Baccha Prasad Singh

Baccha Prasad Singh alias Balraj alias Arvind is an Indian Maoist politician and Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Career

Singh hails from Chapra district in the Indian state of Bihar. He is a science student of Patna University and had participated in Jayaprakash Narayan’s Civil liberty movement in the mid 70's before joining the Naxal movement. Singh had been active in the CPI (Maoist) since 1992. He became Party's regional commander of Chhapra Siwan area.[1][2] Thereafter Singh became the member of Central Committee and Politburo. He was active to form mass organisations through a secret fraction committee, which comprised Maoist cadres within the mass outfit.[3] Singh was arrested on 8 February 2010 in Naubasta area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a top-secret operation by Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police. Another Maoist leader and intellectual Banshidhar alias Chintan were arrested along with him.[4][5][6] Singh's wife Asha is also a Maoist activist. Asha was arrested when she came to meet their son in Gorakhpur.[7]

References
  1. Chakraborty, Tapas (10 February 2010). "From JNU and Maoist choice for U-3". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. "UP: Major crackdown on Maoists, 10 held". Rediff. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. "Activists linked to Maoist front outfits". Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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  5. "Bail to Naxalites arrested in Kanpur". Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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  7. "7 Maoists descend on Kanpur for meeting,held". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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