Naxal Insurgency in India

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Five policemen killed in landmine attack in Jharkhand

Ranchi (PTI): Five policemen were killed and two others injured when Maoists blew up their jeep with a landmine in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Saturday.

"A sub-inspector and four constables, including the driver of the jeep, were killed when the Maoists detonated the landmine on the Patki-Maneka road," Inspector General of Police S N Pradhan told PTI. The injured were admitted to a hospital. The policemen were on their way to Latehar from Medininagar.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

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Maoists Blow Up Railway Track, SDO's Office During Bandh

Patna (PTI): The banned CPI (Maoist) rebels on Monday blew up a railway track in Jamui district, blasted a portion of the SDO's office and looted foodgrains from an FCI godown in adjoining Munger district during the 24-hour bandh called in five east Bihar districts.

The shutdown was called to protest the recent arrest of their five cadres.

Traffic on Patna-Howrah line was disrupted when Naxalites blasted the up track between Narganjo and Ghorparan stations in Jamui district around 3.20 am, superintendent of railway police, Jamalpur, Vimal Kumar told PTI.

The cargo van of Poorvanchal Express, which happened to cross the breached track soon after the blast, got derailed, but no casualty was reported.

Several trains, including Howrah-Delhi Janata Express, Howrah-Danapur Express, Tata-Gorakhpur Express, Tata-Danapur Express and Amritsar-Danapur Express, were stranded at various stations, railway sources said.

The restoration work has started and it would take a few hours before normal traffic resumes, sources said.

Around the same time, over a hundred Maoists blew up a portion of the office of Kharagpur sub-divisional officer.

Though no casualty was reported as nobody was present at the time of the incident, a room of the SDO's office was completely destroyed. The Naxalites also looted several sacks of foodgrains from an adjoining FCI godown, Munger, District SP Shalin said.

The Maoists have called a 24-hour bandh since midnight to protest the arrest of their five comrades, including a member of its Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and North Chhattisgarh Special Area Committee Sunil Marandi in Lakhisarai District on May 30.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus...0806020941.htm

 

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Naxals kill 3 'police informers'
13 Feb 2009, 0440 hrs IST, Mazhar Ali , TNN



CHANDRAPUR: After a temporary lull since 01/02 Markegaon carnage in which 15 cops were killed, Naxalites resurfaced with more violence. In two different incidents the rebels killed three persons on Wednesday midnight in Lekurbodi and Dobur villages. In both the cases Naxalites had blamed the slain villagers of being police informers.

According to police sources, a band of around 30 armed Naxalites entered Lekurbodi, some 15 kms from Korchi tehsil, during midnight hours. They barged into the houses of two villagers — Maharsingh Rama Naroti (40) and Hariram Jairam Madavi (30) — simultaneously and dragged them out of their houses. Charging them as informers of Gondia police they gunned the duo point blank. The insurgents later disappeared into the jungles.
However, Gondia police have denied that the deceased duo were their informers. On getting information the cops from Bedgaon police station reached the village and shifted the bodies to Gadchiroli for postmortem. Korchi dalam is suspected to be involved in the killings, sources claimed.
SDPO Sham Ghuge has intensified anti-Naxal operations in the area and has deployed commando teams in the adjoining jungles to trace the fleeing Naxalites.
In another incident of Wednesday night some Naxalites killed a youth in Dobur village in Bhamragarh tehsil. Police sources claimed that deceased Mangru Doke Parsa (25) was dragged out of his house and thrashed brutally with baton and sticks till he succumbed to injuries.

Naxal Terror Watch: Naxals kill 3 'police informers'

 

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Mobile firms seek protection for towers

Patna, (Bihar Times): Following the repeated attack on the mobile towers by the Maoists the cellular mobile companies operating in rural Bihar have sought enhanced police protection around them.

Many mobile towers of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Reliance C ommunications and Airtel have been targeted by the CPI-Maoists in Rohtas, Gaya and Aurangabad districts in the last three months. This has caused huge financial loss to these companies.

Reports said that in the past 10 days, the extremists blew up at least half a dozen mobile towers belonging to Airtel and Reliance Communications in Gaya and Aurangabad districts taking advatage of lack of adequate security around the towers. The extremists targeted the mobile towers after some of their top leaders were arrested after their calls were intercepted with the help of these towers

Naxal Terror Watch: Mobile firms seek protection for towers

 

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FIR lodged against 154 persons in Nawada Maoist attack


Nawada (Bihar), Feb 11: The police on Wednesday lodged FIRs against four persons and 150 unknown Maoists in Kauakaul police station in connection with the killing of 10 policemen in Naxal attack on February 9 in the district.


Sources said those who have been named in the FIR were- Ajit Yadav, Mukhiya of Lalpur panchayat, his body-guard, Rambhuj Ravidas, Sarpanch of Mahudar panchayat and Jamuna Ravidas, a resident of Tisri police station area of Giridih district.

Yadav had invited Rameshwar Ram, SHO of Kauakaul police station, to chair a function to mark the birth anniversary of saint Ravidas at Mahuliatand where the police team was ambushed by Naxalites.

IG (Operations) S K Bhardwaj said police were conducting raids in Nawada, Giridih and adjoining districts in Jharkhand to capture the Naxalites.

On Monday, Maoists gunned down ten police, including Ram, and an ASI and injured three others and looted 11 guns including two SLRs at Mahuliatand village.

Over 200 ultras armed with sophisticated weapons ambushed the police party comprising of District Armed police, Special Auxiliary Police and Bihar Military Police personnel, who were going to guard a function organised on the occasion of "Ravidas Jayanti" at Mahuliatand.

Bureau Report


Naxal Terror Watch: FIR lodged against 154 persons in Nawada Maoist attack