Purnendu Sekhar Mukherjee

Purnendu Sekhar Mukherjee (died 7 August 2021) or Jhantu Mukherjee commonly known by his alias Sahab Da was an Indian Maoist politician and Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Purnendu Sekhar Mukherjee
NationalityIndian

Life and political career

Mukherjee hailed from North 24 Parganas district in Indian state of West Bengal.[1] He joined the Naxalite movement in late 1960s and became the leader of the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCC). Along with Akhil Ghosh he formed a new outfit, Revolutionary Communist Centre (Maoist) in 1998.[2] Later it merged with the MCC. After the merging of MCC and Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War in 2007 he became the Secretary of the Eastern Regional Bureau of CPI (Maoist). He had been appointed in-charge of the Urban Sub Committee (USCOM), spearheading party activities in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Mukherjee was also known as Joy Da in the party.[3] There are 10 cases against Mukherjee in Chhattisgarh[4] and he was wanted by the police of several Maoist hit states, including Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand.[5] Before the arrest he also looked after the Party's military wing, People Liberation Guerrilla Army.[6] On 29 April 2011, Special Task Force of Bihar Police arrested Mukherjee along with two other senior Maoist leaders Vijay Kumar Arya and Varanasi Subramanyam from Sheetgaon village under Barsoi police station of Katihar district.[7][8] Mukherjee was sent to Special Central Jail in Bhagalpur.[6] After the release on bail in 2015 he was engaged in civil liberty movement.[9]

Mukherjee died on 7 August 2021 in Kolkata.[2][10]

References
  1. "Bihar: Top three Maoist leaders among seven ultra arrested". Zee News. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. "Former CPI (Maoist) Leader Purnendu Mukherjee Passes Away In Kolkata". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. "Bihar Assessment - 2012". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. "Arrested Maoists top leaders". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. "Three top Maoists nabbed in Bihar". The Hindu. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. "Arms away, books in hand - Red leaders spend time in jail reading various subjects". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  7. "Arrests foil Red attacks - Cellphones, pen drives seized from seven rebels". Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  8. "Bihar: Elusive Coherence". Sify. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. "Out on bail, senior Maoist leaders to organise public event in Kolkata". Hindustan Times. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. "Former Maoist leader Purnendu Mukherjee passes away in Kolkata". 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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