Ranchi, Jan 9 (IANS) Fewer security personnel were killed in Jharkhand last year, but the fight against Maoist rebels continued to be intense with more civilians dying, police here said.
Only nine security personnel were killed in 2007 as compared to 43 in 2006 and 27 in 2005.
“Security forces have been alert against Maoist ambush. They [...]
Archive for January 10th, 2008
Jharkhand forces suffered fewer casualties in 2007
January 10, 2008Naxal terrorism in numbers , compared to JK and North East
January 10, 2008Total number of incidents, casualties in security forces, casualties in civilians, extremists killed and weapons recovered in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), North-Eastern States (NE) and naxal affected States.
Source of the Data: Rajya Sabha
Source: Naxalwatch Blogspot
Two Maoists arrested in Maharashtra
January 10, 2008The Chandrapur district police arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Manoj Maroti Sonule and Vinayak Sonule, from Ramnagar on January 6, reports Hitavada. Police said that both are suspected to be members of the ‘Chandrapur Area Committee’ of the outfit. A hi-tech Chinese carbine gun, ammunition magazines and 135 live cartridges [...]
Maoist drain on CPM in Purulia
January 10, 2008Purulia, Jan. 8: The fear of Maoists is driving CPM workers out of the party in Purulia district.Fourteen CPM activists from Balarampur resigned on Sunday, close on the heels of six others.
The 14, from Balarampur’s Ghatbera Keroa village, about 310km from Calcutta. have printed leaflets explaining why they wanted to quit.
The leaflets, many of them [...]
Probe into red funds source
January 10, 2008Bhubaneswar, Jan. 7: The Orissa government has decided to inquire into the alleged “channelisation of funds” from foreign-funded NGOs to the banned Maoist outfits.
When reporters drew his attention to the allegation that some foreign-aided NGOs were funding red outfits, which have been otherwise banned by the state, home secretary T.K. Mishra said: “We will look [...]
