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een identified as Padma alias Sirisha alias Nirmala (45) of Hyderabad, who is the wife of Rama Krishna, the secretary of Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC), another cadre Eswari Anduluri (24) of Visakhapatnam and Sarita alias Puni Maningi (23) of Maodivalsa near Bandhugaon, informed DIG Priyadarshi. On Saturday night, Padma and Eswari reached from Andhra Pradesh and had planned to visit Narayanapatna. Sarita along with a driver Gakula Kuldeep went to Dudhari under Similiguda police station to receive both the AP Maoists to transport them to Narayanpatna. The Police getting information from reliable source swooped down on them at Dudhari and seized some Odiya and Telugu literature, food stuff, a pair of Maoist dress; winter clothes ,some important letters written in Telugu language, an Odia book-“Singuraru Lalgarh-Via Nandigram”and other belongings from them. The cops also seized some road map, planning of operation of Maiost attack including diagrams in connection with Nayagarh attack and Jehannabad jail break, informed Priyadarshi. He also said that, Sirisha was a hardcore Maoist who was also in the most wanted list of Andhra Pradesh police and an award was announced to caught Sirisha. Her son is also involved in extremis activities, sources reveal. An identity card used by Sirisha as a worker of an orphanage in Hyderabad was also seized by police. “We have started anti - Maoist drive and this is the great achievement of Koraput police, beside the arrest of four Red rebels this week and all credit goes to Anup Kumar Sahu, Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Sahu and his team, the DIG. “As police seized some important letters and documents written in Telugu language, we will seek help from Andhra police during further investigation and Sirisha along with two arrested Maoists and the driver have been forwarded to court,” the DIG further added. (Pioneer, 15/11/2010) Maoists attack schools, recruit youngsters Attacking schools and gram panchayat offices seems to be an integral element of the Maoist strategy in the State. More and more schools and GP offices are being targeted by the leftwing extremists, according to reports available with the State police. This is to create widespread fear, demonstrating the capacity of the Maoists and the infirmity of the State agencies and crucially expanding the Red rebels’ recruitment pool of frustrated and idle youngsters, feel top cops engaged in the anti-Maoist operations. A large number of schools and gram panchayat offices in Malkangiri, Koraput and Sundargarh districts have already been destroyed by the Maoists. According to reports, during 2009 four schools in Sundargarh and two in Malakangiri were demolished and one GP building was damaged. Till date in 2010, the ultras have blown up eight schools and 10 GP offices in Sundargarh, Malkangiri and Koraput If the Maoists want to attack any Government infrastructure, schools and GP buildings come handy to them because in these places Government agencies give no resistance unlike in the case of police stations, pointed out a top police official. These attacks are principally carried out with IEDs, locally known as ‘can bomb’ – metal cans packed with explosives. Reports indicate that the Maoists primarily use gelignite, dynamite, potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate and emulsion explosives in their attacks on the schools. More so, the fact that the Maoists are demolishing schools with the help of villagers. Take the case of Manyamkonda in Motu of Malkangiri district, where a school was damaged manually. Similarly, a school building in Gomphakonda in Kalimela of Malkangiri was demolished with the active support of villagers, pointed out sources. The Maoists claim that they attack schools and GP buildings because these places have become camps for security forces. Still worse, is teacher absenteeism on the plea of Maoist violence has enormously compounded the direct disruption of the educational infrastructure with devastating consequences for the lives and prospects of thousands of schoolchildren, feel educationists. While the Maoists are continuously damaging these Government properties, forces deployed in the areas seem to be playing safe, rued an education activist. (Pioneer, 15/11/2010) SC irked at anti-Naxal forces staying in Chhattisgarh schools The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over the continued occupation of school buildings in Chhattisgarh by the anti-Naxal forces. Giving an ultimatum for the paramilitary forces and State police engaged in a sustained battle with Naxals to evacuate the school buildings under their occupation, the Bench of Justices B Sudershan Reddy and SS Nijjar posted the matter for December 15. It was argued by the Chhattisgarh Government that though some 30-odd school buildings were under occupation of the anti-Naxal force, alternate arrangements were made in the village to ensure that education of children is not affected. The court was hearing a PIL filed by eminent persons including Professor Nandini Sundar and historian Ramachandra Guha, who highlighted the atrocities committed against innocent tribals in the name of anti-Naxal operations. “We are not going to buy this argument. You have to vacate the schools,” the Bench said. The petitioners had primarily challenged the raising of an anti-Naxal force by the State Government called the Salwa Judum. In response to the allegations of atrocities levelled by the petitioners, who recently conducted a field study of the Naxal-affected districts,
the Chhattisgarh Government had submitted an affidavit on October 28, pointing towards the development work carried out in these districts. Senior advocate Harish Salve and Atul Jha, appearing for the State Government said that a response would be filed with regard to evacuation of school buildings after taking instructions from the authorities. Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising for the Centre supported the Court and referred to a separate matter where the court has asked the authorities in northeastern States to move out Central forces stationed in school buildings. The Bench also asked the Chhattisgarh Government to consider the plea of restoring security of an ex-MLA, who feared threat to his life from Salwa Judum and some corporate groups. The Chhattisgarh Government’s affidavit said that Naxals were targeting schools, panchayats and hospital buildings. The affidavit had denied atrocities committed by Salwa Judum. However, the petitioners suggested that the Salwa Judum enjoyed State patronage and though the group was in animated suspension, its activities were being revived under a new name. (Pioneer, 19/11/2010) Two more Maoists surrender Two more Maoist rebels on Thursday surrendered before the Gajapati police. The duo was identified as Nau Majhi alias Ranjit(26) of Purnapani village under Adaba Police Station and Mausa Majhi alias Terenam (26). They handed over a Mouser and five live bullets. They had joined as members of the Bansadhara Division in 2007-2008. Since then they were involved in a number of violent incidents like blowing of the Birikot mobile tower, Andharighati landmine explosion, Brahhmanigaon Alipadar landmine explosion and the abduction of Nalaghati outpost village guard and his wife and were in the most wanted list of the police. Presently, they were active with Maoist leaders Azad and Nikhil. However, in a press meet here, they claimed that they were utilised in many of the violent activities against their will and because they were unable to bear the torture, pain and hunger, they decided to join the mainstream to lead a normal life. Among others, southern range DIG Radhakrishna Sharma, Gajapati Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Arora were present. (Pioneer, 19/11/2010) 8 die in bomb blast in Bihar The deadly combination of the Maoists’ plans to derail Bihar’s Assembly polls and the alleged neglect by the state police brought violent death to seven innocent schoolchildren and a man in Aurangabad district on Sunday morning when a cylinder bomb left unattended went off. A dozen people were injured. The powerful bomb, suspected to have been planted by the Left-wing rebels during the sixth and final phase of the polls on Saturday, was discovered by policemen on Saturday in the Maoist-affected district. After failing to defuse the bomb, the police left it unattended in a field near Pachokhar village under the Deo police station. Schoolchildren on their way to attend tuition classes at about 7 am came in contact with the live bomb that policemen had carelessly placed in a field by covering it with sandbags. The children and a man died on the spot. The saddened villagers turned angry when administration officials accompanied by policemen reached the village four hours after the tragedy. The villagers initially refused to hand over the bodies for autopsy. Palpable public anger in the area prompted the Magadh range inspector general of police to camp near the village to control tensions. Chief minister Nitish Kumar also expressed shock over the incident and swiftly ordered a probe. He also announced payment of `1 lakh to each dead person’s next kin. The SHOs of Deo and Dhimra police stations were placed under suspension for neglect in duty. The probe team, comprising development commissioner K.C. Saha and DGP (home guards) U.S. Dutt, would submit its report on Monday, said DGP Neelmani. Manju Devi, mother of an injured child hospitalised in Gaya, said: “The ear-splitting noise of the blast shook the whole village. It was extremely callous on part of the policemen to leave a live bomb near the village.” Even though Aurangabad SP Vivek Raj Singh said two chowkidars were deployed in the night to guard the bomb till it was defused, the local MP Sushil Kumar Singh said: “The bomb was left in the village by the cops precisely to get the villagers killed. The police claim of deploying two chowkidars to attend to the bomb is a lie because a chowkidar’s son has been killed”. (AA, 22/11/2010) Naxals are patriots: Arundhati Writer-activist Arundhati Roy on Sunday described Maoists as "patriot of a kind" and accused the prime minister and home minister of "violating the Constitution and Panchayat (Extension of Scheduled Areas) Act by allowing corporates to use tribal land". "Patriot of a kind, they (Maoists) are. But related stories here patriotism is very complicated. So at the moment what people are fighting for is to keep this country from falling apart," Roy said after addressing a meet on Cultural Resistance to War on People in Corporate Interest, organised by a magazine. She said she did not think there could be only Maoist revolution for solving problems. "There will be a new kind of alliance of all kinds of people." She said it was the poor of India who had effectively checked India's biggest corporate companies. "The whole world has been intently watching the poor tribal people of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Lalgarh (West
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