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socioeconomic problems in the area, improve infrastructure, set up police stations and strengthengovernance mechanism; otherwise the rebels will regain the bases once the forces retreat." (ExpressBuzz 19/9/09)Maoist bastions smashed in Bastar (12)KONTA (CHHATTISGARH): The security forces in Chhattisgarh, despite “operational losses,” are jubilantat what they say is a strategic gain made in ‘Operation Greenhunt.’ The CoBRA (Commando Battalion forResolute Action) unit has successfully taken control of pockets which had been the site of Maoist campsand congregations for many years. The capture of a weapon-making unit came as a morale booster. “Ourforces could go to Singanmadugu, where some 24 naxalites were killed, for the first time after the Maoistsgained ground in South Bastar. It is by all means a major success for our forces,” said Amrish Misra,Superintendent of Police of Dantewada. He said the security forces could open up the forest routesconnecting the tribal communities. The combing operations, which he said were suspended for the timebeing, helped pre-empt the moves of the Maoists who were expected to go all out to mark the partyformation day on September 21. The CoBRA unit forces, the Koya commandos as well as the districtarmed force personnel were all back at their bases. The success of the operation would usher in a newphase, facilitating restoration of civilian administration in the erstwhile Maoist strongholds. This was thefirst step in the direction of clearing the jungles of south Bastar of Maoists. Mr. Misra admitted that thedeath of six security personnel, including two officers of SDOP rank, was a major blow. All the 24 personskilled in the operation at Singanmadugu were naxalites of the CPI(Maoist). The security forces targetedno civilian territory in the operation. There was no habitation for many kilometres in the vicinity ofPalachelma, where the Koya commandos and the district forces launched an offensive on the Maoistcamp. Only six bodies of naxalites and some ammunition were recovered from the place of theencounter. Some important literature, including journals of the CPI (Maoist), was recovered in theoperation and it was expected to throw light on the Maoist movement in the country. (The Hindu 21/9/09)Maoists on back foot, planning human shields? (12)DANTEWADA (Chhattisgarh): In the face of a sustained assault by securityforces, Maoist leaders have begun fleeing their landmine-protected hideouts in the Chhattisgarh junglesand could use human shields to protect themselves, top officials disclosed Saturday. At least two dozenultras were killed in the operation Friday. Reports that the government is preparing for the biggest assaulton the Maoists has unsettled the rebels, the officials say. The Maoist militants hold sway over much of theiron-ore rich Bastar region - spread over 40,000 sq km in the five districts of Dantewada, Bijapur,Narayanpur, Kanker, and Bastar. Reports coming in from the interiors of restive Bastar region - where theultras have set up a massive infrastructure to carry out insurgency in several states - indicate that theoutlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) politburo members, including general secretaryGanapathi, have started moving out from their base in the Abujhmar forest to cross over to AndhraPradesh to avoid an aerial attack the government may be planning. On Friday, in one of Chhattisgarh'sbiggest drives against Maoist insurgents, over 500 policemen led by the elite Commando Battalion forResolute Action (Cobra), an anti-Maoist force drawn from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),attacked rebel hideouts in several locations in Bastar's Dantewada district. Officials claimed to have killedat least two dozen insurgents though some 10 bodies have been recovered so far. An assistantcommandant of the Cobra battalion, Manoranjan Singh, and five other personnel were also killed in theoperation. "The CPI-Maoist politburo members have instructed their military wing, People's Liberation ofGuerrilla Army (PLGA), to avoid a direct fight with troopers to prevent losses of their skilled fighters andput up human shields before the forces in order to make the battle a long-drawn-out affair," a top policeofficer involved in drawing up the anti-Maoist combat strategy told IANS. He was speaking after receivingfresh inputs from the Maoist-controlled Bastar jungles. The source said: "They (Maoists) have begun toput up boys and girls drawn from their two units - the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangh and the KrantikariAdivasi Balak Sangh - to prevent troopers from moving into the territory commanded by ultras and alsogive a chance to their urban sympathisers and human rights activists to whip up a global campaign overthe killing of minors and abuse of human rights." A CRPF commandant posted at Bijapur's war zoneremarked: "Maoists know they can't withstand the attacks of <strong>Indian</strong> troopers for a long time. Once theirarmed force is shaken, the Maoists will be reduced to the strength they had almost two decades back. Sothe only option left before them is to engage child soldiers recruited forcibly in the past five years to makethe battle a lengthy one." A top counter-terrorism expert said: "The forces should not go to the jungles just
to hunt and recapture the areas being held by Maoists. After pushing back the Maoists, the governmentmust have a quick plan to create livelihood for the local populace being misled by the rebels for years.This is a must to erase the sympathy among them for the ultras. "Once you capture the Maoist bases inChhattisgarh which are deprived of economic prosperity, the government must take care of thesocioeconomic problems in the area, improve infrastructure, set up police stations and strengthengovernance mechanism; otherwise the rebels will regain the bases once the forces retreat." (Asian Age22/9/09)Maoists backed tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato arrested in Lalgarh (12)Lalgarh, (WB), Sep 27 (ANI): An elusive tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who has been spearheadingan agitation since November last year against alleged police excesses in West Midnapore's troubledLalgarh area, was arrested here on Saturday. Mahato, leader of People's Committee Against PoliceAtrocities (PCAPA), which has been spearheading agitation against alleged police atrocities, was nabbedfrom Pirka region, near Lalgarh village. Police nabbed Mahato when he was about to give an interview toa journalist who was being followed. "It is a great success for us. He has been charged with more than 15cases. For the sake of investigation, we cannot divulge further details," said Manoj Verma,Superintendent of Police,West Midnapore. Mahato had been giving regular interviews when theparamilitary forces and the state police had launched the anti-Maoist operations in Lalgarh, the placedeclared as a liberated zone by the Maoists, on June 19 forcing him to go underground for some time.The tribals under Mahato had a free run for nine months with the police withdrawing from the camps,before the paramilitary troops recaptured Lalgarh from the Maoists who were fuelling the tribal agitations.(ANI) (One India 28/9/09)Maoist leader remanded in police custody till Oct 1 (12)Lalgarh, September 28, <strong>2009</strong>: Chhattradhar Mahato, chief of a Maoist-backed body at the forefront of theviolent agitation in this trouble-torn belt of West Bengal, was on Sunday remanded in police custody tillOct 1. Mahato, arrested by police on Saturday, was brought before the Jhargram sub-divisional courtamid heavy security. Posing as journalists, police had sneaked in on Mahato, head of the tribal bodyPeople's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), and arrested him from Birka near theheadquarters of Lalgarh block in West Midnapore district. The tribal leader had been eluding police eversince he went underground after the central and state governments launched a joint operation to flush outthe Maoists. The rebels had virtually made areas around Lalgarh, about 200 km west of Kolkata, a "freezone" since November last year. Following the arrests, irate Maoists tried to trigger a landmine blast inthe Kantapahari area and also called a nationwide shutdown Oct 3. Meanwhile, two police constablespicked up by leftwing extremists from Banspahari area near here remained untraced. Lalgarh has beenon the boil since November when a landmine exploded on the route of the convoy of Chief MinisterBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee and then central ministers Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitin Prasada. Complainingof police atrocities after the blast, angry tribals backed by Maoists launched an agitation, virtually cuttingoff the area from the rest of West Midnapore district. As violence continued, the paramilitary forces andstate police launched the operation, but till date the Maoists have been gunning down leaders andactivists of the state's ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and tribals whomthey dub as police informants. Maoists are active in areas covered by 21 police stations in the state'sthree western districts - West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia. (Hindustan Times 29/9/09)Maoists kill member of salwa judum (6)Bhubaneswar: Oct. 4: Suspected Maoists on Sunday hacked to death a member of salwa judum ofChhattisgarh at Tekeleguda in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, nearly 550 km from here. According to thepolice, around a dozen Left-wing rebels armed with lethal weapons barged into the house of Irma Wadein the village of Tekeleguda and took him to the nearby jungle at gun point early on Sunday morning.Later his body was found in the forest with his throat slashed. The family members of the deceased, whowas also a former ward member in the local rural body, buried the body without informing the police. "Wehave rushed a police team to the area and begun investigation into the matter," Malkangiri districtsuperintendent of police Satyabrat Bhoi said. The police said Wade was an active member of SalwaJudum and had participated in many operations against the Maoists by the tribal force in Chhattisgarhareas. He was planning to build a tribal force on the lines of Salwa Judum to counter the Maoists, thepolice said. (Asian Age 5/10/09)
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