Tag: Maoist

Malkangiri: In a major breakthrough, the Malkangiri police have arrested 12 Maoists after carrying out combing operation at several places in the district. Police said the arrested ultras were involved in various crimes, including murder and violence. Sources said, in view of the rising number of incidents of Maoist menace in the district during the […]

Bhubaneswar: A team of Odisha police will interrogate top Maoist leader Jinugu Narasimha Reddy alias Jampanna and his wife who surrendered before Telangana police recently. “We have sent a team led by a SP-rank officer to Hyderabad to interrogate them and extract more information,” DGP RP Sharma said. Jampanna who was carrying a cash reward […]

Malkangiri: Maoists once again unleashed terror by killing a tribal man over suspicion of being a police informer and torching a JCB machine and tractors engaged in road construction work at Nakamamudi Pipilipadar village in the cut off areas of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as Sadhu Khemunu […]

Bhubaneswar: The State-level committee on anti-Maoist operations today approved an annual budget of Rs 71 crore for 2017-18 under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme. The committee approved the SRE budget ahead of a crucial meeting of the Central government on December 11. Usually the State government spends money for anti-Maoist operations and the Centre […]

Bhubaneswar: Observing a bandh in five districts of the State today, Maoists killed a villager of Lahidi village located in the border between Kandhamal and Kalahandi. As per sources, Maoists killed Mohan Majhi, suspecting him to be a police informer. Villagers said that a group of armed rebels had arrived at around 1 am and forcibly […]

Kandhamal: Police on Thursday cremated the body of slain woman Maoist Banila at Patabalisahi cremation ground in the district after none of her family members turned up to claim the body. “All legal procedures including Supreme Court and NHRC guidelines were strictly followed during disposal of the body,” said a police official. Though the police […]

Kandhamal: A woman Maoist cadre was killed and a Special Operations Group (SOG) Jawan injured in an exchange of fire in a forest near Badakhama in Kandhamal district on Sunday. The deceased was a member of Kalahandi Kandhamal Boudh Nayagarh (KKBN) division of outlawed CPI (Maoist) organization. The police recovered a .303 rifle and 13 […]

Bhubaneswar: With a motive to win hearts and minds of innocent people especially in tribal dominated naxal-hit areas, Maoists and security forces have taken to a novel and revolutionary approach other than gun battle to woo locals. Call it electronic or digital warfare, both the forces have prepared documentaries and are displaying them to win […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today demanded Security Related Expenditure (SRE) of nearly Rs 280 crore for Maoist infested districts in the State that is due from Centre since last two years, Chief Secretary AP Padhi said on Thursday. The state government today discussed security and development related issues mainly concerned with two of the most severely […]

Koraput: The Crime Branch today arrested a hardcore maoist involved in land mine blasts near Sunki Ghat of Koraput district that killed eight police personnel and injured five others in February this year. The arrested has been identified as Madabi Bandi of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh. The Pottangi police had registered case against five Maoists […]

Berhampur: Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today met jawans injured during the recent Maoist attack in which one SOG jawan was killed. The Minister urged the red rebels to shun violence and join the mainstream. Talking to media after a visit to the MKCG hospital here to meet the injured jawans undergoing treatment, Singh […]

Malkangiri: Demanding a probe into Maoist commander Chinnabai’s death, naxal leader Punam Chand today alleged the Malkangiri police tortured the red rebel in their custody for five days following his surrender and then killing him in the Kapatuti forest on June 3. In a four-page letter to media, Chand, the CPI(Maoist) Malkangiri Division Secretary, stated […]

Kandhamal: The State DGP KB Singh and Southern Range IG Amitabh Thakur visited the spot where, in a Maoists’ ambush last night, a Special Operations Group (SOG) jawan was killed while several others were critically injured. The State government has said it will give a fitting reply to the Maoists for the attack. The sacrifice of the […]

Malkangiri: A hardcore Maoist was killed in an exchange of fire between police and the red rebels in Kapatuti forest of Chitrakonda on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border in the wee hours today. Large amount of Maoist-related materials were seized from the spot following the encounter. Acting on a tip-off regarding presence of a Maoist camp in the […]

Malkangiri: Six tribal villagers, including a couple of Malkangiri district who were forcefully picked up by the Chhattisgarh police three days ago were released today. The Chhattisgarh police released the tribals after questioning them on Maoist links. It may be mentioned here that the Sukma police of Chhattisgarh had picked up the six villagers of […]