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  • Recruitment of young girls in Naxalite outfit: NIA files charge sheet

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A charge sheet has been filed by the NIA against five people in a case linked to the alleged radicalisation and recruitment of young girls in the banned Naxalite organisation CPI (Maoist).

    The agency said in a statement that the charge sheet was filed on Monday before a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh.

    The case was initially filed by the Vishakhapatnam Police early this year and later re-registered by the NIA. It pertains to the recruitment of a young girl Radha in the CPI (Maoist) cadre.

    “The allegation in the (police) complaint indicated that accused Dongari Devendra, Dubasi Swapna and Chukka Shilpa motivated Radha to join the Chaitanya Mahila Sangham (CMS) and subsequently radicalised and recruited her in the proscribed organisation, CPI (Maoist), under the leadership of underground Maoists, RK (now deceased) Uday, Aruna etc,” an NIA spokesperson said.

    The probe found that Devendra had taken Radha to the forests under the pretext of rendering medical assistance to someone and that Uday and Aruna coerced her to join the banned organisation, the spokesperson said.

    The accused had recruited a few other girls in the CPI (Maoist) and had attempted to recruit many others, the NIA spokesperson said.

    Devendra, the spokesperson said, attracted “gullible” young girls to the CMS under the guise of social work The role of the CMS and other leaders of the organisation in the larger conspiracy is being probed into, the agency spokesperson said.

    NEW DELHI: A charge sheet has been filed by the NIA against five people in a case linked to the alleged radicalisation and recruitment of young girls in the banned Naxalite organisation CPI (Maoist).

    The agency said in a statement that the charge sheet was filed on Monday before a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh.

    The case was initially filed by the Vishakhapatnam Police early this year and later re-registered by the NIA. It pertains to the recruitment of a young girl Radha in the CPI (Maoist) cadre.

    “The allegation in the (police) complaint indicated that accused Dongari Devendra, Dubasi Swapna and Chukka Shilpa motivated Radha to join the Chaitanya Mahila Sangham (CMS) and subsequently radicalised and recruited her in the proscribed organisation, CPI (Maoist), under the leadership of underground Maoists, RK (now deceased) Uday, Aruna etc,” an NIA spokesperson said.

    The probe found that Devendra had taken Radha to the forests under the pretext of rendering medical assistance to someone and that Uday and Aruna coerced her to join the banned organisation, the spokesperson said.

    The accused had recruited a few other girls in the CPI (Maoist) and had attempted to recruit many others, the NIA spokesperson said.

    Devendra, the spokesperson said, attracted “gullible” young girls to the CMS under the guise of social work The role of the CMS and other leaders of the organisation in the larger conspiracy is being probed into, the agency spokesperson said.

  • NIA conducts searches in Assam, arrests CPI (Maoist) member

    By PTI

    GUWAHATI: The NIA on Sunday conducted searches at 17 locations in Assam and arrested a member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) for allegedly spreading its network in the northeast region of the country.

    The searches were carried out in places in Cachar, Karimganj, Dibrugarh and Dhubri districts, according to an official spokesperson of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

    Reema Orang of Cachar has been arrested from Dibrugarh, he said.

    The case relates to the arrest of Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee, a member of the CPI (Maoist) central committee, along with his associate Akash Orang, a member of the outlawed outfit’s Assam State Organising Committee, from the Patimara Tea Garden in March, the spokesperson said.

    These accused along with their associates were involved in spreading the network of the CPI (Maoist) in Assam and other parts of the northeast region of the country, he said.

    During searches, digital devices and incriminating documents of the CPI (Maoist) were seized, the NIA spokesperson said, adding that further investigation is being carried out.

  • Irked over Maoist violence, Chhattisgarh village turn up at police station to complain

    Express News Service

    RAIPUR: In a rare occurrence, the residents of Manonar village in the Maoist-affected district of Narayanpur in south Chhattisgarh stood firmly in support of development and against the violence perpetrated by the outlawed CPI (Maoist) and lodged a police complaint against the rebels.

    The tribal inhabitants, including women, expressed strong resentment against the killing of supervisor Sandeep Jala and the thrashing of scores of labourers who were engaged in the construction of a bridge and road under the PMGSY in their area on Friday. The rebels also set on fire all the engaged vehicles and equipment.

    “This is an indication of how the tribals of a village arrived on their own at the Chote-donger police station to lodge their grievances. The police have registered the case on their complaint. Villagers had categorically asserted that they are not ready to compromise any longer on the development that improves connectivity to their region and open the door for growth”, said U Uday Kiran, Narayanpur district police chief.

    The villagers, who walked around 8 kilometres to reach the Chote-donger thana, had asked the police to ensure that the Maoists shouldn’t be allowed to disturb development projects in and around their rural area.

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    According to the Narayanpur police, the villagers can’t be a party to such a complaint that relates either to the killing of the construction company’s staff or the halting of the work. “Only the firms involved in the project can do so. But we have assured the people of our full support. We remained concerned over these villagers being harassed by the Maoists”, the SP said.

    As the construction work stopped following the Maoists’ violence, the local tribals were unhappy. The locals protested against the Naxalites and demanded to re-start the development works.

    “The Maoists even attack and intimidate us. But we are now much aggrieved with their obstructive actions. The road construction will help our habitat with more facilities”, the villagers averred.

    The locals though were not seen as much against the raised demands that they face from the rebels than the shattering of the scope of development owing to the left-wing extremists who are known to halt the project initiatives in their stronghold, the police officials said.

  • Maoist leader carrying Rs 8 lakh bounty surrenders in Chhattisgarh 

    Express News Service

    RAIPUR: Senior cadre of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) Sodi Muya, who was carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head, surrendered before the Sukma police and the CRPF DIG in south Chhattisgarh on Thursday.

    “Sodi Muya, secretary of Kerlapal Area Committee was active in the Maoist organisation for the past 15 years and there are around 20 cases registered against him in different police stations of the district. He decided to surrender after realizing hollow anti-development and anti-tribal ideology of Maoists”, said Sunil Sharma, Sukma SP.

    He will be entitled to all the assistance given under the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the state government, the SP added.

    Muya renounced the banned organisation under the ongoing ‘Puna Narkom’ campaign (in local tribal Gondi dialect meaning ‘New Dawn’) launched by the Sukma police.

    Sukma is among the seven Maoist-affected districts in the conflict zone of Bastar.

  • Home Ministry declares six Bihar districts Naxal-free

    Express News Service
    PATNA: The Ministry of Home Affairs has declared six out of 16 Naxal-affected districts in Bihar as Naxal-free, thus reducing the activities of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in the state to only 10 districts.

    According to this new classification, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Arwal and East Champaran have been cleared from the list of Naxal-affected districts. In the absence of any Naxal bases, security-related expenses in these districts will no longer be spent on the prevention of Naxal activities. 

    With the exclusion of these districts, only 10 districts of Bihar, namely Rohtas, Kaimur, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui, Lakhisarai, Aurangabad, Banka, Munger and West Champaran are currently in the category of Naxal-affected districts of the country. 

    Aurangabad district has been flagged as a ‘district of concern’ with regard to Naxal influences in the country.Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs had declared 7 other districts, namely Patna, Sitamarhi, Bhojpur, Bagaha, Begusarai, Khagaria and Sheohar, as Naxal-free.

  • CRPF man is our captive, appoint interlocutors: Maoists

    The Maoists have, however, not raised any formal demands for the release of the commando.

  • Maoists say ready for peace talks with Chhattisgarh govt, but with riders

    Express News Service
    RAIPUR: The outlawed CPI (Maoist) on Thursday expressed its readiness for the peace talks with the Chhattisgarh government, but laid down three pre-conditions.

    “We are willing for peace talks for the benefit of the people provided the government first removes the camps of armed forces from the conflict-ridden areas, revoke the ban imposed on the CPI (Maoist), and release our party leaders languishing in jails,” Vikalp, the spokesperson of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (CPI-Maoist) stated in the press statement issued in Hindi.

    The spokesperson asserted that the present exploiters are the rulers (ruling class of political parties) and the real cause of the unrest of oppressed masses is not the Maoists. “The exercise of peace should be in the direction of ending the roots of the unrest. The civil society should focus on exposing the real problems faced by the masses, he added.

    The Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu reacted to the Maoists’ proposal for talks saying that if they (rebels) are willing for dialogue with the government on peace then it has to be ‘unconditional’.  

    “Only after the talks are being held, the further discussion on the conditions would be feasible. And we have so far not received any authorised communication on peace talks from the Maoists. Any such dialogue process needs to involve the Centre as well as other states to chalk out the strategy”, the minister said.

    The Maoist statement is seen as an apparent reaction to the ‘New Peace Process’, an initiative by the families of the victims of Maoist violence and also the sufferers from the security forces’ actions are participating in the ongoing ‘Dandi March 2.0 which began on March 12 from Abujhmaad in Narayanpur district (south Bastar). It will culminate in Raipur on March 23.

    “During our opinion poll conducted last year over phone, over 92% of the local population who participated sought to end the four decades of violence through the dialogue process. We are happy that the Maoists have responded. So let the peace talks happen. Our ongoing Dandi March also aims for the same. Even the Congress party in its manifesto had promised peace talks with the Maoists,” said Shubhranshu Choudhary, the convener of the ‘New Peace Process’. 

  • Jharkhand: NIA unearths high-grade explosives CPI (Maoist) planned to use against security forces

    By PTI
    RANCHI: The NIA Wednesday carried out searches in the dense forests of Jharkhand’s Khunti district and recovered high-grade explosives which the outlawed CPI (Maoist) planned to target security forces, an official said.

    The searches were conducted in the Korangburu hillock at Jilingkel at the instance of arrested armed CPI (Maoist) cadre Naina.

    During the early morning operation, 100 metres of Cordtex wire (a type of detonating cord) and high-grade explosive — 126 Gelatin sticks, weighing about 15 kgs — were recovered, an NIA spokesperson said.

    Naina was arrested in connection with the killing of five police personnel in an attack by CPI (Maoist) in June, 2019 at Kukru Haat in Saraikela-Kherswan district.

    Their arms and ammunitions were also looted.

    The Jharkhand Police had arrested 11 accused and filed two charge-sheets against them.

    The NIA re-registered the case in December last year and arrested five more armed cadres of CPI (Maoist).

    During Naina’s questioning, it was revealed that explosives procured by the CPI (Maoist) were hidden at the Korangburu hillock, the NIA spokesperson said.

    An NIA team, with the help of local police and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), conducted the searches in the early hours and recovered Cordtex wire and 126 Gelatin sticks, the official said.

    The explosives were planned to be used against the security forces by the CPI (Maoist), the NIA official said, adding that further investigation was underway.