Separatist Insurgencies in India - News and Discussions.

[Azazel]

Wow, ths for ur explanation. Only the organization's name, they'll feel disappointed because today China huge difference with Mao's China.

They actually do.

 

[Windjammer]

7 CRPF men killed in encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand

Latehar (Jharkhand), Jan 7, 2013, PTI:
Seven CRPF personnel were killed and at least nine others were injured in a fierce gun battle with Maoist guerrillas in Latehar district on Monday.

Jharkhand Director General of Police G S Rath said that nine or 10 other personnel from both CRPF and Jharkhand Jaguar were injured in the gun battle with the Maoists near the Katila locality of Amuatikar village of the district.

The CRPF had rushed to the spot after police got information that several Maoist guerrillas, including those from outside the state, had assembled near the place.

The encounter broke out when the Maoists from a hill-top fired on the security personnel.
Units drawn from the 112 and 134 battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force and state police were out to conduct an anti-Naxal operation when the attack took place.

The security forces have consolidated their positions now and some casualties have been inflicted upon the Naxals too, a CRPF official said in New Delhi.

This was the first major encounter this year where security forces suffered casualties in anti-Maoist operations.

It came close on the heels of Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh’s two-day visit to the Maoist-affected districts of Latehar, Garhwa and Palamau from December 31 to inspect the Centrally sponsored rural development works.

7 CRPF men killed in encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand

 

[AHAM BRIHMASMI]

confirmed sources have informed that moist have planted IEDs in side the dead bodies, two villagers have been killed while removing them from forest, recovery is now postponed and ways are being devised to recover the bodies without mutilation and more casuelties.

 

[Sashan]

The battle against the Maoists is going to get fiercer and bloodier.

Determined to get back at Maoists that killed and booby-trapped bodies of CRPF personnel, the home ministry has sent out orders to deploy another 10,000 men in the Maoist heartland within the next two months.

Besides Odisha and Bihar, the new deployment plan will focus on raising presence of security personnel in Jharkhand where 18 CRPF battalions (each battalion has a sanctioned strength of 1,050) have been fighting pitched battles with the Maoists.

The move will push the total number of security personnel in Maoist-infested districts to over 85,000.

"The operations will be intensified. We will take forward the strikes," CRPF director general Pranay Sahay said, referring to the continuing offensive to corner the 100-150 Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district.

Nine CRPF and one state police personnel have died in the latest round of encounters as security personnel approached Maoists who controlled the hilltop.

It was a cost the security establishment was ready to pay.

"There will be more casualties on both sides... It is a battle for survival and preserving their stronghold in these forests," a government source associated with the operations added.

And it isn't going to be restricted to Jharkhand. Home secretary RK Singh - who has a reputation of being a hard administrator - has ordered induction of 10 more battalions (5 CRPF, 3 Sashastra Seema Bal and 2 BSF battalions) into the Maoist heartland.

Battle gets fiercer in naxal zone: govt to deploy 10,000 more security personnel - Hindustan Times

 

[kurup]

CRPF recovers mines, IED after Naxal encounter


NAGPUR: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) staved off a Naxal attack near Sirpur village in the jungle of Pendhri in Gadchiroli district in the early hours of Monday. The paramilitary forces recovered three unexploded improvised explosive devices ( IED), two landmines and one claymore mine following the encounter that took place at 7am.

Sources stated 192 Battalion of CRPF was engaged in area domination exercise in Pendhri jungles from the previous day evening. A band of Naxals, camping in the jungle, triggered a blast spotting the advancing party. A senior official said the CRPF troop had to break the multi-layered ambush formed by the rebels to corner the paramilitary jawans.

As the CRPF personnel started circling the area, the rebels opened fire that led to gunfight. The exchange took place for 15-20 minutes. The Naxals retreated as the CRPF was fast zeroing in on them. There was no information of any casualty. CRPF conducted a search for another couple of hours in adjoining jungles.

On January 25, CRPF had a gunfight with Naxals near Chhattisgarh border. Sources said the latest encounter also took place close to Chhattisgarh. Pendhri and its surrounding jungles often serve as shelter for Naxals across the border. District police too have often got involved in gunfight with the Naxals here.

Security force also recovered a walkie-talkie from the spot that indicated the rebels had a senior leader among them. It is learnt the Naxals were camping at the spot to prepare for a sabotage attack.

CRPF recovers mines, IED after Naxal encounter - Times Of India

 

[mirage2K]

Andhra Greyhound model for other Maoist-hit states on anvil

NEW DELHI: The Centre wants anti-Maoist special forces to be raised by Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha on the lines of Andhra Greyhounds, to have a young profile, with constabulary under 30 years and others below 40 years. The Union home ministry insists that recruitment to these elite forces should be voluntary and its personnel, who will have to undergo rigorous training to withstand inhospitable terrain and master jungle survival, should not be on active deployment for more than 15 days at a stretch.

The financial clearances for the state-level anti-Naxal special forces - to be funded by Rs 280-crore scheme of the Union home ministry — are in and a final nod by the Cabinet is expected shortly. The home ministry hopes the specialized forces to be constituted within the next six months with young volunteers from the state police, who will be on deputation for a limited period, just like Greyhounds where officers serve for three years.

The ministry is hopeful that many young police personnel will evince interest in becoming part of this elite component of the state police, given the incentive of 60 per cent of the basic salary, along with dearness allowance, and other awards like out-of-turn promotions for outstanding acts of bravery, it entails.

The parameters of the specialized anti-Naxal forces will come up for discussion with the concerned states at a Naxal review meeting convened by the Union home ministry here next week. According to home ministry sources, the states will be asked to commit to the suggested stipulations at an anti-Naxal review meeting convened by the home ministry here next week, in order to qualify for Central funds under the Rs 280-crore scheme.

The meeting is expected to fine-tune operational strategies, besides discussing stepping up of police presence in problem areas such as Dandkaranya forest region, Andhra-Odisha border, Koel-Sankh region in Jharkhand and Jamui-Banka in Bihar.

The anti-Naxal strategy review - a quarterly affair - will also see the Centre enquiring about the states' follow up on its earlier suggestion that they replicate West Bengal government's successful experiment of recruiting 5,000 junior police personnel from the Naxal hotbed of Junglemahal. The Trinamool Congress-ruled state has, it be recalled, witnessed a steep fall in its Naxalism indices.

Andhra Greyhound model for other Maoist-hit states on anvil - The Times of India

 

[illusion8]

Determined to get back at Maoists that killed and booby-trapped bodies of CRPF personnel, the home ministry has sent out orders to deploy another 10,000 men in the Maoist heartland within the next two months.

The b@stard's cornered - we'll be hearing good news soon

NEW DELHI: CPI (Maoist) leader Arvindji, who had got IED planted in the abdomen of CRPF jawans in the recent Latehar encounter, has been cornered in the jungle of Jharkhand's Gumla district along with 150 Maoists. Sources said an encounter between the Maoists and the security forces could ensue anytime.

Naxal who planted bombs in jawans’ bodies cornered - The Times of India

 

[Jayanta]

This is ethnic cleanising and India perhaps is the only country in the modern world where such crimes are going on and on.
But again full credit to Indian media who down played such shames, I even doubt the figure of 6,000.

Ohh la la....Look who's speaking...a Pakistani on Maoists issues in India...and comparing it with ethnic cleansing. Well why not look at SHIA's, Ahmedis, Christians and Hindus in your own country. The only case of ethnic cleansing of India was in J&K where Kashmiri pandits were wiped out from the state.

 

[Jayanta]

Well I am no student of Political science....but all I can say is...extremism in India especially Maoists and the NE-India is mostly due to the negligence of the center to those areas. Those are the underdeveloped areas of the country..if those areas are developed there is a bright chance these people will be part of the mainstream. We have seen a lot of such activities in my own country...and the best way to deal is with softer strategies rather than with force...one can kill an individual but not an "IDEA" or a thought.

 

[Windjammer]

Army man killed in Manipur bomb explosion, two injured
Imphal, Feb 25, 2013, (PTI):
An army jawan was killed and two others were seriously injured when a powerful bomb, allegedly planted by insurgents, exploded in Manipur's interior Churachandpur district bordering Myanmar and Mizoram this morning.

Official sources said personnel of 11 Gorkha Rifles were on patrol duty when the bomb, which was attached to a culvert, exploded at around 6.40 am killing a jawan on the spot and injuring two others seriously.

It was not immediately known whether the suspected insurgents used remote-controlled device or a timer.

The place of occurance is about 6 km from Churachandpur police station and about 50 km south of the state capital, the sources said.

Security and police personnel posted near Churachandpur police station immediately surrounded the area and launched a search operation but none was apprehended and it is being suspected that the assailants might be hiding in the nearby thickly wooded hilly area.

No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the incident which is the first major attack on army personnel this year, the sources added.

Army man killed in Manipur bomb explosion, two injured

 

[fatal_toxic]

10 members of CPI(Maoist) were killed in gunbattle with the TPC (Tritiya Prastuti Committee) who is state n police backed in Kunda block of Chatra distt. in Jharkhand..

The killed include some of the high ranking members of CPI!

The Kunda block is one of the most dangerous nd protected zones by maoists in Jharkhand!
The first naxals arrived frm West Bengal fr the first time in Jharkhand (tht time Bihar) in this block only!
all the bodies hv been recovered by the Police n some 38 arms includin LMG's hv been recovered!

Source-My dad as he was posted as an Officer incharge in Chatra distt. n jus heard him talk on the fone in the morning!

I cant post the source or "Real" source frm NDTV's website as i hv nt completed 30 posts....

however u can open the NDTV site n see the news!!!!
BTW they havent repoprted abt the guns as the bglock is too remote to be covered by NDTV's reporters..
BTw i'll hv the news next mornin in my local newspaper as m in jharkhand onli!

 

[kaykay]

A maoist top commander along with five others surrendered before the BSF in odisha!!!
Maoist commander surrenders in Koraput district

 

[kaykay]

Police counter attack maoists, force them to flee.
Police counterattack Maoist, force them to flee

 

[kaykay]

2 maoists arrested in odisha while 1 top commander arrested in tamil nadu.
Maoists arrested in Odisha
Bengal CRPF camp attack suspect held in Tamil Nadu

 

[kurup]

IAF flies double sorties in Chhattisgarh Red zone


The Indian Air Force flew choppers in buddy pairs over Maoist strongholds in Chhattisgarh in the first week of April as extra precaution in the run-up to the third anniversary of the Tadmetla massacre where the rebels killed 76 CRPF men in 2010. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are also being used to sanitize routes of choppers.

During double sorties, while one IAF chopper descends the other hovers above to provide aerial security cover, said a source. Each MI-17 chopper carries a light machine gun (LMG), besides other weapons, and Garud commandos.

The CRPF, nodal agency in anti-Maoist operations, throw a security cordon over the helipad during ascent and descent of choppers in Maoist bastions. The IAF commandos guard the chopper and man the LMG on board after descent.

The IAF and BSF choppers are primarily used to provide logistic support — carry men and provisions in inaccessible areas as well as those injured in encounters with Maoists.

IAF has allotted the CRPF 80 hours a month for sorties. The security forces were apprehensive that double sorties would gobble up the flying hours. However, the IAF has decided to count flying hours of one chopper in case there is a need for a double sortie.

The IAF is more careful after the January 18 incident when six of its men abandoned an injured Chhattisgarh policeman and rushed for safety after their chopper crash landed at Timilwada in south Chhattisgarh. The IAF men also left behind a light machine gun and a pistol after Maoists fired 19 bullets at the chopper.

Recently, there were inputs from Kishtaram and Bheji in south Chhattisgarh’s Konta that Maoist squads could do replays of Timilwada and attack chopper flying above their bastions, said a state police officer.

Chhattisgarh Police and the CRPF beefed up security manifold to sanitize the areas before chopper landings. After the January 18 incident, the IAF, too, has been insisting on sanitization of sorties routes in Maoist strongholds using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) before its choppers fly out on air support missions.

“We have been using UAVs for sanitizing areas wherever possible,” said a senior police officer.

The Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC) of the Maoist have also begun. Maoists conduct TCOC, or ‘escalation of violence’, twice a year — once in April-May, and then in December-January. During these periods, there is an increase in violence in Maoist zones across the country.

A workshop was also held to sensitize personnel of all security forces, including state police, CRPF and IAF, involved in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh about threat perception.

IAF flies double sorties in Chhattisgarh Red zone | idrw.org