Insurgent & Secessionist movements in India

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STF man killed in encounter in Kashmir:

JAMMU : A policeman of Special Task Force was today killed in a fierce gunbattle between security forces and two militants, who have been trapped in a cordon in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Acting on a tip off, army and police personnel launched a cordon-and-search operation in Bakhari-Pinjar forest belt of Kishtwar district to track down the two militants at 6:15 AM hours today, an Army officer said.

During the search operation, the militants fired on the security personnel who fired back leading to an exchange of fire, the officer said, adding STF policeman Bilal Ahmed was killed in the encounter.

The encounter was going on till last reports came in. (AGENCIES)

Daily Excelsior....News Page

 

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Maoists slit throat of village head

Maoists slit the throat of a village head and chopped the finger of a school teacher on the first day of a two-day rebel-backed bandh in Malkangiri and Koraput districts today.

While Rama Kunja, 50, was killed at Bhubanpalli, the teacher suffered the brutality when he was trying to open the door of his school in Malkangiri district, police said.

The bandh, which was called demanding withdrawal of security forces, affected normal life as vehicles were off the road and shops and educational institutions remained closed.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_maoists-slit-throat-of-village-head_1613370

 

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Maoists More Dangerous Than Terrorists: Mamata

Talking tough after fresh Naxal violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said Maoists were more dangerous than terrorists and warned that her government would not remain a mute spectator.

The Trinamool leader also hit out at the Maoists saying they cannot talk peace and kill people.

Mamata's warning came a day after the Maoists offered to extend their unilateral ceasefire offer by four months if the operation by Joint Forces was kept suspended for the same period.

"You cannot talk peace and kill people. We cannot sit back and watch. We have to maintain law and order. We cannot suck our fingers when the killings go on," she said, adding Maoists were more dangerous than terrorists.

Mamata, however, said, "I still feel good sense will prevail on them and they will come back to the mainstream. If they come to the mainstream, the state government will take responsibility. It is a duty of the government to give protection to people."

The Chief Minister was speaking at a meeting to mourn the killing of two Trinamool supporters by the Maoists at Balarampur in Purulia district on Monday.

The joint security forces meanwhile stepped up anti- Maoist operations, carrying out searches and raids in Purulia and West Midnapore districts of junglemahal and recovered a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and explosive material.

Two Insas rifles, 100 rounds of AK47 and Insas rifle ammunition, 60 kg of explosive materials, mines, gelatine sticks and fuse wire were seized from Purnapani, an area between Salboni and Lalgarh police stations in West Midnapore district, police sources said.

Mamata claimed some people were helping the Maoists with money and shelter.

"The government is keeping a watch on them," she said and urged people to stay vigilant about their activities, particularly in Uttarpara in Hoogly district and activities of students of universities like the Jadavpur University.

"I know all people are not bad, but you must keep a watch," Banerjee said.

District superintendent of police Praveen Tripathy said the searches followed the questioning of PCPA convenor Asit Mahato who was arrested from Gorneta village on November 13.

Mahato, the prime accused in the Jnaneswari Express train disaster carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, was arrested following information provided by five arrested Maoists.

Yesterday, 200 rounds of ammunition, 13 country-made rifles and 85 kg of explosive powder were seized from Berabagdorha in Kotwali police station area by the joint forces in the same district, police sources said.

In Purulia district, the joint forces under newly-appointed Superintendent of Police, Counter Insurgency Forces, Manoj Verma, were searching for the Ayodhya squad of the Maoists who killed two Trinamool Congressmen Ajit Singh Sardar and his son Baku Singh Sardar at Ghatbera on Monday night, while two ultras were killed in a subsequent encounter.

Searches were made at Balarampur, Arsa, Bagmundi and Bandwan police station areas, the sources said.

news.outlookindia.com | Maoists More Dangerous Than Terrorists: Mamata

 

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Four civilians injured in bomb blasts across Manipur:

IMPHAL, Nov 17 – An explosion inside a scrap shop caused injuries to two persons this afternoon here and, in a separate incident, two persons were wounded when a bomb exploded in a market in Ukhrul district today .
In the first incident, a blast took place at around 12:30 pm in front of a scrap shop at Uripok Yambem Leikai in Imphal West. The injured have been indentified as Opendrakumar, 36, s/o Sorbon Rai of Sitawari district in Bihar at present staying at Major Khul here and the other as Laishram Kaoba, 42, s/o (L) Tomba of Langthabal.

In another incident, two non-locals were injured in a bomb attack at a busy market in Ukhrul district, police said today. At around 5.10 this evening, a hand-grenade lobbed by assailants at a hardware shop at Dewland Market in Ukhrul district exploded wounding two shopkeepers.

The injured have been identified as Vijay Sharma, 45 of Tikai village, Rajasthan and Ashok Rai, 30 from Majab Thakur district of Rajasthan, the official said.

The Assam Tribune Online

 

[Kazhugu]

Top Naxals surrender before Mamata: Latest News, Videos, Photos | Times of India


i knew this would escape the eyes of the concerned...so posting it...

 

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ULFA hideout busted, 3 ultras killed:

GUWAHATI, Nov 17 – The Army busted a hideout of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in the Namsai reserve forest area in Arunachal Pradesh and killed three militants.

Police sources said that a group of ULFA militants were taking shelter in Namsai area to launch extortion drive in Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border areas and at around 4 am today, the Army launched an operation killing three militants.

Two of the militants killed in the encounter have been identified as Kapil Bora and Ramen Gogoi. The third is yet to be identified. Army recovered one AK 47 rifle and grenades from the hideout.

The Assam Tribune Online

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HM militant killed, IED defused:

SRINAGAR, Nov 17: A Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces in South Kashmir's Shopian district today.

Police said that security forces surrounded a house in village Shalidoora, Keller, Shopian district after information about the presence of militants there early today.

Police said when the holed up militants were challenged, they started firing at the troops. One local militant belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen was killed.

Police said that no collateral damage was caused to life and property in the area. No security force personnel was injured in the encounter, police added.

Police said that the militant was active in the area for last one year. One AK-47 rifle and two magazines were recovered from the encounter site.

The militant was identified as Muneer Ahmad Kaalas son of Noorudn Kaalas resident of Bajra Abhama Keller in district Shopian. The body was taken to police station where from it was handed over to the relatives for last rites.

IGP Kashmir, S M Sahai later visited Shopian to take stock of the situation.

Meanwhile, a major tragedy was averted today when security forces detected and defused a powerful five kilogramme of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by militants in Kupwara district.

Police said a patrol party detected the pressure cooker IED planted by the militant at Lassipora on Kupwara-Sogam road.

The device was destroyed in the nearby fields by a bomb disposal squad of the police. The explosive was planted apparently to target the Army convoys, which pass through the area every morning.

Daily Excelsior....News Page

 

[IndoCarib]

BBC News - Maoists admit they killed India nun Valsa John

 

[MiloMayor]

India needs to address this problem at its earliest. Recently our company stopped working in Orissa because of this issue. We had paid to this particular guy - Kishanji . And today I heard this guy was killed. Can anybody confirm this?

 

[Bhairava]

http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/142794-top-maoist-leader-kishenji-killed.html#post2321684

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Imphal: Blast ahead of PM visit, one killed

IMPHAL: Two days ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's Imphal visit, rebels triggered a bomb explosion at the historic palace compound in the heart of the capital on Wednesday killing a rickshaw puller and injuring two women bystanders.

The explosion took place around 11.10 am near the high security entrance gate of the venue for ten-day long state-sponsored Sangai tourism festival.

Minutes after the blast, layers of water-tight security rings were thrown in at the restive twin-capital districts of Imphal West and Imphal East in view of the leaders' visit on Saturday.

The bomb exploded on the second day of a three-day bandh called by the underground Kangleipak Communist Party, Military council (KCP-MC) to denounce an alleged fake encounter killing of one of its cadres by Manipur police commandos recently.

Following the blast, additional security forces were rushed to the spot and all the entrance gates of the festival venue were sealed. Almost all the stalls at the festival venue were also shut down fearing more blasts.

Eye witnesses said the bomb, probably kept inside a rickshaw went off near the gate of the venue for the festival killing its puller - Md Kora (51) of Irong Umang village in Thoubal district - and injuring two women by-standers - Ch Bidyapati Devi (25) and Y Bala Devi (53).

The two, who received minor splinter injuries, were rushed to a private nursing home at the state capital.

A police officer said investigation was on to ascertain the veracity of the blast and a rapid search operation was also on in and around the spot. He did not rule the possibility of the deceased rickshaw pulled being the bomb carrier.

No group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's blast till the time of filing this report.

The PM and UPA chairperson will pay their one-day visit to Imphal on Saturday to inaugurate some major projects including the auditorium of Manipur Film Development Corporation and assembly and high court buildings. Besides inaugurating the projects, the duo will also address the public at the historic Kangla fort, all in Imphal's centre that witnessed frequent bomb explosions triggered by rebels since the last few months.

Accompanied by central officials, the prime minister and the Congress president will land at Imphal airport in a special BSF flight at 10.30 am and they will return back on the same flight to the national capital in the afternoon, official sources said. Ahead of their visit a team of Special Protection Group (SPG) arrived at Imphal on Tuesday.

Imphal: Blast ahead of PM visit, one killed - The Times of India

 

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Maoist rebels kill 11 in attacks in eastern India
By INDRAJIT SINGH | AP – 1 hr 27 mins ago
PATNA, India (AP) — Maoist rebels have killed 11 people in attacks across an eastern Indian state after their leader died in a gunbattle with security forces, police said.
The rebels blew up railway tracks at two points in Jharkhand before dawn Sunday to protest the Nov. 24 killing of Koteshwar Rao, alias Kishanji, in the neighboring state of West Bengal, police Superintendent D.V. Sharma said.
Hours earlier, they had attacked a police convoy traveling with a state lawmaker in western Jharkhand, detonating explosives and spraying gunfire that left 10 officers and a young boy dead.
Another officer was hospitalized with injuries. Former Jharkhand Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari escaped unharmed.
The rebels, inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states to demand land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
Referred to as Naxalites, after the West Bengal village of Naxalbari where the movement began in 1967, they frequently target police and government workers.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called the rebels the biggest internal threat to India's security.
Last month, security forces launched a hunt for Kishanji and other rebel leaders in the jungles of West Bengal, eventually killing the top rebel in a gunbattle and seizing large stocks of arms and ammunition.
The rebels have vowed to avenge his death.
Left-wing politicians have protested the killing as well, saying the rebel leader could have been made to surrender.

 

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india's insurgency problem is hopeless...this is what happens when u supress people and discriminate on basis of religion and castes.

 

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RIP to the dead.

 

[Lyrical Mockery]

Top ULFA leader, Indian journalist arrested in Myanmar - Hindustan Times

ULFA leader Paresh Baruah arrested in Myanmar: Reports - Video | The Times of India

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

thats pretty despicable they even killed an innocent boy