NAXAL/ MAOISTS- 2010 - Indian Social Institute

escue them. The team, however, slowed down its search operation after receiving reports on recovery of
three bodies on the bank of Chinta river between Bhopalpatnam and Tarlaguda, fearing a rebel trap in the
area, the police said. Ultras usually plant landmines near the bodies of security personnel after killing
them to woo the search team to walk into the trap. "Bodies of three kidnapped police men were found at a
place between Bhopalpatnam and Bhadrakali. The search team was moving into the area to recover the
bodies and rescue other abducted policemen. I am going to undertake an aerial view of the area," Bastar
Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) T.J. Longkumar told this newspaper. The deceased have been
identified as Subhas Patra, Narendra Bhosalre and Sukhram Singh. Other policemen who were yet to be
traced are Oberam Tirkey, B. Toppo and Nandlal Kaushal. "No organisation or individual has so claimed
responsibility for abduction and killing of the policemen. We have not been contacted by anybody so far to
place his demand to secure the release of the three kidnapped security personnel," a senior police officer
here said. In another incident, one constable Dulluram Sodhi, posted at Bhadrakali police station, went
missing on Saturday when he was on his way to Bhopalpatnam for treatment. The police suspects that
the constable was also abducted by the ultras. (AA, 21/9/2010)
Three bodies recovered, 4 policemen still missing
The Chhattisgarh police have recovered the bodies of three policemen in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district,
even as searches for four other policemen continued. Chhattisgarh Director General of Police
Vishwaranjan said that the six policemen were travelling on Sunday on two motorcycles in the forests
between Bhopalpatnami and Bhadrakali when they went missing. “We have recovered the bodies of one
head constable, a constable and a special police officer,” said Mr. Viswaranjan. The three bodies have
been identified as those of Obedam Tirki, Nandlal Khosle and Erpa Krishnan. No demand for ransom
Police suspect that the attack was conducted by cadres of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
The district police are also searching for a seventh policeman who has been missing for the last several
days after leaving his camp in Bijapur for his village. Mr. Vishwaranjan said that the Maoists had not
raised any demands regarding a possible ransom for the four missing policemen. Bijapur Superintendent
of Police, Rajendra Narain Das told The Hindu that the six policemen were travelling from the police camp
in Bhopalpatnam to Bhadrakali on “official emergency duties” when they went missing. The men were
unarmed and were not in uniform. “On the evening of September 19 [Sunday] we received information
from a villager that three bodies were lying on the roadside. When the bodies were recovered today, they
were identified as the three missing policemen,” said Mr. Das. Mr. Das said the policemen had been
stabbed to death. (The Hindu, 22/9/2010)
‘600 civilian casualties in Jangalmahal’
More than 600 people have lost their lives to the Maoist attack in three Jangalmahal districts of Bengal.
This is according to a report currently being prepared by the State Government and meant for the
Centre’s perusal. Most affected district in terms of Maoist violence is West Midnapore, preliminary
findings suggest. Prepared for the benefit of “Assistance to Civilian Victims” project initiated by the
Central Government the study also tends to include the number of casualties in the Gyaneshwari Express
accident case. Under the scheme the Central Government provides Rs 3 lakh each to the victims of
Maoist violence. The respective districts are required to provide the details of the victims along with
supporting proofs. The State Government has already sent names of 50 victims, including 21 from West
Midnapore and 15 from Purulia, sources in the State Home Ministry said. A separate list of 96 victims
from West Midnapore, about 80 from Bankura and Purulia have been prepared, sources said. “The final
list will be prepared within a few days,” said Purulia SP RK Yadav. According to a Home Ministry official,
the list of injured includes those killed by Maoists and their supporters, including those from the PCPA.
“The compensation would come from the Centre and be deposited in the account of the claimant. It would
be a fixed-deposit account and the Government would provide consultation as to how to use the amount,”
said a source. (Pioneer, 22/9/2010)
More bloodshed in Jangalmahal
There was more bloodshed in the Maoist-hit belt of West Midnapore, with a third school staff being
gunned down by the ultras in a span of three days. The alleged Red ultras shot dead Srikanta Mandal a
ministerial staff of Sebayatan Girl’s High School at Radha Nagar village in Jhargram. They shot and
injured his parents who were said to be in a critical condition. Maoists eliminated Mondal as he was
actively involved in creating public opinion against the rebels, police officers said. “It seems that the
Maoists were involved in the killing,” SP Praveen Tripathi said. Villagers came out in hordes and blocked
roads in protest soon after his killing. Schoolteacher Ananta Mukherjee was gunned down on Tuesday at
Shilda barely a hundred metres from the scene of the Maoist attack on an EFR camp that claimed 26
lives in February. Meanwhile, the police arrested four Maoist ultras from Bankura and Asansol, police