Maoist leader Anna Reddy arrested

Bhubaneswar, (PTI): A day after the arrest of four naxalites from a hospital here, the Orissa police on Thursday claimed that one of them was a hardcore Maoist leader, Anna Reddy, who was involved in anti-industry violence.
According to Jajpur District Superintendent of Police (SP), D S Kutte, the four were identified as Anna Reddy, Rani [...]

Two arms dumps of Maoists unearthed

GUNTUR: In yet another blow to the Maoist party, the district police on Wednesday unearthed two arms dumps from the reserve forest in the district.
Giving details of the discovery here at a news conference, SP Mahesh Chandra Ladha said special police parties carried out search operations following a tip-off and recovered a large quantity of [...]

CPI-Maoist declares its presence in state

KOZHIKODE: For the first time since its inception in 2004, the CPI-Maoist has come out in open with a statement from its state organising committee confirming the outfit’s presence in the state.
The statement from Mohan, the state organising secretary, says that many in the CPI and the CPM are co-operating with Maoists in Kerala and [...]

Chhattisgarh youth extort millions posing as Maoists

31 January , 2008
Raipur: In the name of “donations to Maoists”, hundreds of youths in Chhattisgarh who had no connection with the Maoist movement extorted up to Rs 220 million last year, police say.
Their targets ranged from businessmen to officials to even top policemen.
“Everybody knows in Chhattisgarh that Maoists annually extort millions of rupees [...]

Why do Naxals hate NGOs? A case study of Bihar

Naxalism is a grave problem in Bihar. According to a March 2007 document of the Bihar Police, 30 of its 38 districts have been affected by Maoist activities. Maoist violence is endemic across the state’s territory.
The fight against the state by the Naxalites is explicable. But, why do they hate the NGOs? The ground reality [...]