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to life imprisonment in the case relating to the murder of Naxalite leader A Varghese over forty years ago. Lakshmana, now in his mid-70s, was also slapped with a fine of Rs 10,000. Awarding the punishment, Judge S Vijayakumar, who had the other day convicted Lakshmana, second accused in the case, said that Varghese was shot to death by the police after capture and that he was not killed in encounter. Varghese was killed on February 18, 1970 in the forests of Thirunelli, Wayanad. The judge had acquitted the third accused, former DGP P Vijayan, giving him the benefit of doubt. The first accused, former CRPF constable Ramachandran Nair who had shot Varghese to death on the orders of his superiors including Lakshmana, died in 2006. The CBI took over the probe into the killing in 1998 on a Kerala High Court directive. “No more evidence is needed. It is proved beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt that Varghese, who was caught hold of live, was brutally killed by the first accused who was a stooge at the hands of Lakshmana who on his order brought about his plan,” the judge said in the verdict. The public prosecutor had requested the court to give the accused the maximum punishment as it was one of the rarest of the rare cases, an argument with which the judge disagreed. However, he agreed that it was a case of brutality and therefore was awarding punishment in that consideration. . The judge said that no investigation agency, including the police, had the authority to award punishment to people. Their duty was to investigate cases and bring the culprits before the courts, he said. What had happened in the case of Varghese was a violation of democratic principles, he pointed out. Lakshmana had pleaded before the court for maximum leniency as he was in his seventies and had requested that he be sent to Central Prison, Poojappura in Thiruvananthapuram. The killing of Varghese was seen as an “encounter death” till 1998 when Ramachandran Nair came out with the revelation that he had shot Varghese dead at point blank on the orders of his superiors. Nair had also submitted an affidavit stating this. Rights organizations and political activists had sought reopening of the case and a detailed investigation by the CBI after the revelations by Nair, who had said that he revealed the truth to clear his conscience. Nair had written an autobiography giving the details of the circumstances under which he had shot Varghese to death. Varghese, hailing from Ernakulam district, had migrated to Wayanad in his childhood along with his family. After school, he became active in the CPI(M). However, during Kerala’s Naxalite years of late 1960s, he left the CPI(M) to become a campaigner of the Naxalite outfit, CPI(ML). (Pioneer, 29/10/2010) Central scheme for youth in Naxal-hit districts In an attempt to prevent adolescents and youth from picking up guns, the Centre will soon announce a special initiative to protect children's rights and mobilise communities through local youth volunteers or child defenders in the areas affected by armed conflict, particularly the Naxal districts. The “Bal Bandhu Scheme for Protection of Children's Rights in Areas of Civil Unrest” is aimed at bringing stability in the lives of children and, in the process, ensure their entitlements to protection, health, nutrition, sanitation, education and safety are fulfilled. This scheme is expected to enhance democracy through community participation and action, and renew hope in harmonising society and stabilising lives while a child's wellbeing becomes the focus of all action in the areas. First phase In the first phase, the scheme will be implemented in Kokrajhar, Chirang, North Cachar Hills (Assam), Khammam (Andhra Pradesh), Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Jamui, Rohtas, East Champaran and Sheohar (Bihar) and Dantewada (Chhattisgarh). While the scheme has been drafted by the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, it will be implemented by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). Child defenders The mandate of the child defenders will be to trace all adolescent boys and girls who are usually missing in these areas and creating an atmosphere to bring them back, community participation in repairing and reviving schools, enrolling children, and petitions to block and district for teachers and infrastructure. They will also monitor children's nutrition and health needs through anganwadi centres. Resource persons An advisory committee at the NCPCR will identify resource persons who would start interaction with local youths, official, community and gram panchayats and involve them in discussions and some do-able local actions. In about a month, they will be expected to have inspired 20-30 local youths who would volunteer to take part in the programme. From these volunteers, youths with leadership qualities and community acceptance will be selected as ‘Bal Bandhus'. No formal academic qualification would be necessary for the purpose. The Bal Bandhus will be given an honorarium that would be credited into their bank or post office account. Funds for the scheme will come from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. (The Hindu, 01/11/2010) Abducted SPO killed, 5 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh An abducted Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed by Maoists while five ultras arrested in two incidents in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said. "Irpa Dinesh (the SPO) was strangulated to death by the Maoists at Basaguda busti in the district," Additional Superintendent of Police (Bijapur) B P S Rajbhanu told PTI over the phone. The wounded body of the officer, who was abducted by the Maoists on October
22, was found in the area, he said. The body has been sent to the victim's family, the ASP said, adding that police teams have been dispatched in the area. In an another incident, five Maoists were arrested and sharp-edged weapons seized in the same district. Police arrested them after they started to flee after noticing the personnel in the jungle at Bhatwar and Dhinduri villages, Rajbhanu said. (IE, 1/11/2010) Maoist trigger blasts to protest Obama visit Nov 8: Maoists triggered blasts at a railway station and two government buildings in Jharkhand while enforcing a shutdown to protest US President Barack Obama's India visit, police said Monday. The rebels also abducted a railway official. Maoist guerrillas blasted a portion of Satbahani railway station in Palamau district, some 170 km from Ranchi, late Sunday and kidnapped the station manager, a police official said. In a separate incident, the rebels triggered blasts using dynamites at panchayat buildings in Rajhara village of Vishrampur block and Basna village of Nava block in Palamau. No one was injured in both the attacks. The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called a 24-hour shutdown from Sunday midnight till Monday midnight to protest Obama's four-day India visit. Heavy security arrangements have been made in many parts of the state in the wake of the shutdown. As a precautionary measure, five trains have been cancelled on Coal Indian Cord (CIC) section and the route of four trains have been changed by railway authorities. (AA, 08/11/2010) Cops kill four Maoists in Orissa BHUBANESWAR/ KORAPUT: As CRPF boss K Vijay Kumar toured extremism-hit Rayagada district to finetune operational strategies, security forces on Thursday killed at least four Red rebels inside a dense forest in Malkangiri district in southern Orissa. Police said the four, who remain to be identified, were gunned down during a gun-battle with left wing ultras. Cops, belonging to the District Voluntary Force (DVF), swooped on a Maoist camp and shot down the radicals, police said. No injury or casualty was reported from the police side. "We have recovered the bodies of the Maoists who were killed during the gun-battle. We have sent those for autopsy," said SDPO (Malkangiri) Avinash Kumar. "Those killed are yet to be identified. Preliminary investigation indicates the deceased belong to Kalimela area in Malkangiri. All our men are safe," he added. Acting on a tip-off, a team of DVF raided the extremists' camp, situated about 30 km from the district headquarter town of Malkangiri, under Orkel police station limits, in the wee hours of Thursday. Police said they fired in retaliation after the ultras started firing at them. The slain ultras were aged between 18 and 25 years. "We had intelligence inputs regarding the movement of a group of Maoists near Nuaguda. There were around 12 Maoists in the camp. The exchange of fire began at about 5 am and continued for an hour. Several rounds were fired from both sides. While four rebels were killed on the spot, others managed to flee under the cover of darkness," Kumar claimed. "Blood trails at the spot suggest that some rebels might have sustained bullet injuries. We have intensified our operation in the area and launched a manhunt for the rebels who escaped," he added. Police said they had recovered four guns, three grenades and Maoist belongings including kit bags, literature and medicines from the spot. Based on the preliminary investigations, police said there was no Maoist leader from other states in the camp. "The Red rebels might have organized the camp to plant explosives under the nearby roads," Kumar said. Cops also suspect that the group of rebels intended to form a guerrilla force of young ultras to intensify activities in the region. Meanwhile, the CRPF director general said local operational details have to be worked out by local commanders. After making a ground level assessment of anti-Maoist operations in Rayagada, Kumar called on chief minister Naveen Patnaik before wrapping up his two-day trip to the state. He described interactions between CRPF and state police as "positive" and informed that further discussions would take place in course of time. (TOI, 05/11/2010) Maoists gun down two unidentified persons in Nabarangpur Maoists again went on the rampage and killed two unidentified persons in Nabaranpur district and also triggered a landmine blast extensively damaging a girl's school in Malkangiri district on Monday to protest the visit of US President Barack Obama on Monday. The Maoists struck in Timanpur village under Raighar police station and shot dead two unidentified persons who were on their way by motor bike towards Binayapur (about 15 km away from Raighar. Later, the Maoists also set on fire the two motor bikes. A poster found near the body of the victims stated they meted out death sentence to the duo, as they were involved in different anti-social activities and were extorting money in the name of Maoists. They also gave the names of five persons Krushna Jani, Ladal Jani, Jhadang Jani, Sahadeb Jani and Jagat Jani as in their hit list alleging them of involvement in similar activities. As the villagers are in a state of shock, nobody is ready to reveal anything about the incident, said a local resident Jogaindar Prasad Rao. The police have rushed to the spot and started investigations, informed Raighar police station
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