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Seven naxals arrested in Kanker
Monday, 22 June 2009
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Raipur, June 22: Seven Naxals, wanted in several cases, were arrested on Monday in Kanker district about 140 km from here, police said.

The Naxals Danu Ram Usendi, Sukalu Ram, Vinesh, Suresh Mandavi, Lacchu Ram, Sunher and Shambhu were arrested from Koelibeda police station jurisdiction in the district following a tip off, Kanker Superintendent of Police, Ajay Yadav told PTI.

Danu Ram was an accused of killing a student in a school premises three months ago while others were accused in cases of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and other severe crimes, Mr. Yadav said.

--PTI

Seven naxals arrested in Kanker | Siasat

 

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Left cadres 'capturing' areas near Lalgarh

New Delhi (PTI) Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Left cadres in West Bengal of capturing areas near Maoist-affected Lalgarh.

"The CPI(M) (cadres) are going there on red motorcycles and scooters and capturing area," she told reporters here.

Asked whether TC cadres were visiting Lalgarh and nearby areas, she said no one from her party was going as CPI(M) (cadres) were moving in the area.

They (Left) are capturing one area after the other," she added.

Ms. Banerjee said 40,000 people have been displaced from the area and accused the Left Front government in the state of not delivering the goods.

"People are fed up. They (government) have failed to deliver the goods," Banerjee, whose party had an impressive performance in Lok Sabha elections in the state, alleged.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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8 top Maoists released

WARANGAL: A total of eight top Maoists were released from the Central prison here on Tuesday.

They were released as the charges against them could not be proved in the court of law. The Maoists who were released from the jail here included the Maoist central committee member A. V. Mohan Reddy and other members of the State committee, Shiva Prasad Baru, Venkat, Anijamba, Salakula Sarojana, Sangitha, Devender Reddy and Kanakaswamy.

They were arrested in January 2007 from an alleged arms making unit in Khammam and were since lodged in the central prison here.

The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : 8 top Maoists released

 

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Police gun down two Maoist guerrillas
1 Jul 2009, 1955 hrs IST, IANS



HYDERABAD: Two members of the Maoist group Praja Pratighatana were shot dead Wednesday in a forested area of Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district, police said.

A police team engaged in combing operations in the Bhupatipur forests came face to face with a group of Maoists. In the exchange of fire that ensued, two Maoists were killed while some others managed to escape, a police official said, adding that they suffered no casualties.

The slain Maoists have been identified as Pratighatana state secretary Sudhakar alias Ashok and armed squad commander Chandranna.

Describing the incident as a big blow to the outfit in north Telangana, Warangal District Superintendent of Police VC Sajannar said one SLR (self loading rifle), one 8 mm pistol and three kit bags were recovered from the scene.

Pratighatana, a splinter group of guerrillas, has some presence in the north Telangana districts of Warangal, Karimnagar and Khammam. Maoist activity in the state is on the wane as Communist Party of India-Maoist, the most powerful Maoist group, has lost over 300 cadres, including several top leaders, in the last four years. Maoist violence in the state has claimed more than 6,000 lives during the last four decades.

Police gun down two Maoist guerrillas - Hyderabad - Cities - The Times of India

 

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Maoists abduct, release five businessmen

Correspondent


KORAPUT: Maoists abducted five businessmen of Alamanda village in Bandhugaon block of Koraput district on Tuesaday night and released them by 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday.

According to sources, about 40 Maoists, divided themselves into groups and entered at a time into the houses of P. Nandikeswar Rao, Oddi Mohan Rao, Judhistira Patro, Natraj, V. Santosh and former sarpanch of the panchayat, S. Sasibhusan Rao.

Later, the Maoists took all the businessmen to the nearby forest. However, before leaving the village, the Maoists assured the panicked family members that all the five would be returned safe. While the villagers and the family members were uncertain of the future of the abducted businessmen, they were relieved when their family heads returned home on Wednesday afternoon.

However, the entire episode of the abduction and release of the businessmen by the naxalites remained a mystery as none of the released ones was ready to speak to anyone in the village. This was probably for the first time in the entire naxal-affected Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon region that the Maoists had released anyone unhurt after taking them from their home. In most of the earlier occasions, the Maoists had either killed those taken by them or had released them after punishing, said the sources.

Causes concern


While the police and district administration were feeling relieved after restoring communication links to the affected zone by clearing roads to Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon on Tuesday, this incidence caused a serious concern among the officials.

The Hindu : Other States / Orissa News : Maoists abduct, release five businessmen

 

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Seven-year jail term for Maoist leader

Latehar (Jharkhand): A Maoist leader was on Wednesday sentenced by a local court to seven years’ imprisonment for attacking a police patrol in Balurmath in extremist-hit Latehar district.

District and Sessions Judge, R.K. Dubey sentenced Nathani Mistry Alias Premji alias Premnath, who was a member of CPI (Maoist) core committee, with the jail term for attacking the police party in 2000.

A resident of Mandanpur in Aurangabad district of Bihar, Mistry was arrested from Ranchi in June 2002.

The Hindu : Other States / Jharkand News : Seven-year jail term for Maoist leader

 

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Two naxals killed in ‘encounter’

Staff Reporter

WARANGAL: Two naxalites belonging to the Prathighatana group were killed in an encounter by the police at Bhupathipur forest area in Eturunagaram mandal here on Wednesday afternoon.

According to information, a special police party which was combing the area spotted the movement of naxals in Bhupathipur forest belt. There was an exchange of fire between the two for a while shortly after 12 noon.

Some naxals reportedly escaped while two of them succumbed to bullet injuries.

Later, the police identified one deceased naxal as Prathighatana State secretary Kunja Sudhakar/Erusula Sudhakar/Eaka Sudhakar/Ashok (30). He hailed from Archanapally in Garla Bayyaram mandal of Khammam district. He was in charge of Mulug zonal committee. He was involved in 12 offences including murder and extortions. The police recovered one SLR and one 8mm rifle and four kitbags from the spot.

Speaking to The Hindu, Superintendent of Police V. C. Sajjanar said, with the killing of Ashok of Prathighatana, the naxal group lost its base. “The group is totally decimated. He was involved in several extortion cases.”

The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Warangal News : Two naxals killed in ‘encounter’

 

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Naxal leader 'picked up' by Andhra police

Hyderabad, July 02: A top Naxalite leader of outlawed Janasakthi group was reportedly whisked away by police from his residence here on Thursday.

Veeresam, state in-charge of the outfit, along with three others, was taken away by a police team from LB Nagar area on the city's outskirts.

However, when contacted, the police officials did not confirm the report.

Acting on a tip-off, the police team went to a house at NTR Nagar, where Veeresam was residing for the last two days, the report said.

Meanwhile, a former Naxalite leader, Kura Rajanna, told a regional TV channel that the Janasakthi leader had been picked up by the police.

Veeresam should be produced in a court if he is facing any charges, he demanded.

Bureau Report

Naxal leader `picked up` by Andhra police

 

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Landmine blast in Lalgarh

Lalgarh/Bankura (WB), July 02: Suspected Maoists exploded a landmine at a field near the block development office in Lalgarh even as security forces recovered a landmine in Maoist-affected Sarenga area in neighbouring Bankura district.

Deputy Inspector General Praveen Kumar said no one was injured in the blast and that police had launched a search operation to nab the culprits.

Meanwhile, a joint team of police and para-military forces unearthed a landmine during a search operation from near a road at Tantidanga village under Sarenga police station.

The landmine was kept hidden in a large can of edible oil, official sources said, adding the mine was later diffused.

Landmine blast in Lalgarh

 

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Maoists extort Rs.300 cr annually in Chhattisgarh: Raman Singh

Raipur (IANS): Maoist rebels extort up to Rs.300 crore every year in Chhattisgarh from traders of forest products, transporters and iron ore mining firms, says Chief Minister Raman Singh.

"Maoists extort at least Rs.250-300 crore (Rs.2.5-3 billion) annually and their extortion business runs from the state's southern tip of Bastar to the northern Surguja district," Singh told IANS.

"They mainly extort money from traders of 'tendu' leaves, iron ore mining firms, small and big contractors and transporters," added the 57-year-old politician.

Tendu leaves, which are used to make bidis (leaf-rolled cigarettes), are one of the most important forest products of the Bastar region that has been considered the nervecentre of Maoist terrorism in India since the late 1980s.

The restive region spread across 40,000 sq km has deposits of about 20 percent of the country's total iron ore stocks and owners of the mines regularly face extortion demands from Maoists.

"The traders, businessmen, contractors and others who pay extortion money hardly have the courage to report it to the police because of the fear of Maoists and their own business interests in the region," said Singh.

Of the 1,500 casualties in Maoist violence since the state came into existence in November 2000 after splitting from Madhya Pradesh, 90 percent have been from Bastar.

"The Maoists also force people in the Surguja region to cough up money," added the chief minister.

The Surguja region is one of the most coal-rich areas of the country. It is home to several mines of the public sector Coal India Limited's (CIL) highest profit-making subsidiary, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).

Singh, who is serving a second consecutive term as chief minister, reiterated that Maoist militancy was not confined to Chhattisgarh and suggested that better coordination among states hit by the menace along with support from the centre might be effective in dismantling the rebels' terror infrastructure.

He praised the central government for having taking the "bold decision" June 22 to brand the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) a terrorist outfit.

"On the issue of taking on Maoists, there is no disagreement between the Chhattisgarh government and the centre. We both want to deal with it firmly and decisively," said the chief minister.

"The Chhattisgarh government is working on raising the strength of forces trained in jungle warfare besides modernising the police force to wipe out the Maoists," he added.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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Maoist arms dump unearthed

VIZIANAGARAM: A special police team on Thursday night unearthed a Maoist arms dump belonging to the Nagavali area committee, according to SP Y. Gangadhar. The team combing Golapaka forest area under Elwinpeta police station limits found 253 rounds of AK 47, 495 rounds of .22, 12 steel cans, six multi-meters, seven bundles of electric wire and nine insulation tapes. - Correspondent

The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Maoist arms dump unearthed

 

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Naxalites abduct two buses with eight employees in Bihar

Gaya (PTI): Armed squads of proscribed CPI(Maoist) abducted two private buses along with eight employees in Bihar's Gaya district on Saturday.

Deputy Inspector General of Police(Magadh range) Anupama Nilekar said the passengers were forced by the ultras to alight before they sped away with the buses towards Jharkhand.

Efforts are on to trace the buses and the abducted employees, who comprise the two drivers, two conductors and four cleaners.

The owner of the two buses Ravi Ranjan Singh said the Maoists abducted the buses at Maigra and Phulwaria villages, about 70 kms from the district headquarters, when the vehicles were on way to Gaya from Dumaria and from Gaya to Kothi.

Mr. Singh said the Maoists had demanded a levy from him for allowing him to ply the vehicles and abducted the buses as he did not

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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Three suspected Maoists arrested

Special Correspondent

Kolkata: Three suspected Maoists have been arrested in the Ayodhya Hills region of Purulia district.

A gun, explosives, materials for laying mines, and some Maoist literature were found on them.

West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen told reporters at the State secretariat that the three — two men and a woman — were believed to be members of Maoist squads.

“They are normally engaged in training people,” Mr. Sen said.

On the Lalgarh operations, Mr. Sen said that there were no further reports of blasts.

On the 16th day of the operations, two more Maoist strongholds were captured by the joint forces.

The forces met with no resistance, although blasts and gunshots were heard from this area earlier, police sources said.

The Hindu : National : Three suspected Maoists arrested

 

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Maoist killed in encounter with police

Dumka (Jharkhand) (PTI): A Maoist was killed in an encounter between extremists and police at Koramba jungle in Dumka district on Saturday night.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team reached Koramba to flush out the Maoists but the ultras started firing at the police party, Superintendent of Police Arun Kumar Singh said.

A hardcore Maoist Somnath was killed in retaliatory action. An SLR rifle was found from the spot.

Police fired 23 rounds while the Maoists fired about 30 to 35 rounds, he said.

The Hindu News Update Service




Militants lynched to death by villagers in Jharkhand

Gumla (Jharkhand)(PTI): Fed up with the extortion demands of ultras, villagers in Gumla district here on Sunday lynched two armed militants.

The ultras of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), identified as Kuldeep Singh and Bharat Munda, went to demand extortion at Jhatani-tola village around noon, police said.

After a villager's family raised an alarm, two groups of villagers started pelting stones at the armed militants.

They were finally overpowered and beaten to death, they said.

A country-made carbine, pistol, eighteen bullets, two mobile handsets and a bike were later seized by the police.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

The PLFI is active in Gumla, Ranchi and Simdega districts in the state.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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Three naxals surrender

Staff Reporter

BERHAMPUR: Three hardcore naxals surrendered before police in Rayagada district of south Orissa on Monday.

All of them hailed from the Gudari block of Rayagada district and were members of Basadara Division of the CPI (M) Maoist party, which is active in Rayagada, Kandhamal and Gajapati districts of south Orissa.

The trio surrendered before the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, south western range, Sanjeev Panda in the presence of Rayagada Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashis Kumar Singh, Koraput SP, Dipak Kumar and Malkangiri SP, Satybrata Bhoi.

The three Maoists who surrendered were Trinath Srambutika (25), Prakash Kimbaka (25) and Krishna Gudkaka (28). The police officials were hopeful that these surrenders would lead to major revelations about the Maoist activities in south Orissa as they were involved in some major naxal violence in the past. They were involved in the naxal attack on Nayagarh in 2008, attack on R.Udaygiri town in Gajapati district in 2006, the blasts at Dengasorada police outpost in Rayagada district. They were also involved in several other cases of murder, attempted murder, arson and extortion.

The Hindu : Other States / Orissa News : Three naxals surrender

 

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1,128 incidents of Naxal violence this year
7 Jul 2009, 1519 hrs IST, PTI


NEW DELHI: The country has witnessed a total of 1,128 incidents of Naxal violence till June 30 this year which left 455 civilians and security forces dead.

In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, minister of state for home Ajay Maken said there has been an increased level of Naxal violence in various states of the country.

"There has been increased level of Naxal violence especially in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra and West Bengal," Maken said.

He said a total of 107 Naxalites were killed and 861 arrested during the same period.

Replying to a question if the Centre has urged States to deploy their own security forces to control violence in various parts of the country including Lalgarh in West Bengal, Maken said concerned states take appropriate action to deal with left wing extremism issues in the state.

He said the Centre supplements their efforts in several way and listed deployment of Central Paramilitary Forces, CoBRA battalion, setting of counter insurgency and anti terrorism schools, modernisation and upgradation of state police and intelligence sharing among others.

Maken also listed reimbursement of security-related expenditure, filling up of critical infrastructure gaps under the scheme of Special Infrastructure in Left wing extremism affected states, assistance in community policing and civil actions besides other steps as assistance being provided to states.

He also said the internal security situation in the country remains largely under control.

"No major terrorist incident has been reported in the hinterland during the current year. Similarly, no major communal incident has been reported in the current year. In overall terms, the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has shown perceptible improvement.

The security situation in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland continues to be a matter of concern whereas, Sikkim and Mizoram have remained peaceful. The situation in Tripura has improved significantly over the years. Barring sporadic violence in Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, the situation has remained peaceful," he said.

He also said "the National Investigation Agency has been constituted under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 to investigate and prosecute offences under the Acts mentioned in the schedule, which, inter-alia, includes the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, as ammended in 2008".

1,128 incidents of Naxal violence this year - India - The Times of India

 

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Maoists kill man branding him police informer

Correspondent
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He was the sixth person in a row killed by naxalites in the last six months in the region


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KORAPUT: Maoists killed Pidika Mohan Rao of Konda Tikarpada in Korpaut district on Monday night. His body was found on the main road near Edugumvalasa, 10 km from his village.

The Maoists, in a letter signed by Daya, secretary, Srikakulam-Koraput Joint Division of CPI (Maoist), which was found tied to the body of Mohan, branded him a police informer.

The Maoists have mentioned that Mohan was killed for allegedly providing vital information to the police on the naxal movement in Kauribadi, Borigi and other sensitive parts of Bandhugaon and Narayanpatna blocks to the DSP at Narayanpatna in Orissa and Parvatipuram in neighbouring State of Andhra Pradesh.

According to the contents of the letter, the police had killed commander Jyoti and Sanu allegedly in a fake encounter in Mulamuda forests and also had successfully attacked the Maoists in many other places in the region basing on the information given by Mohan.

Apart from being a police informer, he and his family had occupied a great amount of land and were torturing the common people, the Maoists alleged.

Villagers warned


They also warned the villagers against joining hands with the police.

Mohan was the sixth person killed by naxals in the last six months in the region after Kanta Rao of Alamanda, Bhogi Ramesh of Kattulpeta, Kunja Mandingi of Pachingi, Siba Hareka of Borigi and Patro Khosla of Bagam.

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While all the previous men were killed in the forests, Mohan was murdered on the main road near Edugumvalasa between Bandhugaon and Parvatipuram.

The Hindu : Other States / Orissa News : Maoists kill man branding him police informer

 

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CRPF jawan shot dead by Maoists

LATEHAR: Maoists shot dead a CRPF jawan at Ninder in Latehar district of Jharkhand on Tuesday night.

The police said on Wednesday that Maoists knocked at the door of the house of the jawan around midnight. When Pitambar Kumar Singh answered the call, they shot him dead, Superintendent of Police Kuldip Dwibedi told journalists here.

Singh, who was posted at the naxal-infested Ghatsila sub-division in East Singhbhum district, was on leave.

His brother claimed he could identify one of the militants, Mr. Dwibedi said. An investigation is on. — PTI

The Hindu : Front Page : CRPF jawan shot dead by Maoists

 

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2 killed by Naxals in Chhatisgarh

Raipur, July 09: Two persons including a senior police officer were killed by Naxals in Bijapur district, police said on Thursday.

"Mukesh Kudiyam, serving Special Police Officer and former SPO Suresh Chapdi were killed by the Naxals with a sharp-edged weapon at Usoor village in the district," DIG (Naxal) Pawan Dev told today.

Kudiyam of Usoor police station went to Chapdi's house when the extremists attacked them and slit their throat with a sharp-edged weapon, Dev said.

Later, Chapdi's family reported about the killing to the police, he said.

A case has been registered in this connection and search operation is on to arrest the culprits, he added.

2 killed by Naxals in Chhatisgarh

 

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Maoists blow up Orissa forest office

Bhubaneswar, July 10: Maoists blew up a forest office and one person was injured in the blast at Gajapati district in Orissa where the ultras have given a state-wide bandh call on Friday.

A large number of armed Maoists, including women, struck the forest beat office in Paniganda in Adaba area of Gajapati district, about 300 km from here in early hours and dragged out the guard, Inspector-in-Charge of Adaba police station N Kero said.

They blew up the building using powerful explosives after tying the forest guard, he said adding a villager who arrived at the spot out of curiosity after hearing the noise sustained minor injuries.

The incident took place even as a state-wide bandh was observed in protest against ban on CPI (Maoist) and to demand that the arrested Maoists lodged in various jails be treated as political prisoners.

They also alleged that many people had been arrested on false charges and demanded their release. The ultras pasted posters in support of their demands in rural areas of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts, sources said.

Security has been tightened in Naxal-hit districts in southern and western parts to prevent untoward incident.

The bandh had little impact in urban centres and evoked mixed response in rural areas amid closure of shops and thin traffic.

Maoists blow up Orissa forest office