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open-ended question. Over half said the Naxalites worked for the good of the area, another one-third said they had the right intentions but the wrong means. Only 15% were willing to describe them as just goondas. Equally importantly, 50% of the respondents felt the Naxalites had forced the government to focus on development work in the affected areas. What these responses show is just how negative the perception of the government is in these parts. That the people here are not entirely comfortable with Naxalite methods is also quite clear. Even a question on what explained their strength in these parts showed that very few attributed it to popularity alone, a majority saying either that it was due to fear or that it was a combination of approval and fear. That despite this ambivalence there is a sympathetic view of the Naxals only betrays the people's desperate search for any means to shake shaking up the state. Given these findings it is hardly surprising that killings by Maoists are looked upon more leniently than those by the government and that the state's claims about encounters are viewed with extreme suspicion. The government may say, and with some justification, that the Maoists represent the biggest threat to India's internal security, but what this poll shows is that the aam admi in these parts views government apathy as the biggest threat to his wellbeing. The towns in which the poll was conducted were Kamareddy in Nizamabad district, Gudi Hathnoor in Adilabad, Sirsilla in Karimnagar, Mahbubabad in Warangal and Palwancha in Khammam. A total of 521 people were polled in these five towns, a statistically robust sample size. (TOI, 28/9/2010) WB: 3 Forward Bloc activists shot dead by Maoists Three Forward Bloc activists were shot dead by armed Maoists in Purulia district, police said on Monday. A group of about 50 Maoists, armed with sophisticated weapons, raided Chirogora village late Sunday night and dragged out the three activists from their houses to a distance and shot them dead, district SP Rajesh Jadav said. The deceased were identified as Leru Majhi, Dasrath Majhi, and Choto Majhi, he said. The attackers left some leaflets in the area claiming that they were killed as they were "police spies". Joint forces and a police team rushed to the village and have started combing operations, the SP said. (IE, 4/10/2010) 4 security men killed in naxal ambush Two police sub-inspectors and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed when their jeep was targeted by suspected Naxalites on Monday near Perimili village in southern Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. “It was a one-man ambush, in the sense someone set off the explosion,” said Additional Superintendent of Police Chandrakishore Mina. The incident happened around 4.30 p.m. in the jurisdiction of the Perimili police station under the Aheri subdivision in Bhamragarh taluka. Gadchiroli police control room told The Hindu over phone that four men were killed in the explosion by Naxalites between 4 pm and 4.30 pm on Monday outside Perimili village. They had gone to buy some things at the local bazaar and were on their way back when the incident occurred. Those killed are: Maharashtra police sub-inspector Shashikant More (31), sub-inspector Mahendra Nalkul (35), Nivruti Yadav (50), CRPF inspector and a CRPF constable, Anand Gazge. (The Hindu, 5/10/2010) To hijack trucks to stronghold, Naxals build 10-km road in Maharashtra forest Weeks after 24 people were arrested in Gadchiroli in connection with the hijacking of a truck laden with 15.5 tonnes of a potentially explosive chemical, authorities have discovered that Naxalites employed hundreds of local residents to build a 10-km long road inside the forest. This exercise went on for about a month without attracting the notice of either the police or forest department. The truck was tracked and finally hijacked by the Naxalites. Questioning of Naxalites arrested over the past week revealed that they were unable to make any use of the chemical. “They did try to blast the chemical using detonators, but it did not go off. Finally, they buried it,” sources said. “But the scale of the operation was enormous. At least two Central Committee members, whose names have come out in new aliases, supervised the operation. Maoist military expert Arjun and Bhupathi, brother of Kishenji who replaced Azad after the latter was killed in a police encounter in Andhra Pradesh, were said to have visited the area during the operation,” the sources said, adding that “at least two Company dalams from Chhattisgarh and one from Gadchiroli participated in the operation”. The road was constructed from the main road between Sawargaon and Tawitola, two villages between Dhanora and Murumgaon towns in north Gadchiroli. “It was already like a pagdandi (path) which they strengthened. They cut down trees that could have been hurdles. There was a dry river bed on the way which they filled with soil. They employed at least three tractors in the operation. And they also laid a mock trap on the way to hold off security personnel if they tried to get to the spot near Fulkoro village where they dumped the chemical,” said a senior official. It was from Fulkoro that police arrested 10 people two days ago along with 10 others from neighbouring Charwahi. Four
persons were arrested earlier from Gurekasa village. (IE, 5/10/2010) I will not allow Maoists to spread out: Buddhadeb Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that Maoists will not be able to fan out their activities in West Bengal. Addressing the National Council meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), he said: “They (the Maoists) are trying to spread from West to East. I will not allow them to spread out.” The Chief Minister said this in response to concerns expressed by a top industrialist about the Maoist threat perception in the State. Top industrialists of the country were among the participants. Pointing out that the Prime Minister had described the Naxal problem as the biggest internal threat before the country, Mr. Bhattacharjee said that the Maoist problem was not a continuation of the earlier Naxal problem witnessed during the 70s. “That was tackled administratively and politically. This is a new type of movement and they do not understand ground-realities. In West Bengal, the problem has spilled over from he neighbouring States — Jharkhand, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.” He said that in West Bengal at present areas under 28 police stations in three districts— Paschim Medinipur, Purulia and Bankura - have been declared as disturbed. Mr. Bhattacharyya made particular mention of the Jindal Steel project at Salboni in Pashim Medinipur , which has become inextricably linked with the Maoist problem in West Bengal. “As I was returning after the inauguration of the Jindal Steel project, a blast took place and subsequently that area got disturbed, but now work is going on and they (Jindals) will complete the boundary-wall by December.” The boundary wall around the 4500 acres will be 36-km long. During his speech earlier, he said “Singur (the erstwhile site for the mother plant of the Tata Nano project) is not everything. After Singur, we have acquired 6,000 acres for a steel plant, and an airport. Things are happening.” He said that the State was encouraging the cluster concept for industrial development. (The Hindu, 7/10/2010) New CRPF chief claims Maoists enjoy 'urban support' NEW DELHI: New CRPF chief K Vijay Kumar on Wednesday said Naxals, who posed a "formidable challenge" before security forces, have "urban connections", which provide them logistics and financial support. Kumar, who shot to fame as chief of Special Task Force (STF) that had eliminated dreaded forest brigand Veerappan in 2004, expressed his views after taking over the reins of the nearly three-lakh strong force which is in the thick of action against Maoists in various states. Asked for his opinion on the Naxal menace, Kumar said the issue was not related to any one particular place. "It has urban connections...in terms of harbouring...in terms of giving logistics...financial support," said Kumar, who took over at a time when the CRPF faced a lot of criticism for the number of casualties it suffered due to poor handling of its operational matters. On his priorities, Kumar said, "My priorities are to see that things (indicating operations and other aspects) going on are more purposeful... also keeping in mind the government's view and agenda." Asked if the world's largest paramilitary force will see some structural changes with him at the helm now, Kumar replied in the affirmative but added that he could only decide on it when he spends some more time in the new assignment. "If any structural changes are required I shall take it...all such measures which are within my authority (will be taken)...Something which is not within my authority will be addressed to higher authorities", he said. Kumar, whose previous stint was that of the director of the Hyderabad-based Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, said the best practices and lessons of his earlier operations and stints can always be used to new theatres of work. "Lessons which are learnt in one operation can be transferred....but these (Veerappan and anti-naxal operations) are different turfs...two different cups of tea," Kumar said at the force headquarters here. (TOI, 7/10/2010) Maoists kill yet another teacher Suspected Maoists shot dead yet another teacher near Jhargram in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district late on Wednesday. Ten teachers and non-teaching staff have fallen victim to Maoist violence since January in the district. “Gurucharan Mahato was a teacher at the Bagmari Primary School at Sankrail who resided at Bankshol village near Jhargram. A group of assailants abducted him from his house on Wednesday night and his bullet-riddled body was found nearby early on Thursday,” District Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Verma said on Thursday. In a hand-written poster found at the spot, Maoists claimed that Mr. Mahato was involved in spying for the police, Mr. Verma said. Incidentally, leader of the Maoist-backed Police Santrash Birodhi Janasadharaner Committee and one of the main accused in the Jnaneswari Express sabotage incident Umakanto Mahato, who was killed in an encounter on August 27, also resided in the same village. The police suspect that the killing of Gurucharan Mahato might be the result of Maoists suspecting his role in Umakanto Mahato's death. Meanwhile, suspected rebels opened fire on security forces in the Lakhanpur forest in the district's Salboni region early on Thursday. Several landmines, firearms and ammunition were recovered, but no arrests were made, Mr. Verma said. “The exchange of fire did not last long as the Maoists retreated. Four landmines, one 8 mm
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