Kidnapped engineer, supervisor rescued

SASARAM: An engineer and a supervisor of a private road construction company, kidnapped by armed activists of proscribed CPI (Maoist) in Rohtas, were rescued from neighbouring Kaimur district.
Engineer Sanjay Singh and supervisor Dharmendra Singh of a Jharkhand-based firm were kidnapped by a group of about 24 Maoists who had raided their camp office at Chhotki [...]

Fake news confuses police

ARSHA (Purulia), Feb. 28: Police have called media reports that nine unidentified bodies of Maoists were found lying in Bagmundi forest area on 19 February “bogus”.
According to Mr Ashok Kumar Prosad, SP of Purulia, police “had no definite information” when electronic media outlets were circulating this report.
While talking to The Statesman, he said: “We had [...]

Red Tide Rising

Known for its mountainous terrain and scenic beauty, the recent Maoist attack on Nayagarh has left this Orissa town shaken. But the fact is that with virtually no police preparedness, it was a sitting target for the rebels. “There was no inkling of a Maoist attack because they did not have any base here”, told [...]

Dreaded Naxal leader surrenders in Gaya

GAYA: A top leader of the CPI (Maoist) surrendered before district magistrate Jitendra Srivastava with weapons and cartridges at the district collectorate in Gaya on Friday afternoon, the police said.
Basudeo Rikiyan, wanted in connection with several criminal cases, gave himself up before the DM, the sources said.
He also deposited an automatic rifle and [...]

Budget fails to address Maoist menace: Raman Singh

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh flayed the union budget presented Friday, saying there was no provision for a joint action-plan to deal with the Maoist problem, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had identified as the biggest internal security threat.
‘The union government has failed to address the problem by making no provision to deal with the [...]