First V-Day in freedom for ex-Maoist couple who met, fell in love and married in forest

Koraput: It is alleged that love can occur anytime, anyplace, and no one knows this better than Waga Urmami and Mude Madhi, who have been related to the Maoist movement sooner than their give up to Malkangiri Police in July 2018. Now they are trying to build a brand new life clear of violence.
Waga and Mude met when the girl was once a young person, in 2015. By then they had been guerillas for someday. Waga joined in 2009, when he was once 16. Mude joined in 2012, when she was once 15.

“Mude have been transferred to the Kalimela native guerrilla squad (LGS) from the Podia LGS which was once active within the area, in 2015. We have been presented to one another by way of our seniors and ended up exchanging pleasantries throughout our first meeting,” Waga mentioned.

It was once while participating in camp activities, together with bodily exercises and fingers training, that the two were given to spend extra time together and gradually advanced feelings for every different. “I don’t know whether or not it was once love or something else, but I started liking Mude. I might to find the slightest probability to spend time together with her within the camp. This endured for a couple of years but I did not have the braveness to specific my love for her,” Waga mentioned.

Circumstances threw a spanner within the works. Before the fledgling dating may just develop into something deeper, Waga was once transferred from the Kalimela LGS to the military platoon of the Malkangiri-Koraput-Visakhapatnam Border Committee (MKVBC) of CPI (Maoist), which operates within the ‘swabhiman area’ (earlier known as the ‘cut-off area’), in 2016. The transfer, which was once also a promotion, left him a ways from happy.

“I was very dejected at being transferred regardless of my promotion to the rank of area committee member. I hated being clear of Mude but I had no choice but to obey the orders of the party,” Waga mentioned. Luckily for him, the separation did not ultimate long. In July 2017, Mude was once also transferred to the MKVB.

“It was once a pleasing wonder for me to look Mude in our camp. I was on cloud 9,” Waga mentioned.

The two have been in the same staff of 13 Maoists and their feelings for every different intensified. “Waga proposed marriage to me and I agreed. I liked him. During our stint within the Kalimela LGS, I had advanced feelings for him but I may just not express them because our long run was once uncertain. When we met for the second one time, I was positive that we are made for every different,” Mude mentioned.

Though the two rebels married within the camp within the presence of seniors, the entice of a ‘customary family life’ was once too sturdy to resist. Waga and Mude say they began searching for an escape route but discovering one proved to be difficult.

“Life within the woodland was once exhausting. Police operations had higher within the ‘swabhiman area’ after the Gurupriya Bridge was once constructed and we have been pressured to move each day. Also, we had realised that the Maoists haven't any ideology. They dedicate the same injustices that they claim to be preventing towards. Hence, we decided to go away the life of the woodland,” mentioned Mude.

A debilitating ache in Waga’s waist gave the younger couple a possibility to make excellent on their goals. “The determination to go away was once not taken in an afternoon or two. We have been on the lookout for a possibility to flee the camp. When Waga’s ache began, we sought a couple of days’ depart for his treatment. We left the camp and not returned,” Mude added.

While Waga was once on police’s wanted record for his involvement in at least 25 offensives, and carried a bounty of Rs four lakh on his head, his spouse was once wanted for her alleged participation in 15 Maoist attacks and had a bounty of Rs 1 lakh.


The couple is now trying to alter to customary life and has no regrets about giving up violence. They reside in protecting custody of police, while the give up formalities are nonetheless being labored out. Based at the Odisha executive’s coverage, the surrendered ex-Maoist couple will get monetary advantages within the type of bank deposits, lend a hand for pursuing education, land for house and vocational training.


“The couple had no identity evidence to open a checking account. The procedure to organize their Aadhaar card is on. With the help of that, a checking account will also be opened for them. Once this is executed, an quantity of Rs four lakh shall be deposited in it, to lend a hand them get started a brand new life,” mentioned Malkangiri superintendent of police Jagmohan Meena.


Waga’s family lives in Marigetta, under Kalimela police station of the district. He comes from a family of farmers, and is the second one of 4 brothers and two sisters. Mude is from Silakota, under Podia police limits. Both villages are inside of 60 km from Malkangiri the city. Their households, mentioned police, have authorised the previous rebels and the couple every so often seek advice from their houses as they prepare for a brand new life together.


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