Insurgent & Secessionist movements in India

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Girl Raped for Leaving Maoist Ranks​

Latehar, May 01: A 16-year-old girl and a member of a Maoist outfit was allegedly raped by other members for fleeing the camp in Latehar district of Jharkhand, the police said on Saturday.

"The girl ran away from a camp about five days ago. She was caught by the ultras, beaten up and raped when she refused to return," Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Dwivedi said.

The Maoists had appealed to sympathisers to trace her alleging that she had fled with arms.

The SP said the girl was left at a lonely place from where villagers rescued her and admitted to a health centre.

The girl was arrested and shifted to the Sadar Hospital, Latehar, he said.

The girl had earlier also run away following physical and mental pressure on her and had been jailed after being arrested from the Manika police station area.

-PTI

Girl raped for leaving Maoist ranks | Siasat

Maoists Blast School in Orissa​

KORAPUT(Orissa): Armed Maoists triggered explosions at a government-run residential school for tribal girls, barely few metres away from a BSF camp in the district, police said on Sunday.

About 200 ultras stormed the school premises at Dhepaguda under Narayapatna area and set off at least three blasts last night, causing extensive damage to furniture and other goods, Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Sahoo said.

However, no one was injured in the attack as the girls had gone home for summer vacation and no damage was caused to the structure. The ultras put up posters on the wall and shouted slogans before leaving the place.

A BSF camp is located barely 500 metres from the Kanyashram but the Maoists could manage to target the school before the security personnel intervened. Combing operation had been intensified in the area, Sahoo added.

Supply of arms, ammo to Naxals: 2 more held - India - The Times of India

Supply of Arms, Ammo to Naxals: 2 more held​

MAU(UP): Two more persons were today arrested as part of investigations into the alleged supply of arms and ammunition to criminal outfits and possibly Naxals by a gang involving certain security personnel.

The duo was arrested from Jagdishpur village here on the basis of inputs by Uttar Pradesh STF which had taken into custody six people, including two CRPF jawans, in connection with the case three days ago, a senior police officer said here.

"On the basis of inputs provided by the Special Task Force, Dinesh and Shanker were arrested this morning from Jagdishpur village," Superintendent of Police Onkar Singh said.

He said the duo, allegedly involved in various criminal cases in the past, was acting as middlemen and 16 cartridges of 9 mm were recovered from them.

"Dinesh and Shanker are being interrogated and efforts are on to arrest more members of the racket," Singh said.

On April 30, the STF had arrested five security personnel and a retired sub-inspector following inputs that a large quantity of cartridges were being smuggled out of the CRPF group centre at Rampur via a source in Allahabad to various criminal gangs and possibly Naxals.

Over 5,000 live cartridges, 16 magazines of INSAS rifles, .25 bore guns, SLR and AK-47s had been recovered besides 245 kg of empty shells following raids at various places.

"Going by the size of recovery, it is clear that the weapons were being supplied to some big organisation which could even be a Naxal outfit. Further details will be known only after completion of the investigations," ADG (Law and Order) Brij Lal had said in Lucknow.

Supply of arms, ammo to Naxals: 2 more held - India - The Times of India

 

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Four BMP Jawans Killed in Maoist Attack​

Aurangabad, May 3 (PTI) Four Bihar Military Police (BMP) jawans were killed and another was seriously injured when Maoists spayed bullets on a police patrol in Bihar's Aurangabad district today, police said.

The incident happened at Tandawa Bazaar area in the district when the BMP personnel along with the District Armed Police Force were patrolling the area.

Six Maoists, armed with sophisticated weapons, indiscriminately fired at them, SP Sanjay Kumar Singh said.

Four BMP jawans were killed on the spot, while another was seriously injured, he said.

The ultras also looted five rifles and several rounds of ammunition from them before escaping, the SP said.

The entry and exit points of the district were sealed and a combing operation launched for the Maoists, he said.

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Maoists Kill Congress Leader, 2 CPM Workers in West Bengal
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JHARGRAM (WB): Bodies of a Congress leader and two CPM workers killed by suspected Maoists were found on Wednesday near Lalgarh in West Midnapore district.

Bikash Mahato (40), working President of Jhargram Block Congress, was shot dead by Maoists this morning and his body was found near roadside at Baghmuri village, police said.

Mahato was picked up by armed Maoists from his residence last afternoon. Maoists suspected him to be working as police informer.

Two CPM workers, Shankar Pal (35) and middle-aged Haripada Singha Deb, were also shot dead today by Maoist guerrillas, the police said.

Pal and Deb were picked up from their residences last night and their bullet-riddled bodies were found at Murar and Basantapur villages respectively in Lalgarh police station.

The Maoist posters left at the spot near Singha Deb's body said he was killed on charge of spying for the police, sources said.

Maoists kill Congress leader, 2 CPM workers in West Bengal - India - The Times of India

 

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Maoists Ransack Government Building, Blew up house​

Malkanagiri (Orissa), May 7 (PTI) Maoists ransacked a government building and blew up a house in this district, police said today.

A group of 50 ultras attacked the Integrated Child Development Scheme office building at Kudumuluguma under Orkel police station area, about 70 km from here, midnight last night.

The Maoists, who were shouting slogans against the government and security forces, ransacked furniture and set afire documents and files, they said.

The ultras also blew up the house of a boat operator, Rama Rao, at Boleru about 100 kms from here, around midnight, police said, adding Rao managed to escape.

Police said Rao's house was targeted possibly because the Maoists thought that he uses his boat to help the police and security forces in crossing the river Sileru.

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Bomb Found Near Railway Track​

Guwahati, May 04: Security forces today recovered a bomb near the railway tracks at Moirabari in Udalguri district of Assam. Official sources said the explosive was recovered during a search operation conducted on the railway tracks in the area following an input that anti-talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants could strike after the arrest of their 'chief' Ranjan Daimary. The bomb disposal squad has been rushed to defuse the bomb. The entire state had been put on red alert following the arrest of Daimary, apprehending terror attacks by the cadres of his proscribed outfit in retaliation.

Bomb found near railway track | Siasat

 

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[Abu Zolfiqar]

Maoists Gun Down CPM Leader in West Bengal
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JHARGRAM: In a midnight attack, armed Maoists dragged out a local CPM leader from his house and gunned him down at Lodhasoli in West Midnapore's Jhargram area, police said on Saturday.

Sudhanshu Maiti (53), Lodhasoli local committee member of CPM, was asleep in his house at Nahoria village when an armed gang of about 25 Maoists broke open the door of his house on Friday night.

They then dragged him down from his first floor bedroom to his courtyard and fired at him from a close range. The bullets pierced his head and heart killing Maiti on the spot, police said.

Police was informed soon after incident and reached the spot on Saturday morning as crossing the forest during the night posed a threat to the personnel.

Joint force personnel were deployed in the area to track down the assailants and the body has been sent for post-mortem.

The killing took place just a day after the PCPA, frontal organisation of the Maoists, withdrew its month-long indefinite blockade demanding scrapping of the joint force operation and production of its arrested members at the court.

The blockade was launched on April 5 and withdrawn on May 6 but life in the area was still to return to normal as vehicles carrying passengers and goods were keeping off the area.

Maoists gun down CPM leader in West Bengal - India - The Times of India


CRPF Commandant Suspended for Supplying Ammo to Maoists

Even as the CRPF instituted a court of inquiry into the illegal sale of weapons and ammunition to the Maoists, a commandant of the CRPF at the group centre in Rampur was suspended late on Thursday.

The CRPF court of inquiry, led by DIG, CRPF, M K Dubey, ordered the suspension of assistant commandant J K Misra for his involvement in the scam primarily because he was identified as an active associate of the two CRPF constables arrested by UP STF on April 30.

It is learnt that more from the rank and file of the CRPF are likely to be suspended for involvement in the pilferage of cartridges.

CRPF commandant suspended for supplying ammo to Maoists - India - The Times of India

Fresh Gunbattle Between Maoists, Security Forces in Orissa's Koraput District
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KORAPUT (Orissa): A fresh gunbattle erupted between security forces and Maoists in Orissa's Koraput district on Sunday with casualties likely from the rebel camp.

Police said on Sunday that a joint team of Orissa police, BSF and the Greyhound force from Andhra Pradesh engaged the ultras in a fierce encounter at Gumandi forest at Podapadar in the Narayanpatna police area, about 100 km from here, they said.

"Chances of casualties from the Maoist side are high, though we are yet to recover anybody after the intense gunbattle that took place since last night," Koraput district superintendent of police Anup Kumar Sahoo said.

However, there are indications of a couple of bodies having been dragged from the site of the encounter by the ultras while fleeing, he said. A massive combing operation was underway in the forest, he added.

Some kits and other articles were also found at the encounter site.

An exact picture would be available after the securitymen return from the spot, Sahoo said.

Maoist casualties suspected in Orissa gunbattle - India - The Times of India

 

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Maoists Target CRPF Vehicle in Chhattisgarh, 8 Jawans Killed
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RAIPUR: Eight CRPF jawans were today killed when Naxals blew up a bullet-proof vehicle in Bijapur district of Chhhattisgarh in the first major attack since the Dantewada ambush left 76 security men dead a month ago.

The naxalites triggered the IED blast near Pedakodepal village on National Highway 16 in Bijapur, 284 km from here, and fired at the security personnel, Director General of Police Vishwaranjan said.

Eight CRPF personnel of 168 Battalion, including a driver, who were travelling in a TATA 407 bulletproof vehicle from their company headquarters in Murkinal to nearby battalion headquarters, were killed, he said.

One jawan was injured and another went missing in the attack, the DGP said.

"It appears that the security personnel ignored the instruction not to travel in any kind of vehicle in the naxal-hit areas," State Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar said.

The injured were admitted to a hospital in Jagdalpur. According to CRPF sources, an eight-feet crater was formed on the 'pucca' road as a result of the blast.

The dead have been identified as S-I Santosh Chaurasia, Head Constable (driver) Hazarilal, HC H K Ghosh, HC M Subramuium, Constable Tekram Verma, Rakesh Meena, Santosh Chauhan and Ilaab Singh.

Naxalites had on April 6 carried out their deadliest attack killing 76 security personnel in Mukrana forests of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.

Maoists target CRPF vehicle in Chhattisgarh, 8 jawans killed - India - The Times of India

Explosives Seized at Nagpur Railway Station​

Explosives were seized from the Nagpur Railway Station around 1 pm on Saturday. Three RPF constables were on platform number 4, when they spotted a suspicious-looking man in his early sixties on the footover bridge holding a white plastic bag.

When questioned, he offered evasive replies leading to an alert among the police. They checked the bag and found 80 gelatin rods and 73 wired detonators. The man was identified as Pannalal Ramtek from Aamgaon village in Gondia district, a Naxal affected area. Preliminary enquiries reveal that Ramtek was waiting for a person to whom the consignment was to be delivered. He named the source.

Meanwhile, the accused has been handed over to the GRP (Nagpur). The ATS and Anti-Naxal cells have also been informed.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/explosives-seized-at-nagpur-railway-station-24217.php

Six Tribals Injured in Maoists Attack in A.P.
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Hyderabad, May 10: Six tribals were injured on Monday when Maoists fired at their vehicle in a forest area in Visakhapatnam, thinking it was carrying police personnel.

The incident took place in R. V. Puram forest area of G. K. Veedhi mandal on the Andhra-Orissa border when a group of ultras fired at a private vehicle suspecting that it was carrying police personnel, a senior police officer said.

The Maoists soon fled away. The tribals received bullet injuries and have been admitted to a government hospital. They were being shifted to KGM hospital at Visakhapatnam, he said.

Additional security personnel have been rushed to the spot for combing operations, the police officer said.

Six tribals injured in Maoists attack in A.P. | Siasat

 

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Three Hydel Power Project Employees Shot and Criticaly Injured​

TEZPUR (Assam): Three employees, including an engineer, of Kameng Hydel Power Project in Arunachal Pradesh have been shot at and critically injured by unidentified gunmen today, police said.

The assailants attacked the trio at the project site in Bishum of the neighbouring state, about 65 kms from here. They were rushed to the Tezpur Civil Hospital here.

The bullets lodged in their bodies have been removed but their condition was stated to be critical.

The trio have been identified as engineer M C Dihingia and staff Padum Changmai and Anuj Dev.

The cause of the attack and the identity of the assailants was yet to be ascertained.

Three hydel power project employees shot and criticaly injured - Guwahati - City - The Times of India

 

[Paksindhi]

It's a CAST problem that exist in most of rural india, which is fuelling this rebellion against upper cast india.

Upper cast indians dont even consider Dalit's human's, thats the core issue.

Centuries of oppression in boiling out.

5% of barahman's controlling 60% of dalit's.

Talk to them with honest intention before it's too late

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Maoists Open Fire at Police Outpost in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District
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RAIPUR: Maoists opened fire early Wednesday at a police outpost at Chintalnar in Dantewada district where the guerrillas had slaughtered 76 security personnel last month, police said.

"Maoists opened fire from two sides at a police outpost in Chintalnar. The policemen, backed by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalion that was camping close to the outpost, strongly retaliated," T.J. Longkumer, inspector general of police, Bastar, said by phone.

"It was a 'harassing fire' by the Maoists at Chintalnar outpost. The Maoists ran away after the retaliatory firing. There was no casualty from either side," he added.

Longkumer said nearly 150 security personnel of the 62nd battalion of the CRPF and state policemen based at Chintalnar were combing the Chintalnar forest in a bid to apprehend the attackers.

The Maoists killed 75 CRPF men of the 62nd battalion and a state policeman in Chintalnar forest April 6 in the biggest-ever attack carried out by them since they launched a violent movement from a village of West Bengal in 1967.

Maoists open fire at police outpost in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district - India - The Times of India

Maoists Kill Two Villagers for Spying in Orissa
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Bhubaneswar, May 12: Maoist guerrillas hacked two villagers to death in Orissa's Gajapati district early Wednesday after accusing them of being police spies, authorities said.

"More than 20 armed rebels dragged Dinabandhu Mantri and Sadananda Sual Singh, a village guard, out of their homes at Katama village at about 2 a.m. The Maoists tied their hands with ropes and killed them," Superintendent of Police Sanjib Arora said.

Katama village is about 490 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar and is considered a Maoist stronghold.

The guerrillas also pasted posters and left leaflets asking people not to help the police or join the police force.

"People who will join police force or work for them will meet with similar fate," the leaflets warned.

-IANS

Maoists kill two villagers for spying in Orissa | Siasat

 

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Maoist kill eight Indians in ‘revenge’ attack

* Security forces kill two rebels, recover IEDs in Dantewada district

RAJPUR: Maoist rebels killed eight villagers in an apparent revenge attack on suspected informers in a central Indian state, police said on Sunday.

More than 50 leftist guerrillas surrounded two villages in Chhattisgarh state late on Saturday night and killed the villagers after abducting them, state police spokesman RKVij told AFP. Vij said the Maoists suspected the people living in Pratappur and Teregaon villages were helping the state authorities to arrest rebels and had informed the police about their movements. “The insurgents took the villagers into the thick jungle, slit the throats of eight people and later threw their bodies near the villages,” he said. At least three villagers are still in Maoist custody.

Rebels shot dead: Meanwhile, security forces on Sunday shot dead two Maoist guerrillas and recovered a huge number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) after a gunbattle in Dantewada district, 430 kilometres from the state capital, Raipur. The Maoist rebellion has spread to 20 of India’s 29 states and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called it the country’s biggest internal security threat. The Maoist claim to be fighting for the rights of impoverished tribal people and other victims of state violence. India has launched a security offensive in several Maoist-infested areas, but so far failed to curb their operations significantly. afp

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[Abu Zolfiqar]

they seem to be able to move around in huge groups -- usually 50 or more, wielding weapons and munitions.

their attacks are getting a lot bolder

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Monday, 17 May 2010
Jumadi-us-Sani 02, 1431

Maoists Blow Up Bus in India, 20 Dead​

RAIPUR: Maoist rebels blew up a bus carrying police in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Monday, killing at least 20 people, a police official said, the latest in a series of attacks.

“About 40 people were travelling on the bus and at least 20 police personnel and a couple of civilians have been killed in a landmine blast,” said S.R. Kalluri, deputy inspector general of Dantewada district, where the attack took place.

The security personnel were special police officers, who are recruited from the civilian population, to help security forces in anti-Maoist operations, Kalluri told AFP.

Television reports put the death toll as high as 30. Dantewada district in Chattisgarh is a Maoist stronghold where rebels ambushed and killed 75 policemen last month in the worst ever massacre of security forces by the left-wing extremists.

The guerrillas have stepped up attacks in response to a government offensive against them that began late last year in the forests of the so-called “Red Corridor” that stretches across north and eastern India.

The insurgency began in the state of West Bengal in 1967 in the name of defending the rights of tribal groups, but attacks have since spread to 20 of India's 28 states.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has labelled the insurgency the biggest internal security threat to India.

Tribal groups and many rural areas have been left behind by the country's economic development, and the poverty and discontent with local government corruption is seen as a major source of Maoist support.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram has previously said the government needs to tackle the root causes of the insurgency and he has offered talks with the rebels, on condition they renounced violence beforehand.

Senior Maoist figures have said they will talk only if the government puts an end to the national offensive, codenamed Operation Green Hunt, that involves 56,000 paramilitary forces in six states in addition to local police.

So far, New Delhi has resisted using the military against the insurgents, though the recent deaths have prompted calls for a larger assault.

On Sunday the rebels killed eight villagers in an apparent revenge attack on suspected informers in Chhattisgarh. More than 50 Maoists surrounded two villages and killed the victims after abducting them.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...06-maoists-blow-up-bus-in-india-20-dead-rs-01

 

[prodevelopment]

they seem to be able to move around in huge groups -- usually 50 or more, wielding weapons and munitions.

their attacks are getting a lot bolder

Yup. And they are targetting civilians as well.

The worrying part is that PC, MMS and SG still don't seem to realize the extent of the problem. Tackling the Maoists CANNOT be left to the states, especially when they are present in 1/3 of the country.

The efforts HAVE to be coordinated by the centre.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

so you agree that police are not equipped to deal with the threat and army operations will/should ensue?

quite brave of you; some of your countrymen here and elsewhere seem to vociferously think otherwise

 

[prodevelopment]

so you agree that police are not equipped to deal with the threat and army operations will/should ensue?

quite brave of you; some of your countrymen here and elsewhere seem to vociferously think otherwise

I don't think that any Indian would say that our police force (of any state) is well equipped, especially in front of a well armed guerrilla force.

Should an army operation ensue? Debatable. I don't know who should be at the forefront of the operations because I don't know enough about counter-guerrilla tactics.

But yes, we have seen that our state governments are woefully ill-equipped to deal with this threat. Obviously some level of central intervention is required. Whether that intervention should be in the form of coordination, supervision or direct combat, I don't know.