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Bhubaneswar, June 28, 2010: Normal life was disrupted in tribal-dominated districts of Orissa as a 24hours shutdown called by Maoists against government policies began in the state on Monday, police said. The shutdown affected many places in southern Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada and Malkangiri districts. Shops remained closed in the interior areas. "Government buses have gone off the roads. Private vehicles are, however, plying," Sanjeeb Panda, deputy inspector general of police (south west range), said. Posters opposing the anti-Maoist operation, government's investment policy, setting up of special economic zones and displacement of people were found in several places of these districts. (Hindustan Times 28/6/10) 2-day Maoist bandh begins in 5 states, trains diverted (12) RANCHI/KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: Maoists killed a local Congress leader in Jharkhand's Garhwa district and injured a jawan of the joint forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district as their two-day five-state shutdown began today. Forty-five-year-old Bardhan Kachhu, a well-known local tribal leader of Garhwa, was kidnapped from Barkol village hours before the shutdown began at midnight last night and shot dead by the Maoists, Garhwa Superintendent of Police Richard Lakra said. Securitymen have launched a combing operation. The police in Jhargram said Ajay Gupta, a jawan of assistant subinspector rank, was critically injured when Maoists fired at a patrol party which was on a routine combing operation in the Birihari forest area. Gupta was rushed to Midnapore Medical College Hospital in a serious condition. Security reinforcements were rushed to the area to flush out the Maoists, the police said. Security has been tightened at all CRPF camps and posts in the Maoist zone of Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore districts. The ultras are observing the bandh in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa, Chhatisgarh and Bihar. In Jharkhand, this was the fifth 48-hour bandh this year which affected mining activity in the mineral-rich state. To avoid Naxal-pockets, up and down trains of Ranchi-Delhi Swarna Jayanti Express, Ranchi-Varanasi inter-city and Sambalpur-Varanasi inter-city have been diverted through Gomo-Gaya-Mughalsarai route, railway sources said here. As per a new order, the trains will run at a speed of 65 km in the Naxal-infested areas during nights, the sources said. In the Maoist belt in West Bengal, life was affected by the shutdown. Though trains were plying, surface transport came to a grinding halt in the area. In Orissa, the Maoist bandh drew a lukewarm response though government bus services in some areas were suspended as a precautionary measure. Life remained unaffected across the state including areas affected by the rebels as shops, business outfits, banks, offices, schools and other educational institutions remained open, police said. (Times of India 30/6/10) Naxals mutilated CRPF personnel's bodies (12) Raipur: The brutal face of Naxals who killed 27 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh came out when they slit open throats and smashed the heads of some of the security men. According to the preliminary post-mortem reports the jawans were brutally killed by the Maoists and around three to four bullet wounds were found on all the 27 CRPF personnel's bodies. "The Naxalites shot dead the CRPF personnel from a distance and later, they slit open the throats of three and smashed heads of two other jawans," a top police official told PTI. The bodies of the CRPF personnel were airlifted from the thick forests of Dhodawyee to the state capital's Dr B R Ambedkar hospital for conducting post-mortem. While the CRPF personnel foiled the Maoists move of attempting to loot the armory, 27 jawans were killed, he said, adding "police believe that around 15 Naxalites were killed in the cross-firing". A large number of heavily-armed Maoists, perched on a hilltop, had opened fire with automatic weapons on a 63-member security contingent which was returning on foot from road-opening duty on Tuesday. The dead included a CRPF Assistant Commandant Jatin Gulati. (Pioneer 1/7/10) Panchayat report censors chapter on Naxal influence (12) New Delhi, July 04, 2010: “There has been a systematic failure in giving tribals a stake in modern economic processes that inexorably intrude into their living spaces … systematic exploitation ... of our tribal communities can no longer be tolerated,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said in November 2009. Five months later, on April 24, Singh released the State of Panchayat The Ministry of Panchayati Raj thought the chapter —PESA, Militancy and Governance concerns and challenges in India’s tribal districts — dealing with the rights and problems of tribals of the PESA districts under the Red Corridor, does not match with that of a government report. Panchayat’s (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act , 1996 (PESA) intended to shift balance of power through PRIs to the tribals in areas covered by Fifth Schedule. Out of the 76 Maoist hit districts , 32 are PESA districts. It appears that the chapter was cut out because the report talks of tribals turning to ultras for protection against state oppression. The study was commissioned in 2009 by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj to Institute of Rural Management, Anand. But when the report was submitted a year later to the Ministry, it found objections. The report while criticising coercive ways of Maoists also mentions “the good work done by the party” like mobilising community
labour for farm ponds, rain-water harvesting and land conservation works. Terming Salwa Judum extraconstitutional it says “such conditions of tumult disrupted normal life, rendering PESA meaningless on ground”. “Ministry of Panchayati Raj had observed that SoPR couldn’t be an academic study for incorporating extreme views. It should be balanced and should lead constructive suggestions. You are requested to edit the chapters accordingly and e-mail to us as soon as possible.” But sources indicate it could have been under the direction of more than one ministry that the chapter was removed. For IRMA, whose researchers spent months in Maoist-hit areas, the deletion of the chapter came as a shock. “The attempt by MoPR is intrusive, questioning the autonomy of SoPR. The suggestion to edit it is ... even coercing to come up with views palatable to them...” a professor at IRMA said. When contacted, A.N.P. Sinha, secretary MoPR said, “I do not care what a professor or an attender at IRMA says. Ask the director why it was deleted.” (Hindustan Times 4/7/10) Rs 13,742-cr development plan worked out for Naxal districts (12) Armed with integrated action plans for 35 Naxalite-affected districts in nine states, the Planning Commission is all set to approach the Union Cabinet for a proposed outlay of Rs 13,742 crore to wean away the tribals from sympathising with the Maoists through comprehensive infrastructure and economic development as well as proper implement of the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996 and related Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006. Under the proposed outlay, about Rs 5,768 crore would be required to be spent on road connectivity, Rs 1,602 crore on education, Rs 850 crore on health services, Rs 835 crore on rural electrification and Rs 888 crore on irrigation to bring the least developed areas on par with national development. The integrated action plan, which Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had asked the Planning Commission to prepare for the affected areas in the 2010-2011 Budget, will be discussed by the apex planning body on Monday before being sent to the Union Cabinet. The final plans for the 35 LWE districts have been prepared in consultation with the chief secretaries of the nine most affected states, district magistrates and a study by senior Planning Commission officials on the ground. Recognising that the key to self-governance and empowerment of people in 19 out of 35 districts is the proper implementation of PESA and Recognition of Forest Rights Act, the action plan proposes a minimum support price for minor forest produce with empowered gram sabhas/ panchayats responsible for eliminating middlemen and extremists. It has been found that the middlemen and extremists were taking 70-80 per cent of the cut, causing losses to the primary gatherers (tribals). (Indian Express 5/7/10) Naxals torch police station in Orissa (12) Maoists set a police station on fire in Keonjhar district of Orissa and opened random fire near a CRPF camp in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on the first day of their 48-hour bandh on Wednesday to protest the killing of top Naxal leader Azad alias Cherukuri Raj Kumar. Over 30-40 armed Maoists gheraoed the Daitary police station around 9 pm and set the building on fire, according to Keonjhar SP Ashis Singh. The rebels also raised slogans against Operation Green Hunt and displacement of tribals at Kalinga Nagar area of neighbouring Jajpur district. Though no senior official was present at the police station, assistant sub-inspector Umesh Chandra Marandi is reported to have been abducted. The rebels also set fire to a forest beat house. In Chhattisgarh, officials said no one was injured in the firing by the rebels near the CRPF camp near Ekda in Narayanpur district of Bastar region. “There was some firing from a distance near Edka CRPF camp. Security forces returned the fire. There is no trouble as such,” said IGP (Bastar range) T J Longkumeer. Meanwhile, train and bus services were affected in some areas of states. With trains becoming a soft target for the Maoists, security was tightened at stations and patrolling of tracks intensified in Maoist-hit areas. Special task forces were kept on stand-by while some trains were being escorted by pilot engines, a Railway official said. (Indian Express 8/7/10) Maoist rebels trigger powerful blast in Baster (12) Maoist rebels on Friday triggered a powerful blast on National Highway 16 in an attempt to target a road opening party of the district police personnel near Bardela village, about 25 kilometers away from district headquarters of Bijapur in tribal Bastar division. “The blast took place before the team of security personnel reached the spot. It is suspected that the rebels were trying to target the road opening party but the timing went wrong”, police sources in Bastar said. All the security personnel are safe, they added. Maoists had gone on a rampage at many places in Bastar division on the second day of Naxalite sponsored bandh on Thursday. The rebels unleashed an attack on a police station, stormed a Congress leader’s house at Nakulnar in Dantewada, blew up culverts at many places and also stabbed a police constable to death in Bijapur district. (Indian Express 9/7/10) Naxalites may take to 'urban terrorism' (12)
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