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the armoury included several types of weapons and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The camp, situated on a vantage position on the hilltop, posed a serious challenge to the security forces. Moving tactically in a joint operation, the security forces, comprising the CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar, SAF and State police, succeeded in reaching the camp. The recoveries are surely mind-boggling,” the officials added. The Naxals fired more than 2,000 rounds of different types of ammunition and lobbed grenades at the forces before being overpowered and forced to abandon the camp. As many as 20 claymore mines, three plastic bags with liquid explosive and six bags of ammonium nitrate were also found from the camp. After receiving a specific intelligence report that the Maoists were running a camp and training centre in the Porahat forest area, the security forces raided the camp in Tegir, Gerei and Mamel areas on the border of districts West Singhbhum and Khunti. The raid, carried out for three days and nights, led to the discovery of a massive training camp, perched on a hilltop in the thick forest area. The magnitude of the Maoists’ preparations could be gauged from the fact that they had not only set up an armed training camp but also established a unit for manufacturing weapons and spare parts. The camp also hosted a training centre and kitchen, catering to the training of hundreds of Maoists. “This was also the headquarters of anti- Government campaign, as is evident from the large quantity of Naxalite literature and printing materials, including cyclostyle machines, seized from the site. In fact, the Maoists had also felled trees to clear the area for setting up the camp,” sources said. Stepping up their offensive against the Maoists, the security forces have been recovering arms and ammunition and arresting the suspected Maoists of late. “However, the busting of the camp in Porahat has been the biggest catch in recent times, which is sure to boost the morale of the forces,” a senior official said. (Pioneer 15/6/10) 'Naxals on the job for 24 hrs, security men work only for 8' (12) New Delhi, June 17, 2010: Claiming that Naxals were on the job for 24 hours while security forces worked for only eight, a member of the National Advisory Council has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the government was losing the war against Maoists. "We are losing the war against Naxals. They are working for 24 hours and our security forces work for only eight hours. We need to realise the strength of the enemy and evolve our strategy," National Advisory Council member Ramdayal Munda told the Prime Minister during the first meeting of the high-profile body last week. Munda said the government should define its strategy to fight "people who denounce Parliament democracy" after analysing their "strength and intensity." He said Singh's response was "positive and prompt." "We need to realise the intensity and strength of the enemies. If we need to fight the elements who are denouncing the Parliamentary democracy, then we need to have the same intensity, planning and sincerity," he said on the sidelines of a function here. He also made some critical remarks on the deployment of forces in Naxal-infested areas and said the government should deploy "trained officers who are sitting in government offices" in the battleground instead of new recruits. The former Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi University said the NAC should concentrate of Food Security to the people and should also bridge the gap between devising and implementing policies. "Reminders should go from the NAC to policy makers and should suggest good ideas for the government. Good advices always lead to policy formation," he suggested. He said tribals should have the right for food, which will empower them. "Improve the public distribution system. The tribals have land and other things. Help them get food, roads and basic necessities. They will take care of the rest," he said, addressing the function to release the "Rejoinder to Government's Report to the People" prepared by an NGO 'Wada Na Todo Abhiyan'. (Hindustan Times 17/6/2010) Maoist bandh in WB hits normal life (12) Jhargram, WB, June 18: Normal life was disrupted in tribal areas of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts Friday due to the two-day bandh called by the Maoist-backed Peoples Committee against Police Atrocities on the first anniversary of the launch of joint forces' operation against Naxals in the area. Security was stepped up with joint force personnel patrolling sensitive areas. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the three districts, collectively known as Jungle Mahal, where people preferred to stay indoors fearing Maoist violence. Schools, colleges, markets, banks, post offices and other offices remained closed and vehicles kept off the roads. The PCPA will observe two-day 'black day' and 'protest day' from tomorrow demanding withdrawal of the joint forces and to protest the alleged police excesses. A bandh by Jharkhand Disom Party is also on in Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal demanding more provisions for tribes in the Constitution. (Central Chronicle 18/6/10) One year of Lalgarh: 325 people, 37 cops killed (12) Lalgarh: Maoist guerrillas have killed 325 people, as also 37 policemen, in the one year since the launch of Operation Lalgarh June 18, 2009 to flush out the Left-wing ultras from parts of West Bengal's West Midnapore district, figures released Thursday show. According to facts and figures released to the media by the district police, 698 Maoist cadres and members of their associate tribal body Peoples' Committee
Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) have been arrested. The major strikes by the ultras include the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express tragedy in which 148 persons were killed. The left radicals also abducted two police personnel. However, West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma said though only 20 bodies of the rebels were recovered, quite a high number of Maoist cadres were killed by the security personnel in gun battles at various spots. Verma admitted that the rebels looted 81 licensed guns from the villagers, apart from snatching 60 sophisticated arms from policemen after killing them. On the other hand, the police have recovered 1,000 rounds of ammunition, 146 arms and defused 185 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The joint forces comprising 27 companies of central paramilitary troopers and 20 companies of state police were fighting the Maoists since the beginning of the Lalgarh operation. (Zee News 18/6/10) Police announce rewards for info on four Maoists in Purulia (12) Purulia, June 22, 2010: After nabbing Bapi Mahto, one of the key accused in the Jnaneswari Express isaster, police on Tuesday said "adequate payment" would be given for information on four other wanted Maoists in Purulia district. Posters of the four -- Biplab Banerjee of Baghmundi, Nandakumar Kumbhakar and Lambodar Majhi of Balarampur of Purulia and Ranjit Paul of neighbouring Bankura district -- who have been absconding for the past six months, were put up in various places in the district. The posters bearing the photos, names and addresses of the four were put up at Arsa, Baghmundi, Jhalda and Balarampur police station and other areas, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Yadav said. The posters did not mention the reward amount, but said that information leading to their arrest would be given "adequate payment." Ranjit is a member of the Maoist squad and Nandakumar and Lambodar are linkmen, while Biplab is the spokesman of Adivasi Moolvasi Janaganer Committee, a front organisation of Maoists in the district. (Hindustan Times 22/6/10) Naxals killed 10,000 people in 5 yrs (12) Naxal violence has claimed the lives of over 10,000 civilian and security personnel in the last five years with significant rise in the number of killings in Left-wing extremism-hit States. Of the 10,268 casualties between 2005 and May 2010, 2,372 deaths have been reported in 2009 as against 1,769 in 2008 and 1,737 in 2007, an RTI reply by the Home Ministry said. Relatives mourn Nilkantha Mahata, who was killed by a group of Maoists, in West Bengal on June 19, 2010 A total of 1,999 civilians and security men had lost their lives in 2006 and 1,952 others in 2005. As many as 439 people were killed between January and May 2010, it said. In major Naxal attacks, 21 policemen were killed when a police van was blown up in a landmine blast in Malkangiri district of Orissa on July 16, 2008. In February 2010, 24 personnel of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) were killed as Maoists attacked their camp in Silda in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. On April 4, Maoists had triggered a landmine blast killing 11 security personnel of the elite anti-Naxal force Special Operations Group (SOG) in Koraput district of Orrisa. The ministry has, however, refused to part with a copy of the Ramamohan Committee report. Former BSF chief E N Ramamohan was appointed by the Home Ministry to probe the April six Dantewada massacre in Chhattisgarh by Naxals in which 76 security personnel were killed. “A copy of the report filed by the Committee cannot be provided under Section 8 (a) of the Right to Information Act, 2005,” it said. Exercising the RTI, Ashwini Shrivastava had sought information on Ramamohan Committee’s report on Dantewada Naxal attacks among others. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs, in its reply, said, “No operation named as 'Green Hunt Operation' is being carried out by security forces in the Naxal-hit areas.” (Mumbai Mirror 27/6/10) 52 civilians killed in Orissa in two years (12) Bhubaneswar: At least 52 civilians were killed by Maoist ultras in the last two years in Orissa, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today. A total 24 and 28 civilians were killed by Maoists in 2008 and 2009 respectively and the state government provided Rs 2 lakh to the families of each of the dead, he told the assembly. This apart, families who lost their members in the Maoist attack were also eligible to get Rs 3 lakh under the Central scheme for assistance to civilian victims of terrorists, communal and Naxal violence. There was, however, no provision of giving government jobs to the families of victims of Naxal violence, Patnaik, who also holds the home portfolio, said. In its bid to tackle Maoist menace, the state government has raised four Special Security Battalions and Orissa Special Striking Force comprising exservice men who have been deployed in the Naxal infested areas, he pointed out. Besides appointing 5000 tribal youths as special police officers, the state government had strengthened special operation group and special intelligence wing, Patnaik said adding anti-extremist training has been made mandatory for all directly recruited officers in the state police. (Zee News 28/6/10) Maoist shutdown hits life in tribal districts of Orissa (12)
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