Naxals/Maoists Watch

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SI killed in exchange of fire

BHUBANESWAR: A police officer fell victim to the bullet of the Left wing extremists in a gun battle between the security personnel and the Maoists in Sambalpur district of the State on Monday.

The incident took place at around 8 a.m. when the security personnel got closer to a group of Maoists hiding in the forests in Kisinda area of the western Orissa district.

The security forces comprising personnel from the State police, the Special Operation Group and Central Reserve Police Force were carrying out a combing operation in the area when they came face to face with the extremists.

As the gun battle continued, Sub-Inspector Narasingha Mahakud was killed while leading the charge, police source said.

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The victim was one of the best officers in the entire district and always ready for anti-Maoist operations, said Sanjay Kumar, Superintendent of Police.

In fact, Sambalpur police had started combing operation in Jujumara and Kisinda areas of the district since Saturday on receipt of concrete information about the presence of armed Maoists in the region.

The Maoists had become active in Sambalpur after a gap of several months, police said.

The extremists had blown up a rail track in Sundargarh district a few days ago and also killed a tribal in Mayurbhanj suspecting him to be a police informer.

There have been a series of Maoist attacks in the State after the Biju Janata Dal government took charge under the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik last month.

The extremists had blown up two police stations and police outpost in Koraput district in the southern part of the State on June 7.

The Hindu : Other States / Orissa News : SI killed in exchange of fire

 

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Maoists kill four policemen in Jharkhand
16 Jun 2009, 2007 hrs IST, PTI



MEDININAGAR (JHARKHAND): Four policemen were killed and two others seriously injured today when Maoists ambushed them at Beherakhand in Palamau district.

The security forces were on a long-range patrolling, when the ultras attacked them near a village in Manatu area, about 200 km from Ranchi, Deputy Inspector General of Police S N Jha said here.

The Maoists were waiting inside the deep jungles and started firing indiscriminately as the policemen went past them, killing four of them on the spot.

The two seriously injured policemen have been admitted to a hospital, he said.

Maoists kill four policemen in Jharkhand - India - The Times of India

 

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Another sad news!

 

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Naxals destroy nursery

Correspondent

KORAPUT: A nursery with 86,000 saplings and more than 50 trees was destroyed by naxalites at Jogipaluru village near Narayanpatna in Koraput district in the early hours of Tuesday. While the nursery was developed by the Forest Department, there was no one present guarding the nursery at the time of the attack.

They displayed banners in the nursery protesting against the killing of two top ranking Maoists in the forests of Warangal in the neighbouring State of Andhra Pradesh.

Further, the naxalites also renewed their demand for ensuring rights of tribals over the land, water and forest in the region. This was for the first time that naxalites destroyed a nursery in the block.

The Hindu : Other States / Orissa News : Naxals destroy nursery

 

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Look at their desperation

 

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Maoists put up human shields against forces in West Bengal's Lalgarh
17 Jun 2009, 1300 hrs IST, PTI

LALGARH, WEST BENGAL: With paramilitary forces planning a crackdown on Maoists who have laid siege to two police station areas in West Midnapore district, tribals backing them have put up a three-tier human shield.

"The Maoists have formed a three-tier human shield with women and children in the vanguard, men behind them and armed naxals forming the rearguard," a senior police official involved in the drawing up strategies against the agitators said.

The police have withdrawn from camps fearing looting of arms with the tribals under the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities demolishing and torching empty camps in the past few days, he said.

Maoist action squad leader, known as Bikash, and his men were patrolling roads between Lalgarh and Belpahari armed with AK47s, he said.

Last night the tribals set ablaze CPM party offices in Lalgarh and Belatikri and dug up roads leading to Lalgarh from Dharampur, Goaltore and Pirakata to prevent entry of central forces.

The digging up of roads and felling of trees was a tactic deployed since November last year by the tribals when they went on the warpath after police raids on their homes.

The police made the raids following a landmine blast at Salboni on November 2 in which West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and two then union ministers Ramvilas Paswan and Jitendra Prasad narrowly escaped.

Five CPM men have already been killed and four were missing after clashes with tribals in the past few days, while three more, including a Marxist local leader were shot dead this morning at Bankasole.

On Tuesday, chief secretary Asok Mohan Chakraborty said that 500 central paramilitary personnel have been sought from the Centre, with 100 men arriving in Lalgarh and 200-300 more personnel expected shortly.

Another officer said that for the last eight months Lalgarh has been out of bounds for the police, where they were being 'boycotted' by the tribals, who have demanded an apology for the police raids on their homes following the Salboni landmine blast.

"We had to withdraw our camps from Ramgar and Dharampur," said the officer.

The officer said Marxist leaders were being killed after being carefully targeted.

"They plan the operations in meticulous detail in forests, where it is impossible for the police to search for them," the officer said
Maoists put up human shields against forces in West Bengal's Lalgarh - India - The Times of India

 

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Order of law deteriorating in West Bengal: Chidambaram

Order of law deteriorating in West Bengal: Chidambaram

Posted: Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 1721 hrs IST

New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the law and order situation in West Bengal is deteriorating fast because of the Maoists violence in that state’s West Midnapore District.

Stating that the Centre has dispatched enough paramilitary forces to the troubled areas, he lashed out at the Left Front government in the state for not acting in a timely manner.

“We are getting an impression that a section of the government wants to act while the rest doesn’t, fearing the consequences,” he said.

Responding to Chidambaram statements, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri said he hoped the Centre would give assistance to people in the affected areas.

He also said the Central government should co-ordinate efforts, as India is facing its biggest internal threat from the Maoists.

Earlier in the day, the Home Ministry had advised the West Bengal administration to deploy its own forces in full strength as "maintaining law and order is primarily the responsibility of the state government”.

"The Central paramilitary forces have been sent only to assist the state police," an official had said.

The Centre advised the West Bengal government to deploy the East Frontier Rifles, Special Armed Police and the regular armed police to deal with the situation arising out of Maoists and tribals virtually taking over areas like Lalgarh.

Chidambaram’s stern warning came as three CPI(M) workers were also shot dead in Banksole in West Midnapore district this morning.

Around 1,300 central paramilitary forces have already deployed in the troubled areas while 300 more are on their way.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has reportedly told the ruling Left Front partners that 500 Maoists - 100 of them fully trained in combat and 400 others semi-trained - had sneaked into Lalgarh from Jharkhand.

 

[Pintu]

Link from Hindu , regarding Government of West Bengal's initiative to break the impasse

The Hindu News Update Service

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[Pintu]

Chidambaram asks Buddhadeb to give clear mandate to police

Chidambaram asks Buddhadeb to give clear mandate to police

New Delhi, June 17 (PTI) Sending a blunt message to the Buddhadeb Government, the Centre today asked it to give a clear mandate to the police to reclaim areas dominated by Maoists in violence-hit West Midnapore and its adjoining areas and deal with the "deteriorating" law and order situation.
Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters here that he had spoken to Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and told him that the state must move its forces to these troubled areas with clear instructions to tackle the situation.

The Minister said there was an impression that while one part of the government was willing to take action against the Maoists, another was worried about the fallout.

"The impression is that one side of the government is willing to take action, the other side of the government is worried about the consequences. Now, it is the judgement the Chief Minister must make. They must move the (security) forces to the affected areas and must reclaim that area which is now dominated by the Maoists," he said.

Agitating tribals of West Midnapore and adjoining areas have been protesting police "atrocities" on them in the wake of the landmine blast at Salboni which was believed to target the Chief Minister.

The tribals, numbering 2000 under the banner of People's Committee Against Police Atrocities, stopped paramilitary forces from reaching the trouble-torn areas. PTI

 

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A report of NDTV on violence in West Bengal in Lalgarh

YouTube - Lalgarh tense, Maoist violence still on

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what was the WB goverment doing sleeping

 

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WB govt blames Maoists from Jharkhand for Lalgarh trouble

WB govt blames Maoists from Jharkhand for Lalgarh trouble

Posted: Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 1808 hrs IST


Kolkata: Grappling with a violent agitation by tribals in Lalgarh, the West Bengal Government on Wednesday alleged that a squad of 100 Maoists armed with sophisticated weapons had entered the troubled area in West Midnapore district from neighbouring Jharkhand. West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had received the information from the Jharkhand government, a senior Left Front leader, who was present at a party meeting at which the chief minister said.

The chief minister told the meeting that he would take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he would meet him in Delhi on June 19, according to the Left leader. The chief minister, who has not made any public comment on the intensified tribal agitation, said that central forces were needed for combing operations. The state had received one company of CRPF while it had requisitioned five.

RSP leader and the state PWD minister Kshiti Goswami, who attended the meeting, expressed disappointment over the chief minister repeatedly asserting that he would "look into the matter". "The morale of the police has completely broken down following the attacks on police camps," he said.

Goswami claimed that in the post-election scenario, police in the state were "apparently listening more to the opposition parties than the ruling combine as the winds of change had also affected them". He apprehended that Maoists would use the villagers as human shields and would flee to Jharkhand if the state government launches an offensive. He suggested that the chief minister take the matter up with the Jharkhand government so that West Bengal's border with that state could be sealed.

Pro-naxal tribals, protesting alleged police atrocities on them in the wake of a landmine blast at Salboni in which the Chief Minister and then union ministers including Ramvilas Paswan had a narrow escape in November, have virtually taken control of Lalgarh after forcing police and paramilitary personnel out of the area.

 

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Link of the news of Left Front's asking of WB Govt. to act , from Hindu

The Hindu News Update Service

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I hate the commies as a whole they are one and the same thing Bloddy $*b****s

 

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http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?...forces_Maoists_leader&tag=topnews&?vsv=TopHP1

PTI
We`re prepared to face Central forces: Maoist leader

2009-06-17 16:07:27
Last Updated: 2009-06-17 16:14:31

Kolkata: With paramilitary forces being deployed in strength in trouble-torn Lalgarh in West Midnapore district, a Maoist leader on Wednesday claimed that the naxals were prepared to "resist them".

"We will resist them," Bikash, a Maoist action squad leader at Lalgarh, told Bengali TV news channel Star Anand.

Maoists have formed a three-tier human shield with women and children in the vanguard, men behind them and armed naxals forming the rearguard, according to a senior police official.

The Maoist leader charged that the Central forces were arriving at the behest of the state government.

On Tuesday, chief secretary Asok Mohan Chakraborty said that 500 Central paramilitary personnel were being sought from the Centre, with 100 men arriving in Lalgarh and 200-300 more personnel expected shortly.

On involvement in the Lalgarh agitation, Bikash said many organisations were involved including the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities led by Chhatradha Mahato.

He claimed what was happening there was the result of public anger against CPI (M) and the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee- led government in the state.

"It is CPI (M) which resorted to terror and killings and they are now fleeing in the face of public anger," Bikash said.

Asked about his speaking to the media on Monday while brandishing an assault rifle, he retorted: "You don't expect us to greet them with flowers when they are using guns."

 

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http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?...algarh_in_West_Bengal_unrest_spreads&?vsv=HP1

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Paramilitary forces despatched to Lalgarh

2009-06-16 23:40 :00
Last Updated: 2009-06-17 02:34:46

Kolkata: The central government despatched five paramilitary companies to tackle the Maoist-led violence in West Bengal's Lalgarh even as unrest spread to Sarenga in neighbouring Bankura district on Tuesday with calls for a boycott of police.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, trained in anti-Maoist fight, moved in from neighoburing Jharkhand. One company is already in Lalgarh, another was expected to reach the area by Tuesday night, while three more have started from the neighbouring state, official sources said.

The Maoist rebels have virtually converted Lalgarh in West Midnapore district into a free zone, torching and razing to the ground offices of the state's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), driving out its leaders and setting ablaze police camps.

Three CPI-M leaders were killed in the party's stronghold Dharampur Sunday after the party's cadres clashed with activists of the Maoist-spearheaded tribal body People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) since Saturday.

As the PCAPA virtually wiped out the resistance in Dharampur, the pocket in Lalgarh from which the CPI-M had been resisting the Maoists, more than 2,000 CPI-M leaders, workers and supporters fled the area as TV visuals showed some people breaking a picturesque two-storey building belonging to a Marxist leader into pieces.

In Kolkata, Bhattacharjee held a meeting with CRPF officers and senior police officers including the director general of police on Tuesday to draw up a blueprint for the central forces to crush the Maoists.

Meanwhile, posters appeared at Sarenga in Bankura district, which borders West Midnapore, asking people to boycott police.

Tribal militants gun down 12 villagers in Assam

The posters put up at Sarenga market and near the Sarenga police station directed shop owners not to sell any articles to police and ordered that policemen be not allowed to draw water from the village tubewells.

Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee termed the law and order situation in the state as 'dreadful' and asked the administration to speed up the process of securing illegal arms from areas that have witnessed political violence.

"I would like to ask the home secretary to free those people who have been imprisoned following false allegations made by the CPI-M and to book those people under the Arms Act from whose houses arms have been recovered," Banerjee told reporters at a press meet.

"We would like to request the central government agencies to seize all these arms and ammunitions immediately," she said.

 

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Tribals stop paramilitary from entering Lalgarh

Maoist violence PTI

Tribals stop paramilitary from entering Lalgarh

2009-06-16 22:10:00
Last Updated: 2009-06-17 02:37:48

Midnapore (WB): After forcing the police out, agitating tribals of Lalgarh and Salboni in West Midnapore district on Tuesday prevented para-military personnel from entering the area even as the state government brought in reinforcement of CRPF men in a bid to break the siege.

The tribals, numbering 2000 under the banner ofPeople's Committee Against Police Atrocities, stopped the paramilitary forces at a place 35 km from Garbeta town and told them to return, district magistrate D S Nigam said.

Tribals, protesting police atrocities on them in thewake of a landmine blast at Salboni targeted at Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and two former union ministers including Ramvilas Paswan, were also massing at Goaltore, north of Lalgarh, to march to Garbeta to bring the areas under their control, the police said.

The police camps wound up at Belatkri and Dharampurand the Ramgarh outpost in Lalgarh were torched by tribals yesterday and the palatial house of a CPI(M) leader destroyed. They also demolished a camp at Kaima from where the CRPF withdrew.

 

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8 policemen injured in accident

Giridih: Eight policemen were injured when the anti-landmine vehicle they were travelling in overturned on Giridih-Dhanbad road, about 240 km from Ranchi in Jharkhand.

They were admitted to Giridih Sadar hospital, according to police sources here.

The mishap took place near Usri river during a routine patrolling on the route, the sources added.

The Hindu : Other States / Jharkand News : 8 policemen injured in accident

 

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BBC NEWS | South Asia | India Maoist violence escalates

India Maoist violence escalates


Three more workers of the ruling party have been killed by suspected Maoist rebels in a troubled part of India's West Bengal state, police say.

This takes the number of Communist party workers killed in clashes with rebels in the Lalgarh area to six. Six other party workers are missing.

Separately, villagers backed by the rebels have blocked roads to prevent security forces from entering the area.

Maoist-linked violence has killed 6,000 people in India over the past 20 years.

The tribespeople-dominated Lalgarh area in West Bengal's West Midnapore district has been under the virtual control of the Maoist rebels since last November.

Over the past few days, villagers backed by the rebels have taken over more villages in the area and burnt down and demolished offices belonging to the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M).

Early on Tuesday morning, three local party workers were killed by suspected rebels who came on a motorcycle and fired on them. The workers were at a local tea shop when the incident happened, the police said.

Separately, villagers have chopped trees and blocked eight access points in Lalgarh to prevent the security forces from entering the area.

This follows reports that the West Bengal government has asked for more than 1,000 paramilitary personnel "recapture" Lalgarh.

The forces have already begun arriving, but it is unclear when they will try to move into the area.

Armed rebels are reportedly patrolling roads after police fled.

'Liberated zone'

The BBC's Amitabh Bhattashali in Calcutta says hundreds of CPI(M) workers have fled the Lalgarh area.

Maoists claimed it as their first "liberated" zone in West Bengal.

One police post was later set ablaze and Maoists were reported to have demolished the house of a local communist leader in Dharampur, the last CPI(M) bastion in Lalgarh.

Other villages in the area had been under Maoist control since November.

Our correspondent says that taking control of Lalgarh is part of a long-term plan for the Maoists.

The area encompasses vast tracts of the forests of West Midnapur, Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal and adjoins parts of the states of Jharkhand and Orissa.

Arrests

Lalgarh has experienced considerable unrest for a number of months.

Violence began last November when police arrested some local residents on suspicion of attempting to assassinate West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya after he narrowly escaped a landmine explosion set off by suspected Maoist rebels.

A Peoples' Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) was subsequently formed to protest against the arrests. They launched violent protests and strikes against the local police.

The police and state administration have been virtually non-existent in most of Lalgarh since then. Polling booths could not be set up for recent general elections so people had to vote outside the area.

Our correspondent says the insurgents and the CPI(M), which has been the state's dominant political force, have been fighting a turf war.

In the past few years, he says, the Maoists have extended their influence with guerrilla commanders camping in the area and providing basic military training to local youths.

 

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Things are really going out of control , maoists are needed to be check and try to bring them to the mainstream .