Illegal assets worth Rs150 million belonging to top five Maoists confiscated
Patna, Dec 29 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED), an economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India has confiscated illegal property worth Rs15 crore (Rs150 million) belonging to five top Maoists in Bihar.
Chhattisgarh: Narendra Modi attacks Congress over Maoist issue
Raipur, Nov 9 (IBNS): Attacking one of the key opposition parties in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Congress called the Maoists, who killed a DD news channel cameraman and a jawan during a recent attack, as 'Krantikari' (revolutionary).
Arrest of activists to be challenged in SC today
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): The arrest of five social activists with alleged Maoist links and in connection with the Jan 1 Bhima Koregaon violence near Pune will be challenged in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, reports said.
On July 19, 2018, at least eight cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including three women, were killed after an encounter that ensued between the Maoists and the Security Forces (SFs) near Timinar and Pusnar villages in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. Sundarraj P., Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (anti-Naxal operations, ANO), disclosed that the gun battle between the Maoists and the SFs took place while a joint team of the District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force were out on an anti-Maoist operation. During search subsequent to the encounter, along with the bodies of the Maoists, at least two INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) assault rifles, two .303 rifles, one 12 bore gun and a few muzzle loading guns were recovered from the encounter site. The identities of the slain Maoists are yet to be ascertained.
Chhattisgarh: Seven maoists killed in encounter with security forces
Raipur, July 19 (IBNS): At least seven maoists, including three women, have been killed in an encounter with the security forces in Chattisgarh's Bijapur district, media reports said.
On July 6, 2018, cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a civilian, identified as Raiju Wadde, accusing him of being a ‘police informer’, at Tiralgarh village under the Bande Police Station area in the Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jaiprakash Badhai disclosed that CPI-Maoist cadres raided Wadde's house, dragged him out on to the streets and assaulted him. Subsequently, the Maoist conducted a ‘jan adalat’ (people’s/ praja/ kangaroo court) in the village and shot Wadde dead.
Eight CRPF jawans killed in IED blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Mar 13 (IBNS) : At least eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed, and six others injured in an IED blast by Maoists in the Kistaram area of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Tuesday, media reports said.
Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists, 1 cop killed in encounter
Raipur, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least 10 Maoists, including some top leaders, and police personnel have been killed in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district bordering Telangana on Friday morning, media reports said.
Bihar court holds five Maoists guilty in murder of senior forest official
Patna, June 21 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A local court in Bihar on Wednesday convicted five Maoists in the 2002 murder of divisional forest office Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Bihar judge who awarded capital punishment to five Maoists gets ‘death penalty’
Patna, May 27 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Maoists in India have handed down “death penalty†to the judge who awarded death sentence to their five colleagues on Thursday.
Maoists torch Jharkhand railway station
Ranchi, May 26 (IBNS) : Suspected Maoists have torched a railway station in Jharkhand's Bokaro district protesting the state Government's amendment to two land acts, reports said.
Maoist-BSF encounter in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, May 11 (IBNS) : Maoists and BSF personnel were engaged in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Rajnath Singh calls for unified command and aggressive action against Maoists
New Delhi, May 8 (IBNS) : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called for formation of a strategic and unified command against Maoists depredation to foil "attempts to stall development and throttle democracy," reports said.
State review of Left Wing Extremism situation by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, May 7 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will review the situation in Left Wing Extremism affected States here on Monday, officials said on Sunday.
Condolences pour in for the CRPF personnel slain and injured in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Apr 25 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh joined Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on Tuesday to pay tributes to the slain CRPF personnel while condolence messages poured in from all over the country.