Naxal Insurgency in India

[Prodigy17]

Maoists gun down contractor

Staff Reporter

BERHAMPUR: Maoists murdered a 33-year-old youth in broad daylight in Narayanpatna block of Koraput district on Saturday morning.

With this murder, the naxals tried to ascertain their presence and strength in the Narayanpatna area which is now considered a ‘strategic location’ of the ‘Red Corridor’.

According to police sources the murder took place at around 10 a.m. near Bagam village at a distance of around 6 km from the Narayanpatna police station.

The victim was Patro Khosla (33), a young contractor of Bagam village.

Khosla was on his way to Narayanpatna on his bike. A group of three armed Maoists, including a woman cadre, reached the village and started firing at him.

Throwing his bike Khosla started to run. As per eyewitnesses he could not escape as the woman naxal shot him. He died on the spot.

Khosla was a small-time contractor who had undertaken some minor road works in the area.

He was also involved in Women’s Self Help Group (WSHG) and NGO activity in the Bagam village.

It was for the first time for the naxals to target someone related to NGO activity in Koraput district.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/28/stor...2852520300.htm


Some more news on the topic...............


Chhattisgarh Maoists recruiting minor girls: Police

14 Jan 2009, 1025 hrs IST, IANS

RAIPUR: Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh are recruiting minor girls as part of a stepped-up drive to get members for a women's wing, say police.

The Maoists, who run a de facto administration in the state's vast southern mineral-rich Bastar region, are trying to get cadres for the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangh, said a senior police officer.

"Maoist militants are now on a stepped-up drive to recruit minors, mainly female adolescents, because it's easier to brainwash them," Pawan Deo, a senior officer at the police's special intelligence branch (SIB) here, said.

"The forced recruitment drive in the Bastar hinterland is now basically to fill up hundreds of slots vacated due to mass desertion of Communist Party of India-Maoist cadres due to relentless police pressure and exposure of the myth of Maoist ideology," he claimed.

Vishwa Ranjan, the state's police chief, had earlier said that roughly 10,000 highly militarised insurgents operate in Chhattisgarh, backed by another 35,000-40,000 cadres called 'Sangham members'.

"Some 30 percent or 15,000 of a total of 50,000 armed rebels are female insurgents who actively participate in carrying out major strikes against civilians and police forces," said Ranjan, who was additional director in the country's Intelligence Bureau (IB) before he became state police chief.

All five districts in the 40,000 sq km Bastar region have witnessed a string of deadly attacks on police bases and civilians since June 2005 when a government backed civil militia movement, Salwa Judum, was launched to take on militants in two districts - Dantewada and Bijapur, the nerve centre of militants' since early 1980s.

In March 2007, the rebels launched their biggest attack so far, killing 55 policemen in an overnight attack on a police outpost in Bijapur district.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I...ow/3976432.cms


Some news on Child Soldiers......................


Maoists step up recruitment of child soldiers

New Delhi, May 22: India`s Maoist rebels are on a drive to recruit thousands of child soldiers in the country`s poor rural heartlands, police and human rights agencies say, sometimes by force.

The rebels are making parents of poor families in east and central India hand over their children, aged mostly between 10-15 years, with promises of food and a better life in camps, they said, in some cases taking the children without consent.

"The Maoists are recruiting very small children in rural areas and the government is not doing anything about it, which is very disturbing," Meha Dixit, an activist with Amnesty International, said in New Delhi.

The Maoists have plans to recruit over 10,000 child soldiers from a few hundred now in east and central India, officials said, in an effort to strengthen their militant youth wing and influence in the heartlands.

On Tuesday, at least 20 children recruited by Maoists were arrested by police in Bihar.

"We heard that Maoists were recruiting children for their operation at a training camp and to our surprise we found a large number of teenage boys there," Vinay Kumar, a senior police officer, told Reuters in Bihar.

The rebels, who regularly kill policemen, and attack government establishments and factories in a large swathe of eastern and central India, say they are fighting the government on behalf of the poor and landless.

Human rights groups and police say the Maoists teach children to use weapons and to be informers.

"The Maoists are using children for their own purpose by recruiting them, but it is their age to read and play," said Ranjan Mohanty of the Campaign against Child Labour.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described the four-decade-old Maoist rebellion as the single biggest threat to India`s internal security. It has killed thousands of people. (Has he told stupid mukherjee about it or not?????? just wondering.............)


Sophisticated weapons

In Chhattisgarh, insurgents were recruiting dozens of children in the 12-15 year age group to boost numbers in a Maoist youth wing, police and NGO workers said.

"It is a forced recruitment," Girdhari Nayak, the police chief for anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh said.

"The rebels are carrying away the children without consent of their parents for a tough training to handle sophisticated weapons," Nayak said.

Earlier this month, the government in Orissa came across new video footage of Maoist child soldiers during a raid at a camp.

International and Indian human rights agencies said they have reports of rebels forcing children to join them and in several cases threatening to kill their parents if they refused.

But human rights workers say Indian authorities were also encouraging children to take up guns in a government-backed tribal militia movement against the Maoists.

"We have reports of rebel groups and the tribal militia recruiting children," Dixit, of Amnesty International, said.

Bureau Report

Maoists step up recruitment of child soldiers




What is your opinion??????????????

 

[UnitedPak]

The Naxalite threat in India is very serious and growing fast. These people control entire districts and have major influence in a series of provinces.

'The Red Corridor'

 

[ahmeddsid]

The Naxalite threat in India is very serious and growing fast. These people control entire districts and have major influence in a series of provinces.

'The Red Corridor'

They take Entire Districts??? Can you name some Districts they have Control over?? The Naxals use Hit and Run tactics, they attack and run into the forests! They havent captured any Districts like the Taliban and BLA!

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39916

 

[kenchabhai]

Ahmed is right they have not captured any district, they live in forests. Naxalites don't attack civilians either, their targets are usually govt servants, politicians, cops, govt contractors etc.

as per CNNIBN MAP

 

[Prodigy17]

They take Entire Districts??? Can you name some Districts they have Control over?? The Naxals use Hit and Run tactics, they attack and run into the forests! They havent captured any Districts like the Taliban and BLA!

You are talking about districts, they have large swath of states under control. Wish you opened your eyes............... here is some information which will be of use to you...............

News from Jharkhand....................

Maoist landmine blast kills CRPF jawan in Jharkhand

Jamshedpur, Jan 11: A CRPF jawan was killed and another suffered critical injuries today in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists at Gorabandha in Naxal-hit East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

"Shivpal Singh, a havildar, was killed in the blast at Rajabasa-Kirodari village and a constable, Jitendra Singh, was rushed to Tata Main hospital with critical injuries," Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum, Ravindra Agarwal told PTI. The CRPF jawans hit the landmine during a long-range patrol in naxal-hit areas of Ghatsila sub-division, where the forces launched a massive combing operation to flush out extremists. ( would this combing operation be any different from operation in swat??????)

Bureau Report
http://www.zeenews.com/states/2009-0...97975news.html


Some more................


Maoists attack Jamui court lock-up
17 Jan 2009, 0250 hrs IST, TNN

MUNGER: Maoists attacked the lock-up of the Jamui court on Friday evening and took away two of their cadre with them. Taking advantage of the situation, eight other undertrials also managed to escape, while three cops were wounded. The CPI(Maoist) cadre were brought from Jamui jail for court appearance.

According to sources, a dozen Maoists first threw chilli powder into the eyes of the policemen and broke open the lock-up door. They also threw bombs when police tried to stop them.

"Raids are on to nab the culprits,'' Jamui SP Vinay Kumar told TOI.

In one of the most daring incidents of jailbreak, Maoists had freed hundreds of prisoners from the Jehanabad jail on November 13, 2005.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I...ow/3990411.cms

Situation there in hindustan Naxal hit areas seems more like Afghanistan then FATA.

Some more news from Assaam..........


Anti-militant operations launched in upper Assam

Lakhimpur, Assam (PTI): The police and CRPF personnel have jointly launched operations against militants in three upper Assam districts following information of activities by HuJI ultras there besides those of ULFA and NDFB, the police said.

In the run up to the Republic Day, as many as 138 companies of CRPF ( if i am not wrong, one company has close to 150 to 160 soldiers)were deployed in the three adjoining districts -- Lakhimpur, Jorhat and Golaghat -- for the operations against the ultras.

The operations were intensified at Majuli Ahotguri Sapori, Kheroni Sapori, Kungbung and Lohit Khabola areas spread out in those three districts, the sources said.

The securitymen were also looking for ULFA leaders Darika Saikia and 'sergeant major' Raju Das hiding in the area.

Menawhile, during operations in central and upper Assam, the police and Army have found a huge quantity of arms, including 35 assault rifles, ammunition and explosives of the proscribed ULFA during the last few days.

As many as 27 Ak-47 rifles were unearthed on Saturday in Tinsukia district. Four other AK rifles were found from Lakhipathar reserved forest in Lakhimpur district. Four more similar rifles and six universal machine guns (UMG) were seized from neighbouring Dibrugarh district's Mahmora.

In Karbi Anglong district, another cache of assorted ammunition and explosives hidden by the Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) militants to be used during the Republic Day were recovered from a reserved forest at Bhelughat, under Howraghat police station.

The assorted recoveries include 337 ammunition of AK series rifles, 9-mm pistol's 163 ammunition, 95 rounds of 7.62 pistol, 500 gm explosives, 235 detonators and eight metres safety fuse wire.

The Hindu News Update Service


Dont run away, more eye opening news coming up........... for ignoramous people on this forum.

 

[ahmeddsid]

hahahah Man whole states Under their Control?? stop day dreaming! provide the source where they say so!!!! Naxals use hit and run for the umpteenth time!!! they hide in the forest which is their dwelling ground basically!

 

[UnitedPak]

They take Entire Districts??? Can you name some Districts they have Control over?? The Naxals use Hit and Run tactics, they attack and run into the forests! They havent captured any Districts like the Taliban and BLA!

POLITICS-PAKISTAN: Pro-Taliban Militants Grip Swat Valley, Defy Army

Whether the discussion is about Kashmir or Naxalites, you dont seem to have the maturity or sense to debate anything without getting incredibly emotional and rambling about your much beloved BLA and Taliban.
I would suggest you grow up.

Two reasons explain the failure of the central government's measures. Firstly, the naxalite expansion looks unstoppable, acting in 14 (or 15 according to the Asian Human Rights Centre) of India's 28 states (Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Asma, Uttaranchal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra y Bihar).

That means that out of a total of the country's 602 administrative districts the Maoists are in control in 182. Furthermore, the naxalites are beginning to reach into the cities, especially into the industrial working class areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Raipur, Pune and Jammu, alternating propaganda actions with military actions. Even the Indian government considered a year ago that between 30% and 35% of India's teritory is controlled by the naxalites (7). That percentage is greater now and which explains the frantic concern of the Prime Minister and the Indian oligarchy.

Scoop: Mumbai, the Indian elite and the naxalites

If you had bothered to read my post, I used the term "control" and not "capture".

 

[kenchabhai]

p17, It is quite clear that you are not even reasonably well informed about Naxalites.
So do you just want to bash India irrationally and unnecessarily or do you really want to debate and gain some understanding about the conflict, for the benefit of the whole board ?

 

[Prodigy17]

A naxalite corridor



PRAFULLA DAS
in Bhubaneswar

Naxalites are spreading their influence across Orissa and there are reports that they have established a `corridor' through the State with Jharkhand at one end and Andhra Pradesh on the other.
ASHOKE CHAKRABARTY
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THE merger of the People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre culminating in the birth of the Communist Party of India (Maoists) last September, and the failure of the peace talks between the extremists and the Andhra Pradesh government appear to have contributed towards the growth of the naxalite movement in the remote districts of Orissa. The extremists are now extending their reach much faster than ever before.

Naxalites have increased their presence in the northern and southern regions of the State, where tribal people form the majority. Naxalite violence has also begun to be reported from parts of western Orissa and from the coastal belt. Three persons were gunned down by Maoists in Burda village of Sambalpur district in May.

The guerillas have stepped up their activities this year in Rayagada and Malkangiri bordering Andhra Pradesh. According to intelligence sources, naxalites have been able to establish a connecting route between Jharkhand on one side and Andhra Pradesh on the other. The corridor passes mostly through forest belts and crosses human habitats at a few patches. Currently, 10 of the 30 districts of Orissa are in the grip of naxalites.
However, Director-General of Police (DGP) B.B. Mishra claims that naxalites have not been able to establish any corridor between Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh so far. "We have been successful in preventing them from establishing a corridor through the State," he said. "We are tackling the naxalites by extensive combing operations. The districts where combing operations are going on now are Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Angul and Jajpur," he said.

Apart from the State police, as many as 16 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are deployed in the State to help the police take on the Maoists. The DGP said that instead of following the traditional approach of pushing the naxalites away from their strongholds, the police were now trying to trap them in their own homeground. By adopting this approach, the State police has been able to arrest 103 hardcore naxalites between December 2004 and June this year, Mishra said.
Besides, a total of 46 cases were registered against naxalites by June 10 as against the total of 24 cases registered last year. The police have also been able to destroy a big naxalite camp in Malkangiri district and five camps in Sambalpur this year, detect 22 landmines and seize 30 weapons. In a major haul, the police recently seized 150 kg of explosives from a naxalite hideout in Malkangiri in the Dandakaranya region.

Giving details of the steps being taken to prepare the police to tackle the growing left-wing extremism, Mishra said that the government would soon raise its second India Reserve Battalion to be deployed in the State's northern region. The first India Reserve Battalion, which was raised three years ago, is at present deployed in the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati where there is a strong naxalite presence.
After realising how the failure of intelligence had led to the large-scale looting of arms by naxalites from the government armoury at the district headquarters town of Koraput in February 2004, the State police formed a Special Intelligence Wing to keep track of naxalite activities. A Special Operation Group has also been formed to oversee the anti-naxalite operations, Mishra said.
Although the extremists have not killed any police personnel this year, there have been a series of cases of arson and kidnapping by the naxalites in several districts. Last year, five policemen fell victim to naxalite violence. Four civilians were killed between January and June this year; two extremists were killed by the police.

But the battle between the Maoists and the police seems to have entered a serious phase. With pressure mounting on them in Andhra Pradesh after the failure of the peace process and the subsequent combing operation by Andhra Pradesh Police, it is believed that many senior Maoist leaders have shifted base to areas in the Dandakaranya region in Orissa and Chhattisgarh. With the naxalites consolidating their presence in more and more areas, the Orissa police are now in constant touch with the police of the neighbouring States to tackle the problem in the region.

But the naxalites are proving to be smarter than the police. Apart from concentrating on the tribal heartlands, they have also started wooing different sections of people whose sources of livelihood are threatened. Fishermen and their families in and around Chilika, the bamboo cutters of Nayagarh and marginalised farmers have attended pro-naxalite rallies in Bhubaneswar.

A recent study, "Unquiet forests - a comprehensive look at how forest laws are triggering conflicts in India with a focus on naxalite movement'', indicates that after the formation of the CPI (Maoist), naxalites have been spreading their activities at the rate of two districts a week in the country. They extended their influence from just 55 districts in nine States in November 2003 to 155 districts in 15 States by February 2005. This group controls close to 19 per cent of India's forests.



Financially, the CPI(Maoist) is the richest and largest revolutionary group in India, the study showed. According to the year-long study conducted by Richard Mahapatra as part of his scholarship thesis for the Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust, Orissa is fast slipping into the hands of naxalites. With forest-related issues fast emerging as entry points for naxalites, they now plan to control 25 districts of the State by 2007.
Tribal alienation, displacement by large projects, and government failure to ensure food security have been the main reasons for the spread of naxalites' influence in Orissa and other States, the study said.

Although the Orissa police seem to continue to deal with the naxalite issue as a law-and-order problem, the politicians have changed their attitude. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has observed that the problem is essentially socio-economic in nature and not just one relating to law and order. He has also said that his government will focus on developmental and welfare projects to find a solution to the problem.
In fact, the problems facing the tribal people of Orissa had hardly attracted the government's attention over the years. A series of naxalite attacks, looting of arms and ammunition from the district armoury at Koraput, and a series of tribal rallies by organisations supporting the naxalite movement have made the Naveen Patnaik government show some concern about the problems of the tribal population.
Earlier this year, the Chief Minister also announced plans to implement a series of programmes to ameliorate the sufferings of the tribal people, who account for 22 per cent of the State's population. Patnaik directed that minor cases against tribal people should be withdrawn and landless tribal families should be provided with homestead land on a priority basis. It was also announced that the land disputes involving tribal people would be solved without delay. However, nothing substantial has been done at the grassroots so far.
There is scepticism about the implementation of the welfare programmes, primarily because a large number of tribal families displaced by various developmental projects in the past have not been rehabilitated so far. The tribal people are now up in arms against many proposed mega mining and industrial projects that are likely to cause large-scale loss of forest cover, thereby depriving them of their livelihood.
This is resulting in many tribal people joining hands with the Maoists. Given the past experience, the State government has to be cautious in implementing the developmental projects and must also ensure that the private companies that are setting up industrial units extend suitable rehabilitation packages to those affected by the projects.
It is not the issue of displacement alone that disturbs the tribal people. It is the failure of successive governments to implement the welfare measures announced from time to time that has aggravated the situation. The administration at the ground level continues to remain indifferent towards their problems.
The Chief Minister had expressed a willingness to hold talks with the extremists without any preconditions. But the talks have not taken off. In fact, the question of the Orissa government holding talks with the Maoists has not been discussed after the failure of the talks between the naxalites and the Andhra Pradesh government. This has created an impression that no discussion between the naxalites and the State government is on the cards now. Against this background, the naxal problem is likely to aggravate unless the rising unrest among the tribal people is addressed and the fruits of development are taken to the poorest of the poor.
A naxalite corridor

While you can bask yourself in the slogans of shining hindustan, your North east and central india continues to be burn under the control of Naxals.

 

[ahmeddsid]

Whether the discussion is about Kashmir or Naxalites, you dont seem to have the maturity or sense to debate anything without getting incredibly emotional and rambling about your much beloved BLA and Taliban.
I would suggest you grow up.



Scoop: Mumbai, the Indian elite and the naxalites

If you had bothered to read my post, I used the term "control" and not "capture".

Frankly, I was not being emotional, Its just that Its not the Naxals method to capture Districts, their aim is to hurt the govt. Yes, They have presence in a large part of the NE, mainly due to the stupid antics of the Government! They havent captured entire districts and Paraded Soldiers who have surrendered. Thats what I meant to say.

 

[Prodigy17]

hahahah Man whole states Under their Control?? stop day dreaming! provide the source where they say so!!!! Naxals use hit and run for the umpteenth time!!! they hide in the forest which is their dwelling ground basically!

You have been granted your wish.............. anything else johnny.......

 

[ahmeddsid]

Show the latest reports please, 2005 is history. And about forests, yes they control the forests! Thats their fortress! Did you check out the problem in your own backyard?? I say you should.

The problems Plaguing India in the North East is due to the Governments Inability to address some Issues. I accept it. But whats happening in Pakistan? Why this interest in Indian naxals??

 

[Prodigy17]

The Naxals use Hit and Run tactics, they attack and run into the forests!

Yeah, and they either drop from the sky or pop up from the surface of the earth to do all these things................

You are living in fool's paradise if you think that they are some kind of primitive terrorists residing in jungles........... they have elaborate logistics and state of the art weaponery which can't be produced in jungles....

 

[booo]

showing hyderabad as highly affected is nothing but BS

 

[ahmeddsid]

Yeah, and they either drop from the sky or pop up from the surface of the earth to do all these things................

You are living in fool's paradise if you think that they are some kind of primitive terrorists residing in jungles........... they have elaborate logistics and state of the art weaponery which can't be produced in jungles....

Yes, they reside in the forests and are armed by some of Indias Adversaries. Yes they got great weapons, but they dont make it!!! They are supplied!

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