Ranchi: A Maoist leader was killed in a gun battle with police in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district early on Thursday, police said. Bajiram Mahto, area commander of the banned Maoist outfit People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) was killed during the gun battle in Tundi forest. He was wanted in many[Read More…]
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Maoist guerrilla carrying Rs 5 lakh reward arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi: A Maoist commander carrying a Rs 5 lakh reward on his head was arrested by the police in Jharkhand’s Palamau district on Friday. “Mukhdeo Yadav, sub zonal commander of the banned Maoist outfit, Communist Party of India (Maoist), carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on him has been[Read More…]
Sudha Bharadwaj daughter Maaysha’s open letter
Sudha Bharadwaj is one of the five activists arrested by the Pune Police on August 28. She is a prominent lawyer, activists, and trade union, leader. Her daughter Maaysha Nehra wrote a heartfelt emotional letter about her mother and a followed arrest that created a nationwide stir. It was 7[Read More…]
Maoist landmine kills six policemen in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Six police personnel were killed and another was critically wounded in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Sunday when a landmine planted by Maoists ripped through the vehicle they were travelling in. P. Sundarraj, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Dantewada Range), told IANS: Six personnel were killed while one was seriously[Read More…]
CRPF trooper killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack
Raipur: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper has been killed during a gun battle between the security forces and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, an official said on Saturday. The gunfight took place on Friday night. The slain CRPF trooper has been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Anil Kumar[Read More…]
More jawans die in Maoist-hit areas than in Kashmir
According to government reports, the number of security force personnel killed in Maoist-affected areas was more than that in conflict-hit Jammu and Kashmir. The report further added that the left-wing insurgency accounted for the death of 67 soldiers out of 106 casualties in the first seven months of 2017. According[Read More…]
Darjeeling unrest: GJM taking Maoist support claim WB officials
As the hills in Bengal continue to remain under stir, according to senior West Bengal government officials the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is preparing for a prolonged underground armed movement for a separate state and has hired Maoists from neighbouring countries as mercenaries to train its cadres. Although the claims[Read More…]
Security forces kill Maoist in Bastar
According to Chhattisgarh Police, a Maoist commander was killed by security forces in an encounter in Bastar district on Sunday. The police also reported that Vilas, the secretary of the influential Barsur area committee, had a bounty of Rs 16 lakh on his head. As per sources, Bastar SP Arif[Read More…]
Maoist leader Kundan Pahan surrenders before police
Maoist leader Kundan Pahan on Sunday surrendered before police at Ranchi. Pahan, who has 128 murder case including that of a police officer was also carrying a reward of 15 lakhs on his head. Pahan is accused of killing special branch inspector Francis Indwar in 2008 and loot of a[Read More…]
Odisha to ask for more forces to tackle Maoists
Sukma attack: Maoist body recovered from ambush site
Days after the brutal maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, in which 25 CRPF personnel were killed, the body of a maoist has been recovered last night from the site. The 25 CRPF personnel were killed earlier this week by the Maoist in an ambush in Burkapal area. “The body[Read More…]
Jadavpur University centre of Naxal ideology: BJP
Condemning Monday night’s violence on CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday questioned the West Bengal administration for not taking firm decisions concerning the increasing ‘Maoist activities’ in one of Bengals’ top educational institution: Jadavpur university. BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said, “The government should take[Read More…]
24 CRPF personnel killed in Chattisgarh
Bastar: Maoists calling Bharat Bandh on March 29
Life sentence to Professor Saibaba under UAPA
Former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba along with four others were sentenced to life in jail by the Gadchiroli court on Tuesday under Sections 13, 18, 20, 38, 39 of UAPA and 120 B of the IPC, said advocate Barun Kumar, who represented them in the court along with[Read More…]
Three Maoists killed in encounter with Kerala Police in Nilambur forest
At least three people with suspected Maoist links have been killed in an encounter with Kerala Police in the Paduka forest range of Nilambur in Malappuram district. The firing started on Thursday afternoon and was continuing. Two of the dead have been identified as Devaraj and Ajitha, Malayala Manorama reported.[Read More…]
Charges against DU prof Nandini Sundar over tribal man’s murder
Delhi University (DU) professor Nandini Sundar and Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) Archana Prasad are among the 10 people accused in a police complaint for the murder of a villager in Chhattisgarh. “An FIR was lodged against DU Professor Nandini Sundar, Archana Prasad (JNU Professor), Vineet Tiwari (of Delhi’s Joshi Adhikar[Read More…]
APCLC files petition to declare Maoist encounter at Malkangri illegal
Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee(APCLC) on Monday iled a petition with Hyderabad High Court, to declare the killing of 24 maoists in an encounter by combined operation of Andhra Police and Odisha Police as, illegal. APCLC counsel Raghunath questioned authorities over why culpable homicide cases should not be registered against[Read More…]
24 key Maoists killed in encounter at Andhra-Odisha border, Ultra hold on Malkangiri weakens
A total of 24 Maoists were killed in a 90-minute-long encounter with a joint team of the Odisha Police and Andhra Pradesh Police Greyhounds personnel early on Monday morning. The encounter took place in a forest in Malkangiri district near the Andhra-Odisha border and 11 women were also a part[Read More…]