Fear stalks villagers as Maoist menace rises

Statesman News Service
BANDWAN (Purulia), Nov. 29: Villages in the bordering areas of West Bengal’s Purulia district and Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district are in the grip of panic, due to the recent spate of killings by the Maoists in Purulia. This is specially true of Bandwan, Barabazar and Balarampur blocks. The former sabhadhipati of the Purulia [...]

Trader threatened by ‘Maoist’, cops on alert

KOLKATA, Nov. 29: Special protection for a city-based trader has been arranged by the city police after he lodged a complaint alleging that Maoists have given him life threat if he refused to pay a heavy ransom. Police said that an unidentified man, claiming to be associated with the Maoists, had called up Shyambazar based trader, Mr [...]

Mizoram jawans die in Maoist attack

Aizawl/Raipur, Nov. 29: Ten personnel of the 2nd Mizoram India Reserve Battalion, currently deployed in Chhattisgarh, died as Maoist guerrillas blew up the jeep they were travelling in near Konta in Dantewada district this afternoon. Two civilians also died in the blast.
The jawans had boarded a private jeep in order to dodge the rebels and [...]