Police recover explosives from Maoist-infested Gaya
Gaya (Bihar), Dec. 20 (ANI): Police have recovered a huge cache of
explosives from a forest area in Bihar’s Maoist-infested Gaya district
following a two-day combat operation. Acting on a tip-off, police raided
the forest area and recovered explosives on Tuesday and Wednesday. The
Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Sherghati, Rajesh Kumar, said these
explosives were being used by the rebels against the security forces.
“Yesterday, we recovered two cane bombs weighing 20 kilograms each,
seven cylinder bombs weighing around 20-25 kilograms each and 10
kilograms of explosives and various other types of chemicals, 150 metres
of electric wires, 15 metres of codex wires and four detonators from a
Maoist camp,” said Kumar. “Today, we recovered 26 pressure cooker bombs;
pressure cookers are made of aluminum, 78 iron pipe bombs and 67
packets of explosives like gelatin and petroleum jelly weighing around
200 grams each from the site, where the blast had occurred,” he added.
The police official also mentioned that security has been stepped up
around the area. (ANI)
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/12/20/272-Police-recover-explosives-from-Maoist-infested-Gaya.html
Maoists shot dead former Maoist in Latehar
The Maoists shot dead an alleged former Maoist after branding him as
“police informer” in Latehar district. Ranvir Singh, who according to
the police, broke away from the banned outfit recently, was killed by
the Maoists at Chhipadohar under Barwadih police station on Wednesday
night, the police said on Thursday. He belonged to Ranka in the
neighbouring Garwah district. The police denied that Singh was ever an
informer for it.
http://post.jagran.com/maoists-shot-dead-former-maoist-in-latehar-1355998289
Odisha: CRPF men killed civilians?
Five men killed by the CRPF as Maoists in Odisha were “daily wage
earners and church functionaries”, the Coordination of Democratic Rights
Organisations (CDRO) said Thursday.
The killings took place near Bhaliaguda village in Gajapati district,
CDRO said in a statement. It said an investigation by a six-member team
showed that the men allegedly killed by the Central Reserve Police
Force were not “militia of any leftwing extremist party. “Those killed
were, in fact, daily wage earners and church functionaries, some of whom
were actively engaged in mainstream political and social activities,”
it said. The statement denied accusations that the dead belonged to the
Odisha Maowadi Party, the breakaway group of the Communist Party of
India-Maoist.
http://www.firstpost.com/india/odisha-crpf-men-killed-civilians-564549.html
Four powerful landmines found in Ganjam
Berhampur (Odisha), Dec 20 (PTI) Four powerful landmines were seized
by security forces today from an abandoned Maoist camp in a dense jungle
of Odisha’s southern district Ganjam.
Ganjam Superintendent of Police Asish Singh said the security
personnel found two landmines weighing 20 kg each and the other two 15
kg each, besides 25 m of electric wires and about 12 detonators at the
camp at Nipapidi jungle.
National Investigation Agency files charges against PLA-Maoist nexus
NEW DELHI: Left wing extremists (LWE) had been procuring Chinese arms
and communication equipment from banned Manipuri outfit, People’s
Liberation Army (PLA), via Myanmar and routing it to Kolkata through
Guwahati between 2006 and 2011. This was revealed by a supplementary
chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the CPI
(Maoist)-PLA nexus case. According to the chargesheet, all the
communication equipment recovered from Maoists have made-in-China marks,
while arms recovered from PLA members too belonged to Chinese brands.
It is, however, yet to be established conclusively whether they came
from China and were routed via Myanamar or were pilfered out of Myanmar
or some other source. The chargesheet has been filed against Maoist
leaders Pallab Borborah, Indranil Chanda and PLA’s external affairs
chief Asem Ibotombi Singh alias Angou, who were all arrested this year
from Assam, Kolkata and Odisha, respectively. The accused are alleged
have played a significant role in training of Maoists by PLA in
Jharkhand’s Saranda forests apart from procurement of arms and
communication equipment.
Earlier, NIA had filed a chargesheet against three top PLA leaders — N
Dilip Singh alias Wangba, Senjam Dhiren Singha alias Raghu and Kh
Arnold Singh alias Becon. One of the main evidence against the accused
in the chargesheet is the email that PLA members had exchanged among
themselves, and their Myanmar-based bosses. The emails exposed the
nexus, helping agencies to sniff them out.
“Maoists use very little modern technology They rely on human
couriers. But PLA members regularly wrote e-mails to their bosses in
Myanmar. This exposed them,” said an official privy to the probe. The
emails also mentioned aliases of Borborah and Chanda whose real identity
was later established following statements of former PLA and Maoist
members and are part of the chargesheet. The chargesheet says the nexus
was initiated by then PLA external affairs chief Gypsy Sharma in 2006.
Later, Becon was appointed as the liaison officer and sent to Kolkata to
coordinate the operation, where he met Chanda.
However, for the first two years no deal could be struck save for PLA
gifting some arms and communication equipment to conduct tests. In
2008, when Wangba replaced Gypsy Sharma in the PLA, he took one CPI
(Maoist) central committee member to Myanmar, where Maoists and PLA
signed a joint declaration against the Indian state and mooted the idea
of forming a United Strategic Front. The first payment to procure arms
was made in 2009. A deal was struck to procure arms and communication
equipment worth Rs 50 lakh. A total of Rs 33 lakh in three installments
was paid before the accused were arrested.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-Investigation-Agency-files-charges-against-PLA-Maoist-nexus/articleshow/17669494.cms
Maoists/
TPC ultras exchange gunfire in Latehar
The ultras of the CPI (Maoist) and its breakaway group Tritiya
Prastuti Committee (TPC) exchanged fire near Gudiyang dam at Rampur
Bareni village of the district. The two rebel outfits were locked in the
gun battle since yesterday and exchanged about 800 bullets under
Balumath police station, Superintendent of Police Kranti Kumar told
reporters today. The encounter ceased after Kumar reached the spot with
security forces and the police have launched search operation in the
area.
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/maoists-tpc-ultras-exchange-gunfire-in-latehar/96573/
Major operation against Red rebels to be launched
State police and paramilitary forces deployed in Bastar areas are
planning to launch a big operation against Maoist insurgents in the
areas bordering Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra. In the operation
modern telescopic weapons that are capable of striking up to 500
metres, automated grenade launchers and 81 mm mortars will be used to
give the rebels a tough time in their own stronghold.
According to sources, Central Reserve Police Force, CoBRA Battalion,
Special Task Force, Chhattisgarh Armed Forces along with district police
forces of Dhamtari, Bastar, and Kondagaon are planning a massive
operation in the areas of Dantewada, Sukma, Bastar and Bijapur districts
bordering Odisha, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. During the operation,
security forces will use long vision telescopes, sniper rifles, under
barrel grenade launcher, 81 mm Mortars and other weapons of modern
warfare. In the operation, the security forces deployed in Chhattisgarh
will also be assisted by their Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha
counterparts in area domination exercise.
Newly appointed DGP of Chhattisgarh, Ram Niwas has already visited
Bastar a fortnight ago to take stock of the preparations and also meet
the jawans who are scheduled to take part in the operation and are given
training as to how to use the weapons during the major operation
against the maoists. The training will be necessary as the weapons are
based on modern techniques and the jawans are not used to using them.
According to sources, a large number of paramilitary jawans have been
camping in North and South Bastar areas for this purpose. Notably, the
paramilitary forces had entered the Abujhmar area in the North Bastar
area for the first time last year and destroyed numerous hideouts and
arms factory that wee being operated by the rebels in the area.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/raipur/116738-major-operation-against-red-rebels-to-be-launched.html
More explosives hidden by Maoists found
Koraput (Odisha): A day after recovering explosives hidden by Maoists
in a jungle in Koraput district, the BSF on Wednesday found four big
iron pipes used to make claymore mines, about 40 kg of gun powder and a
few metre of wires from another forest in nearby area of the district,
police said. Following information on the explosives in Salpaguda forest
under Narayanpatna police station, the BSF personnel recovered the
articles from a cave. “The Maoists had hidden the explosive materials in
a cave and could used them in future offensives,” SDPO of Laxmipur, Y
Jagannath Rao said.
“No arrest has been made so far. Possibility of the the presence of
more explosives in the area cannot be ruled out. We have intensified our
search operations,” he added. BSF personnel engaged in anti-Maoist
operation yesterday seized three landmines, two can bombs, a
country-made gun and about 40 metre of wire from Musulmunda forests in
Narayanpatna police station.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/odisha/more-explosives-hidden-by-maoists-found_817721.html
Shutdown in Visakhapatnam to protest bauxite mining
Visakhapatnam : A shutdown was observed amid tension in the tribal
areas of Visakhapatnam district Wednesday to demand that the Andhra
Pradesh government should not allow bauxite mining. An all-party
committee opposing the mining called for the shutdown to protest Chief
Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy’s visit to Paderu, about 150 km from the
coastal city of Visakhapatnam.
Shops, businesses and educational institutions were closed in 13
mandals or blocks, especially in Paderu, Arakau Valley and surrounding
tribal areas. Police arrested dozens of opposition activists before the
chief minister’s arrival in Paderu to take part in ‘Indiramma Baata’, a
programme aimed at interacting with beneficiaries of welfare schemes. A
group of leaders and activists staged a protest outside the office of
Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) in Paderu to demand that the
chief minister speak out against the bauxite mining and cancel the
projects awarded to companies.
The all-party committee comprising the Telugu Desam Party, Communist
Party of India, Communist Party of India-Marxist and some people’s
groups have threatened to disrupt the chief minister’s programme.
Hundreds of policemen were deployed as security was stepped up in the
agency areas. Police sealed off roads and took several people into
custody as a precaution.
As the tribal area has Maoist influence, armed policemen were
deployed. Maoists and other groups as well as greens are supporting the
movement by tribals against bauxite mining. They allege that the project
would displace the tribals, affect their livelihood and harm the
environment. Union Tribal Welfare Minister Kishore Chandra Deo, who is
from the region, is against the mining. He has asked Governor E.S.L.
Narasmihan and the chief minister to cancel the MoU signed with two
companies. The state-owned Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corp has
signed the MoUs to supply the ore from Jerrela deposits to Anrak Alumina
Co and from Araku reserve to Jindal Co.
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