India bandhs in Jharkhand-Bihar and Dumaria-Imanganj area - Consolidation of maoist people's war in Northeast India and Vizag Agency area

Jharkhand-Bihar Maoist bandh begins tonight
RANCHI: A 24-hour Jharkhand-Bihar bandh called by CPI (Maoist) will begin on Sunday night.The bandh is against January 8 ‘police encounter’ in Bihar’s Aurangabad where five Maoists were gunned down. The Maoist have called it a fake encounter. The outfit has urged its cadre to enforce the bandh in the two states. They have also issued an appeal to the masses for support.The transport services between Jharkhand and Bihar might come under attack during the bandh, intelligence branch sources said.
A large number of goods and public transport vehicles run between the two states, the number grows at night. Maoists, in May 2015, had torched three dozen vehicles defying a bandh in Bihar.Jharkhand police spokesperson S N Pradhan said that heavy vehicles and trains might be targeted.

..In Giridih and Ranchi, long-distance bus and train services were affected but no incident of violence was reported. “The day passed off peacefully as we had deployed adequate security personnel in sensitive and super-sensitive locations in the district. Apart from roads connecting Giridih and Dhanbad, Dumri and Deoghar, adequate forces have been deployed in hypersensitive Pirtand, Dumri, Nimiyghat, Tisri, Deori and other areas,” said Giridih SP Kuldeep Dwivedi, adding that the security forces were giving especial attention across the Jharkhand – Bihar border. All urban areas in Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, and Hazaribag saw a mized response. Police spokesperson S N Pradhan said no major untoward incident was reported from any part of the state.

Maoist Consolidation in Northeast India
With most major insurgent groups in the region signing ceasefire agreements or peace accords with the government, the space left vacant is slowly being filled up by the Maoists. The Maoists are now planning to make fresh recruitments in Assam.

In the rural areas of eastern Assam, short documentary films are being shown to young boys aged between 12 to 13 years, to brainwash them to join the Maoist movement. Details of such youths are being shared through WhatsApp. These include details about the youth’s education, family background and location. Therefore, if their
Preponed Maoist bandh cripples life in Dumaria-Imanganj area
GAYA: The preponed bandh called by CPI (Maoist) the ultra leftist organisation crippled life in the Dumaria-Imamganj region of South Gaya district. Life, elsewhere in the district as well as Nawada, Jahanabad and Arwal districts of Magadh division was near normal. The 24 hours bandh call was earlier given for the intervening period between zero hours on 26 and 27 January. The Maoist subsequently advanced the bandh period to the same hours on 25 and 26 January.
The bandh call was given by the ultras to register protest against the killing of four Maoists in the Aurangabad district. The Maoists were killed last week during an encounter with the police forces engaged in the anti naxal operation in the area. Reports reaching the divisional head quarters from the Dumaria-Imamganj region of the Gaya district say that all shops, business establishments, commercial bank branches and educational institutions remained closed on Monday. Vehicluar traffic on State Highway 39 was nominal, as most of the vehicles, particularly transport buses and trucks remained off the roads. However some bikes were seen plying in the area. Vehicles on the Dobhi-Chatra route too remained off the road.
In what may be regarded as a set back to the red rebels, the bandh call had absolutely no effect in the Tekari sub division area of Gaya district and the whole of Arwal and Jahanabad districts. Tekari sub division of Gaya and Arwal and Jahanabad districts have witnessed large scale naxal violence in the 1990s and the Maoists had to make a retreat following armed resistance by Ranvir Sena, a private army of the land owners. When contacted Magadh Range DIG Ratn Sanjay said that no report of any untoward incident has been received from anywhere in the five districts of Magadh division. An alert has been sounded and strict vigil was being maintained, said the

Maoist activity on upswing in Vizag Agency area
With the International Fleet Review (IFR) dates coming close, the district police appear to be a bit worried over the recent spurt of Maoist activity in the Agency area, especially in the cut off area on the Andhra Odisha Border (AOB). According to District Superintendent of Police Koya Praveen, the Maoists have been active in certain pockets in the Agency areas, for the last one year. Their presence has increased in places such as Pedabayalu, Munchingput and G. Madugula, especially after the formation of the Malkangiri-Visakhapatnam- Koraput (MVK) division. The MVK division was formed last year to concentrate in the cut off area of the Andhra Odisha Border (AOB).
Earlier, the area was being taken care of by the East Division, and now it has been moved to the East Godavari region, to regain its lost ground. The MVK division which is headed by Venu, has been active and its cadres comprise mostly of Gutti Koya tribals and Girijans from the Koraput area of Odisha, said the SP. “The recent killings of a couple of innocent people including a former Sarpanch of Jerela, after branding them as police informers, indicate their active presence. None of the killed persons had any touch with the police, but were once Maoist sympathisers. They are using the killing method to spread fear among the locals and to deter them from getting close to the government machinery,” Mr. Praveen told The Hindu . To counter the movement, the police have moved additional forces in the Agency area and have intensified the combing operations.. are not curtailed soon, Northeast India is in danger of a full blown Maoist insurgency…