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Maoists exchange fire with security personnel |
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Jamshedpur, Aug 14 (PTI) Suspected Maoists exchanged fire with security forces in extremist-hit Patamda area of Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district this evening, on the eve of Independence day.
A police force, along with other security personnel, was on routine long-range patrolling, when it was fired at by militants at Lotakocha, about eight km away from Koilani police picket, forcing the security personnel to retaliate, DIG Manoj Mishra told PTI.
There was no report of any casualty on the police side during the 30-minute fire fight.
Why it could not be immediately ascertained how many rounds were exchange, unconfirmed reports said while security personnel used mortar, the ultras fired around 15 to 20 rounds.
Superintendent of Police Navin Kumar Singh went to the area with reinforcements. |
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15 Indian policemen die in Maoist clash |
Fifteen policemen have been killed in a clash with Maoist rebels in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, a senior police official said. The policemen were ambushed in a jungle near a village in the east of the state, described as a rebel stronghold, on Sunday, the official said. Some rebels had been killed and wounded in the clash, he said.
More than 6,000 people have died during the rebels' 20-year fight for a communist state in parts of India.
'Worst attack'
Senior police official AN Roy told the AFP news agency that the clash happened in an area, where there had been regular battles with the Maoists in the past.
"The patrolling party was ambushed by the Naxalites [as the rebels are called in India] and 15 of our men died. The encounter went on for nearly one and a half to two hours," he said. "Our people also fired, killing and injuring some Naxalites."
This was the worst rebel attack in the state, he said. Reports said that the rebels had fled with some police weapons and a mortar shell.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the Maoist insurgency is the "single biggest threat" to India's security. The rebels operate in 182 districts in India, mainly in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. They say they are fighting for the rights of poor peasants and landless workers.
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Maoists wreak havoc in Bihar |
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PATNA, Jan. 22: Maoist rebels on day long strike in Bihar, set fire to 11 cement-laden trucks and blasted a mobile tower today. They had called for a strike to protest against police atrocities on its arrested cadres and price rise.
Police sources said heavily-armed Maoists in army outfits intercepted 11 trucks laden with cement bags between Tumba and Ranjeetganj villages under the jurisdiction of Tilauthu police station of Rohtas district this morning and set them on fire. Soon after the incident they fled the spot.
In another incident, the Maoists planted explosives near an Airtel tower at Maigra under the jurisdiction of Dumaria police station in Gaya district and then blasted it. Police have initaiated a move to arrest the rebels. http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=241058 |
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SAP jawan, Maoists killed in encounter |
23 Jan 2009, 0820 hrs IST, TNN
PATNA: A SAP jawan and a few Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter between the police and naxals at Chaturpatti village under Paro police
station in Muzaffarpur district.
"The deceased jawan has been identified as Om Prakash Tiwary. Some Maoists were also killed in the encounter," said ADG (headquarters) Neelmani. The body of one Maoist has been recovered so far and the search for others continues, he added.
The entire area has been cordoned off and Muzaffarpur SP Sudhanshu Kumar is camping at the encounter site. |
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Maoists torch 11 cement trucks |
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23 Jan 2009, 0821 hrs IST, TNN
SASARAM: As many as 11 cement-laden trucks were set ablaze in Rohtas district and a mobile tower was blown up in Gaya by Naxalites early on Thursday
during a bandh called by CPI(Maoist).
In Sherghati sub-division of Gaya district, the bandh paralsyed normal life. The nearly 200-km-long stretch of GT Road passing through Gaya to Karmanash of Kaimur also wore a deserted look as there was a sharp decline in the number of heavy vehicles on the stretch which witnesses more than five thousand vehicles every day.
Despite being aware of the presence of Maoists in the area, no precautionary measure was taken by the Rohtas police administration. According to sources, about 50 armed Maoists, many of them females, torched the trucks at Ranjitganj village under Amjhore police station of the district. The trucks were coming after loading the cement from the lone industrial unit of the district, Kalyanpur Banjari Cement Factory.
The Maoists, who had come well prepared to take on the police, executed their operation with ease and did not leave until the trucks had been destroyed. They also shouted anti-administration slogans.
One of the drivers of the ill-fated trucks, Surshan Singh, said the Naxalites also assaulted them with the butt of their guns.
Later, they also blasted a generator set and the system room of a private company-owned mobile tower in the village.
Incidentally, Maoists have set ablaze more than two dozen trucks laden with cement in the last five years.
Shahabad Range DIG A K Ambedkar confirmed the incident and said a combing operation has been launched to nab the Maoists. No arrests have been made, though.
In a related development, the Maoists blew up a BSNL mobile tower in Nayakagawn village under Dumaria police station of Gaya district. SP Mallar Vizhi confirmed the incident. She, however, said the number of Naxals involved in the incident was yet to ascertained. |
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