Guerilla warfare training for cops to combat Naxals

February 3 2008 10:43 IST
S Irshad Ahamed
THANJAVUR: Close on the heels of the recent crackdown on the Maoists in Varusandu and Murugamalai hills of Theni district, a 10-day intensive guerilla warfare training programme has begun for the 320 cops in the seven districts falling under the Central Zone.
A senior police official said interrogation of the [...]

Army to track Naxals, but not crack down

New Delhi, Feb. 4: The armed forces will keep a covert eye on Maoist rebels but not march into “Red” districts.
The military is training nearly 14,000 state and central police troops for counter-Naxalite operations in 12 states.
The air force has sent two unmanned spy planes to track down rebels in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. And the [...]

Tribals being used by naxalites

Nizamzbad, February 04: Deputy Inspector General of Police K. Rajaratnam Naidu has observed that the Manala area in Kammarpally mandal is deprived of any sort of development all these years as it had been in the grip of naxalites.
The tribal people who constitute a major chunk of population in the area were used by naxalites [...]

Police arrest woman Naxal

Statesman News Service
KEONJHAR, Feb. 3: Three days after the arrest of the top extreme Left wing leader, Anna Reddy and his three associates, Keonjhar police have arrested a woman extremist, Sukumari Munda, (25) on 1 February.
Sources said that Harichandanpur police and the special operation group (SOG) went to Kadua Sahi of Kharaba village under the [...]

Army can’t be deployed to contain naxal threat: Antony

New Delhi (PTI): Government on Monday ruled out deployment of Army to contain rising naxal violence in the country, saying the forces’ hands were already full.
“I am totally opposed to army being moved against naxal elements”, Defence Minister A K Antony said, adding “Army cannot be used against everything….the forces are already coming in aid [...]