Maoist leader Haribushan dies of COVID-induced heart attack

The CPI (Maoist) Telangana State committee secretary Haribushan alias Yapa Narayana, 50, died of heart attack after battling COVID-19 for several days deep in the forests of neighbouring Chhattisgarh

The CPI (Maoist) Telangana State committee secretary Haribushan alias Yapa Narayana, 50, died of heart attack after battling COVID-19 for several days deep in the forests of neighbouring Chhattisgarh State on Monday, police said. Disclosing this to newspersons in Kothagudem on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt said they had received reliable information about the death of Haribushan, who had been suffering from coronavirus infection for the past few days in Chhattisgarh. Several top Maoist leaders and lower-rung cadres including Kukati Venkanna, Sharada, Sonu, Vinod, Nandu, Eduma, Deve, Mula Devender Reddy, Damodar and Bhadru are also suffering from COVID-19, he said.