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Maoist hideout raided, 8 killed
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION: A suspected Maoist who was arrested after a gun battle between security forces and Maoists in the Ranjha forest of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal on Wednesday. Eight rebels, including three women, were killed in the encounter.
KOLKATA: At least eight Maoists, including three women, were killed in an encounter when security force personnel raided a forest hideout in the Salboni block of West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district early on Wednesday.
Director-General of Police Bhupinder Singh said here that though only eight bodies were recovered, “we have unconfirmed reports of another four Maoists killed.”
It is suspected that the rebels carried away four bodies while fleeing, he added.
Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Verma claimed that it was one of the most successful operations in the region since the crackdown on the Maoists began a year ago.
There was no casualty among the security forces.
The security personnel arrested an injured Maoist and recovered a huge cache of firearms, explosives, landmines and Maoist literature.
According to Mr. Singh, both the State police force and commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force's Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) surrounded a Maoist camp in the Ranja forest following a tip-off. “The rebels opened fire on the forces and the latter retaliated. A gun battle ensued and continued for almost six hours following which the remaining Maoists fled the spot,” he said.
Security personnel carry the body of a woman who was killed in the raid.
The police are yet to establish the identity of the arrested Maoist.
Police sources said that five of the eight Maoists killed were been identified as Arjun (a close associate of rebel leaders Bikash and Tara), Sagen, Mala, Radha and Lakshmi (who is suspected to have played a major role during the massacre of 24 Eastern Frontier Rifles jawans at Silda on February 15).
Intelligence inputs
The sources said that based on intelligence inputs received from the Jharkhand police, it was suspected that top Maoist leader Akash was also killed during the encounter.
An AK-47 rifle, an SLR rifle, more than 150 rounds of ammunition and four pistols, besides 100 detonators, 30 gelatine sticks, explosives, wires and batteries were recovered.
Mr. Verma said the AK-47 rifle and the SLR rifle were among the several sophisticated weapons looted from the EFR's armoury at Silda on February 15.
According to police sources, the security forces raided the area three days ago also but the Maoists escaped.
The Hindu : Front Page : Maoist hideout raided, 8 killed
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION: A suspected Maoist who was arrested after a gun battle between security forces and Maoists in the Ranjha forest of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal on Wednesday. Eight rebels, including three women, were killed in the encounter.
KOLKATA: At least eight Maoists, including three women, were killed in an encounter when security force personnel raided a forest hideout in the Salboni block of West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district early on Wednesday.
Director-General of Police Bhupinder Singh said here that though only eight bodies were recovered, “we have unconfirmed reports of another four Maoists killed.”
It is suspected that the rebels carried away four bodies while fleeing, he added.
Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Verma claimed that it was one of the most successful operations in the region since the crackdown on the Maoists began a year ago.
There was no casualty among the security forces.
The security personnel arrested an injured Maoist and recovered a huge cache of firearms, explosives, landmines and Maoist literature.
According to Mr. Singh, both the State police force and commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force's Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) surrounded a Maoist camp in the Ranja forest following a tip-off. “The rebels opened fire on the forces and the latter retaliated. A gun battle ensued and continued for almost six hours following which the remaining Maoists fled the spot,” he said.
Security personnel carry the body of a woman who was killed in the raid.
The police are yet to establish the identity of the arrested Maoist.
Police sources said that five of the eight Maoists killed were been identified as Arjun (a close associate of rebel leaders Bikash and Tara), Sagen, Mala, Radha and Lakshmi (who is suspected to have played a major role during the massacre of 24 Eastern Frontier Rifles jawans at Silda on February 15).
Intelligence inputs
The sources said that based on intelligence inputs received from the Jharkhand police, it was suspected that top Maoist leader Akash was also killed during the encounter.
An AK-47 rifle, an SLR rifle, more than 150 rounds of ammunition and four pistols, besides 100 detonators, 30 gelatine sticks, explosives, wires and batteries were recovered.
Mr. Verma said the AK-47 rifle and the SLR rifle were among the several sophisticated weapons looted from the EFR's armoury at Silda on February 15.
According to police sources, the security forces raided the area three days ago also but the Maoists escaped.
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Despite Centre's no, Army ready to take on Maoists
With the Centre deciding against the use of Army personnel in anti-Naxal operations, the Army is still getting ready to fight the Maoists.
After months of speculation the Union government had finally decided on June 12 that it would not use the Army against Naxals for now. However, the Army has decided to keep as many as six divisions ready to take on Naxalites if the government should ever need them in future.
Headquartered in Lucknow, the Army's Central Command has currently been steeped in drawing up a comprehensive training blueprint. The plan entails imparting asymmetric combat training to 50-60 thousand soldiers in addition to their regular training.
Sources said the idea came to Army chief General V.K. Singh in March and was conveyed to the central commander, Lt Gen V.K. Ahluwalia, in May during the Army's five-day commanders conference.
Sources told Headlines Today that the process was being called "parallel orientation" on paper. Though the Army has denied the move, sources confirmed that the plans and training programme were very much on.
Despite Centre's no, Army ready to take on Maoists: India Today
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I personally believes that it is in favour of India if Army is not included in Anti-Naxal opreations...
However, we can use IA to train Paramilitary Forces of India.
Also, IAF should be there to keep an eye from overhead and if required, to cool them down...
With the Centre deciding against the use of Army personnel in anti-Naxal operations, the Army is still getting ready to fight the Maoists.
After months of speculation the Union government had finally decided on June 12 that it would not use the Army against Naxals for now. However, the Army has decided to keep as many as six divisions ready to take on Naxalites if the government should ever need them in future.
Headquartered in Lucknow, the Army's Central Command has currently been steeped in drawing up a comprehensive training blueprint. The plan entails imparting asymmetric combat training to 50-60 thousand soldiers in addition to their regular training.
Sources said the idea came to Army chief General V.K. Singh in March and was conveyed to the central commander, Lt Gen V.K. Ahluwalia, in May during the Army's five-day commanders conference.
Sources told Headlines Today that the process was being called "parallel orientation" on paper. Though the Army has denied the move, sources confirmed that the plans and training programme were very much on.
Despite Centre's no, Army ready to take on Maoists: India Today
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I personally believes that it is in favour of India if Army is not included in Anti-Naxal opreations...
However, we can use IA to train Paramilitary Forces of India.
Also, IAF should be there to keep an eye from overhead and if required, to cool them down...
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Indian Police arrests Maoist leader over Train Crash
KOLKATA, June 20, 2010 (AFP) - Indian police on Sunday arrested a Maoist rebel leader accused for derailing a passenger train and causing a crash that killed 151 people in the eastern state of West Bengal last month.
Investigators probing the train crash said Bapi Mahato was detained at a guest house in the neighbouring state of Jharkhand.
"We are looking for two more suspects in connection with the incident," senior police inspector Surojit Kar Purokayastha told AFP in Kolkata, West Bengal's state capital.
The exact cause of the crash remains uncertain but police have blamed the Maoist saboteurs for derailing the high-speed passenger train that collided with an oncoming goods train.
The rebels say they are fighting for the rights of landless tribal groups and farmers left behind by India's rapid economic expansion.
A government offensive was launched last year to tackle the insurgency, but since then the Maoists have launched a series of bold counter-attacks.
KOLKATA, June 20, 2010 (AFP) - Indian police on Sunday arrested a Maoist rebel leader accused for derailing a passenger train and causing a crash that killed 151 people in the eastern state of West Bengal last month.
Investigators probing the train crash said Bapi Mahato was detained at a guest house in the neighbouring state of Jharkhand.
"We are looking for two more suspects in connection with the incident," senior police inspector Surojit Kar Purokayastha told AFP in Kolkata, West Bengal's state capital.
The exact cause of the crash remains uncertain but police have blamed the Maoist saboteurs for derailing the high-speed passenger train that collided with an oncoming goods train.
The rebels say they are fighting for the rights of landless tribal groups and farmers left behind by India's rapid economic expansion.
A government offensive was launched last year to tackle the insurgency, but since then the Maoists have launched a series of bold counter-attacks.
27 Indian troops die in Maoist rebel ambush
By INDRAJIT SINGH (AP) – 28 minutes ago
PATNA, India — Maoist rebels killed at least 27 paramilitary troops in an ambush in eastern India on Tuesday, the latest in a series of bold attacks by the guerrillas, a senior police official said.
A 50-strong patrol of the Central Reserve Police Force was ambushed Tuesday evening on a routine patrol in a densely forested area in the Narayanpur district of Chhatisgarh state, said Sunder Raj, a senior local police official. Ten other troops were wounded, he said.
Few other details were immediately available from the remote area. It is a stronghold of the rebels, who are also called Naxals, after the village of Naxalbari where their movement started in the 1970s.
In recent months, the rebels have grown bolder despite a renewed government military offensive against them.
Late last month, officials blamed the group for causing a train derailment that killed nearly 150 people in West Bengal state. In April they killed 76 troops in an attack in Chhattisgarh.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called the rebels the country's greatest "internal security threat."
The Associated Press: 27 Indian troops die in Maoist rebel ambush
By INDRAJIT SINGH (AP) – 28 minutes ago
PATNA, India — Maoist rebels killed at least 27 paramilitary troops in an ambush in eastern India on Tuesday, the latest in a series of bold attacks by the guerrillas, a senior police official said.
A 50-strong patrol of the Central Reserve Police Force was ambushed Tuesday evening on a routine patrol in a densely forested area in the Narayanpur district of Chhatisgarh state, said Sunder Raj, a senior local police official. Ten other troops were wounded, he said.
Few other details were immediately available from the remote area. It is a stronghold of the rebels, who are also called Naxals, after the village of Naxalbari where their movement started in the 1970s.
In recent months, the rebels have grown bolder despite a renewed government military offensive against them.
Late last month, officials blamed the group for causing a train derailment that killed nearly 150 people in West Bengal state. In April they killed 76 troops in an attack in Chhattisgarh.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called the rebels the country's greatest "internal security threat."
The Associated Press: 27 Indian troops die in Maoist rebel ambush
Maoist bandh begins; local Cong leader shot dead
Ranchi/Kolkata/Bhubaneswar, June 30 (PTI) Maoists killed a local Congress leader in Jharkhand's Garhwa district and injured a jawan of the joint forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district as their two-day five-state shutdown began today.
Forty-five-year-old Bardhan Kachhu, a well-known local tribal leader of Garhwa, was kidnapped from Barkol village hours before the shutdown began at midnight last night and shot dead by the Maoists, Garhwa Superintendent of Police Richard Lakra said.
Securitymen have launched a combing operation.
The police in Jhargram said Ajay Gupta, a jawan of assistant sub-inspector rank, was critically injured when Maoists fired at a patrol party which was on a routine combing operation in the Birihari forest area.
Gupta was rushed to Midnapore Medical College Hospital in a serious condition.
Security reinforcements were rushed to the area to flush out the Maoists, the police said.
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Ranchi/Kolkata/Bhubaneswar, June 30 (PTI) Maoists killed a local Congress leader in Jharkhand's Garhwa district and injured a jawan of the joint forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district as their two-day five-state shutdown began today.
Forty-five-year-old Bardhan Kachhu, a well-known local tribal leader of Garhwa, was kidnapped from Barkol village hours before the shutdown began at midnight last night and shot dead by the Maoists, Garhwa Superintendent of Police Richard Lakra said.
Securitymen have launched a combing operation.
The police in Jhargram said Ajay Gupta, a jawan of assistant sub-inspector rank, was critically injured when Maoists fired at a patrol party which was on a routine combing operation in the Birihari forest area.
Gupta was rushed to Midnapore Medical College Hospital in a serious condition.
Security reinforcements were rushed to the area to flush out the Maoists, the police said.
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Naxals slit CRPF men's throats, smashed heads
Raipur: The brutal face of Naxals who killed 27 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday came out when they slit open throats and smashed the heads of some of the security men.
According to the preliminary post-mortem reports the personnel were brutally killed by the Naxals and around three to four bullet wounds were found on all the 27 CRPF personnel bodies.
"The Naxalites shot dead the CRPF personnel from a distance and later, they slit open the throats of three and smashed heads of two other jawans," a top police official said.
The bodies of the CRPF personnel were airlifted from the thick forests of Dhodawyee to the state capital's Dr BR Ambedkar hospital for conducting post-mortem.
While the CRPF personnel foiled the Naxals move of attempting to loot the armory, 27 jawans were killed, he said, adding "police believe that around 15 Naxalites were killed in the cross-firing".
A large number of heavily-armed Naxals, perched on a hilltop, had opened fire with automatic weapons on a 63-member security contingent which was returning on foot from road opening duty yesterday.
The dead included a CRPF Assistant Commandant Jatin Gulati.
Raipur: The brutal face of Naxals who killed 27 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday came out when they slit open throats and smashed the heads of some of the security men.
According to the preliminary post-mortem reports the personnel were brutally killed by the Naxals and around three to four bullet wounds were found on all the 27 CRPF personnel bodies.
"The Naxalites shot dead the CRPF personnel from a distance and later, they slit open the throats of three and smashed heads of two other jawans," a top police official said.
The bodies of the CRPF personnel were airlifted from the thick forests of Dhodawyee to the state capital's Dr BR Ambedkar hospital for conducting post-mortem.
While the CRPF personnel foiled the Naxals move of attempting to loot the armory, 27 jawans were killed, he said, adding "police believe that around 15 Naxalites were killed in the cross-firing".
A large number of heavily-armed Naxals, perched on a hilltop, had opened fire with automatic weapons on a 63-member security contingent which was returning on foot from road opening duty yesterday.
The dead included a CRPF Assistant Commandant Jatin Gulati.
CRPF jawan gives first-hand account of Naxal attack
Raipur: Twenty-seven CRPF jawans were killed and seven injured in a major Naxal attack in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
A CRPF constable who survived the attack gave NDTV a first-hand account of how the party was ambushed by the Naxals.
"They were sitting on trees. They started firing at us as soon as we took our positions," said Parmanand as he narrated his trauma and shock and the viciousness of Tuesday's attack from his hospital bed.
The jawan, who battled the Naxals as they ambushed an entire CRPF company, also said the gunbattle went on for at least two to three hours.
NDTV: You must have witnessed all. What do you think exactly happened and what was going on in your mind?
Jawan: I saw there was heavy firing and damage on both sides. I can't say who faced more damage. I don't know anything about this.
NDTV: You did not know anything about the presence of these Naxalites?
Jawan: We did not know anything but we are always prepared. We are always ready 24 hours because we know that encounters can happen anytime. I think that is why we could give them a tough fight and inflicted more damage on them than they have on us.
NDTV: You have hurt your foot. Where were they exactly sitting?
Jawan: Some of them were sitting on a tree. As soon as we took position they started firing from tree tops and diverted our attention.
NDTV: How many were they?
Jawan: They were around 200 or even more.
NDTV: Were these Naxalites fully prepared? Did they have a strategy?
Jawan: Yes they were fully prepared.
CRPF jawan gives first-hand account of Naxal attack
Raipur: Twenty-seven CRPF jawans were killed and seven injured in a major Naxal attack in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
A CRPF constable who survived the attack gave NDTV a first-hand account of how the party was ambushed by the Naxals.
"They were sitting on trees. They started firing at us as soon as we took our positions," said Parmanand as he narrated his trauma and shock and the viciousness of Tuesday's attack from his hospital bed.
The jawan, who battled the Naxals as they ambushed an entire CRPF company, also said the gunbattle went on for at least two to three hours.
NDTV: You must have witnessed all. What do you think exactly happened and what was going on in your mind?
Jawan: I saw there was heavy firing and damage on both sides. I can't say who faced more damage. I don't know anything about this.
NDTV: You did not know anything about the presence of these Naxalites?
Jawan: We did not know anything but we are always prepared. We are always ready 24 hours because we know that encounters can happen anytime. I think that is why we could give them a tough fight and inflicted more damage on them than they have on us.
NDTV: You have hurt your foot. Where were they exactly sitting?
Jawan: Some of them were sitting on a tree. As soon as we took position they started firing from tree tops and diverted our attention.
NDTV: How many were they?
Jawan: They were around 200 or even more.
NDTV: Were these Naxalites fully prepared? Did they have a strategy?
Jawan: Yes they were fully prepared.
CRPF jawan gives first-hand account of Naxal attack
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Maoists vow to keep killing security personnel
Indo-Asian News Service
Raipur, July 01, 2010
First Published: 21:04 IST(1/7/2010)
The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) vowed on Thursday to keep targeting security forces to avenge what it said were atrocities by them on the locals.
"We will continue to hit hard security personnel because their atrocities against local innocent people are continuing," Gudsa Usendi, spokesperson of CPI-Maoist's frontal unit, DK Special Zonal Committee, told a news channel in Chhattisgarh from an undisclosed location.
The spokesperson refused to give details about the June 29 attack that left 27 security personnel dead in Narayanpur district, a part of 40,000 sq km restive Bastar region.
The guerrilla evaded questions such as how many Maoists were killed, how many rebels took part in the ambush, who led the attack, and how many and what kind of weapons the Maoists had looted from the slain men.
"The June 29 attack was part of Maoists' continuous retaliation against police atrocities on locals," he said.
He expressed opposition to the Chhattisgarh government's policy of granting mining rights to companies as "outsiders deprive the local people of their rights".
Maoists vows to keep killing security personnel- Hindustan Times
Indo-Asian News Service
Raipur, July 01, 2010
First Published: 21:04 IST(1/7/2010)
The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) vowed on Thursday to keep targeting security forces to avenge what it said were atrocities by them on the locals.
"We will continue to hit hard security personnel because their atrocities against local innocent people are continuing," Gudsa Usendi, spokesperson of CPI-Maoist's frontal unit, DK Special Zonal Committee, told a news channel in Chhattisgarh from an undisclosed location.
The spokesperson refused to give details about the June 29 attack that left 27 security personnel dead in Narayanpur district, a part of 40,000 sq km restive Bastar region.
The guerrilla evaded questions such as how many Maoists were killed, how many rebels took part in the ambush, who led the attack, and how many and what kind of weapons the Maoists had looted from the slain men.
"The June 29 attack was part of Maoists' continuous retaliation against police atrocities on locals," he said.
He expressed opposition to the Chhattisgarh government's policy of granting mining rights to companies as "outsiders deprive the local people of their rights".
Maoists vows to keep killing security personnel- Hindustan Times
Two Maoist leaders were shot dead by police in an alleged exchange of fire between Veligi and Sarkepally forest area, about 120 km from here, in the early hours of Friday. Police recovered an AK-47 rifle and some small fire arms.
Police are seeking help of some surrendered Maoists to identify the dead.
It is suspected that one of the slain Maoists could be a top leader.
The Hindu : News / National : Two Maoist leaders killed in AP
Police are seeking help of some surrendered Maoists to identify the dead.
It is suspected that one of the slain Maoists could be a top leader.
The Hindu : News / National : Two Maoist leaders killed in AP
Police refuse report of Naxals mutilating CRPF jawans' bodies
Chhattisgarh DGP on Friday refused claims that CRPF jawans bodies were mutilated or throats slit, CNN-IBN report said. Director General of Police Vishwa Ranjan reportedly said that none of the CRPF personnel were tortured by the Naxals and the injuries were caused by bullets.
Yesterday, doctors who performed autopsies of the 26 security personnel killed in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgargh on Tuesday said they were stunned to find that at least 10 men had their hands and legs chopped off and throats slit.
"All the 26 bodies were bullet-ridden, but we found some 10 bodies with heads smashed, legs and hands chopped off and throats slit. These extreme brutalities were surely committed after the men fell to Maoist bullets," one of the doctors who carried out the autopsy said.
At least 24 troopers of the 39th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), one state policeman and a special police officer (SPO) were massacred on Tuesday when Maoist rebels ambushed them in a forested pocket in Narayanpur district of the restive Bastar region.
Air force choppers airlifted the 26 bodies on Wednesday from Narayanpur to state capital Raipur and doctors took almost seven hours to complete the post-mortem examination at Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Government Medical College and Hospital.
Officials at the police headquarters say that the Maoists probably carried out brutalities on those security personnel who inflicted the maximum damage on the rebel ranks during the three-hour gunfight.
Additional Director General of Police Ram Niwas said: "The jawans (troopers) fought bravely against the heavily armed Maoists. Though we didn't recover any bodies of the rebels at the attack site, we strongly feel that some 15-20 Maoists were killed in the gun battle."
Police refuse report of Naxals mutilating CRPF jawans' bodies- Hindustan Times
Chhattisgarh DGP on Friday refused claims that CRPF jawans bodies were mutilated or throats slit, CNN-IBN report said. Director General of Police Vishwa Ranjan reportedly said that none of the CRPF personnel were tortured by the Naxals and the injuries were caused by bullets.
Yesterday, doctors who performed autopsies of the 26 security personnel killed in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgargh on Tuesday said they were stunned to find that at least 10 men had their hands and legs chopped off and throats slit.
"All the 26 bodies were bullet-ridden, but we found some 10 bodies with heads smashed, legs and hands chopped off and throats slit. These extreme brutalities were surely committed after the men fell to Maoist bullets," one of the doctors who carried out the autopsy said.
At least 24 troopers of the 39th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), one state policeman and a special police officer (SPO) were massacred on Tuesday when Maoist rebels ambushed them in a forested pocket in Narayanpur district of the restive Bastar region.
Air force choppers airlifted the 26 bodies on Wednesday from Narayanpur to state capital Raipur and doctors took almost seven hours to complete the post-mortem examination at Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Government Medical College and Hospital.
Officials at the police headquarters say that the Maoists probably carried out brutalities on those security personnel who inflicted the maximum damage on the rebel ranks during the three-hour gunfight.
Additional Director General of Police Ram Niwas said: "The jawans (troopers) fought bravely against the heavily armed Maoists. Though we didn't recover any bodies of the rebels at the attack site, we strongly feel that some 15-20 Maoists were killed in the gun battle."
Police refuse report of Naxals mutilating CRPF jawans' bodies- Hindustan Times
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