Sunday, June 16, 2013
India - State repression and maoist in action
AP police fear Maoist intrusion into T-stir
Police suspect that left-wing extremists may infiltrate the “Chalo Assembly” protest and spark violence during the stir called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC) here on June 14. Police also reiterated that no permission would be given to the proposed protest, citing ongoing session of Andhra Pradesh Assembly. “We have inputs that left-wing extremist groups may get involved in the ‘Chalo Assembly’ protest and generate violence,” a senior police officer told PTI.
A string of violent incidents had marred the ‘Telangana March’ held here on September 30 last year with police suspecting the involvement of Maoist insurgents. “We here have been reports in a section of media here that the banned CPI (Maoist) has given a call to transform the ‘Chalo Assembly’ protest into a militant struggle,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma told reporters. Apart from 20 companies of central paramilitary forces, police personnel from various districts in the state are being drawn to maintain law and order on June 14. “We have seen that when such calls were given in the past by pro-Telangana organisations… invariably things have turned violent,” Sharma said.
He was referring to the “Million March” held in March 2011 and the ‘Telangana March’ in September last year. “Large-scale destruction of private and public property has taken place and that is why we have decided that we cannot give permission to any such demonstration,” Sharma added. Police will deal strictly with those who violate the orders. Telangana Joint Action Committee, headed by M Kodandaram, is an umbrella organisation of various groupings of employees, students etc. who are backing the separate statehood demand.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/338383/ap-police-fear-maoist-intrusion.html
Maoists to strike again?
Intelligence reports of a possible attack on jails, alert sounded
Raipur: Alert has been sounded in all the jails of the state after intelligence agencies report a possible Maoist attack on the prisons. The jails will now have stricter security arrangements and a visitor’s management system. A survey has been done with National Information Centre (NIC), Delhi. After the system is in place, pictures of the visitors will be taken. Their thumb impression will also be taken. A complete biometric record will be in place.
The entire system will be kept online. Digital pictures of all the visitors coming to pay a visit to any of the prisoners will be taken. Their digital signatures will also be taken. Everything will be saved on a computer. The record of any visitor will be just a click away after this system comes in place. It will easier to trace a particular person through their thumb impressions. The officials said that that UD proofs will also be taken – driving licence, pan card, voter ID card or Aadhar card. NIC is preparing a special software for keeping records of the ID proof. KK Gupta, DIG, Raipur Jail, said, “All preparations of the visitor management system are complete. Around Rs. 1.5 crore were spent in the entire project. There has been a contract with Delhi NIC for the system. The system will be in place from next month.” Apart from the jail in the capital, prisons in Jagdalpur and Ambikapur are also put under high alert after information of the possible Maoist attack
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