Maoists kill abducted police officerOctober 6th, 2009 RANCHI - Police officer Francis Enduwar, abducted by Maoists five days ago, has been killed in Jharkhand, a senior police official said Tuesday. The Maoists had demanded that three of their leaders, including Kobad Ghandy, be released in exchange for Enduwar.
Intellectuals under scanner for Lalgarh links, Mamata threatens stirOctober 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - As the West Bengal police interrogated top tribal leaders of Lalgarh and suggested their links with some city-based intellectuals and human rights activists, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday threatened a people's agitation if any intellectual was harassed. The police top brass, which has been quizzing tribal leader and People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) chief Chhattradhar Mahato and assistant treasurer Sukh Shanti Baske in Kolkata, said the PCAPA had received funding from some Kolkata based intellectuals and some of the money landed in the hands of the Maoists.
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.
Government still undecided on special forces against MaoistsSeptember 23rd, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - The government is yet to take a firm view on using special forces against the Maoist rebels whom Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called the "gravest threat" to the country's internal security. According to a top official, a major problem the government was facing while dealing with leftwing radicalism was the tacit support the movement was getting from the civil society and NGOs.
Maoists kill four men for spyingSeptember 4th, 2009 RAIPUR - Police recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of four tribal men in the jungles of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Friday. Police said Maoists had killed the men accusing them of being police spies.
Maoists blow up forest office in OrissaAugust 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoists Thursday blew up a forest range office in Orissa's Sundergarh district, police said. About 30 rebels, in two vehicles, came to the office at Tamra under the Banki police station around 2 p.m.
Maoists threaten to kill Orissa district police chiefAugust 17th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoists in Orissa have threatened to kill a top district police official for allegedly arresting innocent people after branding them as rebels, an official said Monday. The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) said in a press release that its rebels would kill some police officials posted in Rayagada district, including the District Superintendent of Police Ashish Kumar Singh.
Three Maoists killed in gunfight with police in OrissaAugust 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least three Maoists were killed Wednesday in a gunfight with police in Orissa's Rayagada district, officials said. A joint team of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh police fatally shot the militants in a forested area under Chandili police station, about 45 km from the district headquarter of Rayagada, Ashish Kumar Singh, district superintendent of police, told IANS.
Suspected Maoists kill two policemen in OrissaJuly 29th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Suspected Maoists Wednesday killed two policemen in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said. The bodies of assistant sub-inspector of police Muralidhar Bastia and home guard Hadibandhu Mahanta were found at about 7 p.m.
Maoists abduct policeman in West BengalJuly 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - A police official was abducted by a group of suspected Maoists Friday evening in the troubled Lalgarh region of West Bengal, following which a gun battle ensued between the rebels and security personnel, police said. "We came to know that a policeman was abducted by a group of Maoists in Lalgarh-Ramgarh region.
Maoists hijack two buses in BiharJuly 4th, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoists Saturday hijacked two buses in Gaya district after letting the passengers get off, police said. The Maoists stopped the two private vehicles near Dumaria and asked the passengers to get down, police said.
Maoists and civil liberties groups nexus in West Bengal: ChakrabortyJune 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty has said a nexus exists between Maoist and civil liberties groups in West Bengal. Talking to reporters here on Sunday, Chakraborti said, "NGOs like the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) have emerged as the frontline organisations of Maoist groups.
Maoists display their dominance to media in LalgarhJune 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - A convoy of 20 media vehicles, presspersons on board, came in for a shock on Saturday evening when a group of Maoists surrounded them and took them away from the State Highway into Maoists infested villages, according to reports received here. The armed Maoists did not allow the mediapersons to operate their cameras and asked them to abide by directions on route.
Maoists trigger landmine blasts in West BengalApril 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists triggered four landmine blasts Wednesday targeting the police in Salboni area of West Midnapore district, police said, adding that no one was injured. Superintendent of Police (West Midnapore) Manoj Verma told IANS on phone that the blasts occurred in the Salboni police station area when a police party had gone to fetch the bodies of the two Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) activists who were killed by the Maoists Monday.
Three Maoists sent to police custody in West BengalApril 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - A West Bengal court Wednesday remanded three suspected Maoists, arrested with arms in West Midnapore district, to 12-day police remand, the police said. 'Acting on a tip-off, we arrested three Maoists - Bikash Mahat, Safikul and Ainul Shiekh - from Goaltor village early Wednesday.
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