NAXAL/ MAOISTS- 2010 - Indian Social Institute

in Kandhamal district and the Panigandha beat house explosion, said SP Arora. Besides torching the
Katingia police outpost in Kandhamal, the trio was also allegedly involved in the blasting of a forest beat
house at Paniganda in Gajapati district in 2009. They are being thoroughly grilled for further information
on them and later will be forwarded to court, said the SP. In the other incident, four Maoist sympathisers,
who were providing logistiocal support and have been supplying material like detonators, gelatin, steel
containers, electric wire and police uniforms to Maoists were arrested from Bisra town in Sundargarh
district after a tip-off. Twenty detonators, gelatin, six tiffin bombs, one bundle of wire and a pair of Maoist
uniforms were seized from them. Rourkela SP Diptesh Patnaik said besides supplying arms and
explosives they were providing medicine and food to the Maoists in the Saranda jungle and they were in
the most wanted list. The accused have been identified as brothers Bikash Saha, Bibek Saha, Babulu
and another person. About a month ago, two businessmen from Bisra were arrested while transporting
clothes, dress and rations for the Maoists. (Pioneer, 25/10/2010)
Now Maoists recruiting cadre from college campuses
The Maoists who had earlier concentrated on lack of development in tribal areas and managed to get a
few of their cadre from there, now seem to have shifted to college campuses which was proved with the
arrest of a Chemistry (Honours) student of Khalikote College, Afira Badamajhi by the Gajapati police on
Sunday. While the police had said he was involved in the Katingia police outpost blast in Kandhamal
district and the Paniganda beat house explosion, college authorities said they had no idea about the
activities of Afira, who is an average student scoring 53 per cent marks in the third semester and had
nearly 50 per cent attendance. However, the student’s family claimed due to the threats from the Maoists
he had joined their fold and he was innocent. After the arrest, Higher Education Minister Debi Prasad
Mishra while speaking to a television channel said a mechanism would be initiated to keep a tab on the
students from the Maoist infested areas after discussions with the police and intelligence agencies even
though it was a difficult proposition. Earlier there were reports of the Maoists roping in school students
particularly in the insurgency-hit Malkangiri district. The students were mainly used to provide information
about the security forces but the police have denied the reports and said it was an ‘exaggeration’.
Meanwhile, the police on Monday claimed to have arrested a Maoist from Lacchipeta village under MV-79
police station in a joint raid with the Special Operations Group (SOG). He has been identified as Pabitra
Madi and is said to be a member of the Motu Dalam. He was involved in the panchayat office blast in
Malabaram gram panchayat and the attack on a SPO in MV-79, said Malkangiri police station Inspectorin-Charge
Ramakrushna Pati. (Pioneer, 26/10/2010)
‘Centre not providing enough personnel to combat Maoists’
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Umashankar Gupta had demanded from Union Home Minister
Chidambaram to include eight districts bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh under Security Related
Expenditure (SRI) Scheme to combat the terrorist activities of the Maoists and their organisations. The
same demand was made at the earlier meeting of the Central Region Council. But, so far, only one
district has been included. In the remaining seven districts activities of the Maoist terrorist outfits are
increasing. At the same time, Gupta said, industrial development in these districts is being picked up. The
Union Home Ministry has been informed several times about the increased Maoist activities in these
seven districts. Gupta was participating at the 19th meeting of the Central Region Council held here on
Wednesday at the Vigyan Bhavan. The meeting was chaired by Union Home Minister Chidambaram.
State Finance Minister Raghavji also attended the meeting. Gupta invited the attention of the Union Home
Minister to the fact that six modules of ISI have been caught in the State. Looking into the increased
activities of Maoist terrorists in the state, to improve the professional acumen of the State policemen,
arrangement for their training in training schools of Intelligence Bureau should be made so that they will
become expert in collecting intelligence information. The State Government has constituted Anti-Terrorist
Squad. He demanded the Central Government to provide necessary funds and infrastructure for the Anti-
Terrorist Squad. Likewise, for collecting information about activities of the Maoists, separate cell has been
constituted. This cell is giving good results. He said that during the next 11 years, 25,000 additional posts
will be created in the State police. With a view to increase police force according to ratio of population,
6,255 new posts have been created in the State police. Recruitment on these posts would be made soon,
he said. (Pioneer, 28/10/2010)
Lifer for ex-IGP for Maoist’s murder
The Special CBI Court in Kochi on Thursday sentenced former Inspector General of Police K Lakshmana