Mahesh Raut
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Mahesh Raut is an activist working with Adivasi in Gadchiroli.[1] He is the youngest accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case.[2]
Raut was born in Lakhapur village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region. He did his schooling at Navodaya School in Gadchiroli. He briefly worked as a primary school teacher in 2007. In 2009, he joined TISS, Mumbai to study social work.[3] After completing his degree from TISS, Raut was selected for the Prime Minister Rural Development (PMRD) fellowship.[4] In 2018, he suffered from acute ulcerative colitis.[4]
