Maoists attack police checkpost in Orissa

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 (Bhubaneswar)
A Policepost in Saranda, on Orissa-Jharkhand border came under attack by Naxals on Tuesday night.
One Police Commander was killed and five policemen were injured when armed Maoist rebels attacked a police outpost at Bansjore in Jharkhand’s Simdega district bordering Orissa.
Around 200 Maoists attacked the policemen stationed at the Saranda forest post [...]

Maoists gun down CPI-M leader in West Bengal

A CPI-M leader was gunned down by a gang of ten suspected Maoists at Besra village in West Bengal’s Purulia District late on Tuesday night.
The suspected Maoists raided Palan Kumar’s house and called him outside.
According to police, before pumping bullets into his body, he was tied to a tree.
The Maoists left the place and [...]

Maoists kill two CPM men in West Bengal

Kolkata: The New Year began on a violent note for the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in West Bengal as suspected Maoists struck in two southern districts killing two party members.
The leftist guerrillas shot dead Pahalan Kumar Majhi in Purulia district. The headless body of Sisir Chatterjee, a CPM zonal committee member, was recovered [...]

Chhattisgarh DGP begins a dialogue with Naxals, through a newspaper

Raipur, January 1 : Over the past few weeks, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Vishwaranjan has been involved in a “dialogue” with the Naxalites, albeit through the columns of a local Hindi newspaper.
The DGP has, in a series of articles, given his views on Maoist ideology and why it is bad for the country. Interestingly, [...]