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Maoist threat rears its ugly head in Punjab
By Manjeet Sehgal
Published: 23:27 GMT, 21 May 2014 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 21 May 2014
The Naxal insurgency is not limited to the eastern or central parts of the country. It is slowly advancing in the north too.
According to a recent Intelligence Bureau (IB) internal report, the banned CPI (Maoist) is operating through 128 frontal organisations in Haryana, Delhi (NCR), Uttrakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala.
Though the IB's internal report has established growing Naxal activities in Punjab, there is no information about the exact number of frontal organisations active in the state.
While no arrests have been made recently, the Jalandhar Police in January 2009 arrested Jai Parkash Dubey from Phillaur, a senior Communist Party of India (Maoist) Naxalite, who was trying to revive Naxalism in the state.
Threat: An intelligence Bureau internal report states that CPI (Maoists) is operating through 128 frontal organisations across the country, including Punjab, Haryana and the NCR
Former chief minister and newly-elected Amritsar MP Captain Amrinder Singh said in his address delivered during the Chintan Shivir in Jaipur on January 2013: "All 22 districts of Punjab have reported Naxal activities. When I was the chief minister, only two districts had Naxal presence."
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, during a state plan meeting in New Delhi in April 2012, had warned the Planning Commission functionaries.
"The farmers are facing challenges like falling agriculture income, rising agriculture debt and high farm investments. If nothing is done soon to deal with this impending crisis, there would be Naxalism in Punjab," Badal had said.
Director general of Punjab Police Sumedh Singh Saini, however, said no naxal activity has been noticed in the state, and refused to comment any further.
Meanwhile, the IB report states that while eight CPI (Maoist) frontal organisations are active in Haryana, activities of nine frontal organisations are under scanner in Delhi NCR.
The Naxal connection to Delhi and Gurgaon was established on Friday when the Special Task Force arrested a zonal commander of a naxalite outfit.
Krishna Mochi alias Abhay alias Ajay was nabbed from Salarpur area of Gautambudh Nagar. Mochi was wanted in connection with an October 2013 attack on CRPF jawans in Bihar's Gaya district.
During his interrogation, Mochi confessed he was treated in a Gurgaon hospital after he was injured by the Bihar Police on March 19 in an encounter.
"The probe is on and we are trying to establish his (Mochi's) connection with Gurgaon. We have not received any official communication regarding his involvement in any Naxal activity in the area," Gurgaon Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Vivek Sharma told Mail Today.
This is, however, not the first time that a Naxal movement has been established in Gurgaon. Former minister of state for home Jitendra Singh had said in Rajya Sabha on August 22, 2012, that a number of organisations sympathetic towards the Naxal movement had protested during unrest at Maruti's Manesar plant in 2012.
Meanwhile, though no Naxalrelated violence has been reported in Himachal Pradesh or Uttarakhand, the IB had found at least two Naxal frontal organisations active in Uttrakhand during the 2013 landslide and floods.
There are also speculations about the presence of Nepalese Maoists in Himachal Pradesh.
Maoist threat rears its ugly head in Punjab | Mail Online
By Manjeet Sehgal
Published: 23:27 GMT, 21 May 2014 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 21 May 2014
The Naxal insurgency is not limited to the eastern or central parts of the country. It is slowly advancing in the north too.
According to a recent Intelligence Bureau (IB) internal report, the banned CPI (Maoist) is operating through 128 frontal organisations in Haryana, Delhi (NCR), Uttrakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala.
Though the IB's internal report has established growing Naxal activities in Punjab, there is no information about the exact number of frontal organisations active in the state.
While no arrests have been made recently, the Jalandhar Police in January 2009 arrested Jai Parkash Dubey from Phillaur, a senior Communist Party of India (Maoist) Naxalite, who was trying to revive Naxalism in the state.
Threat: An intelligence Bureau internal report states that CPI (Maoists) is operating through 128 frontal organisations across the country, including Punjab, Haryana and the NCR
Former chief minister and newly-elected Amritsar MP Captain Amrinder Singh said in his address delivered during the Chintan Shivir in Jaipur on January 2013: "All 22 districts of Punjab have reported Naxal activities. When I was the chief minister, only two districts had Naxal presence."
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, during a state plan meeting in New Delhi in April 2012, had warned the Planning Commission functionaries.
"The farmers are facing challenges like falling agriculture income, rising agriculture debt and high farm investments. If nothing is done soon to deal with this impending crisis, there would be Naxalism in Punjab," Badal had said.
Director general of Punjab Police Sumedh Singh Saini, however, said no naxal activity has been noticed in the state, and refused to comment any further.
Meanwhile, the IB report states that while eight CPI (Maoist) frontal organisations are active in Haryana, activities of nine frontal organisations are under scanner in Delhi NCR.
The Naxal connection to Delhi and Gurgaon was established on Friday when the Special Task Force arrested a zonal commander of a naxalite outfit.
Krishna Mochi alias Abhay alias Ajay was nabbed from Salarpur area of Gautambudh Nagar. Mochi was wanted in connection with an October 2013 attack on CRPF jawans in Bihar's Gaya district.
During his interrogation, Mochi confessed he was treated in a Gurgaon hospital after he was injured by the Bihar Police on March 19 in an encounter.
"The probe is on and we are trying to establish his (Mochi's) connection with Gurgaon. We have not received any official communication regarding his involvement in any Naxal activity in the area," Gurgaon Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Vivek Sharma told Mail Today.
This is, however, not the first time that a Naxal movement has been established in Gurgaon. Former minister of state for home Jitendra Singh had said in Rajya Sabha on August 22, 2012, that a number of organisations sympathetic towards the Naxal movement had protested during unrest at Maruti's Manesar plant in 2012.
Meanwhile, though no Naxalrelated violence has been reported in Himachal Pradesh or Uttarakhand, the IB had found at least two Naxal frontal organisations active in Uttrakhand during the 2013 landslide and floods.
There are also speculations about the presence of Nepalese Maoists in Himachal Pradesh.
Maoist threat rears its ugly head in Punjab | Mail Online
