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Naxals kill youth in Gadchiroli:

Nagpur, Jun 26 (PTI) Suspected naxals today shot dead a youth for allegedly being a police informer in the naxal-infested district of Gadchiroli, police said.

The deceased, identified as Shrikant Telange (32), was killed by some Red ultras in Ubapli in Dhanora tehsil, they said.

This is the second incident of alleged naxal violence in the past two days. Four unidentified persons, suspected to be the ultras, had yesterday killed one Ramchandra Bahirwar(55) in the district limits. PTI
 
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Four landmines defused:

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), June 25 :PTI: Security personnel today detected and defused four landmines at Hatnaburu in Maoist-hit West Singhbhum district.

The landmines, weighing an average 15 kg each, were planted in four different places under a kutcha road deep inside Saranda forest targeting the security personnel, superintendent of police A K Singh said.

The recovery was made when the security personnel, including district police force were on long-range patrolling in the forest, he added. PTI
 
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Maoists kill two civilians in Maharashtra:

Hindustan Times reports that a former deputy sarpanch (deputy chief of gram panchayat, the village level local self-Government institution), also a road contractor, was killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Murumgaon, bordering Chhattisgarh in Gadchiroli District in the afternoon of June 25. According to reports, a group of Maoists stormed the residence of Ramchandra Bahirwar (58) and called him outside to talk. There ensued a heated exchange of words between them that led the Maoists gunning him down.

Separately, suspected Maoists killed a youth identified as Shrikant Telange (32), for allegedly being a Police informer in Ubapli in Dhanora tehsil (revenue unit) in the District on June 26, reports DNA.
 
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Maoists kill one person in Odisha:

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a person by slitting his throat at a 'kangaroo court' in Koraput District on June 25, holding him guilty of passing on information to the Police, reports IBN Live. The body of the victim named Sapaura Sirika, who had been missing from his village since June 24, was found in a pool of blood at Kalam-Jhadipada chowk, about 90 kilometres from the District on June 25. Quoting a letter purportedly written by Maoists and found from the spot by villagers, Police said the Maoists claimed to have punished him at a ‘Kangaroo 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 [2010].

Meanwhile, four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres including two women cadres surrendered in front of Superintendent of Police (SP) Deepak Kumar in Jajpur District on June 25 reports Orissadiary.com. All the surrendered Maoists have been identified as Suru alias Usha Palea (20), Laxmi alias Sambari Hessa (20) Bikram alias Jaysingh Gagarai (20) and Ramesh Gagarai (18) of Baligotha village under Kalinga Nagar Police Station of Jajpur District, the SP said.
 
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Four landmines defused:

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), June 25 :PTI: Security personnel today detected and defused four landmines at Hatnaburu in Maoist-hit West Singhbhum district.

The landmines, weighing an average 15 kg each, were planted in four different places under a kutcha road deep inside Saranda forest targeting the security personnel, superintendent of police A K Singh said.

The recovery was made when the security personnel, including district police force were on long-range patrolling in the forest, he added. PTI

These people are sent to far eastern border of Burma and chinese border to receive training from our far eastern neighbors in a hurry that they can't even fulfill their goals efficiently. Poor rookies are too afraid of drones spotting them. :lol:
 
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Maoists set ablaze vehicles in Jharkhand:

IBNLive reports that suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) set ablaze to a tanker and another vehicle of a Kolkata-based construction company at Dhabatand in Giridih District on June 27 for allegedly refusing to pay extortion, Police said. The construction company, which has been laying road between Giridih-Dumri, had refused to pay extortion, sources said.

Meanwhile, Maoists have threatened to kill 40 people to take revenge for the death penalty awarded last week to four of their comrades by a Giridih court, Police said.

Separately, Director General of Police G. S. Rath said that opium cultivation in the State is being done under the patronage of Maoists.

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Number of Police personnel killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh rises to four:

Chhattisgarh Additional Director General of Police (Naxal Operation) Ramniwas said that the number of victims in the landmine blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on June 26, in which a Police vehicle was blown up at Kirandul and Palnar in Dantewada District, has gone up to four, reports IBNLive. In addition to the fatalities, four persons, including three policemen, are undergoing medical treatment at a hospital presently, they said.

Further, at least seven live bombs were found on June 27 by a joint search team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Chhattisgarh Police in Kanker District, reports IANS.

Meanwhile, rejecting President Pratibha Patil’s call for peace talks, Maoists announced a ‘protest week’ from July 4 in Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra and on the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB), demanding immediate scrapping of the Army training school being set up in the foothills of Abujmarh in Bastar. In two separate statements issued ON June 26, CPI-Maoist central committee spokesman Abhay said the President’s call to Maoists to come forward for peace talks came at a time when a battalion-strong Army have already been sent in with the intention to involve them in the so-called operation green hunt. Such a proposal for talks comes when Governments and corporates have entered into memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to exploit vast mineral wealth in the region and security forces are unleashing terror and committing atrocities on the poor in tribal areas,” he alleged, adding that Maoist leader Azad ― who had initiated a process for peace talks with the Government ― was killed in a fake encounter. Maoists appealed to the people to impress upon the President to call off ongoing operations and withdraw the paramilitary forces from the tribal areas. They also want the Army training centre scrapped, as well as all MOUs and the land acquisition process. “If the governments accept these demands, Maoists will stop the counter violence,” the Maoist spokesman said.
 
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Maoists kill former cadre in Jharkhand:

IBNLive reports that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a former top-ranked cadre for snapping ties with the outfit in Giridih District, Police said on June 28. "The bullet-ridden body of Sunil Munda, who was in the Maoist firing squad led by the outfit''s Suresh, was recovered this morning [June 28] at Madhuban More between Giridih-Dumri road," Superintendent of Police, A. V. Homkar, told reporters. Munda had moved away from the CPI-Maoist following a dispute over distribution of extortion money in the ranks of the Maoists, he added.

Meanwhile, the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) destroyed two Maoist camps in a combing operation at the Saranda forest in West Singhbhum District, reports Times of India.
 
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Researcher studying Naxals goes missing in Bihar:

A young researcher studying the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] movement in Bihar has gone missing with her guide from the Jamui District, Police officials said, according to The Hindu. Juhi Kumari, who hails from Bangalore, went missing on June 29, along with her aide Pradip Dass, when on the way to the Jamui Railway Station to catch a train for Bangalore, said Jamui Superintendent of Police Raj Narain Singh.
 
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Maoists torch 3 vehicles:

Giridih (Jharkhand), June 29 (PTI) Suspected Maoists torched three vehicles of a contractor near Parasanath Railway station in Giridih district, police said today. A road roller and two tractors were partially damaged when the suspected Maoists set fire to the vehicles last night.

The contractor was given the tender to lay road between Rangamati and Chenpur, police said adding refusal to pay extortion could be the reason behind the arson. PTI
 
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Firing near police outpost in Meghalaya:

Shillong, Jun 29 (PTI) A heavy exchange of fire was reported between security forces and suspected Garo militants who apparently targeted a police outpost in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, police said today. Around 10 to 12 cadres of the Garo National Liberation Army started firing near Dobu police outpost, not far from the district headquarter town of Williamnagar, and engaged the security men who retaliated for over a couple of hours.

The firing from the militants was intermediate and it went on for three to four hours since last midnight. "Though they seemed to target the outpost, no bullet marks were found on the walls of the outpost," a senior police official said.

However, there was no casualty in the firing. A combing operation was launched in and around the area after the incident, officials said. PTI
 
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Maoists express solidarity with Posco movement:

Kolkata Jun 28 (PTI) The Maoists today alleged that the Orissa government and the Centre had violated norms of the Union Environment ministry for the Posco project and expressed solidarity with those agitating against it.

"Fact finding by the Saxena committee and the Meena Gupta committee has proved the existence of forest rights. But the FRA (Forest Rights Act) is not implemented by the state government in the area," a press release by Maoists national spokesperson Abhay, on behalf of it central committee said.

"CPI (Maoist) hails the people of Orissa who are determined to stop the much-touted 52,000 crore 'biggest foreign direct investment' in India and declares its full support and solidarity for them," it said.

It alleged that the Centre and the Orissa government disrespected the resolution of more than 65 per cent of villagers who participated in the palli sabhas of Dhinkia and Govindpur panchayats which unequivocally rejected the proposal for diversion of land.

It asked the government to 'stop intimidating the people', halt land acquisition for Posco and withdraw the police and paramilitary forces from the project area in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district.

"The overwhelming majority of this country’s population is rejecting the profit-centric, pro-imperialist development model and embracing the people-centric, pro-people development model," the release added. PTI
 
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Maoists torch dumpers in Jharkhand:

Lohardaga (Jharkhand), July 1 (PTI) Suspected Maoists torched four dumpers and two road cutting machines of a private company in Lohardaga district in Jharkhand, the police said today.

A group of Maoist cadre set fire to the dumpers and the machines of a private company at Pakhar village of the district last night," Superintendent of Police Asim Vikrant Minz told PTI here.

A note left by the rebels claimed that the vehicles were set ablaze as "the people's issues in the village are not being addressed", he said. PTI
 
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A recent raid of a Maoist campsite in Chhattisgarh’s coal-rich Raigarh district has prompted speculation that the guerilla force is seeking to expand its operations in the State’s northern districts. While no casualties were reported by either side, the police claim to have recovered improvised explosive devices (IED), Maoist literature, and food supplies from the camp site.

While Raigarh has no history of Maoist violence, the rapid expansion of thermal power projects and coal mines has resulted in large-scale land acquisition and displacement of tribal and non-tribal populations. Police sources said the Maoists could seek to tap into tribal unrest and demand protection levies from private corporations to finance their battle against the State.

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a banned insurgent group committed to the overthrow of the Indian state through armed revolution.

“A joint team of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force and the STF [Special Task Force] raided a Maoist camp in the Gumerda forests near the Orissa border in the early hours of Tuesday morning,” said Raigarh Superintendent of Police, Rahul Sharma. Mr. Sharma said a team of 25 to 30 Maoist fighters had crossed over from Orissa’s Bargarh district on a reconnaissance patrol when they were accosted by the police.

Divisional committee

The sources said the party had recently formed a Bargarh-Mahasamund Divisional Committee that reports to the larger Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC). With operations in Chhattisgarh’s five southern districts and parts of the Gadchiroli district in Maharasthra, the DKSZC is one of the most active Maoist divisions; its cadres have killed 55 policemen this year in Chhattisgarh.

“The Maoists are trying to set up a corridor to move freely between Bastar [South Chhattisgarh] and the districts of Raigarh and Mahasamund via Bargarh in Orissa,” said Mr. Sharma, “However, better connectivity, roads and infrastructure in Raigarh [compared to Bastar] will make it difficult to expand [Maoist] operations here.”

Mr. Sharma said the guerillas had been working on the “corridor” for some time now. In October last year, six Maoists were killed when the police ambushed a similar reconnaissance team in the neighbouring Mahasamund district.

IED explosions

All through summer, intelligence reports from Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have spoken of a possibility of Maoist cadres assembling in large numbers along the Orissa border and have warned of the possibility of a major attack. Instead, the guerillas unveiled a flurry of high-intensity IED explosions and ambushes that have resulted in 43 casualties in the month of June alone.

On June 13 this year, the Times of India reported that the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram intended to deploy 5,000 additional central paramilitary forces along the Chhattisgarh-Orissa border. However, sources in the CRPF said that the composition and strength of the proposed force were yet to be decided.

‘Maoists trying to establish Orissa-Chhattisgarh corridor’
 
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Activist shot dead by Maoists:

Gumla (Jharkhand), Jun 30 (PTI) Suspected Maoists killed a self-styled area commander of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), an ultra-left faction, at Kolambi-Dipatoli village in Gumla district, police said.

Chhotka Gop was visiting relatives yesterday and was confronted by armed men who opened fire when he tried to escape, they said.

CPI (Maoist) and PLFI were engaged in a turf war in Gumla district and it was being investigated whether the killers belonged to the rival faction, they added. PTI
 
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