Tag: Maoists

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Maoist rebels recently ransacked the camp office of a road contractor in the Jagdalpur area of Rayagada district, torching JCB machines engaged in road construction. The radicals left behind posters threatening villagers who cooperated in the project work. This has become a pattern with the ultras who appear determined to oppose […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Finally state government’s developmental efforts in Malkangiri’s Swabhiman Anchal are paying dividends. Officials admit that with roads, bridges and culverts coming up in the area, which was once known as the “cut-off” belt because of its near-complete insulation from the district’s mainland, Maoist, who had turned it into their fortress, are […]

Malkangiri: After unrest over the killing of left-wing extremists and subsequent confrontation between pro-development groups and those supporting the Maoists, now fresh tension continues to brew up in the Swabhiman area of the district in the form of a poster war between the rebels and local residents. As per reports, a number of posters claiming […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The huge seizure of arms and ammunition from a Maoist hide-out in Malkangiri’s Swabhiman Anchal has come as a morale booster for security forces engaged in a prolonged war with the ultras. This region, which was earlier called “cut-off” area because of its difficult topography and lack of road communication with […]

Malkangiri: While the whole world is reeling under the Coronavirus outbreak, the Maoists active in Odisha’s southern and south-western districts have called for a ceasefire and assured that they won’t come in the way of the steps taken by the police and the administration to tackle the pandemic. Also Read: Poster War Ensues Between Locals […]

Phulbani: A day after two Maoists were gunned down in Kandhamal district, Odisha DGP Abhay on Friday appealed to members of the outlawed organisation to surrender as the security force is determined to make the state free from Left-Wing Extremism. During a visit to Kandhamal district to review the situation, the Director-General of Police (DGP) […]

Bhubaneswar: At least four Maoist hideouts were busted and huge cache of live ammunition and other articles were seized following an exchange of fire between the ultras and security forces in Gandhamardhan Reserve forest under Paikmal PS limits, police said on Sunday. About 10 to 15 CPI (Maoists) managed to escape after the shootout that […]

Phulbani: Maoists on Monday torched four vehicles of a company engaged in road construction work in Kandhamal district. The Maoists stormed the road construction site at Kanjal Ghat under Balliguda police station limits and set ablaze the vehicles including a truck and a tractor, Kandhamal Superintendent of Police Vinit Agarwal said. The red rebels were […]

lBhubaneswar: Two security personnel lost their lives in the gunfight with Maoists in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, police said on Thursday. Five Maoists were also killed in the exchange of fire that took place in the Bhandarangi Sirki forest area on the Kalahandi-Kandhamal border on Wednesday, they said. The two personnel of the Odisha Police’s Special […]

Malkangiri: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel had a narrow escape on Saturday when at least three landmines were detected and defused along the national highway near Kalberu of Malkangiri-Telangana bordering area. The jawans of the paramilitary force were on patrolling when they saw some patches of land being dug nearly 500 mts away […]

Malkangiri: Continuing their crackdown against the red rebels, the BSF Jawans in Malkangiri seized a huge quantity of gelatin explosives during anti-Maoist operations at Rajulkunda forests under Kalimela block of the district on Thursday. Acting on concrete information, jawans of the 76 Border Security Force (BSF) battalion launched combing operation in the jungle and discovered […]

Malkangiri: In a bid to disrupt communication network in their stronghold, Maoists ultras blew up a BSNL mobile tower at Erabor village under Sukma district near the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border on Friday. Around 10-15 heavily-armed Naxals came to Erabor village and bombed the tower using explosives, sources said. The ultras then blocked the road with stones […]

Bhubaneswar: Seven IEDs, suspected to have been planted by cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit, were defused by security forces in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, a BSF statement said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel launched a combing operation in Swabhimaan Anchal along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border on Monday evening, […]

Malkangiri: An exchange of fire took place between the security forces and CPI (Maoist) at Jumdang area in Malkangiri district on Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border on Tuesday morning. Acting on a tip-off about the camps of the Naxals in Jumdang, the police launched a search operation in the area last night. Police sources said the members […]

Malkangiri: After a brief lull, the red rebels are making their presence felt again in ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ – the remote cut-off areas in Malkangiri district. It seems repeated appeals by police and administration to shun violence and join the mainstream failed to make an impact on these left-wing extremists. “Tulsi Pahad area, Kalimela area and […]