Monday, July 27, 2015

India - maoist strike

Maoist poster’ asks public not to hold up transport
KORAPUT: A poster, purportedly written by the Maoists, seized from Malkangiri bus stand has put police in a spot. It has appealed to the public not to hold up public transportation during the Martyrs’ Week, beginning July 28. The Maoists pay homage to their comrades killed in police encounters during this week and posters flood the district, urging people to close markets and keep vehicles off the road.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Maoist-poster-asks-public-not-to-hold-up-transport/articleshow/48235426.cms
Maoist Posters Found in Bargarh
BARGARH: Maoist posters were found in several places of Bargarh on Saturday. Ahead of their Martyrs’ Week from July 28 to August 3, the Maoists sought support from people for their movement. Posters and red flags were found at Jharmunda Chhack on Padampur-Paikmal road. Similarly, handbills printed in Hindi were found scattered in the area.
In the posters, the Maoists opposed the policies being pursued by the Narendra Modi led Government at the Centre and accused Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Chhattisgarh Chief Minster Raman Singh of handing over natural resources to corporate and industrial houses. On Thursday, similar posters were found pasted in Bhuliasikuan under Khariar police limits in Nuapada district and Mahakhand village under Turekela block in Balangir district. On July 22, police had seized Maoist posters from Khapanpali village under Sohela block of the district.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Maoist-Posters-Found-in-Bargarh/2015/07/26/article2941120.ece
Railways take precautionary steps to avoid Maoist strike
KOLKATA/ WEST MIDNPAORE: A month after the central intelligence department wrote to the ministry of home affairs about possible Maoists resurgence in six districts in West Bengal, the union ministry sent a report to the state home department suggesting that the Maoists replicating the Bihar-Jharkhand model might target the Railways in the state. The alert come days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhisekh Banerjee said in an open meeting that top Maoist leader Kishenji was killed by his aunt’s government.

The report was sent to the state government on Friday. Previously on June 20, the railways have issued an intelligence advisory to the concerned authorities to take adequate preventive measures in the wake of a Maoist bandh call to check possible attack on railway properties in the region. Speaking to TOI, Divisional Railway Manager (Kharagpur Division), Raj Kumar Mangla said, “Security has been beefed up and we have taken all necessary and preventive steps

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