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The CPIMaoist has split again with the breakaway faction forming a new party called Maoist Communist Centre-Third Conference. Although nobody knows who are leading the new outfit, its area of influence lies in Jharkhand8217;s Chatra, Latehar and Gumla districts, according to the police.
This fact came to light after the CPIMaoist killed five MCCTC activists at Bhuiandih village in Chatra district last night. The deceased were among hundreds of Maoists who deserted the CPIMaoist and joined the MCCTC.
Their exodus is learnt to have prompted the Maoists to identify the 8216;traitors8217; and eliminate them. But in the process it has triggered a bloody feud among the two outfits. On Wednesday, two Maoists were reportedly shot dead by MCCTC activists in neighbouring Latehar district.
In fact, infighting among the ultra Left outfit is nothing new. After the MCC was dissolved to form the MCCI two years ago, there cadres ended up fighting it out. Various Naxal outfits attempted to forge a united front holding umpteen meetings aimed at keeping their armed squads from taking on each other.
The groups have tended to carve out their areas of influence and promised to confine activities to their respective territories. As it is, such ties have always proved short-lived, mainly because rebels and revolutionaries alike need money to sponsor themselves.
In case of the CPIMaoist, the activists collect levy from the corrupt officials, contractors, industrialists only to pass it on to senior comrades, after deducting their own commission. But once the activists constitute their own party, they are free to keep the entire collection to themselves.
