Protests continue against force deployment in West Bengal to counter MaoistsJuly 28th, 2009 HOOGHLY/KOLKATA - Tribals armed with bows and arrows on Monday blocked highway and railway tracks in Hooghly district as a mark of protest against the deployment of security forces in Lalgarh region. Hundreds of protestors under the banner of Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP), a tribal organisation, demanded immediate withdrawal of security forces from Lalgarh.
Mamata wants Lalgarh security operation stoppedJuly 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Wednesday demanded an end to the joint security operation against Maoist rebels in the trouble-torn belt of Lalgarh in West Bengal. "The joint operation should stop," Banerjee said and emphasised the need for talks with Maoists to solve the issue.
Villagers protest security operation in LalgarhJuly 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Hundreds of villagers, including women and children, Monday marched in West Bengal's trouble-torn Lalgarh region to protest against the month-long security operation against Maoists there and also clashed with security forces. Security forces used batons to disperse the agitating crowd at Gohomidanga near Dharampur locality in Lalgarh.
Tribal group calls shutdown in three West Bengal districtsJuly 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - A tribal group spearheading a protest against police excesses in Lalgarh in West Bengal has called a 72-hour shutdown in three Maoist-affected districts from Sunday to protest the state government's month-long operation against the rebels in the region. People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) leader Lalmohan Tudu told IANS: "Innocent people are being tortured every now and then in Lalgarh during the security forces' operations.
Maoists fire at security forces camp in LalgarhJuly 13th, 2009 LALGARH - A day after Maoists killed around 30 policemen in ambush attacks in Chhattisgarh, a group of rebels fired Monday night at a security forces camp in West Bengal's Lalgarh area, where the government has launched a massive operation to push out the leftwing rebels. The Maoists fired at a security force camp in Dharampur in West Midnapore district, on the 26th day of the operation launched by the government against the radicals.
Centre should conduct arms recovery operation in Bengal: MamataJune 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - The central government should carry out a statewide operation by deploying central forces to recover illegal firearms from different parts of West Bengal, Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said here Monday. "The Centre should take up this responsibility and conduct operations to recover illegal firearms from across the state," she said.
Two suspected Maoists arrested in LalgarhJune 28th, 2009 LALGARH - Security forces on Sunday arrested two suspected Maoists and defused seven landmines from Lalgarh, while flushing out the Maoists hiding around the troubled area of West Bengal's West Midnapore. Five landmines were recovered from Binpur, while two more were found near Kargil junction at Bankura district, said Raj Kanojia, Inspector General of Police.
Fresh offensive actions against Maoist in LalgarhJune 26th, 2009 LALGARH J - The security forces today started fresh offensive operation to flush out the Maoist activists from the trouble hit Lalgarh in West Midnapore District of West Bengal. The joint operation by the paramilitary forces and the West Bengal State Police against the Maoists in Lalgarh area has entered the ninth day.
Operation Lalgarh: 22 villages freed from MaoistsJune 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI J - The "Operation Lalgarh" entered sixth day as the security forces reclaimed 22 of the 42 villages controlled by the Maoist guerillas.he police took control of the National Highway 6 and 60, which passes through the forested area of Jahtika connecting Lalgarh. Taking note of the incidents happening in Lalgarh, the National Human Rights Commission has expressed great concern over reports of security forces using locals as human shields, and warned that in case of human rights violations, appropriate action will be recommended against them.
Troops advance from Lalgarh toward Maoist-held villagesJune 21st, 2009 LALGARH - Personnel of the CRPF, BSF and West Bengal police on Sunday started moving from Lalgarh to Ramgarh in an operation aimed at sanitising the main road and other connecting routes and wresting control of the 17 villages. According to sources, the 19-km journey from Lalgarh, which the troops reclaimed on Saturday, is likely to be one of the toughest as the road has been mined.
Police take back Lalgarh from MaoistsJune 20th, 2009 LALGARH - Security forces in West Bengal's Midnapore on Saturday declared to have regained control over the troubled Lalgarh area of West Bengal. According to Director General Of Police, Midnapore, Praveen Kumar, they have regained control of Lalgarh, which was captured by Maoist rebels in one of the most brazen attacks in recent years.
Trooper dies in Lalgarh of heat strokeJune 20th, 2009 LALGARH - A paramilitary trooper, participating in the security operation launched to flush out Maoist rebels from this trouble-torn zone, died of heat stroke Saturday, a police official said here. "The (Central Reserve Police Force) CRPF jawan died due to heat stroke apparently after falling sick in the Jhitka jungles," Inspector General of state police (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told IANS in Kolkata.
Security forces enter LalgarhJune 20th, 2009 LALGARH - Security forces tasted the success in "Operation Lalgarh" by re capturing Lalgarh Police station amidst stiff gun battle and land mine blasts by the Maoist ultras in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. The security men celebrated as the police station fell in their way, which was out of bound for nearly six months after an attempt on life of the Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and two other union ministers in last November.
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.
'Police operation in West Bengal's Lalgarh a must before polls'April 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - Police operations will definitely be carried out in West Bengal's tribal-dominated Lalgarh to unearth Maoists guerrillas from the region before the Lok Sabha polls, a senior state official said Monday. 'Even if the people of Lalgarh put up resistance, we will have to carry out police operation to hold the Lok Sabha elections there,' West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen told reporters in Kolkata's adjoining North 24-Parganas district.
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