Insurgent & Secessionist movements in India

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Maoists kill two former cadres in Maharashtra

Nagpur:
A group of Naxals allegedly killed two of their cadres in a village in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra Thursday morning, police said.

Devsay Usendi, 25, and Ram Narote, 45, were residents of Markegaon village in the district.

The Maoists picked both of them from their houses in the wee hours.


Their bodies were later found on Markegaon- Sawargaon Road, they said.


Usendi and Narote were president and member respectively of Area Sangam Committee of Maoists, police said adding the reason behind the murders was not yet known.

Police, however, said there was no information about kidnapping of 10 to 12 villagers from Markegaon.

Earlier it was reported that after killing the two rebels, the Maoists took 10 to 12 villagers to a nearby jungle.

Maoists kill their men in Maharashtra | UCAN India

 

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Under Naxal threat, political activists resign in Bhamragarh

NAGPUR: From instilling fear among the tribal villagers, the Naxals are going all-out to dent the democratic set up in Gadchiroli. Due to threats issued by them, the political leaders and workers quit their parties in Bhamragarh tehsil in South Gadchiroli on Thursday. And now, the elected representatives have been asked to quit local bodies on May 1.

Naxalites, who have started targeting political leaders in Gadchiroli, have reportedly issued a warning to rural office-bearers in local bodies to resign. The threat seems to be spreading across the political parties in other tehsil places too. Now, political workers and activists from Etapalli and Korchi may follow suit. The increasing influence of Naxals, sources said, has put the district and police administration on the back foot.

The Naxalites have so far killed six civilians in this month alone in Gadchiroli, of which four had affiliation to political parties. On April 13, ex-zilla parishad member Kewal Atkamwar was killed in Etapalli. A week later Pawankumar Bhalavi, former Naxalite and husband of ex-Panchayat Samiti chairperson in Arewada village was killed on April 20. Two days later, on April 22, the Maoists killed Gardewada gram panchayat sarpanch Chamru Joi. On April 24, deputy sarpanch of Wangeturi gram panchayat Rainu Juru Kowse, was murdered.

In February, the Naxals eliminated Congress block president and panchayat Samiti chairman a few days before the civic election.

After a spate of killings and kidnapping scare, the Naxals are trying to stamp their authority in their strongholds. They had set April 26 as deadline for leaders holding key posts in political parties and civic bodies to tender resignations. The deadline is now extended to May 1 (Maharashtra Day).

If leaders and office-bearers of zilla parishad, panchayat samiti and gram panchayats give in to the Naxal threat to quit on Maharashtra Day, then it may cause a huge embarrassment for the district administration and security forces. The new ZP and PS bodies were elected only in February.

The Naxal strategy points to the fact that members of national parties are their prime targets, local outfits like the Nag-Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, too buckle under Naxal pressure. The local BJP and NCP leaders cite poor show of their parties in the February local polls as a reason to quit the party. "But the reason is obvious in Naxal-dominated region," the source said.

A top leader said political leaders are facing a threat to their lives from Naxals. The district police has warned leaders against visiting remote areas. "The rebels are calling the shots here and they can strike at will," he said.

Congress MP from Gadchiroli-Chimur constituency Marotrao Kowase said that the ministers and government officials are committing a major mistake by not taking the locals into confidence. "The talks are on at a higher-level in the government to tackle the situation. The approach needs to change. The government and ministers should engage local leaders, respected members of the society and people's representatives from the grassroots-level to find a solution which is not happening," he said.

Former MLA and NCP district chief Dharmarao Baba Atram sounded clueless. When TOI enquired whether he had any discussion about the ongoing violence in the district with State home minister and the guardian minister RR Patil, who is also from his party, the NCP leader replied in the negative.

Under Naxal threat, political activists resign in Bhamragarh - The Times of India

 

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Naxals up the ante, kill sarpanch in Maharashtra:

NAGPUR: The red rebels are continuing their violent trail in Gadchiroli. On Sunday, the Naxalites shot dead a remote village's sarpanch, also an active leader of Nationalist Congress Party, near the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border. A day later, they thrashed some forest employees and set their vehicle on fire.

Sources in the district informed that Chamru Kulle Joi, sarpanch of Gardewada village, was whisked away from his residence on Saturday night while he was eating. Joi was taken to another village Mardakuhi, around four kilometers away, where he was shot dead in full view of villagers. It is learnt the Naxals had also assembled villagers from Gardewada village too to witness his 'trial'. The security forces retrieved Joi's body a day later when it had already started decomposing in heat and rain.

Naxals up the ante, kill sarpanch - Times Of India

 

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Bomb blast in Madhubani Bihar injures 6, 3 stated to be critical

Madhubani (Bihar): Six persons were injured when a crude bomb concealed in Kavilasi riverine area near Parsauni village of Bihar's Madhubani district exploded on Thursday, the police sources said.

The injured were admitted to a government hospital in Madhubani where condition of three was stated to be serious, sources said.

The bomb went off when they were passing through the area, they said.

Bomb blast in Madhubani injures six, 3 stated to be critical

 

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Twin blast rocks city, 2 injured in Manipur:

At least two people sustained injuries in a bomb attacks carried out by unidentified miscreants at two different places of Imphal under Lamphel Police Station today Source Hueiyen News Service

Twin blast rocks city, 2 hurt | Manipur News

Intending candidate abducted by armed militants in Manipur

IMPHAL, April 27: The whereabouts of an intending candidate of the Lairenkabi Kadangban Gram Panchayat election remains a mystery after he was allegedly abducted by armed militants while he was returning home along with his wife on Thursday night at around 8:50pm.

Soon after hearing about the abduction, a massive search was conducted at the nearby areas by local meira paibis and youths.

The kidnapped person has been identified as Nungleppam Bobby alias Bobbit,aged 37, son of (L) Budha of Kadangban Part I under Lamsang Police Station.

According to his wife Shanti, the two were visiting a relative at Kadangband Pt II on their Maruti 800 car when two unidentified youths sprang out and signalled them to stop. The incident happened just about 300 meters away from their residence, she added.

After Bobby stopped the car, the two took him a little farther from the car for a talk, she added.

Some minutes later, when Bobby failed to return, she flashed a torch light towards them, at which one of the youths yelled back to put off the torch light, she told media persons.

They further yelled not to report the matter to the police and ran off taking Bobby along with them, she informed before adding due to the darkness she couldn’t make out the direction they took off.

She informed her family about the abduction on her mobile.

Soon after, family members and locals conducted a massive search in the nearby areas of Chirang Phumluo, Koutruk, Kharam and Ngakhuyang.

Receiving reports of the alleged abduction, a Lamsang Police commando team also came and enquired about the incident last night around 10:30pm.

Meanwhile, decrying the alleged abduction, local meira paibis staged sit- in-protest this morning at around 10:30am at the Kadangban Part I and II. The agitators demanded safe release of Bobby.

Intending candidate abducted in Kadangban | Kanglaonline

IED blast by GNLA militants misses Police truck in Meghalaya

TURA: Suspected GNLA militants attempted to take out a truck full of Meghalaya policemen on the outskirts of militant-infested Chokpot region of South Garo Hills by triggering a powerful IED blast which narrowly missed them on Thursday afternoon.

A large group of armed policemen returning to Tura after conduct of anti-insurgency operations were targeted by the GNLA militants who detonated the explosive hidden on the side of a road culvert at Daji Tesakgre village, just 3 kms from Chokpot between 3:30 and 4 pm. The militants, suspected to be led by ‘area commander’ Baichung Momin, laid the trap for the police truck but it was a miracle for the men as the explosion took place just before the truck crossed the culvert. The police personnel were on their way to their battalion headquarters in Goeragre, 12 kms from Tura.

As soon as the blast occurred there was exchange of fire as the militants who were hiding up in the nearby hills tried to attack the police personnel who also responded with heavy firing forcing the ultras to flee.

No casualties were reported from either side.

The explosion resulted in shock for a woman who was coming in a bus from the opposite direction. She collapsed and was administered medical treatment at Chokpot health centre.

The daring move by the ultras to target police so close to Chokpot has sent alarming bells ringing and intensive cordon and search operations have been launched to nab those who were involved in the attack.

Police have recovered detonation wires from the place where the bomb was exploded but also say that a remote device was used to trigger the explosion.

The attack comes just a day after another group of GNLA militants opened fire on a passenger Tata Sumo going from Baghmara to Tura near Sibbari area causing superficial injuries to one passenger. The militants were reportedly lying in wait to commit an atrocity on a civilian passing through that area.

IED blast misses police truck | The Shillong Times

Maoists set 10 vehicles on fire, hold 14 hostage

DHANBAD: An armed group of Maoists set ablaze 10 vehicles belonging to a private construction company and held 14 of its employees hostage for sometime in Bandguda late on Saturday.

According to Muffasil police station officer-in-charge Ravindra Prasad Singh, about 15 armed Maoists entered the makeshift office of the construction company late at night and held hostage 14 members of the staff, including guards, drivers and cooks, for a few hours.

Maoists set 10 vehicles on fire - Times Of India

 

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It’s official: Maoists present in Kerala forests


TRIVANDRUM - Kerala Director General of Police Jacob Punnoose said on Wednesday that some Maoist groups from the north Indian states have infiltrated into the state.
Talking to reporters at Aleppey, he said Left-wing extremists from Orissa, Jharkand and Chattisgarh were active in the forests bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Punnoose said many Maoists hunted by the police in these states were also coming to the state and engaging in various jobs.

However, he said there was no evidence of them directly participating in any terrorist activities in the state. He said that the police were making efforts to trace them with the help of other agencies. He refused to divulge further details.

The disclosure comes in the wake of intelligence reports that the Maoists were using the border areas of Kerala and Karnataka as a hideout ever since the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched the “Operation Green Hunt”.

The reports said that there were sufficient indications suggesting these Maoists were also trying to set up a guerrilla squad in the tribal dominated northern district of Wayanad. Following this, the police and forest officials from Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu had made joint searches in the forests.

Earlier there were reports that several youths from Kerala were sent to Jharkhand for military training. Police believed that this was part of a move to carve out a new guerrilla zone in South India, covering Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Some of these trained Maoist cadres were deployed in the Kerala-Karnataka -Tamil Nadu border.

Naxalism had taken deep roots in Kerala in the sixties and seventies, when the state witnessed several incidents of naxalite-related violence. The major incidents included the Thalasseri, Pulpally (1968), Kuttiyadi (1969) and Kayanna (1976) police station attacks, and the murder or looting of landlords in the districts of Wayanad (1970 and 1975), Kannur (1970), Kottayam (1970), Kasaragod (1970), Quilon (1970) and Trivandrum (1970).

However, a major hunt by the police under chief minister C Achutha Menon and Home Minister K. Karunakaran in the seventies forced several hardcore naxalites to lay their arms and join the mainstream.

Interestingly, a police officer, who was responsible for the killing of a major naxalite leader Varghese then, was convicted recently. The former Inspector General of Police Lakshmana is now lodged in a jail here. A recent Naxlite-related violence in Kerala was the abduction of Palghat district collector W R Reddy by the Ayyankkali Pada in October 1996

It’s official: Maoists present in Kerala forests

 

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Soldier killed in militant fire in Kashmir
Jammu, May 3, 2012, (IANS)
A soldier was killed when militants fired at an army patrol in a mountainous, forested area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said Thursday.

A senior police official said an army patrol of 159 Territorial Army was on duty in Kulna Palmar areas of Kishtwar district, about 250 km northeast of Jammu, late Wednesday. The patrol party suddenly came under fire from militants hiding in the area.

A soldier, Noor Mohammad, died in the firing, police said.The patrol party returned the fire but “the militants managed to escape”, police said. The hand of top Hizbul Mujahideen militant Jehangir Saroori is suspected in the incident.

This is the second army casualty in Kishtwar district in the past three days. Rakesh Kumar, a soldier, was killed in firing by militants April 30.

Soldier killed in militant fire in Kashmir

 

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Maoists hand over Sukma collector to mediators

The Maoists on Thursday released abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon. The Naxal group, which held the collector hostage for 12 days, handed over him to the two mediators handpicked by the Maoists. Chhattisgarh government has said that an official confirmation will be given


only after Menon reaches Sukma.
Earlier on the day, BD Sharma and Professor G Hargopal, who represented the Maoists in the talks with the Chhattisgarh government for the 32-year-old IAS officer's release, left for Tadmetla to receive Menon, who was kidnapped on April 21.

The Chhattishgarh government has already made all arrangements to bring out Menon safely from the jungles following which the officer will undergo a medical examination as he is an asthmatic, he said.

Health officials in Sukma, Dantewada, Jagdalpur as well as Raipur districts have been asked to be ready for the check up. Also, an ambulance has been stationed at Chintalnar to meet any possible emergency, Kumar said.

The breakthrough to ensure the safe return of Menon came in the form of an agreement between the two mediators each of the Chhattisgarh government and the Maoists at their fourth round of talks on April 30.

Under the agreement, the government had agreed to set up a high-powered committee under the chairmanship of Nirmala Buch, one of the two government mediators, to review the cases of all prisoners languishing in Chattisgarh jails including the cases demanded by the Maoists.

Before the agreement was announced, the Maoists had set a deadline of May 2 for Chhattisgarh government to release eight of their jailed associates.

Later, a message from the Maoists said they would release Menon today

 

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4 civilians killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres on April 30 killed three villagers whom they had abducted a week back from Tadkoli village in Bijapur District. The trio's bodies were found in Cherpe forest with throats slashed. The Maoists accused them of being Salwa Judum (anti-Maoist vigilante group) members, Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajendra Narayan Das said.

Meanwhile, cadres of the Palle Madi dalam (squad) of the Maoists shot dead a villager in Rajnandgaon District on April 29.

Elsewhere in the District, around 12 armed Maoists set ablaze four vehicles under Khandgaon Police Station on April 30. SP Rajiv Shukla said that the Maoists set ablaze one JCB Machine, one Faber Machine, one water tanker and one tractor working under the Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana by the RK Construction. The Maoists left pamphlets to oppose the Government and appealed the people to observe May Day [May 1].

6 policemen hurt in Naxal attack

Six police personnel were injured, two critically, when naxalites fired at them near a weekly market under Bacheli police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today, police said. The injured, including Assistant Sub Inspector Vivekanand Tripathi, were admitted to the Apollo hospital at Bacheli. Condition of two was stated to be critical. The police personnel were on their way to the market in a jeep for patrolling when they came under attack and faced firing from all sides, police added. UNI XC SP SLD VP1220 NNNN

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Naxals kill 2 cops

Two Chhattisgarh Police personnel were martyred and three injured, one critically, when Maoists opened fire at a weekly market in Dantewada district's Bacheli today. Reports reaching Police Headquarters said the rebels, posing as villagers, had taken up positions with Avtomat Kalashnikova-47 assault rifles and targeted the mobile police party as it entered the market in a jeep. The police team, led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Vivekanand Tripathi, retaliated leading to an hour-long gun-battle. The ultras fled before an additional force could reach the spot. The deceased were identified as Head Constable Mahavir Mankole and Home Guard Jitendra Kumar. The victims were first rushed to a private hospital at Bacheli and then airlifted here. Condemning the attack, Chief Minister Raman Singh said, "It is most unfortunate. This sort of violence could hamper the ongoing process for peace talks." UNI SS GH AS1855NNNN NNNN

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2 injured in grenade attack in Meghalaya:

Two people were injured in a grenade attack at a market in Shahlang in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, police today said.

"The incident took place at around 1800 hours yesterday when unidentified people lobbed two grenades at a market place in Shahlang, injuring two people," West Khasi Hills district Superintendent of Police Muthu Ramachandran said.

Ramachandran said the condition of the two injured was stable. Suspecting that Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels were behind the attack, Mr Ramachdran said of the two grenades lobbed only one exploded.

"Investigations are on and a manhunt is on to nab the perpetrators," he said. UNI RRK PL RD1435 NNNN

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Bomb blast in Madurai,Tamil Nadu

Explosion near Ram temple in Madurai ahead of Advani’s visit
V Mayilvaganan,TNN | May 1, 2012, 12.12PM IST**

MADURAI: A low intensity crude bomb exploded near a Ram temple in Madurai in the wee hours of Tuesday. The bomb was hidden inside a box attached to a cycle that was parked near the gate of the temple at Anna Nagar in the temple city. Since the explosion occurred around 3 am, no one were injured.

``It was a very low intensity bomb made out of chemicals used in fire crackers. The culprits had used two batteries meant for torch lights and a timer to ignite the bomb,'' said Anna Nagar Assistant commissioner S Velladurai. The blast spread scare among the residents in the locality as they woke up to the noise of the explosion. The police, bomb detection and disposal squad and the forensic experts rushed to the spot and have collected the exploded pieces of the bomb. Police said the cycle was parked near the gate for the past three days. ``The bomb was not intended to cause any damage. The intention of the culprits seems to be to threaten and create panic,'' Velladurai said.

The bomb blast comes in the wake of a two day BJP conference scheduled for May 11 and 12 when key leaders, including L K Advani, are expected to visit Madurai. During the last visit of Advani to Madurai, the police found a powerful pipe bomb planted under a low level bridge at Thirumangalam over which Advani was to pass through as part of his Jan Chetna Yatra. The case is being probed by SIT and the key accused Fakrudeen from Nelpettai is still on the run.

In fact the city has had close brushes with crude bombs several times in the past. Last year, crude bombs were detected on two occasions before they could explode - once in a crowded state-owned bus and another time when a bomb planted inside a dust bin near Mattuthavani bus stand exploded.

Explosion near Ram temple in Madurai ahead of Advani?s visit - Times Of India

 

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Man injured in mine blast near LOC in Poonch, Kashmir:

A civilian got seriously injured when he inadvertently stepped over a landmine along Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said today. "A man identified as Mohamamd Aziz, resident of village Salotri was critically wounded when he stepped over a landmine and it exploded along the LoC," sources here said. They said that he was critically wounded and was immediately shifted to the district hospital Poonch.

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'Maoists' kill 3 in Balangir, Koraput; Orissa:

BALANGIR/KORAPUT: In renewed violence, suspected Maoists have killed three persons in Balangir and Koraput districts, police said on Thursday. While two villagers were murdered at Luhasingha near Patnagarh in Balangir district, the Maoists killed a suspected police informer at Tentuligumma in Koraput's Boipariguda block on Wednesday night.

Balangir police said the bodies of Gobardhan Pande (20) and Kailash Agrawal (31) were found wrapped up with gunny bags on the outskirts of Luhasingha village on Thursday morning. Police said sharp weapons were used to murder them.

Police said Kailash was the owner of a mahua flower godown where Gobardhan was working as a night watchman. After killing the duo, the rebels took away around hundred bags of chahar (minor forest produce) from the godown.

Police suspect that the killings may be the handiwork of Maoists, but they are not ruling out other angles. "The motive could be ascertained only after investigation," said SP (Balangir) R Prakash.

In the other attack, a group of armed Maoists came to the home of Balaram Naik (35), a marginal farmer at Tentuligumma, around 11 pm on Wednesday and asked him to follow them. "The Maoists took Naik with them in the night and on the day after, locals spotted the bullet-riddled body of Naik lying in a pool of blood, about 2 km from the village," a source at Boipariguda said.

A Maoist letter recovered from the spot of crime stated that Naik was punished as he was working as a police informer and was passing information to police regarding the movement of the Red rebels in the area. However, brushing aside the Maoists allegations SDPO of Jeypore Utkal Ranjan Das said, "The deceased was neither our informer nor we have ever received any information from him. Most of the time the Maoists kill civilians to settle scores and label them as police informers to escape the ire of villagers."

'Maoists' kill three in Balangir, Koraput - The Times of India

 

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Naxals on rampage, kill 2 in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra:

CHANDRAPUR: Naxalites killed two persons in Kurkheda tehsil of Gadchiroli in fresh spurt of violence after a weeklong silence. The body Madhukar Kapgate (40) and Vinayak Lombare (45) were recovered on Friday morning. Naxalites have blamed both the victims of being police informers.

Sources in Gadchiroli claimed that Kapgate, who hailed from Kurkheda, was an insurance agent, while Lombare from Jambhulghat village worked for him. Kapgate had taken Lombare with him for some work on Thursday morning and since then both of them had gone missing. Their bodies were recovered on Sindesur turning on Palasgad-Charbhatti road under Purada police station on Friday morning.

Sources informed that duo was abducted while they were out for work. They were thrashed brutally. Later during early hours Maoists slit their throats and threw their bodies on the road. Naxal pamphlets alleging them of being police informers were recovered from the scene.

Kurchi-Kurkheda area committee of CPI (Maoist) had alleged Kapgate of working as police informer under disguise of insurance agent. He has also been alleged of extorting money in the name of Naxalites from forest labour society. SDPO Kurkheda-Desaiganj Prashant Waghunde confirmed the incident. He held that Lombare worked under Kapgate and both were involved in forest related contract works. Both had gone missing since Thursday, he said.

Naxalites have killed eight civilians including four politicians in last three weeks in Gadchiroli. While politicians were killed to pressurize the office-bearers and political leaders to put down their papers, the civilians have been targeted for being police informers.

Naxals have reportedly extended their deadline for resignation for office-bearers of local bodies till May 5. Terrorized by the bloodbath several panchayat samiti and ZP members have resigned from their posts, while many other resignations are in the offing.

Naxals on rampage, kill two in Gadchiroli - The Times of India

 

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Maoists kill contractor in Orrisa:

The Maoists on Friday killed a contractor by slitting his throat in Malkangiri district. Subalo Sil (48) had barely left his village, MV-55, in a motorcycle to the worksite when a group of Maoists killed him, police said and denied the charges written in a poster left behind in the spot that he was a police informer. Police suspect the Maoists might have killed him for not discontinuing the road construction work as per their wishes.

The Maoists on Friday killed a contractor by slitting his throat in Malkangiri district. Subalo Sil (48) had barely left his village, MV-55, in a motorcycle to the worksite when a group of Maoists killed him, police said and denied the charges writte