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Businessman killed in Assam:

Anti-Talks Faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) militants on October 10 killed a buisinessman, identified Sanjay Basak, and injured his younger brother and looted an unspecified amount of Indian currency along with jewellery in Fatasil Ambari of Guwahati city, reports The Assam Tribune. The revelation was made when Security Forces (SFs) on October 18 arrested a top ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Chandan Kalita, from the Chandmari area of Guwahati. SFs later on October 19 arrested another suspect identified as Safikul Islam from Dhubri.

Meanwhile, SFs recovered a hand grenade from a fuel filling station from Haflong town in Dima Hasao District, reports The Sentinel. Further, apprehending retaliation by the Dimasas, hundreds of Zeme Naga, Hmar and Kuki villagers had fled away from their places and started taking shelter in their relatives’ places in Haflong.

Separately, SFs arrested three persons, including a top militant of the Anti-Talks Faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-ATF), identified as Kumtha Basumatary, at Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati city, reports The Telegraph. The other two arrested were identified as Mangal Basumatary and Amar Wari. SFs recovered a German-made Heckler and Koch G3 assault rifle, 43 rounds of ammunition, a Czech-made 9-mm Luger pistol along with two magazines and INR 8,000.

SFs arrested a United National Liberation Front (UNLF), linkman identified as Animesh Purkasthya, from his rented house in link Road area of Silchar Town.

Meanwhile, Joint Intelligence Committee Chief Ajit Lal said that there was no evidence of linkages between the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the ULFA, but the Left-wing Extremists have already made inroads in the Northeastern region, reports The Shillong Times. Lal said, “There are no evidence of linkages between the CPI-Maoist and the ULFA, but there are evidence of their linkages with the People’s Liberation Army (a Manipur-based rebel group) [PLA] and the Upper Assam Leading Committee of CPI (Maoist)”.

 

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Bomb blast at minister's residence in Manipur:

Nagaland Post reports that a low intensity bomb exploded inside the compound of State social welfare minister, N. Loken, at Leimapokpam in Bishnupur District on October 18. According to Police sources, the bomb, a local made, was hurled by unidentified militants. No casualty was reported in the blast. Various militant outfits are demanding siphoning off funds released by the Centre for the scheme sponsored by it to the State social welfare department.

Meanwhile, Security Forces (SFs) arrested two cadres of Vice-Chairman Faction of People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-VC), identified as Muhammad Naushad Ali (24) alias Anand alias Angang and Muhammad Firoz Tomba (29), in Khetri Awang Leikai in Thoubal District on October 19.

Separately, the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) alleged on October 19 that around 50 cadres of National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) attacked a hideout of ZUF on October 18 which led to the heavy exchange of fire, reports Sangai Express. “The blood thirsty Hebron heroes came and attacked the ZUF on Tuesday morning at Nongadang village under Khoupum block, Tamenglong district where a gun battle ensued bet-ween the two groups from around 5 am and lasted till 9am,” alleged the ZUF. It claimed that around two to three cadres of NSCN-IM were injured in the battle, but there were no casualty on the side of ZUF.

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Unidentified Militants kill civilian in Assam:

Unidentified militants killed a civilian driver while they attempted to snatch away INR 4.7 million from employees of a private company at Kulsipara in Udalguri District on October 18, reports Times of India.

On October 17, Police rescued an abducted youth and arrested two Karbi National Protection Force (KNPF) militants, identified as Sanjib Teli and Grading Mara, in connection with the case from Diphu in Karbi Anglong District. Superintendent of Police (Karbi Anglong) Anurag Agarwala said, "We have rescued one youth from two KNPF militants at Diphu early this morning. The youth was identified as James Sangma of Beltola in Guwahati. He was kidnapped on Sunday [October 16]." He added, "From the statement of the three KNPF leaders, arrested on Saturday [October 15], we came to know the kidnap plan of the rebel group and accordingly laid a trap at Diphu to catch them last night. The kidnappers arrived at Diphu with the youth in the wee hours of Monday [October 17] and were caught by Police."

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Maoists and Security Forces exchange fire in West Bengal:

Within 48 hours of Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee’s seven-day ultimatum to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) to lay down arms and come to the negotiating table, joint Police Forces and Maoist squads exchanged fire at the Banksole forest in West Midnapore District on October 18, reports The Indian Express. It was an “intelligence based operation”. The police seized a .303 rifle, 10 live cartridges, three empty cases, a detonator and Maoist literature and transistors, said Gaurav Sharma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Jhargram.

When asked if there was any mandate from the government to launch such an operation when the Chief Minister had given a seven-day ultimatum to the Maoists, Alok Rajoria, Additional SP (Operations), Jhargram said: “If there is an armed movement, we have to operate.” Vivek Sahai, Inspector General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said, “We have no order to restrict our operations. The operations are on.”

The confrontation came on a day the CM talked to Government-appointed interlocutors at Writers’ Buildings (State Secretariat) to discuss the peace process with the Maoists. In Kolkata, chief interlocutor Sujato Bhadra said after the discussions with Mamata Banerjee that “the dialogue process is on and will continue”. According to sources, during the closed-door meeting, the CM is said to have asked the interlocutors to get a written statement from a Maoist central committee member that during the peace process, there will be no killing in Jungle Mahal and display of armed action.

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Four landmines recovered in Odisha:

The Security Forces recovered four landmines of 25 kilograms each during a combing operation in Godibali Chhaka near Kerubadi under Daringibadi Police limits in Kandhamal District on October 18, reports The Times of India. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were probably planning a major explosion and wanted to plant the landmines in the area, Kandhamal Superintendent of Police J N Pankaj said.

Meanwhile, high alert has been sounded in all 14 Police Station areas in the District following revelations by Jagannath Nayak, a top Maoist that an attack by the Maoists was being planned, reports Hindustan Times.

 

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what a shame. very sad bilalbhai our indian brothers are having a lot of problems.

 

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Bilalhaider having a field day!!!!

 

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Maoists explode landmine:

Jamshedpur, Oct 20 (PTI) The CPI(Maoist) exploded a landmine which damaged the glass panes of a security personnel vehicle at Kiriburu hill top in West Singhbhum district bordering Orissa today but none of the occupants of the vehicle were injured in the blast, police sources said.

The rebels trigged the landmine blast and the glass panes of the vehicle cracked under the impact of the blast, Superintendent of Police (West Singhbhum) A K Singh said.

None of the occupants of the vehicle was injured in the blast. The vehicle was on its way to ferry the Cobra jawan, Singh said.

In fact, the incident has taken place in Orissa, the SP claimed. PTI

 

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6 policemen killed, 4 injured in Maoist attack:

At least six policemen are feared dead after Maoist insurgents launched an attack in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, reports say.

Another four were injured when rebels ambushed the police team near Netanar forest in the restive Bastar district.

One journalist who was at the scene told the BBC he saw several bodies. The police are yet to release an official statement.

Rebels say they fight for the rights of tribal people and the rural poor.

The Maoists are active in several eastern and central states. In one of the most deadly attacks in Chhattisgarh last year, they killed 74 policemen in Dantewada district.

"It could have been a trap. The Maoists demolished a forest rest house knowing that the police will come to the spot after the incident," one counter-insurgency officer told the BBC's Salman Ravi.

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

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

 

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Ward member killed by Maoists:

Bhubaneswar, Oct 20 (PTI) Suspecting him to be a police informer, Maoist stabbed a man to death, while three CRPF jawans escaped unhurt when the rebels exploded a landmine in Orissa's Koraput and Keonjhar districts respectively, police said here today.

Puala Sadaram, a ward member from Bandhugaon block in Naxal-hit Koraput district, was abducted from Sanakamara area yesterday by a group of armed Maoists, they said.

He was found with his throat slit in a forest near Kumaganda village today, police said, adding that the Maoists suspected him to be a police informer.

In another incident in mineral-rich Keonjhar district, three CRPF personnel escaped unhurt in a landmine explosion triggered by Maoists in Kiribur area. However, the vehicle carrying them suffered partial damage in the blast.

The blast took place in Orissa-Jharkhand border area when the vehicle with two jawans and a driver was proceeding from Kiribur to Megadpur mines to pick up other jawans, SP Asish Singh

 

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622 policemen & paramilitary personnel died in one year:

New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Over 600 police and para-military personnel sacrificed their lives in the past one year during operations or attacks on them with CRPF and Uttar Pradesh topping the list of casualties.

A total of 622 personnel from state police and para- military forces like BSF, CRPF and NSG were killed during a period from September 1, 2010 and August 31 this year. CRPF, which is in the forefront of anti-Naxal operations, topped the list of casualities with 114 followed by Uttar Pradesh (112) and and BSF (72).

During September 1, 2009 and August 31 last year, 797 police and para-military personnel lost their lives during operations or attacks on them with CRPF topping the list 191 such cases. Similarly, during 2008 September and August 2009, the police forces lost 841 lives with UP topping the list with 107 cases followed by CRPF (81) and BSF (72).

West Bengal Police lost 24 policemen during the past one year while naxal-affected states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh had 36 and 47 casualties respectively.

The figures for other states: Delhi (15), Manipur (14), Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir and Tamil Nadu (13 each), Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand (12 each), Orissa (11), Assam and Karnataka (9 each), Andhra Pradesh (6), Gujarat, Kerala, Meghalaya and Rajasthan (5 each) and Arunachal (4).

Bihar and Nagaland had three each casualties while Sikkim had one. Among the paramilitary forces, the RPF lost 27 personnel during the period followed by ITBP (18), CISF (10), NSG(3) and SSB (2).

A Commemoration day was observed by various police organisations in the national capital. Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta took the salute on the occasion. PTI

 

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I cant see any light at the end of the tunnel Bilal bhai. R.I.P. to all the dead involved in this sad escapade.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

^^^ As long as the economy is growing rapidly and poverty is going down the light will be there even if you can't see it .

This is a war that will be won but gradually by India by reducing poverty and inequality . It will take time.

 

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Maoist activities in Odisha:

Maoists triggered a landmine blast in Kiriburu area in Keonjhar District on October 20, reports Zee News. The blast damaged the glass panes of a vehicle ferrying three troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), including the driver, who were proceeding from Kiriburu to Megadpur mines to pick up Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) troopers, Keonjhar Superintendent of Police (SP) Asish Singh said. However, no one in the vehicle was injured in the blast, the SP added.

In a separate incident, Maoists abducted Krishna Pidika, a supporter of the CMAS of Bandhugaon unit, from a market place in Almonda of Bandhugaon block in the District. A group of armed Maoists and their supporters dragged away Krishna from the market place. Krishna was attached to the cultural wing of the CMAS of Bandhugaon unit and used to sing songs at meetings organised by this group.

In addition, Sanjib Jhankar, sarpanch (head) of Meghapal gram panchayat and his associate, identified as Satya Ranjan Bhoi of Hiraloi village, were arrested by the Jujumura Police for allegedly trying to extort money in the name of Maoists in Sambalpur District in the night of October 19, reports The Pioneer. “We are investing if Jhankar had direct link with the Maoists or he was extorting money in their name as panicked people prefer to pay to such persons out of fear,” said a Police Official.

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74 people abducted by Tripura militants in 2011:

A Police report said that 74 people, mostly tribals, were abducted by National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) militants this year in Tripura, as against 114 and 121 people in 2010 and 2009 respectively, reports, The Sentinel.

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CRPF recover gelatin sticks in West Bengal:

Security Forces (SFs) recovered 37 brand new gelatin sticks in Gurishole forest at Kanta Pahari, while patrolling in West Midnapore District on October 20, reports The Telegraph. “Around 5 am today [October 20], the security forces, with the help of sniffer dogs, found the gelatine sticks under a heap of dried eucalyptus leaves,” a CRPF officer said.

Meanwhile, a suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was arrested from near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in South Kolkata, reports IBN Live. The alleged Maoist, identified as Prakash Acharya is a resident of Lodha Suli in West Midnapore District. He has five murder and three landmine cases against him. However, Acharya claimed that he had gone to Chief Minister's residence to surrender. The Police sources said that he was being interrogated by the Kolkata Police and Special Task Force (STF).

 

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Militants abduct two civilians in Assam:

Shishuram Reang faction of United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA) on October 20 abducted two civilians, identified as Tarun Kumar Bhattacharjee and SK Sarmah, from a Bairabi-bound (Mizoram) passenger train near Ramnathpur in Hailakandi District, reports The Sentinel. The Security Forces (SFs) later succeeded in rescuing SK Sarmah, the assistant driver of the train from dense forest at Baicherra area in South Hailakandi bordering Mizoram.

United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) October 21 said that it would not sign the proposed tri-partite agreement with the Central and Assam Government scheduled for October 24 unless the ‘agreed formula’ was ensured, reports The Assam Tribune. In an emailed statement, the UPDS said that the ‘formula’ consisted of setting up of a neutral administration of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) in the period between the signing of the peace accord and the holding of the next election.

Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister (CM) Tarun Gogoi on the role of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) in Dima Hasao (NC Hills) said, “It is a fact that the NSCN-IM has been found to be involved in violence in the border areas of the State. We have been taking up the matter with the Centre so that the militant group desists from such activities”. On the involvement of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) cadres in the recent spurt in attacks on businessmen in Guwahati city apparently with a motive to loot cash, the CM said that the matter would be taken up with the Pro-talks faction of ULFA (ULFA-PTF) group if the arrested ULFA cadres were found to belong to that faction.

 

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Maoist fear grips Andhra residents:

The Deccan Chronicle reports that the fear of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres has reportedly gripped residents and officials working in Agency areas of the Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) in the three north coastal Districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam of north Andhra Pradesh. Sources from the Visakha Agency revealed that all Maoist activities are currently being held under the leadership of Ganesh alias Birsu alias Prasad, secretary for the east division of the Maoists committee in the AOB. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Visakha Range, Soumya Mishra, announced on October 21 that there were plans to induct pilot less aircraft in the Agency as part of the department’s steps to check the Maoists in the AOB.

 

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Maoist fear grips Andhra residents:

The Deccan Chronicle reports that the fear of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres has reportedly gripped residents and officials working in Agency areas of the Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) in the three north coastal Districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam of north Andhra Pradesh. Sources from the Visakha Agency revealed that all Maoist activities are currently being held under the leadership of Ganesh alias Birsu alias Prasad, secretary for the east division of the Maoists committee in the AOB. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Visakha Range, Soumya Mishra, announced on October 21 that there were plans to induct pilot less aircraft in the Agency as part of the department’s steps to check the Maoists in the AOB.

Its incredible that we dont see this much in western press

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

^^^ Froma maoists insurgency thread , bilal has turned this into an all- insurgency thread . Even news of building collapses and car accidents have been posted here . Oh the desperation .