Mahato arrested, Maoists call nationwide shutdown Oct 3 (Roundup)September 26th, 2009 LALGARH - Posing as journalists, police sneaked in on Chhattradhar Mahato, chief of a Maoist-backed body at the forefront of the violent agitation in this trouble-torn belt of West Bengal, and arrested him Saturday, prompting the rebels to call a nationwide shutdown Oct 3. Mahato, leader of the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), was nabbed from Birka near the headquarters of Lalgarh block in West Midnapore district, Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Surajit Kar Purakayastha told IANS.
Suspected Maoists kill two people in West BengalAugust 23rd, 2009 SAKHABANGA VILLAGE - Two members of the Maoist Resistance Committee (MRC) in Sakhabanga village, 50 kilometres from Lalgarh in West Bengal's Midnapore district were found dead on Sunday. It is suspected that Maoists killed the two, who were active members of the recently formed committee to resist Maoist activities in the area.
Maoists release abducted policeman in West BengalJuly 25th, 2009 LALGARH - Maoists Saturday released a police officer they had abducted Friday evening in this troubled region of West Bengal's West Midnapore district. Assistant Sub-Inspector Dipak Pramanik, a constable and a truck driver were taken hostage from Pirakhali of Bhimpur block by the ultras, who also set the truck ablaze.
Maoists kill two CPI-M activists in Lalgarh, trigger blastJuly 14th, 2009 LALGARH - Suspected Maoists killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists here Tuesday and triggered a landmine blast, raising questions over the effectiveness of the security operation to flush out the rebels from this area in West Bengal. The bodies of the two CPI-M workers - Swapan Debsingha and Tarini Mahato - were found near a ditch in the forest area of Memul under Shalboni police station, Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told IANS in Kolkata.
Lalgarh operation: Security forces capture DharampurJuly 1st, 2009 LALGARH - Security forces Wednesday established the writ of the state in Dharampur, a former communist hub that was later taken over by the armed Maoists, two weeks into the operation launched to flush out the extremist guerrillas from around this area of West Bengal. Moving from two opposite directions and carrying sophisticated weapons, including landmine protected vehicles, the joint forces of the central paramilitary troopers and state armed police established a base camp in Dharampur, where the Maoist rebels had torched offices and houses of communist leaders and killed four of them June 15.
West Bengal operations: Forces capture Maoist headquartersJune 29th, 2009 LALGARH - Using helicopter surveillance and marking from two flanks, security forces Monday reclaimed the remaining Maoist den of Kantapahari and entered the headquarters of the agitating tribals on the 12th day of the operation launched to flash out the rebels from in and around this area of West Midnapore district. While one group of central and state armed forces moved from Lalgarh in the south and retook Kantapahari, the other teams of troopers moved from Ramgarh in the north to march into Barapeli village - the hub of the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) which had virtually made Lalgarh a free zone for the last seven months by torching police camps and driving out the civil administration.
Two suspected Maoists arrested, seven landmines foundJune 28th, 2009 LALGARH - Two suspected Maoist rebels were arrested Sunday and seven landmines defused by the security forces conducting an operation to flush out the leftwing ultras from in and around this troubled area of West Bengal. Two of the landmines were discovered on the roadside near Kargil junction at Sarenga in neighbouring Bankura district, said Inspector General of Police Raj Kanojia.
Security forces reclaim West Bengal's Ramgarh from MaoistsJune 27th, 2009 LALGARH - The security forces Saturday reclaimed the Maoist stronghold of Ramgarh near here, with the rebels torching an office of the communist Party of India (CPI) before fleeing. Marching through dense forests, defusing landmines, firing mortars and engaging in gunbattles with the Maoists, the joint force of the state police and paramilitary troopers reached West Midnapore district's Ramgarh police outpost, 22 km from here, in a two-day surge from the Goaltore police station on the border of West Midanpore and Bankura districts.
Maoists trigger landmine, fire at advancing forces in LalgarhJune 26th, 2009 LALGARH - Maoist rebels fired at security personnel and triggered landmines in jungles as troopers advanced to reclaim new areas and flush out far-left radicals from West Midnapore district in West Bengal, officials said Friday. A joint team of central paramilitary troopers and state armed policemen set out from their camp in Goaltore bordering Bankura district Friday morning to retake some strategic pockets still held by the ultras but met with resistance at a forested stretch in Pingboni after a 1 km march, an official said.
Operations against Maoists continue for fifth dayJune 22nd, 2009 LALGARH - After reclaiming Lalgarh town in West Bengal, security forces continued their operation for the fifth day Monday marching into nearby villages to clear the area of Maoists, a police official said. A rebel leader was also arrested for his alleged role in the murder of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist.
Four Maoists arrested for planting landmineJune 21st, 2009 LALGARH - Four suspected Maoist guerrillas were arrested Sunday evening when they were allegedly trying to plant a landmine at Khayerpahari in Bankura district of West Bengal. The men were nabbed from near a canal in the area close to the inter-district border between West Midnapore and Bankura, police sources said.
Security forces reach LalgarhJune 20th, 2009 LALGARH - Using mine-proof vehicles and landmine detectors, security forces marched five kilometres through a forest, considered a Maoist den, to reach the Lalgarh block headquarters Saturday - on the third day of the offensive launched by the West Bengal government to free the area of leftwing radicals. Meanwhile, top rebel leader K.
Operation Lalgarh: Forces face tough resistanceJune 19th, 2009 LALGARH - The West Bengal Police supported by Central Paramilitary forces launched "operation Lalgarh" to clear the areas in and around Lalgarh from Maoist captivity in West Midnapore district. The security forces are facing tough time in clearing the human shields, consisting of women and children put up by ultras on the way leading to Lalgarh.
Central forces begin operation against Maoists in LalgarhJune 18th, 2009 LALGARH - The West Bengal Police, supported by central paramilitary forces, initiated the operation to flush out Maoist from Lalgarh in West Midnapore District of West Bengal. It was the forth day, since the red brigade captured nearly fifty villages in and around Lalgarh, which is nearly 150 Km from the state capital Kolkatta, and declared it as the liberated zone.
Two injured in landmine blast in Purulia on polling dayApril 30th, 2009 PURULIA - Two Central paramilitary force personnel were injured when Maoists exploded a landmine near a polling booth in Biramdih in West Bengal's Purulia District on Thursday. The incident took place at around 7:50 a.m.
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