Maoist training camp underway in Chhattisgarh

Maoists are training their cadets, which include a large percentage of women soldiers, in the usage of modern arms and ammunitions in Narayanpur area of Chhattisgarh. The military wing of the Maoists in the state, the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, which is in operation in the thick forests of Narayanpur, regularly undergoes rigorous physical and arms training. Maoists recruit children aged between six and 12 into their children's association, called Bal Sangams, where they are trained in Maoist ideology, used as informers and taught to fight with non-lethal weapons.