Srinagar: In an unusual twist to the earlier version, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said on Tuesday that an Assistant Commandant from Jammu and Kashmir died in Jharkhand during an anti-Maoist operation. Earlier, the family of Gulam Jeelani Khan, who belonged to Manzgam village in Baramulla district, was told[Read More…]
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Weapons, explosives recovered from Maoist hideout in Jharkhand
Ranchi: A huge amount of explosives and weapons were recovered from a Maoist hideout in Jharkhand’s Palamau district on Friday, a police official said. Palamau Superintendent of Police Indrajeet Mahta said the discovery was made in Jagdishpur during a joint search operation carried out by teams of the state police[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: 2 Jawans & 9 Maoists killed in an encounter in Sukma
Nine Maoists and two police personnel of Chhattisgarh were killed in an encounter in Sukma district on Monday afternoon, police officials told media. “We have recovered the bodies of total nine Maoists till now and the number can increase,” said special director general of police (anti-Naxal operations) DM Awasthi. “A[Read More…]
Pune Police likely to question Digvijaya Singh in Maoist investigation
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is likely to get questioned by Pune Police in connection with a probe into activities of certain Maoist, which has earlier witnessed the arrest of some high-profile activists. Digvijaya Singh’s cellphone number was reportedly mentioned in one of the letters the Pune police claimed to have[Read More…]
CRPF team narrowly escapes Chhattisgarh blast
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh): Minutes before the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls began on Monday, Maoists detonated an IED here that narrowly missed a CRPF foot patrol, the authorities said. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off just 700 metres from polling booth number 183 in Nayanar village in Katekalyan[Read More…]
Odisha: Maoist threatens revenge in audio message
After few days of killing woman Maoist Meena and four Maoists, including three women and a minor were detained. On Monday a Maoist leader, CPI (Maoist) Malkangiri-Koraput-Visakhapatnam border division secretary Kailasam has released an audio tape threatening revenge. The Maoist, in the audiotape, claimed that it was a fake encounter and[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Why Naxal prone areas are crucial for assembly polls?
Ahead of assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, where voting is scheduled on November 12 and 20, has become a triangular contest and various Naxal hit areas are considered as key to the election outcome. Bastar, Sarguja, Bijapur and Korba are the most affected areas and considered as Red corridor of state.[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Polls: Maoists call for election boycott
Ahead of the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, state police have seized banners and posters placed by the Maoists who gave a call for the election boycott in the highly tensed districts Bijapur and Sukma of Bastar region. Earlier in 2018, stating the election process as ‘fabricated’ the Naxalites have issued an[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Five Naxals arrested in Bijapur district
Five active Naxals were arrested from two different places of Chhattisgarh’s apprehensive area, Bijapur district, police told on Tuesday. Three of them were arrested from Potenar village under Jangla police station, while two others from the forest of Basaguda police station on Monday. Separate teams of District force and Central[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Eight Maoists gunned down
Eight Maoists, including four women, were gunned down in a shootout with security forces in Chhattisgarhs Bijapur district early on Friday, police said. The incident took place around 6.30 a.m. in a forest near Timenar village along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of the[Read More…]
Seven Maoists, including five women killed in Maharashtra police encounter
At least seven suspected Maoists, including five women, were killed in a gun-battle near Zinganur forests here on Wednesday, official sources said. The security forces managed to overcome the firepower of the Maoists in the deep jungles and eliminated seven of the attackers, according to officials. Details of the extremists[Read More…]
Maoists had a deadly run in 2016: Global terror report
Maoist extremists have had a deadly run in 2016 with their involvement in half of the killings in the Red Corridor, a report by a Sydney-based think tank on global terror has said. More than half of the 340 deaths in 929 terror attacks in 2016 were committed by Maoists[Read More…]
Maoists threaten Akshay Kumar, Saina Nehwal for supporting martyrs’ families
Maoists in Chattisgarh’s Naxal- affected Bastar district have distributed pamphlets as a threat to actor Akshay Kumar and badminton ace Saina Nehwal, who had donated Rs 9 lakh and Rs 6 lakh each to the families of 25 CRPF jawans martyred in Sukma attack in April this year. Kumar had[Read More…]
Naxal attack: Congress demands President’s rule
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed as new CRPF DG
According to reports, Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF). The decision comes just two days after 25 jawans of the CRPF were killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district. The formal announcement is likely to be made late at[Read More…]
Odisha: Maoists attack railway station; trigger blasts
A blast was triggered by suspected Maoists at Doikallu railway station in Rayagada district. They also abducted a couple of railway officials and snatched a few walkie-talkies used by the railway employees. However, no railway staff or local people were hurt. “Around 15-20 Maoists arrived at Doikallu railway station in[Read More…]
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Chhattisgarh: CRPF jawan axed to death by Maoists
In a horrific incident, a CRPF jawan was killed by naxals at a local village fair in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Tuesday. The 42-year-old assistant constable Phagu Ram Mandavi was axed to death with deadly weapons by rebels at Bodli village ‘mela’ (fair) under Bangpal police station limits. As[Read More…]
700 Maoists surrendered post-demonetization: PM
Hirakhand train derailment: NIA, CID begin probe; Maoist hand suspected
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Andhra Pradesh CID on Monday started investigation into the derailment of the Hirakhand Express. Nearly 41 people lost their lives while over 53 were hospitalised in the accident that took place near Kuneru station in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh late on Saturday[Read More…]
Kerala Maoist Encounter : Human rights activist demands judicial probe
Days after Kerala Police shot down two alleged members of CPI-Maoist,Kuppu Devarajan and Ajitha, at the Nilambur forest region in Malappuram districts. Many evidences were surfacing in the social media which rebuffs the police narrative of an encounter. Manjeri District Court has ordered police officials not to cremate the bodies[Read More…]