ABVP-Turned-Naxal, Mastermind of Biggest Jailbreak Wants to Contest Bihar Polls

ABVP-Turned-Naxal, Mastermind of Biggest Jailbreak Wants to Contest Bihar Polls

(Help us do and commission more such in-depth stories and power our 2025 Bihar elections coverage by becoming a member)Dressed as a politician—white kurta-pajama and sports shoes—Ajay Kanu, 57, hardly fits the image of a once-feared Naxal commander. Carrying a keypad mobile, it is difficult to believe that he was the face of the Maoist insurgency in Bihar for over three decades and the 'mastermind' of India’s biggest mass jail break in 2005. But…