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the ambushes took place close to the proposed army training range - an intense debate has raged over whether at all the army should be drawn into anti-Maoist operations. For the record, the government has maintained that the army's role would be limited to training. The army itself has shown great reluctance for the job. But sources indicate the army has begun mapping the contours of the conflict, preparing itself for the eventuality of deployment, in case the government decides to declare Maoist affected territories as disturbed areas, like parts of the North East, or Jammu and Kashmir. While one view is that the training range in Bastar will bring the army tantalisingly close to the Maoists, and hence could be part of future strategic positioning, another view is that the move is purely routine, linked to the army's needs. "Since the army's counter-insurgency training centre in Vairengte in Mizoram is under great pressure, the army has been scouting for training grounds in tropical forests, either in Orissa, Maharashtra, Jharkhand or Chhattisgarh," said a security expert. Recently, the army also announced the setting up of a peace time station, called a sub area command, near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, one of the few states where the army has no presence. Whether strategic or routine, the army's move into Bastar would be significant, pointed out a retired army officer: "Look at this in the light of psychological warfare. It is like telling the Maoists, beware, the tiger is outside your den". (TOI, 14/12/2010) Maoists raise Rs 2,500 crore A corpus reaching up to a staggering Rs 2,500 crore is believed to have been raised by Naxalites to arm themselves with a massive firepower and extend bases across as many as eight states across India, a secret document of the Union Home Ministry has said. The corpus, raised largely through extortion, ransom and other coercive methods in eight states over the past one and a half year, has enabled the Maoists to keep the security forces engaged in fierce gun battles in the so-called “red territories,” a report of the Intelligence Bureau circulated among the home departments of West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has revealed. Quoting the report, informed sources said a portion of the corpus is being systematically utilised in procuring sophisticated arms like Insas and AK-series rifles, besides explosives like RDX, various communication gadgets and accessories from different parts of the country and abroad. Training recruits “A large part of the funds is apparently used to run training camps for the new recruits,” the report said. The major chunk of the collection comes from extortion, ransom and levies slapped on businessmen and traders. This apart, the banned outfit has also taken to illegal opium farming over vast tracts of land, which adds to its coffers. Going by the break-up of collection, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh—three worst affected states—are said to have contributed more than 80 per cent of the total fund raised over the period. While the Maoists have reportedly collected Rs 1,000 crore from Jharkhand, Rs 550 crore has come from West Bengal while Chhattisgarh has contributed about Rs 500 crore, the report said. A total of Rs 200 crore has been collected from Bihar, Rs 100 crore from Andhra Pradesh followed by Maharashtra (Rs 78 crore), Orissa (Rs 37 crore) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 35 crore), sources said. What has set alarm bells ringing in the Home Ministry is the confirmation of firming up of ties with the banned Kashmiri jehadi groups by these Naxalite groups. A case in point is the recent invitation extended to separatist Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani by the Naxalite union at Jadavpur University in Kolkata. “Apart from sending a signal to the minorities living in this part of the country, they (Maoists) have been steadily building their communication channel with the Jammu and Kashmir militants. In fact, recovery of sophisticated communication equipment from the West Bengal state secretary of the Maoists speaks volumes about their strategic gameplan,” sources told Deccan Herald here on Tuesday. The report said the Maoists had forged links with their counterparts and several other extremist organisations in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Phillippines. (Deccan herald, 16/12/2010) Maoists trigger blast in Koraput The Maoists blew up a culvert in Naryanapatna block of Koraput district to protest against the presence of the BSF in the area. The explosion which took around 10 pm on Sunday night was so powerful that it created ditches of four metre depth and the sound was heard about seven to eight km from the spot. The incident has triggered panic in the area though no causality has been reported yet. Meanwhile, during combing operations in Saanda jungle the security forces have arrested four Maoists including a woman and seized two landmines from their possession. In another case three rebels were held from Suliapada in Mayurbhanj and a gun ,21 gelatin sticks and 21 live bullets were seized from their possession, said Mayurbhanj SP Dayal Gangwar. (Pioneer, 21/12/2010) Four Maoists surrender in Andhra Four top Maoists, two of them active in Maharashtra, surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh Police here on Tuesday. All the four underground Maoists, including a couple hailing from Adilabad in the State,
involved in various offences gave up before the Additional Director General of Police M Ratan (Law and Order). “Maddela Adellu alias Ananda, a Maharashtra State Committee (MCM) member carried a reward of `10 lakh on his head while his wife Kurma Rambai alias Saritha carried a reward of `3 lakh,” Additional DGP Ratan told reporters. Ananda was involved in nine offences including four exchanges of fire, one ambush, two murders and a lorry-burning case in Maharashtra, he said adding that the surrendered Maoist was promoted as alternative State committee member of Maharashtra State Committee in 2006. Two other Maoists who surrendered to police were Killo Raju alias Chkkudu Raju and Sreendri Subba Rao alias Srikanth, both tribals and native of Kannavaram village in Visakhapatnam district. While Killo Raju, commander of Kannavaram picket militia carried a reward of `1 lakh, Srikanth, deputy commander carried a reward of `50,00, Ratan said. As per information, there were 370 Maoists in the State and half of them were operating their activities in neighbouring States, Ratan said. Surrendered-Maoist Ananda told reporters that he worked in the party for 20 years and was “now frustrated over the stalemate in the party activities in Maharashtra for a long period.” On a query, Ananda said, “I have lost faith in the Maoist ideology and have decided to spend my remaining life with my family.” (Pioneer, 22/12/2010) Dantewada: scribes receive threats Last month, a group calling itself the “Maa Danteshwari Swabhimani Adivasi Manch” circulated a pamphlet in Dantewada district, threatening to kill anyone perceived to be a supporter of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). The pamphlet accused Dantewada's oldest journalist N.R.K. Pillai, Anil Mishra, Chhattisgarh Correspondent for Tehelka, and Yashwant Yadav, District Secretary of the Chhattisgarh Working Journalists' Union, of working for the Maoists and threatened them with dire circumstances. The pamphlet also praised the efforts of the Dantewada Senior Superintendent of Police, S.R.P. Kalluri, describing him as an officer who has “destroyed the daily rest and nightly sleep of the Maoists.” The journalists believe that the local administration and police are using the armed conflict between paramilitary forces and CPI (Maoist) rebels as an excuse for targeting reporters who have highlighted police atrocities and are critical of the local administration. “The ‘Ma Danteswari Manch' is a front organisation floated and supported by the district police,” said Mr. Mishra. “It has been used in the past to intimidate social activists like Medha Patkar, and is now being used to threaten the press. Members of the Manch were also responsible for the attack on a peaceful anti-government rally in Dantewada in January this year.” In October 2009, Mr. Mishra and Mr. Yadav were served with police notices, ordering them to reveal their sources, when they published stories alleging that security forces had killed and maimed innocent villagers in a routine search operation. In January this year, they were repeatedly detained at police check-posts while working on a follow-up story. In October, the International Federation of Journalists noted that “journalists in the Maoist insurgency areas are often intimidated into silence by a climate of intolerance promoted by state authorities. “We asked the police to track the people behind this pamphlet, but they refused to register a first information report,” said Mr. Yadav. “If the police can arrest those in possession of Maoist pamphlets, why can't they investigate a pamphlet that incites murder?” (Hindu, 24/12/2010) Chhattisgarh police unable to explain how Guha was arrested West Bengal businessman says he was illegally detained and interrogated for five days before his arrest was staged on May 6, 2007. At 10.45 a.m. on May 1, 2007 Pijush Guha checked into the Mahindra Hotel here and vanished. The hotel register indicates that he checked out at 8.45 p.m. the same day but no one knows where he went, who he met or what he did till 4.10 p.m. on May 6, 2007, when Anil Kumar Singh claimed he saw town inspector B.S. Jagrit detain Mr. Guha near the Raipur railway station. According to Mr. Singh's court testimony, the police searched Mr. Guha's black and blue shoulder bag and found pamphlets supporting the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), a mobile phone, a rail ticket dated May 6, 2007, Rs. 49,0000 in cash and three letters which, Mr. Guha said, were written by the jailed Narayan Sanyal, an alleged Maoist, and handed over to him by physician and human rights activist, Binayak Sen. Mr. Jagrit claimed he made the arrest on the basis of information received on his wireless set but did not know where Mr. Guha had been during the five days prior to his arrest. On December 24 this year, judge B.P. Verma of the Raipur sessions court found Mr. Jagrit and Mr. Kumar's statements, among others, credible enough to sentence Mr. Guha, Mr. Sanyal and Dr. Sen to life imprisonment for supporting the CPI (Maoist) and conspiring to commit sedition. While the sentencing of Dr. Sen has attracted considerable comment; Mr. Guha remains an enigmatic figure. He has been convicted of sedition, he is implicated in a Maoist case in Purulia, West Bengal, but who is Guha? Why was he in Raipur and where was he those crucial five days? Mr. Guha was born on February 4, 1971 at Sagarpara in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, where he studied up to Class 10 before shifting to the Narkuldanga High School in Kolkata. “He completed his Bachelor of Sciences in biology from Gurudas College in Phoolbagan before doing a hardware course,” said his brother Sujoy Guha, a school teacher in
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