Insurgent & Secessionist movements in India

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Minister Thaisii ambushed:

IMPHAL, Nov 12: Heavily armed miscreants ambushed education minister, DD Thaisii in between Koide Besoi Village and Maram today leaving one security escort injured.

Sources said that the minister along with the director of education (s) W. Rajen Singh and other officials of the department were returning Imphal after having attended a function in connection with the education department at Purul in Senapati district. The ambush took place at around 5:45 pm when the team was about to reach Maram Bazar.

The armed miscreants used sophisticated weapons, bombs etc. during the ambush.

The minister’s team somehow managed to escape from the ambush without sustaining major casualties, the source added.

Minister Thaisii ambushed | Manipur News

 

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Babbar Khalsa terrorists attacked, 4 arrested in Chandigarh:

Rightwing activists claiming to be from the All India Hindu Seva Suraksha Samiti Friday attacked Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists Jagtar Singh Hawara and Paramjit Singh Bheora inside the district court complex here.

The police immediately arrested four activists.

The attack took place just as Hawara and Bheora, both convicted in the August 31, 1995 assassination case of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, entered the court complex in Sector 17 here amid tight security.

The activists first shouted slogans against the terrorists and then one of them tried to hit Hawara. The Hindu activists said their action was because Hawara and other terrorists used to shout anti-India slogans during their court visits.

However, Hawara hit back at his attacker even as Chandigarh police personnel and officers accompanying the terrorists tried to nab the attackers.

Sector 17 station house officer Ranjodh Singh told reporters that Hawara was not injured in the incident

"At least 6-7 people associated with the All India Hindu Seva Suraksha Samiti slapped Hawara and he also retaliated. The police personnel immediately intervened and we have arrested four persons. This includes samiti’s convenor Nishant Sharma," assistant superintendent of police Deshraj Singh said here.

"We had demanded the trial of the BKI terrorists through video conferencing as they used to raise anti-India slogans during court visits,” the Hindu group’s national general secretary, Ashutosh Gautam, said.

Hawara and Bheora were brought to the court complex for a hearing in the sensational jailbreak case in January 2004. Both terrorists, along with another terrorist, Jagtar Singh Tara, and a murder convict, Devi Singh, had escaped from the high security Burail jail here by digging a 108-feet long tunnel from their barrack.

Hawara was a mastermind of the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh at the high-security Punjab secretariat complex here.

The former chief minister (1992-95), who was largely credited with wiping out terrorism from Punjab by dealing with terrorists with an iron hand along with supercop K.P.S. Gill, was assassinated by a human bomb, Dilawar Singh, at the Punjab civil secretariat.

Babbar Khalsa terrorists attacked, 4 arrested in Chandigarh - India - DNA

 

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IRB officer injured in an ambush by suspected NSCN-IM militants in Manipur:

Even as the economic blockade entered its 83rd day today, the stillness of the evening was shattered by the sound of bomb explosion and gun fire, when unidentified gunmen ambushed the cavalcade of Education Minister DD Thaisii while he was on his way to his native place at Purul village in Senapati district.

The incident took place at about 6 pm at Rai Basti, located on the way between Maram and Purul.

The Minister escaped unhurt but an escort personnel attached to the IVth IRB was injured in the ambush.

The injured security man, a Jamadar, has been identified as Sani Mao and his condition is stated to be critical as bomb shrapnels hit him on the neck.

The injured Jamadar was administered first aid at the V Assam Rifles post at Rai Basti and was later taken to Imphal.

DD Thaisii was on his way home to inaugurate a community hall.

He was scheduled to return to Imphal on November 14 .

DD Thaisii's cavalcade ambushed, providential escape for Education Minister : 13th nov11 ~ E-Pao! Headlines

 

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Explosive recovered in Assam:

A police team headed by Superintendent of Police (SP) Arabinda Kalita and Additional Superintentent of Police (Sadar) Pranjit Bora, acting on specific information that a large quantity of explosives had been kept at Na-Saudhang village under Tingkhong police station for carrying out a series of explosions in and around Dibrugarh town, carried out raids in the area last night and arrested a person named Tapan Gogoi alias Kanak Baruah, a surrendered militant in this connection. Police later, on the basis of Kanak Baruah’s statement, was able to recover one kg TNT explosive from a specific place. Police claimed that Kanak Baruah, who returned to mainstream few months back, had been keeping a good liaison with the Paresh Baruah-led anti-talk faction of the United Liberation of Assam (ULFA). It may be recalled that the explosives were recovered only when police arrested him. Interrogation of Kanak Baruah is going on at the Namrup police station. The police has been stepping up strict vigilance in and around Dibrugarh district following the killing of Kamakhya Hazarika at Chabua in Dibrugarh district and Tileswar Lahon, a SULFA militant in front of his own house.

The Sentinel

 

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A cache of arms and ammunition recovered in Chhattisgarh:

CHANDRAPUR: Gadchiroli police seized a huge cache of Naxal arms and ammunition and some other material in the jungle of bordering Rajnandgaon in a joint operation conducted with their Chhattisgarh counterparts on Sunday.

The operation is underway and more Naxal material is likely to be recovered. Teams of Gadchiroli police along the Chhattisgarh border got intelligence inputs that arms and Naxal material were dumped in the jungle across the border. Gadchiroli SP Viresh Prabhu immediately contacted his counterpart in Rajnandgaon and a police party from their side was sent to the border. A joint search operation was carried out in the border areas in Chhattisgarh.

After sustained efforts, the security forces traced the Naxal material along with arms and ammunition hidden into the jungle. The cache included three 12-bore rifles, two carbine rifles, a total of 1,100 bullets, including 940 live cartridges of .303 rifles, six clamor mines, 11 hand-grenades, I78 gelatin rods, 32 detonators, wireless set, walky-talky, two charges . Apart from this, a huge stock of urea, a large number of pittus (back packs) used by Naxals, ground sheets and literature was recovered.

Prabhu gave details of the operation at a press conference in Gadchiroli on Sunday evening and recovery of firearms and ammunition. He claimed that the seized material may need a truck for transport from the place of recovery. Search operations are still on. The recovered material would be brought to Gadchiroli after the operation is over. He however did not give the exact location of the place from where the material was seized.

Huge cache of Naxal arms, ammunition - The Times of India

 

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Arms and ammunition recovered in Jammu and Kashmir:

Jammu, Nov 13 (PTI) Security forces today busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district and recovered arms, ammunition and explosives.

In a joint operation, troops of 60 Rashtriya Rifles and Police smashed the hideout located in Sil Wali Doke forest belt in Bhudal belt, officials said.

The seizure included a pistol, two pistol magazines, an AK rifle magazine, a wireless set and five Chinese-made grenades, they said. PTI

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Police constable injured in J&K:

A police constable was injured when a woman subjected a joint team of Janipura police station and Chinore police post to stone pelting when the cops had gone to arrest her husband, who was wanted in a cheating case. The accused managed to escape from the spot.

Reports said a police team from Janipura police station accompanied by Chinore police post had gone to Keran, Bantalab to arrest a cheating case accused Talib Hussain.

When police tried to arrest Talib, originally a resident of Poonch, his family members resisted the attempt. In the process, Talib’s wife threw stones and bricks at the cops.

A brick hit a Selection Grade Constable (SGC) Mohammad Sadiq causing him a serious injury on his arm. The injured constable has been hospitalized.

Police retrieved from the spot as Talib Hussain fled away from the scene.

A case has been registered in this connection at Chinore police post. Police said the accused involved in attack on the cops would be arrested.

SHO Janipura police station Inspector Tahir Ali rushed to the spot for investigations.

DAILY EXCELSIOR

 

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Maoists rebels call off West Bengal ceasefire:

A statement signed by Maoist leader Akash said they took the decision as government had been carrying on operations against the rebels.

Hours later, rebels killed a worker of the governing Trinamul Congress party and his son, according to police.

The rebels want the government to withdraw forces from the Junglemahal area where they are active.

The rebels are active in several eastern and central states.

Soon after winning the state assembly elections in May, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appointed a team of mediators to negotiate with the Maoists.

Starting peace talks with the rebels was a part of her election manifesto.

The Maoists began a ceasefire on 3 October after a meeting with the government-appointed mediators.

However, in the statement issued by rebels on Monday, Akash questioned the independence of the mediators and hinted that they were acting on the behalf of the government.

Later in the day, rebels gunned down a Trinamul Congress worker and his son in Balarampur area of Purulia district, police said.

The BBC's Amitabh Bhattashali in Calcutta says the government has been conducting a number of raids on rebel hideouts, and arrested two senior rebel leaders over the weekend.

The Junglemahal region of West Bengal, which borders the state of Jharkhand, comprises West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts.

In May 2010, more than 145 people were killed when a train crashed in the area after Maoist rebels allegedly sabotaged the rails.

The rebels say they are fighting for the rights of indigenous tribal people and the rural poor.

A government offensive against the rebels - widely referred to as Operation Green Hunt - began in late 2009.

It involves 50,000 paramilitary troops and is taking place across five states - West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and Chhattisgarh.

BBC News - India's Maoists rebels call off West Bengal ceasefire

 

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3 IEDs recovered in Manipur:

IMPHAL, Nov 13: A day after an ambush was carried out on education minister in Senapati district, security personnel recovered three live Improvised Explosive Device (IED) bombs during a massive search operation at the spot today.

According to an official source, the three IEDs were found when police and state security personnel conducted a search on the stretch of the inter-village road from Maram to Purul in Senapati district as a follow up measure regarding the Saturday incident.

It is worth noting that Manipur cabinet minister DD Thaisii hailing from the Congress party was ambushed by heavily armed men at a place between Koide and Maram in Senapati district on Saturday that inflicted injury to an escort personnel. Some bullets had hit the vehicle in which the minister was travelling in. DD Thaisii was on his way to his native village Purul in Senapati district.

The life attempt on his life did not deter minister DD Thaisii from going ahead with his tour to his native village, Purul village of Senapati district. He reached yesterday at Purul village and halted a night there with heavy security reinforcement.

A strong team of Senapati district police and state security force under the supervision of Senapati additional SP rushed to escort back the minister last night. However, the minister who got an overwhelmed reception from villagers located on the sides of the stretch of the Maram-Purul road decided to stay the night in his native village.

The minister went to his native village to inspect sites where various developmental works are being taken up. The minister’s return journey to Imphal was delayed till today afternoon as Senapati police has to call out bomb experts from Imphal.

A team of Manipur Police Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad rushed to the spot and defused the three bombs safely around 2 pm today at the same places where the bombs were planted.

DD Thaisii returned to Imphal concluding his inspection to various development projects in Purul sub-division of Senapati district with heavy deployment of security on the whole stretch of the road from Purul to Imphal.

Meanwhile, the Naga People’s Organization (NPO) has condemned the attack on Manipur D.D Thaisii by unidentified gunmen. “Such incident is ‘unfortunate and disturbing’ during peaceful situation and especially at times of uniting all the Naga factional groups. We cannot continue to encourage violence while seeking peaceful resolutions among different groups and communities among Naga brethren,” the NPO said.

The NPO appeals to all revolutionary groups and individual to refrain violence and bloodshed during crucial days of our reconciliation process among Nagas. “During our collective aspirations and wishes to reconcile and unite Nagas in the backdrop of our positive peace-process, such incident becomes detrimental to our noble efforts,” it added.

Appealing earnestly against all forms violence and aggression by any revolutionary groups, the NPO sincerely shares the pains of the injured victim, Jamandar Sanii Pao of Purul; the NPO also wishes speedy recovery and good health.

The Manipur government also strongly condemned the attack on DD Thaisii.

Government spokesman N Biren while describing the assassination bid on the life of DD Thaisii as an act of cowardice said, “The life attempt on minister DD Thaisii, who had gone to inspect developmental works in the hill areas was an act of those group who does not want to develop the area. They are the enemy of the people. People should know this and abstain from supporting them”.

The Government College Part-time Lecturers’ Association, Manipur also condemned the attack on education minister DD Thaisii by some suspected armed militants in Senapati district yesterday.

IEDs recovered in aftermath of ambush on Thaisii, condemnation pours in | Kanglaonline

 

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Maoists kill two Trinamool Congress workers in West Bengal:

PURULIA (WB): Suspected Maoists on Monday night shot dead two Trinamool Congress workers of the party at Balarampur in Purulia district, a party MLA said.

The attackers, who came on a bike, called Ajit Singh Sardar (56) and his son Baku Singh Sardar (26) from their house to a nearby jungle at Ghatbera and shot them dead, Trinamool Congress MLA from Purulia K P Singhdeo said.

The incident took place three days after chief minister Mamata Banerjee held a public meeting at the very place - Balarampur, warning the extremists that the joint forces operation would be resumed if the ultras continued with their politics of violence.

The Trinamool MLA said quoting local people that the attackers raised Maoist slogans before escaping deeper into the jungle.

Though the police were yet to confirm the killings, Singhdeo said the joint forces rushed to the site from nearby Ghatbera police camp and engaged the Maoists in an encounter.

Security personnel launched a combing operation in the area.

Maoists kill two Trinamool Congress workers in West Bengal's Purulia district - The Times of India

 

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Maoists Ready for a 4-Month Ceasefire Now

With the West Bengal government to intensify anti-Maoist operations in junglemahal, an interlocutor today claimed that the ultras had taken a u-turn and were ready for a four-month ceasefire on the condition that joint operations were suspended for an identical period.

Government-appointed interlocutor Sujato Bhadra said he received a letter dated November 6 last night from the Maoists offering a four-month truce if the joint force operations were suspended for the same period.

Maoist state secretary Akash in a statement earlier had withdrawn the unilateral offer of a ceasefire for a month.

The Maoists, Bhadra said, also demanded that the state government allow four banned organisations to take out rallies and processions.

To a question, Bhadra said that the Maoists expressed willingness to sit with the interlocutors.


Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said yesterday after two Trinamool Congressmen were shot dead that operations by the joint forces would be resumed as the Maoists had continued with killings though they had been given five months time with joint operations against them suspended.

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news.outlookindia.com | Maoists Ready for a 4-Month Ceasefire Now: Interlocutor

 

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Six more districts in AP may be declared ‘Naxal-affected':

VISAKHAPATNAM, NOV. 13:
Six more districts in Andhra Pradesh may be declared ‘Naxal-affected' in addition to the existing two, according to Mr Jairam Ramesh, the Union Minister for Rural Development.

The minister was speaking at a public meeting at Hukumpeta near Paderu in the agency (tribal) area of Visakhapatnam district on Sunday afternoon, after planting the millionth tree as a part of the Haryali Mahotsav (tree plantation) undertaken to boost the income levels of Girijans and improve the environment.

“It is a matter of deep worry that tribal areas — mineral-rich, forest-rich areas inhabited mostly by Girijans in the mountainous tracts — are in a state of ferment and unrest. The gap between the Government and Girijans is widening of late, which is being exploited by the Naxals. There is clearly a trust deficit which we have to address,” he remarked.

He said at present 60 districts in the country have been identified as Naxal-affected, including two in Andhra Pradesh (Adilabad and Khammam), and six more districts in Andhra Pradesh may join the list including Visakhapatnam district. “Six mandals out of the 11 mandals in the agency area in the Eastern Ghats in the district are affected by the problem,” he said .

Mr Ramesh said the Naxal issue should not be viewed as a law and order problem, to be dealt with by the police and paramilitary forces alone. Programmes should be taken up to wean Girijans away from Naxals and make them partners in progress. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme should be implemented in earnest, and the money allocated for Girijan programmes should not be diverted. Corruption should be weeded out and all steps should be taken to improve the faith of Girijans in the administration. At the same time, a political dialogue should be started with Naxals to bring them into the political mainstream. He said that this was the right way to defeat Naxal ideology.

Business Line : Industry & Economy / Economy : Six more districts in AP may be declared

 

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GNLA rebels abduct 2 Assam-based bamboo traders:

Two Assam-based bamboo traders have allegedly been abducted by Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels prompting security forces in Meghalaya to launch search operations to free them. Meghalaya's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) commandos and Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) of the CRPF have been pressed into service to track down the rebels who are suspected to be holed up in the Garo Hills region, police said today. Amir Hussain and Nor Islam were abducted on November one from Dame Apal village in East Garo Hills district. The GNLA has not come forward to claim responsibility for the kidnapping but police said they have registered a case against the GNLA as they believe that it is the handiwork of the outfit under the leadership of one Rahul R Marak, a self-styled camp commander of the group. Quoting family members of the two traders, police said they have not received any demand for ransom money from any one so far. The GNLA, which is not a banned outfit in Meghalaya, is active in all the three Garo Hills districts. It is headed by a former deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Champion R Sangma who deserted his police battalion last year. The Union Home Ministry has reportedly asked the state government about its views on the issue of banning the outfit.

GNLA rebels abduct 2 Assam-based bamboo traders, IBN Live News