Tag: Maoists

Raipur: At least four Maoists, including a female cadre, were killed on Sunday in a gunfight with the police in Chhattisgarh, officials said. Inspector General of Bastar range Vivekanand Sinha said the gun battle took place in Narayanpur district. The gunfight lasted for almost an hour during which four Maoists were killed. Police recovered arms and […]

Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas set on fire 13 vehicles involved in road construction works in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said. Maoists raided the camp office of a private road construction company in Parlipose village and fired in the air before setting ablaze the vehicles, said an officer, adding the reason behind the attack […]

Sukma (Chhattisgarh): Two CRPF troopers were injured when Maoist rebels triggered an IED (improvised explosive device) on Thursday in Chattisgarh’s Sukma district. According to Central Reserve Police Force officials, the blast that took place at 7.45 a.m., was targeted at the troops of 206 Cobra Battalion who were on a routine operation in the area. […]

Ranchi: Maoists have beheaded a man on the outskirts of Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi after accusing him of being a police spy. According to the police, the guerrillas chopped off Abraham Tigga’s head. A resident of Ubasaal village, Tigga was abducted late on Tuesday while on his way home from the market. He was first beaten […]

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): The security forces have recovered at least 15 more bodies of Maoists from the Indravati River here early on Tuesday, taking the toll in the gunfight in the past 48 hours to 37, official sources said. A fresh gun-fight on Monday night left at least six Maoists dead, barely 36 hours after Sunday’s […]

Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh): Two dreaded Maoists carrying rewards on their head were on Friday were shot dead in a gunfight with police in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, a senior police officer said. Arms and ammunition and some other items of daily use were recovered from the two Maoists, who together carried a bounty of Rs 10 […]

Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas torched three vehicles involved in transporting coal in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Thursday, police said. At least 10 to 15 militants raided a private company engaged by the Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) at Tandawa. The incident took place at CCL’s Magadh colliery project. Denial of levy sought by Maoists is said to be […]

Bhubaneswar: A woman Maoist fighter surrendered before police in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Wednesday and alleged physical and mental exploitation of women cadres in militants’ camps. Reena Mallik (25), a woman cadre of Niyamgiri Dalam division, had worked with arrested Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda from 2008 to 2010. She is a suspect in five incidents […]

As many as 14 Maoists from Odisha among 160 ultras across the country have died in encounter with security forces in the last one year.

Kandhamal: Protesting Centre’s anti-Left Wing Extremism (LWE) operation strategy ‘Operation Samadhan’, Maoists today observed ‘Bharat Bandh’ crippling normal life across several districts of Odisha. The Maoists blocked road by felling trees on NH 59 near Pakaladami ghati disrupting vehicular traffic between Baliguda-Daringbadi of Kandhamal district. The red rebels also put up posters and banners on […]

As the Odisha government is all set to start its big cat count in the first week of February, the authorities are likely to skip the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary that has of late turned into a hot-bed for the Maoist

Malkangiri: A high alert has been sounded at Odisha’s Malkangiri district to prevent possible influx of Maoists from neighbouring Chhattisgarh, where security forces gunned down 15 naxals yesterday, a senior police officer said. The situation in Malkangiri is currently under control, but police “cannot afford to be complacent”, he said. “After an exchange of fire, […]

Raipur: At least 14 naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district today, police said. The gun-battle took place this morning in a forest area in south Sukma, around 500 km from Raipur, Deputy Inspector General (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI. “So far, bodies of 14 naxals have been […]

Pune: A letter allegedly found in the house of one of the five persons arrested for “links” with the banned CPI (Maoist) talks about the ultras mulling “another Rajiv Gandhi incident”, Pune police told a court yesterday. Police yesterday arrested Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale, lawyer Surendra Gadling, activists Mahesh Raut and Shoma Sen and Rona […]

Raipur: Nine personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed when suspected Maoists blew up their mine-protected vehicle (MPV) in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district today, an official said. Some jawans were also reported to be injured in the explosion, but there was no official confirmation yet, he said. The blast occurred when a team […]