Insurgent & Secessionist movements in India

[prithwidw]

Enough said about maoists/naxals. These bloody terrorists should be exterminated like rats. And about Arundhati Chowdhury, she is lucky to be an Indian citizen. All her rants would not be possible if she would like to choose any other neighbouring country as her domicile.

She is a completely gone case, which needs only psychiatric attention.

 

[booo]

Q+A - What business risks do Maoist rebels pose? | Top News | Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Maoist rebels have stepped up attacks in parts of India this week in response to a planned government offensive, a conflict that could hurt investment plans, particularly in the country's mineral belt. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described the insurgency as the biggest internal security challenge. Here are some questions and answers on the insurgency and possible risks to industry and investment.

WHO ARE THE MAOISTS?

The rebel movement started as a peasant revolt in Naxalbari village in West Bengal in 1967. It was initially crushed by the government, but the rebels regrouped in the 1980s. They say they are fighting for the rights of the poor and the disenfranchised.

They now number an estimated 22,000 combatants in more than 180 of the country's 630 districts. They operate across a "red corridor" stretching from the Nepal border to West Bengal and through central India into the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

The rebels are armed with automatic rifles, shoulder-fired rockets, explosives and mines.

Indian officials say the movement is now spreading to cities and bigger towns where the rebels enjoy support from some educated youth and intellectuals.

HOW BIG IS THE RISK TO INVESTORS?

While the economic impact may be small compared with India's trillion dollar economy, the insurgency and the sense that it is worsening signals that India does not fully control its own territory and adds to risks for companies considering investments.

The Maoists regularly attack railway lines and factories, aiming to cripple economic activity. With the rebels controlling vast swathes of mineral-rich areas, the government has often struggled to transport coal to power and steel companies.

WHAT COMPANIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED?

The effect of the Maoist insurgency has already taken its toll on business. Work on a $7-billion steel plant by India's third largest steel producer, JSW Steel Ltd, has been delayed.

Frequent rebel strikes have hit production and shipment at firms such as India's largest miner of iron ore, NMDC Ltd's and state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd.

Rebels sided with farmers during violent protests against government moves to acquire farmland for industry, forcing the scrapping of a Tata Motors' Nano car plant and a $3 billion chemicals hub complex in eastern India. Protests by farmers have also delayed work on two separate plants by the world's leading steelmakers Arcelor Mittal and POSCO in Orissa.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE?

The government has deployed hundreds of state and central police in the country's east to halt the Maoists' advance, but so far has refused to send in the army. The government says it could take up to five years to defeat the Maoists.

(Writing by Krittivas Mukherjee)

 

[riju78]

come on rohit pls stop posting the same thing everywhere. Write something abt the post.

 

[Spring Onion]

Maoists kill six, victims include 3 security men

Six persons including three security personnel were killed by armed Maoists in separate incidents in Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal early today in fresh Naxal attacks.

The Maoists also blew up a government toll plaza in Gaya district in Bihar using dynamites and looted 16 weapons. They snatched Rs three lakh in cash from the plaza counters. Two persons including a security guard were killed in this attack.

The violence occured as the Maoist' 48-hour bandh in seven states to protest against the Government's operations against Naxals drew to a close.

Police said three security personnel were killed and six injured, four of them critically, in a fierce encounter with Maoists in Gajapati district in Orissa early today.

Acting on a tip-off about movement of ultras, a team of security personnel including the elite anti-naxal Special Operation Group (SOG) and state police had launched a combing operation in Ambajari forest in the wee hours.

In the exchange of fire, three SOG jawans were killed and six others injured, police said adding that four jawans were shifted to Vishakhapatnam as their condition was stated to be critical.

The dead were identified as Sanjeet K Tirkey, Balram Pradhan and Deepak Sonbhoy, while casualty from the Maoist side, if any, was yet to be ascertained, police said.

In another incident in nearby Malkangiri district, Maoists blew up a pump house and control room near the pipeline of a private industrial house meant for movement of minerals in Chitrakonda area.

Police said about 50 armed ultras raided the area in the early hours and triggered an explosion after overpowering and assaulting the guards present at the site.

In Bihar, Maoists killed two persons, including a private security guard and snatched 16 weapons at a government toll plaza at Mahapur in Gaya district.

DIG (Magadh range) Anupama Nilekar said over 200 heavily armed Maoists arrived at the toll plaza spraying bullets and hurling bombs killing one of the guards identified as Wakil Singh.

The attackers also shot dead a truck driver identified as Krishna Kant and injured some personnel in charge of security at the toll plaza.

The Naxalites looted 16 weapons, including one rifle, 12 double barrel guns and three regular guns from the security guards of the private Magadh Security Force, besides over 100 rounds of ammunition from the guards deployed at the plaza.

The ultras used dynamites to blow up the office of the toll plaza before leaving the spot besides taking away five computers, damaging 12 computers and destroying papers.

The Maoists looted cash worth around Rs three lakh from the toll plaza, Nilekar said, adding both sides exchanged hundreds of rounds during the encounter.

In West Bengal, Maoists killed a CPI(M) activist, after abducting him from home in West Midnapore district. The incident occured a day after a local committee secretary of the party was gunned down.

Police said Basir Khan, a CPI(M) supporter, was forcibly taken away from his Jaynagar home under Jhargram sub-division by armed ultras last evening.

His bullet-riddled body was recovered from the area today.

Maoists kill six, victims include 3 security men- Hindustan Times

 

[AVADI]

I think this is Pakistan defence forum where one can discuss the defence related matters of Pakistan but seeing most of the threads here discuss about India or India vs China seems like its Indian forum come on guys lets concentrate on Pakistan defence.

P.S:The above goes for both Pakistanis and Indians.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Maoists Open Fire at SPO in Malkangiri​

KORAPUT: A special police officer (SPO) was injured after Maoists fired at him at village in Malkangiri district on Tuesday. The headman of Maribada village also sustained injuries in the incident. Till report last came in, the duo were admitted to the district headquarters hospital in a critical condition. While the SPO has been identified as Basudev Khillo, the village headman is Sama Pujari, police said. "No casualty has been reported. The condition of the SPO is critical as he has received bullets in his chest. Both of them have been admitted in hospital," inspector-in-charge of Malkangiri police station Ram Krushna Pati said.

The Maoist violence took place on the second day of the two-day bandh call given by the Red outfit in protest against Operation Green Hunt. Sources said a group of about 10 armed Maoists swooped down upon Maribada village around 4.30 pm, about 40 km from here and fired at the SPO. As it was a crowded place, the village headman was also injured.

"The SPO was on leave and was attending a puja in his village. Believing that the SPO has died, the Maoists left the village," Pati said.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5716951.cms

 

[waraich66]

Battling the Maoists in Jharkhand

By Salman Ravi
BBC Hindi service, Jharkhand

Indian troops in Jharkhand
The government has launched a major offensive against the rebels

It is a difficult terrain enveloped in dense forest cover and spread over several square kilometres.

East Singbhum district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has been considered the heartland of the Maoist insurgency for more than two decades now.

"Either walk or ride a motorbike," I am advised by Faiyaz who is heading a group of paramilitary troops from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

We are in the forests of Derabasa in Ghatsila sub-district and Faiyaz tells me that the road is littered with landmines.

"Venturing in this terrain on a four-wheeler can be risky," he says.

Recently, a massive anti-Maoist operation was launched in the area by the federal home ministry and the Jharkhand state government.

Battle lines

Thousands of paramilitary troops, including the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (Cobra) - the special force raised to tackle the Maoist insurgency in India - have been deployed in the operation.

Battle lines are drawn as the security forces take position to "liberate the forests" from the armed Maoist guerrillas.

The region has seen several violent incidents, including the killing of a member of parliament, Sunil Mahato of the state's governing Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party.

Last August, the insurgents killed 11 security personnel in the Burudih area in a powerful landmine explosion.

The rebels also blew up railway tracks derailing the prestigious Rajdhani Express train.
Tribal villagers in Jharkhand
Villagers say they are caught in the crossfire

"This is a crucial operation," says senior police official Anup Birtharay.

The operation is focused on the northern side of the district which shares its borders with Lalgarh forests in neighbouring West Bengal state.

In the south, the district borders the state of Orissa, another hotbed of Maoist insurgency.

"The geographical outlay of this region is such that it has always been an easy haven for the Maoist guerrillas. Carrying out a major offensive against the police or the civilians, the guerrillas move easily to the bordering states. This make the task before security forces much more difficult," Mr Birtharay says.

'Unnerving journey'

It is 7.30pm and the task before the security forces is to "dominate" the ravines of Derabasa, some 20km (12 miles) north of Ghatsila.

I am told this is the first time the police have ventured into the thick forest cover here.

Combat forces gear up to march.

It is an unnerving journey along the muddy tracts that lead to Derabasa village. The hills surrounding Derabasa are said to provide a safe shelter to the Maoists who not only take refuge here but also hold their training camps.

The Maoist guerrillas often seek food in the nearby villages and locals say they are caught in the middle.

"The Maoists come asking for food. They ask us to cook for them and feed them. The police ask us not to give them even a grain. Police are here today. But what will happen tomorrow? We will be at the mercy of the Maoist armed squads. Who is going to protect us then?" asks a villager who doesn't want to be named.

I hear the same complaint in several villages.

The police have picked up about 50 villagers from the area accusing them of being Maoist sympathisers.

From Derabasa, police say they have recovered household material looted by the rebels from a nearby village.
Troops hunting for Maoist rebels in Jharkhand
Combat forces have to cope with dense forest Photo: Mahadeo Sen

Mr Birtharay says they did not take any action against the villagers because they were compelled by the Maoists to work as porters to carry the stolen goods back to the village and help organise a feast.

The security forces have dominated the area for the first time in many years, setting up camps in the forests.

For the first time, the forces have established control in as many as eight hills in remote areas like Kesarpur, Pulgoda, Hedelbera, Charinda Jhatijharna and Badajudi.

Troops have now been deployed along the streams and ponds in the forest while guards are keeping an eye on the local grocery stores in the remote villages which rebels rely on.

"Once the supply line is cut, it would force the Maoists to come out of the forests and surrender," said a trooper involved in the operations.

But what is worrying the locals is that the security forces have also told the tribals not to venture into the forests.

"For tribals forests are home. They depend on the forest produce for livelihood. They collect leaves to make small plates that they sell in the market as well as twigs that are used to brush teeth in rural India," says my local guide, Dharishchandra Singh.

However, almost a fortnight into the biggest operation against the Maoists so far, the security forces have not made any significant breakthrough.

No weapons have been recovered, nor any big Maoist leader been caught. And no one knows how long this will go on.

"We are keeping our fingers crossed, waiting for the day when this all ends. We have not been to the forests and there is no other source of income for us. We pray that normal life returns soon," says a villager in Jhatijharna.

 

[Justin Joseph]

Maoists Chairman Prachanda and fellow Maoists flock to Baba Ramdev’s camp

Notwithstanding his anti-India outbursts, Nepal’s Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ seems to have developed an affinity with Indian yoga guru Ramdev.

Yoga enthusiasts attending Ramdev’s camp in Kathmandu were surprised to find the former prime minister in their midst on Monday morning and performing ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayams’.

“This is a happy coincidence as Maoism and spiritualism has come together. It will strengthen nationalism,” said Ramdev hinting at Prachanda’s campaign for Nepal’s resurgence.

Maoist central committee member Hisila Yami who was also present informed that during the 10-year civil war, she and other comrades living in jungles had resorted to yoga to keep fit.

“Civil war was needed to remove monarchy and restore democracy. There’s no need to go to jungles again,” said Ramdev hinting at Prachanda’s comments on possibility of another people’s revolt.

He also spoke on a range of issues from potential of hydro-electricity in Nepal to stopping use of fertilizers in cultivation.

“We are against MNCs and foreign products and even Leftists support us on this issue,” he said as a smiling Prachanda clapped in between his breathing exercises.

Ramdev’s camp has also attracted President Ram Baran Yadav and Chairman of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Jhalanath Khanal.

In recent months, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chief has launched an anti-India tirade blaming the southern neighbour of interference in Nepal’s politics and sovereignty.

Prachanda’s party, the main opposition in parliament, is attempting to topple the ruling coalition government blaming it of being the biggest obstacle in the peace and constitution drafting processes.

Prachanda and fellow Maoists flock to Ramdev?s camp- Hindustan Times


Prachanda does a Ramdev U-turn on yoga

Once a staunch opponent of introducing yoga education in Nepal, Maoist leader Prachanda on Monday participated in a yoga session of Baba Ramdev and said the practice helps in "social transformation".

Participating in a yoga session at Dhulikhel near here, Prachanda said, "yoga not only cures your body but has an effect on mind as well." "It also helps in social transformation".

Prachanda, who firmly opposed ushering in yoga lessons in Nepal in 2007, participated in the yoga session after accepting Ramdev's request in this regard. The Maoist leader also lauded the Indian yoga guru's "historic" contribution in education and research of yoga science.

"If Maoism meets yoga and its spirituality, it would facilitate peace and prosperity," Ramdev said at the session, where Prachanda remained for around half an hour and preformed various 'asanas' like 'Pranayam' and 'Kapalvati'.

Prachanda does a Ramdev U-turn on yoga

 

[Justin Joseph]

^^^^^^

Why this thread is moved here?????????

What it has to do with India's Insurgency Problem??

This thread is about Nepali Maoist and Baba Ramdev in Nepal.

Nepal is not India but a separate country.

 

[RPK]

Top brass behind bars, rifts hit Maoists

Apr 2, 2010, 01.15am IST


NEW DELHI: The Maoists seem to be facing a leadership crisis due to differences at the top.

Though the arrest of six out of 14 politburo members of CPI (Maoist) in the past three years had already made a heavy dent, recent reports indicating differences between chief Ganapathi and senior leader Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji appear to have made ripples down to the lower cadre.

Security agencies recently seized a number of documents, including correspondence between Ganapathi and Kishenji, showing that the differences had turned into ‘suspicion’ between them over their individual security.

“The documents show that there are clear differences at the top over methodologies of operations. It, in fact, corroborated what Kishenji’s right-hand man Telugu Deepak told his police interrogators in West Bengal,” said a senior security official. Deepak alias Venkateswara Reddy, a West Bengal state committee member, was arrested by the state police on March 2, 2010.

Besides stating how top leaders were not sure about each other’s actions amid facing heat from the security forces across Naxal-infested states, Deepak told cops how even the movements of politburo members had, of late, been compromised.

Referring to the seized documents, the officials said the differences had occurred over the way Kishenji and his comrades in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar were associating themselves with the Lalgarh resistance, as against Ganapathi’s idea of taking on security forces simultaneously in different states.

CPI (Maoist) — which came into existence after the merger of the People’s War Group (PWG), active in certain districts of
Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, with the West Bengal-Bihar-Jharkhand centred Maoist and Communist Centre (MCC) in 2004 — is now facing pulls from different sides.

While one group led by Kishenji wants to dominate Lalgarh, considering it the centre of their resistance, the other, led by Ganapathi, feel the West Bengal unit is excessively obsessed with local politics. Though both Kishenji and Ganapathi were with the PWG in Andhra Pradesh, security agencies found that the former now seems to be more interested in the affairs of the northern parts having its nerve centre in West Bengal and Jharkhand.

The MCC and PWG groups within the CPI (Maoist) also differ on their methods of operation. Differences had cropped up in the wake of the beheading of Jharkhand police inspector Francis Indwaar last year. While erstwhile MCC leaders had justified such action, ex-PWG cadres objected to the killing. Besides, erstwhile PWG members are finding it tough to deal with MCC leaders, who are divided themselves on caste lines.

“The security forces are now trying to use these differences as an opportunity to break the cadre,” a security official said.


Top brass behind bars, rifts hit Maoists - India - The Times of India

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

i wish bharat luck in tackling this home grown terror network

 

[Speaker]

i wish bharat luck in tackling this home grown terror network

This is not a home-grown terror network. If you are trying to draw similarities with the problems Pakistan is facing now, that will be incorrect. The Maoists were never nurtured to harm another state, country or region. This does not have to do with religious extremism or indoctrination either. This is a deep-rooted social and security issue that needs to be addressed on priority.

The easy solution is development. But it is much easier said than done. Almost 90% of the Naxal "movement" is justified, where they ask for economic and social equality. Those are undeniable rights every country should provide. But 10% of them are against the concept of democracy. They want to overthrow the constitution and setup their own version of equality by making India a communist country. These elements need to be controlled and eliminated from the mainstream. What is the point of development if they keep blowing up every piece of infrastructure that is currently present? Ideal situation would be to treat it like a war zone and have your commandos sweep areas and have developmental teams "embedded" within. This would be a brutal form of "Carrot & Stick".

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

i get mildly amused when hindustanys come up with such responses. Fact of the matter is, even your own pm singh stated that naxalites are single biggest threat to india's national security

naxals dont have global agenda....but they are a home grown terrorist outfit -- at least based on most definitions of ''terrorist''

didnt they blow up a train and kill over 30 police officers in the past month or so?

you dont have to be "religious extremist'' to be a terrorist.....

naxal has a presence in 1/3 of india (larger than the size of all Pakistan). So we wish you good luck in tackling this home-grown terror outfit.

 

[Speaker]

i get mildly amused when hindustanys come up with such responses. Fact of the matter is, even your own pm singh stated that naxalites are single biggest threat to india's national security

naxals dont have global agenda....but they are a home grown terrorist outfit -- at least based on most definitions of ''terrorist''

didnt they blow up a train and kill over 30 police officers in the past month or so?

you dont have to be "religious extremist'' to be a terrorist.....

naxal has a presence in 1/3 of india (larger than the size of all Pakistan). So we wish you good luck in tackling this home-grown terror outfit.

I am not denying anything - they are a threat to India's national security. And you are correct if allowed a smart play of words. I just wanted to point out that there are no parallels between the two. I may be mistaken, but I got the feeling that you are referring to this problem the same way the world refers to Pakistan's problems with its "home grown terror network". I am all for tackling these "terrorists" regardless of their religious, social or ethnic affiliations, for they can be no pick-and-choose when battling terrorism.

The good thing is that the present home minister has acknowledged this danger and people are slowly empathizing with the valid points raised forward by the movement. I just hope the right people are put on the job and this menace is nipped.

 

[Iggy]

i get mildly amused when hindustanys come up with such responses. Fact of the matter is, even your own pm singh stated that naxalites are single biggest threat to india's national security

naxals dont have global agenda....but they are a home grown terrorist outfit -- at least based on most definitions of ''terrorist''

didnt they blow up a train and kill over 30 police officers in the past month or so?

you dont have to be "religious extremist'' to be a terrorist.....

naxal has a presence in 1/3 of india (larger than the size of all Pakistan). So we wish you good luck in tackling this home-grown terror outfit.

PM stated that its the biggest menace in India but didnt tagged them as terrorist..they are Indians and government knows they are partially responsible for the increase in the support of terrorism..Thats why theyd didnt use Military rather it uses police and para military to handle the situation..also the government pledges economic devalopment in back ward areas along with the operation ..it helped to lost support for the maoists..and since the action begun most of the leaders are shot dead or jailed..and rumours that there top most Kishenji is also dead..about Maoists controlling 1/3rd of India ,its rediculous..India has one of the largest railway network and cant secure each and every railway link..if some maoists destroyed some rail link doesnt mean they are controlling that area..its just hit and run cases..yes there are some places they have significant influvence but they are loosing support and they are on the run ..