Maoists stake claim for attack on private resort in Kerala
CPI (Maoists) have claimed that they were behind the attack on a private resort at North Kerala’s hill district Wayanad. The resort named Agraharam, located at Thirunelli in Wayanad, was ransacked on November 18 by a four-member gang. The resort is owned by Sebastian Joseph, a senior journalist with Kerala’s leading daily Malayala Manorama. The gang entered into the resort in the wee hours of November 18 and smashed the windows and furniture. The fled the scene after leaving pro-Maoist pamphlets and posters. The resort was closed for guests since the attack, sources at the property said. On Saturday, media offices in Palakkad district recieved a press release believed to be from the Western Ghat Zonal Committee of the CPI (Maoist) saying that members of their guerrilla force has attacked the resort. The release said the attack was a warning against unbridled encroachment of the real estate-tourism mafia into Wayanad district, which had been once a land of paddy fields. The real