Bihar police to get Army training to counter "Red Army"October 12th, 2009 Army will train police in Bihar to enable them successfully counter the Maoists, police officials said today. Officials said the Bihar police required special training to suitably counter the "grown-up" Maoists.
Orissa police on high vigil to prevent Maoists sneaking inOctober 2nd, 2009 MALANGIRI - Orissa police have beefed up security to prevent Maoists sneaking into the State, following combing operations being carried out in neighbouring States. According to senior officials, high vigilance is being maintained in the wake of ongoing operations in neighbouring areas of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
Two Maoists gunned down in ChhattisgarhOctober 1st, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Police gunned down two Maoists in a forested area in the restive Bastar region Thursday evening, police said. The gunfight broke out in Nalkathong forested area in Dantewada district, some 450 km south of capital Raipur, when a joint combing team of District Force (DF) and Special Police Officers (SPOs) opened fire on a group of armed guerrillas.
Maoists kill MP's son in ChhattisgarhSeptember 26th, 2009 RAIPUR - In a daring attack, suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh Saturday
shot two sons of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Bastar Lok Sabha MP Baliram Kashyap, killing one of them, police said. "Maoists fired several rounds at Kashyap's sons, Dinesh and Tansen, when they were at a Mahashthami Durga Puja celebration in Bastar district," a top police official told IANS.
Maoists shoot MP's sons in ChhattisgarhSeptember 26th, 2009 RAIPUR - In a daring attack, suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh Saturday opened fire on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Bastar Lok Sabha MP Baliram Kashyap' sons Dinesh and Tansen, police said. "Maoists fired several rounds at Kashyap's sons when they were at a Mahashthami Durga Puja celebration in Bastar district," a top police official told IANS.
Fight against Maoists to be long drawn, says ChidambaramSeptember 25th, 2009 RAIPUR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the central government would extend all support to states to counter and defeat left-wing extremism in what would be a "long-drawn" fight.
Maoists kill teenager in ChattisgarhSeptember 12th, 2009 TUNDER - In yet another gruelling incident involving Maoists, a teenager was killed in Tunder village in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after refusing to go along with them. "Maoists went to Tunder village and forced the village boys to go with them.
Lathis against Ak-47s: Chhattisgarh cops are sitting ducksAugust 4th, 2009 RAIPUR - It could well be dubbed the capital of India's Maoist country. But thousands of policemen in Chhattisgarh who take on the AK-47-carrying rebels are armed with the humble 'lathis' or bamboo staves.
Maoists open fire on paramilitary post in ChhattisgarhJuly 29th, 2009 RAIPUR - Heavily armed Maoists fired several rounds on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) post in Chhattisgarh Wednesday night in restive Bastar region, police sources said. Maoists fired several rounds twice at the check post at Keshkutul village under Bhairamgarh locality in Bijapur district at around 9 p.m.
Chhattisgarh CM wants Time to take decisive action against MaoistsJuly 13th, 2009 RAIPUR - Calling the Maoist attack on the police 'unfortunate', Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said that it is time to make the right strategies and take decisive action against the Maoists. "It is an unfortunate incident for all of us.
Two tribals shot dead by Maoists in ChhattisgarhJuly 9th, 2009 RAIPUR - Two people appointed as special police officers (SPOs) to assist security forces were gunned down by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, police said Thursday. The killings took place late Wednesday in the forests of Bijapur, about 450 km south from here, when a dozen armed Maoists attacked the two tribals -- Chhapri Surendra,23, and Mukesh Poriami, 25.
10 policemen go missing after Chhattisgarh Maoist attackMay 11th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least ten policemen have gone missing after a convoy escorted by 41-member police force was attacked by heavily armed Maoists in Chhattisgarh in the late hours of Sunday. The Maoists first attacked the convoy in Dhamtari, and then they ambushed the convoy near Risgaon village the hilly district.
Four tribals killed by Maoists in ChhattisgarhMarch 24th, 2009 RAIPUR - The police Monday recovered the bodies of four tribals allegedly kidnapped by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said. 'The rebels had abducted four men, all aged around 30, late Sunday from Tarlaguda village.
Maoists' peace offer a 'gimmick', time to finish them: security expertJanuary 31st, 2009 RAIPUR - The peace talk offer by the Maoists to the Chhattisgarh government is a 'well thought out ploy of the guerrillas to buy time to regroup', a counter terrorism expert said, adding that the security forces should utilise the opportunity to finally crush the rebels. 'This is the perfect time for the police to fan out in the rebels' den and deliver the knockout punch,' Brigadier (retd) B.K.
Five Maoists gunned down in ChhattisgarhJanuary 23rd, 2009 RAIPUR - Five Maoist insurgents were killed in a shootout with a police team in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh late Saturday evening, a top police official said. The shootout took place when the joint team of the Chhattisgarh police and Special Police Officers (SPOs) came face-to-face with a group of Maoists in a thickly forested area under the Bhairamgarh police station of Bijapur district, about 400 km south of here, according to Director General of Police Pawan Deo.
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