central Jail in Bhagalpur. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Vijay Kumar Arya. "Patna High Court - Orders". indiankanoon.org/do. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Qadir, Abdul (21 May 2011). "Konch, the home turf of Vijay Kumar Arya". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tete killing sparks Naxal caste war". The Times of India. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Nitish urged to speed up top Maoist's trial". dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Why The War Never Dies". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Arms away, books in hand". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Maoists in scholarly pursuits in jail". hindustantimes.com. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Bihar cops set example on Maoist catch" . Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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