Tag: Maoist

Ranchi: Twelve Maoists were killed in a gunbattle with security personnel in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said today. “Twelve Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gunbattle with the policemen yesterday night in a jungle in Palamau district,” a police officer told IANS. Police raided a Maoist hideout on a tip-off. Anurag alias ‘doctorji’, a sub-zonal […]

Hours after reports of around 500 people being held "hostage" by Maoists in a Chhattisgarh village surfaced today, a senior police officer said such reports were a "fiction created by the media"

Prime minister Narendra Modi, interacting with students in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-affected Dantewada district on Saturday, said that life should not be judged through the prism of success or failure

Malkaniri: A woman Maoist, with a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, surrendered to the police in Malkangiri district on Saturday. Deve Padiami alias Sandhya, ‘deputy commander’ of newly formed Gupteswar Dalam of the Maoists who had deserted camp two days ago, surrendered to the Inspector General of Police Y K Jethwa and […]

Odisha's most wanted Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda managed to give the slip once again after a firefight with security forces in a jungle in Ganjam district on Saturday

A Maoist was arrested after a two-hour gunbattle with security forces in Rejeda forests under K Balang area of Sundargarh district, police said

A Maoist camp in a reserve forest at the tri-junction of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts was busted on Friday with a huge quantity of ammunition seized while a cadre arrested

A Maoist cadre was killed in an encounter with security forces in a forest here early on Sunday after which two guns and some Naxal materials were seized, the police said

A high profile Maoist cadre was gunned down by a joint team of SOG (Special Operation Group) jawans and District Voluntary Force (DVF) during an exchange of fire with the ultras on Friday (June 11). Odisha DGP Abhay informed that the firing took place inside a reserve forest near Bhanjagunda in Padampur area of Bargarh. Following the crossfire, security forces recovered an AK-47 rifle, 3 magazines, and other arms and ammunition from the spot.

Half a century after the Naxalbari uprising, the dream of a classless, exploitation-free and just society that fired the imagination of the young and the restless remains just that – a dream. Half a century after the State came down with all its might on the young revolutionaries with the promise of ending for once […]

By Sandeep Sahu For once, security forces engaged in anti-Maoist operations have something to rejoice about. On the receiving end of Maoist depredations for long, they have registered a spectacular success in an area that has proved to be a graveyard for them over the years. The killing of as many as 24 Maoist cadres […]

Nuapada: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans today busted a Maoist camp set up inside a forest near Pandripani village under Dharambandha police limits in the bordering areas of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. The camp was discovered during a combing operation and the CRPF jawans seized two rifles, two hand grenades, and 12 gelatine sticks, […]

Koraput: Ahead of the general elections, top police officials of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Telangana met today to chalk out strategies to tackle left wing extremism (LWE) threat in Maoist-infested areas. An inter-state coordination meeting of top cops chaired by Odisha South-Western Range DIG, Himansu Lal was held at the office of the Koraput […]

Ranchi: Three Maoists were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jharkhand’s Gumla district on Sunday, a CRPF official said. The gunfight erupted after Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers along with Jharkhand Police, launched a special operation in the district. “We have recovered the three bodies as well as two AK-47 rifles, […]

Koraput: A Maoist carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, surrendered before the district police yesterday in Koraput. As per reports, the red rebel Dhananjay Gope alias Sudhir laid down his arms before the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, South Western Range, Himanshu Lal. Sudhir was greeted with flower bouquet […]