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Major tragedy averted; powerful bomb found inside train:

Guwahati, Jun 17 (PTI) A major tragedy was today averted when a powerful bomb was found by the Railway Police inside a compartment of a packed Kachenjunga Express during a routine search after its arrival at the railway station near here. Police suspect the hand of various anti-peace talk militant groups in Assam which could have been planning to attack trains.
A high alert has been sounded across the state following the detection of the powerful bomb which was a programmable time device (PTD) weighing 4 to 5 kgs and it could have caused a major explosion, GRP sources said. They said the personnel on duty in the Sealdah-Guwahati train noticed an unattended small, but heavy bag on empty seat no. 22 in S-5 reserved coach at Kamakhya railway station near Guwahati.
"As nobody claimed the bag at Guwahati railway station, where the train arrived at 5.20 AM, the GRP personnel suspecting it to be a bomb evacuated about 1,100 passengers on board it and the crowded platform," they said. They immediately informed the bomb disposal squad, whose personnel rushed to the spot and covered the suspicious bag with a safety blanket.
Inside the bag was a steel milk can containing a programmable time device, four detonators, four kg of explosives, sand and splinters, police sources said.
"It was due to the alertness of the railway police men that a major tragedy was averted today," Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IGP (Law and Order), said.
"The GRP did very good work in saving so many lives," he said. (More) PTI

 

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Maoists blow up school building in Garhwa:

Garhwa (Jharkhand), June 18 (PTI) Maoists blew up a school building in Garhwa district's Keta village, police said today.

About fifty rebels stuffed explosives inside the building last night and triggered the blast, damaging three-fourth of the Lohia-Samata High School.
There was no loss of life, police said. The Maoists had planned to blast the school during their 24-hour shutdown in Jharkhand, Bihar and North Chhatisgarh on Thursday, but alert security forces had foiled their attempt that day. PTI

 

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@ bilalhaider, dude what type of news are u posting????????? in ur over obsession u are posting every little news like Maoists exchanged fire with forces, attacked railway stations & police stations, damaged slabs,tracks, construction materials etc etc etc. what is this????? tomorrow u'll post what Maoists ate, pissed or passed. if there is any casualty then that news is understandable but ur posting daily routines of Maoists.

 

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Bilalhaiter , have u put some RSS feeds on Maoists news .

Thanks to u this thread is alive

 

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Maoists kill one:


Gaya, Jun 22 (PTI) Suspected naxalites shot dead a villager at Maigra village in Bihar's Gaya district, City Superintendent of Police Ratna Mani Sanjiv said.

Four motorcycle-borne ultras raided the village and shot dead Arvind Kumar, husband of village head Mamata Kumari in broad daylight, Sanjiv said.
Old enmity was stated to be the reason behind the killing, he said adding raids were on in the area to nab the culprits. PTI

 

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Maoists kill a former sarpanch in Bihar:

Times of India reports that six heavily armed motorcycle-borne cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed Arvind Kumar, a former sarpanch (president of panchayat, the village level local self-Government institution) of the Sewra panchayat in Magra village under Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District on June 22. Angry villagers upset over the alleged failure of the Central Reserve Police Force to make instant response and follow the motorcycle-borne Maoists, set ablaze a pay loader engaged in road construction work in the area. The villagers also forced shopkeepers to down their shutters and blocked traffic on the State Highway linking the Dumaria block (administrative division) with the District Headquarters.

Meanwhile, three Maoists were arrested from Sojanna village in Nalanda District in the night of June 21, reports Samay Live. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Saurabh Kumar Sah said Police raided the village and arrested Sobhi Yadav, Karu Yadav and Mani Yadav. The three arrestees were reportedly involved in several operations carried out by the Maoists in Bihar and Jharkhand, the ASP said.

 

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Maoists in Bihar set ablaze construction company's mixing plant:

IBN Live reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze mixing plant of a construction company at Chorwa village in East Champaran District in the night of June 22. Tyres of truck, dumper, AC wiring and other equipment worth INR one million were destroyed in the incident. The Maoists left some literature citing the company's failure to pay 'levy' to the local (CPI-Maoist) as the reason behind the arson, Superintendent of Police Ganesh Kumar said.

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Landmines recovered in West Bengal:

IANS reports that two landmines suspected to be planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were found in the Simulpal area under Belpahari Police Station of West Midnapore District on June 23. The explosives were later defused.

 

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6 injured as militants attack police station in JK:

Srinagar, June 24 (PTI) Six people, including a policeman, were today injured in a grenade attack by militants on Sopore police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said.

Militants hurled a grenade towards the Sopore police station, 52 km from here, at around 12.30 pm, they said.

The grenade exploded in the premises of the police station, officials said, adding that five civilians and a head constable of the telecommunication wing were injured in the incident.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, they said.

The civilians had gone to the police station to meet a detenue, the officials said.

No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. PTI

 

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Twin naxal attacks in Chhattisgarh, 5 securitymen killed:

Maoists on Sunday blew up a police vehicle in a landmine blast and ambushed BSF personnel killing five securitymen and injuring six others in two separate attacks in Dantewada and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh.

"Ultras blew up a Bolero (SUV) in a landmine blast near Kirandul, 6 km from Raipur, in Dantewada district on Sunday evening. Three policemen were killed and an equal number were injured," ADG (Naxal operation) Ramnivas told PTI. One policeman was reported missing.

Additional police forces have been rushed to the spot after the blast and search operation started in the area, he added.

Earlier in the day, two BSF jawans were killed and three injured in the naxal ambush in Kanker district.

SP Kanker Rahul Bhagat told PTI on phone that a joint patrolling team of the BSF and the district police from Koylibeda, was ambushed near Sulangi village by around 150 naxals in which two BSF jawans - a head constable and a constable - were killed on the spot while three others, including a special police officer, were injured.

One naxal, suspected to be a commander-level officer as he was wearing a cap with insignia, was killed in the retaliatory fire by the jawans, the SP said, adding that the security personnel had recovered a .303 rifle and two IEDs from the spot of the incident.

The district police chief also said the security personnel had claimed that the ultras dragged to safety around ten of their comrades hit by police bullets.

Bhagat also said additional police force had been rushed to the spot and the injured are being shifted to hospital.

 

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6 injured as militants attack police station in JK:

Srinagar, June 24 (PTI) Six people, including a policeman, were today injured in a grenade attack by militants on Sopore police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said.

Militants hurled a grenade towards the Sopore police station, 52 km from here, at around 12.30 pm, they said.

The grenade exploded in the premises of the police station, officials said, adding that five civilians and a head constable of the telecommunication wing were injured in the incident.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, they said.

The civilians had gone to the police station to meet a detenue, the officials said.

No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. PTI

WoW! Do maoists are active in J&K too?

Amazing.

 

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In a seperate incident Maoists kill six police in central India

Maoists kill six police in central India

RAIPUR, India: Suspected Maoist militants killed six policemen in two separate attacks in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said Monday.

Eight fighters with the ultra-leftist militants, who are entrenched deep in jungles across a swathe of northern and eastern India, were also killed, senior police officer T.J. Long Kumer told AFP.

In one incident, four policemen died when their vehicle hit a landmine in the rich iron ore area of Kirandul, 415 kilometres from the state capital Raipur.

Also on Sunday, militants ambushed a police party conducting a search operation in a dense forest area.

Violence by Maoist militants in India rose in 2010, leaving a record 1,169 people dead, the latest federal government figures show.

The Maoist movement, which began in 1967, feeds off land disputes, police brutality and corruption, and is strongest in the poorest and most deprived areas of India, many of which are rich in natural resources.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called the insurgency India’s main internal security threat.

Maoists kill six police in central India | World | DAWN.COM

RIP to the dead

 

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Government employee shot dead by militants:

Srinagar, June 27 (PTI) A government employee was today shot dead allegedly by suspected militants in a forest area in Ganderbal district, officials said.

Mohammad Yaqoob Kasana (29), working as a helper in the Irrigation Department, was shot dead by militants in Najwan forest area of Kangan, 50 kms from here, on Srinagar-Leh national highway, they said.

It was not immediately known why Kasana was hot dead by the militants.

No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the incident. PTI

 

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2 Border Security Force (BSF) jawans killed, 3 injured by Naxals:

Raipur, June 26 (PTI) Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were today killed and three others injured in a Naxal ambush in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, a top police official said, adding an ultra was also gunned down in the incident.

Kanker district Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhagat told PTI on phone that a joint patrolling team of the BSF and the district police from Koylibeda was ambushed near Sulangi village by around 150 naxals in which two BSF jawans--a head constable and a constable--were killed on the spot while three others, including a special police officer, were injured.

Bhagat said a naxal, suspected to be a commander-level officer, as he was wearing a cap with insignia, was killed in the retaliatory fire by the jawans, adding that the security personnel had recovered a 303 rifle and two IEDs from the spot of the incident.

The district police chief also said the security personnel had claimed that the ultras took away around ten of their comrades who were hit by the police bullets. Bhagat also informed that additional police force had been rushed to the spot and the injured are being shifted to hospital. PTI

 

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Maoists slit throat of person in kangaroo court:

Koraput (Orissa), Jun 26 (PTI) Maoists killed a man by slitting his throat at a 'kangaroo court' in Orissa's Koraput district holding him guilty of passing on information to the police.

The body of the victim named Sapaura Sirika, who had been missing from his village since Friday night, was found in a pool of blood at Kalam-Jhadipada chowk, about 90 km from here yesterday, police said today. Quoting a letter purportedly written by Maoists and found from the spot by villagers, police said the ultras claimed to have punished him at a Kangaroo court (people's court) as he was a "police informer".

Sirika was also held responsible for a police-Maoist encounter that took place in a dense forest in Narayanpatna area last year. The red rebels slit the throat of Sirika with a sharp-edged weapon after tying his hands at the back. PTI

 

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Threat from National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB):

Siliguri, June 26 (PTI) Security agencies were continuing checking and frisking operation at New Jalpaiguri railway station which remained on high alert today in the wake of a specific threat from National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).

Area Railway Manager (ARM) of NJP Partha Sarathi Sel told PTI that army personnel, along with GRP and RPF and bomb detection squad were jointly continuing search operation since last night with help of sniffer dogs.

Every train compartment was now being checked thoroughly and the entire railway station put under security surveillance, the ARM said.

According to a railway security source, NDFB activists conspired to blow up the busy railway station of north-east region to avenge the recent death of three activists in police firing in Kokrajhar along the Assam-West Bengal.

The Superintendent of Railway Police Jayanta Paul, however, said security forces remained alert in and around the station complex and hence the passengers need not get panicky.

RPF had recently recovered a bomb from a stationary passenger train in Guwahati station, which was suspected to be planted by the NDFB militants. PTI