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‘Naxalite activities on the rise in Western Ghats region of Udupi’
T.V. Hegde, president of the district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that naxalite activities were increasing in the villages on the Western Ghats in the border areas of Udupi district. Addressing presspersons here, he said naxalite activities had been reported from Hebri, Nadpal and Kabinale villages. A team of eight suspected naxalites headed by Mundagaru Lata was clandestinely visiting houses and demanding money upto Rs. 25,000 from big farmers in the villages in the Western Ghats.
The naxalites were taking advantage of the monsoon for their activities. “Hence, the police should increase their combing operations and curb their activities,” he said. Mr. Hegde said that after the mysterious death of a 17-year-old minor at Henberu village near Byndoor on June 17, parents were scared to send their girl children to high schools and colleges. Meanwhile, K. Annamalai, Superintendent of Police, told The Hindu that there had been a raid on a naxalite camp in Chikkamgaluru district last month.

After that there was a feeling that naxalites had dispersed and were roaming in the Western Ghats. The police had no information of their activities or operations in the district. “As far as we are concerned, there are no naxalite activities in the district. The Anti-Naxalite Force has increased its combing activities as it usually does during the monsoon,” he said. The Byndoor police station covered a lot of forest area and faced staff shortage. “We will increase the staff strength in Byndoor police station as soon as possible,” Mr. Annamalai said.
Chhattisgarh: Naxal Attack in Dantewada Kills Jawan; 3 Injured
At least one security force personnel was killed and three other people were injured in a Naxal attack in the Maoist belt of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. The attack reportedly took place in the Tumnar region of Dantewada. A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) personnel came under attack from Maoists who opened fire at him at the local bazaar, according to Hindustan Times. About six Naxals were involved in the attack dressed as local villagers, eyewitnesses told the newspaper. Three villagers were injured in the incident. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh condemned Saturday’s Naxal attack.
Shutdown call by Maoist rebels cripples normal life in Jharkhand
Latehar, June 23 (ANI): A day-long shutdown called by Maoist rebels crippled normal life in Jharkhand as vehicles remained off roads and shops closed on Tuesday. Educational institutions, banks and other public installations also remained closed as precautionary measures and out of fear. The daily wage earners were hit the hardest as people preferred to stay indoors. The rebels had given the shutdown call in Latehar and neighbouring districts to protest the killing of their 12 colleagues by police earlier this month. In a press release, the rebels alleged that police killed them in a fake encounter. Train services were also hit as many trains were running late.

Maoists blow off bridge in Jharkhand

Around 25 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres under Mithileshji’s dalam (squad) allegedly blew up the bridge over Konar river in Churchu block, 50 kilometres from District headquarters of Hazaribagh District on June 22, ahead of their bandh (general shut down) call on June 23, reports The Telegraph. The Maoists issued a bandh diktat for Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh to protest against the recent Palamau encounter. The bridge, built four years ago, had cost INR Seven million. State Director-General (DG) of Police D.K. Pandey, who was in Hazaribagh, confirmed beefing up security for the Maoist bandh.

3-state Maoist bandh today
RANCHI: Maoists have put up posters in Lohardaga and East Singhbhum districts declaring another bandh in three states on Monday in protest against the encounter in Palamu on June 9, police said on Sunday. Lohardaga SP Manoj Ratan said the posters, which called the June 9 encounter fake and appealed to villagers to support the bandh in Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, were seized. “We should hold a people’s court and punish those (members of rival extremist organizations like Jharkhand Prastuti Committee and Tritiya Prastuti Committee) working for the police,” one poster read. State police spokesperson S N Pradhan said police have received intelligence inputs about Maoists calling a 24-hour bandh. “Elaborate security arrangement will be in place during the bandh,” Pradhan said.

Further while observing two day bandh (shutdown strike) across Bihar, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh, the Maoists burnt down eight tractors at Agrail village in Vaishali District and set ablaze a mobile tower at Gausganj village near Paliganj in Patna on June 23 in separate incidents, reports NDTV.

 ‘Maoist’ posters found in Chaibasa
About a dozen of posters, purportedly pasted by Maoists, were found in the heart of Chaibasa, headquarters of West Singhbhum district, today, police said. The Police have removed all the posters pasted in and around the Kolhan University and nearby Tata College under Muffasil police station. One of the posters threatened the government to avenge the killing of 12 ultras by security forces on June 9. When contacted in this regard, Superintendent of Police, Michael Raj S, said it was the handiwork of some local miscreants, whom the police were searching.