State to revise surrender policy for Naxalites

Of the 267 surrendered Naxalites, only 50 have been successfully rehabilitated
MUMBAI: The state government may soon change the Naxalite surrender policy framed in August 2005. Several officers in the police top brass feel the policy has fundamental shortcomings. The rehabilitation money remained earmarked mostly on paper and it was rarely allocated, according to a police [...]

Analysis: India told ‘dry-up Maoist funds’

UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, April 2 (UPI) — A top-level Indian commission has asked the government in Delhi to set up a new agency to combat extortion and economic offenses to help dry up the funding sources of armed Maoist guerrillas and other extremists.
“An effective anti-extortion and economic wing that can curtail if not totally [...]

Call Off Salwa Judum

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legal premise of the Salwa Judum movement in Chhattisgarh. Echoing observations of various civil society groups, the court told the Chhattisgarh government that it was illegal to arm civilians and to allow them to kill. The Chhattisgarh government should now stop defending the indefensible and immediately disband private [...]

Call Off Salwa Judum

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legal premise of the Salwa Judum movement in Chhattisgarh. Echoing observations of various civil society groups, the court told the Chhattisgarh government that it was illegal to arm civilians and to allow them to kill. The Chhattisgarh government should now stop defending the indefensible and immediately disband private [...]

Maoists kill four villagers in Jharkhand

Ranchi, April 2 (IANS) Maoist rebels killed four villagers in Jharkhand by slitting their throats, the police said here Wednesday. The four villagers were abducted from Poradih Chainpur village of Khuti district late Tuesday night. The bodies of the four were recovered from Chainpur village Wednesday.
According to the police, pamphlets have been recovered from the [...]