Available information indicates that the CRPF's operation in Chattisgarh last week in which 19 alleged Maoists were killed, had taken place on half-baked information, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Amid controversy over a recent Naxal encounter in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday urged political parties not to politicise the issue. "The Bijapur encounter was not a planned encounter. Such issues should not be politicised," Singh told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
It is beyond doubt that the Indian State has gravely erred in its latest counter-insurgency operation in Chhattisgarh and has indeed ended up killing non-combatants, says Bibhu Prasad Routray
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday urged his successor D V Sadananda Gowda to immediately release Rs 200 crore for providing employment to people in drought-hit areas under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
The recent Central Reserve Police Force encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district is part of the latest plan of the force to conduct "big sweep" operations in uncharted Naxal hotbeds of the country in order to liberate them from the clutches of 'red' ultras.
The official premise that Maoism is India's 'greatest internal security threat' is profoundly mistaken. The Maoists aren't about to capture power, destroy India's unity, or undermine her security. They pose a civil law-and-order problem, which should be tackled by normal police methods, says Praful Bidwai.
The encounter, which took place in the jungles of Silger, a "liberated" Maoist zone between the naxal hotbed of Jagargunda and Basaguda in Dantewada, was launched on Thursday night by the CRPF from three directions.
Five persons, including four security personnel were killed in the blast.
The incident took place when Chika Mazi was taking a walk outside his house located near a crowded market when some armed ultras fired at him, killing Mazi on the spot, Additional Superintendent of Police BPS Rajbhanu told PTI.
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16 weapons, including 315 bore and 12 bore guns, were recovered from the spot.
Maoists on Friday gunned down at least 11 policemen in an ambush that set off an encounter that left four ultras dead in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
The development is being seen as a blow to the opposition Congress which was planning to forge a grand alliance in Chhattisgrah to unseat the ruling BJP.
The Karnataka police have arrested six members of the youth wing of the Sri Ram Sene in connection with the hoisting of a Pakistani flag at the Sindgi town in Bijapur.
The truck carrying troopers of 168 battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force met with an accident in Datewada few hours after midnight on Sunday.
A constable was shot dead today and a special police officer was allegedly abducted by the Naxals in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, an official said. A Maoist was also killed in retaliatory fire at a Salwa Judum camp in Cherpal village in the wee hours, he said.
The families of policemen being held hostage by Maoists in Bhopalpatnam, near the Chhattisgarh- Andhra Pradesh border, have appealed for their release without delay. Maoists abducted the seven policemen last Sunday, including an assistant sub inspector, a special police officer and three constables. The bodies of three policemen were recovered a day later from a dense forest in Bijapur District of Bastar region. Four are still missing.
CRPF Inspector General Pankaj Kumar Sinh said a joint team of CRPF jawans and state police deployed in Jagargunda area of Dantewada had gone for area domination exercise when about 200 Naxals started firing at them near Aasrampura village.
Maoists on Thursday night freed the four abducted policemen in a dense forest of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district after keeping them hostage for 12 days, a senior police officer said.
Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and another was injured in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Sunday, the police said.
A major tragedy was averted after two Naxal-planted landmines carrying 50 and 25 kg explosives were unearthed from a national highway in Dantewada on Monday, barely days after an IED blast left eight CRPF personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
Naxals are planning their attacks on security forces years in advance. For example, the explosive device which killed eight Central Reserve Police Force jawans in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday was probably planted deep under the road at the time when the road was being constructed, official sources said.
The Maoists are at it again. According to reports, the Naxals fired at CRPF camps in Dantewada, Bijapur and Narayanpur districts of Chhattisgarh late Wednesday night.
In an embarrassment to the ruling party, two of its sitting ministers lost and six were trailing.
The explosion took place in a hilly area in Bacheli in Dantewada when the personnel were returning to their camp after purchasing groceries from market.
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Torrential rains continued to wreak havoc in northern Karnataka with 35 more deaths being reported from the region since Thursday night, pushing up the rain-related toll in the state to 86. Eight people were killed in Raichur, six in Bagalkote, five in Bellary, four each in Bijapur, Gulbarga and Gadag and two each in Koppal and Bidar. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa held an emergency meeting, where Air Force and Army officials were present, besides state ministers.
Swine flu continued its surge with four more persons, including a three-year-old child, dying of the pandemic, taking the nationwide toll due to the deadly virus to 93, even as 139 fresh cases were detected on Friday across the country. While the deadly contagion claimed three lives in Karnataka with two dying in Bangalore and one in Bijapur, another person succumbed to the virus at Nasik in Maharashtra.
The nationwide swine flu toll climbed to 88 with a teenaged girl and two women dying due to the virus in Karnataka and Maharashtra while 177 fresh cases of infection were reported from various states.
The Karnataka leg of All India Congress Committee General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's Discover India tour is scheduled to start on Tuesday. During his five day tour, Rahul will visit eight districts in the state. the eight districts on Rhul's itinerary - Chamarajanagar, Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Gadag, Bagalkot, Bijapur and Raichur are not the traditional strongholds of his party. A major part of Rahul's tour will involve interaction with tribals.
Fourteen Naxals, including four Naxal commanders, were killed during an encounter with police near Pamed in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Bijapur district adjoining Andhra Pradesh early today, police sources said. The encounter took place at a hill near Talperu river in Dharmavaram village, five kilometres from Pamed adjoining Andhra Pradesh.
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Adnan, an engineering graduate from Bijapur in northern Karnataka, made the costly mistake which helped the police track down the ten SIMI activists. Adnan was on the run ever since some of his accomplices were arrested in Karnataka last November.
Jawans belonging to the 170 Battalion of the force who were on duty were fired upon by the ultras and the resulting skirmish left at least seven personnel dead, they said.
The latest confession comes from Abdul Sami, the final year BE student from Bijapur, Karnataka, who was arrested in connection with the Bangalore serial blasts. Cops consider this boy to be prized catch since he had moved up the hierarchy extremely soon and was seen as a very close aide of Abdus Subhan, the alleged mastermind of the Delhi serial blasts.
The CM, however, said he would abide by the high command's decision.
A change in Maoist strategy by targetting vital installations like high tension transmission lines has added to the woes of Bastar tribals, who were trapped in the hostilities between the ultras and the security forces.
The Karnataka police seem to be finally making some headway in the Bengaluru serial blasts case. On Friday, they announced that Abdul Sami, an accused in the serial blasts case, has been arrested.the police found that Sami, a student from Bijapur, was present in Bengaluru at the time of the blasts. It was also alleged that Sami was seen with Abdus Subhan, a key Indian Mujahideen operative.
Four Central Reserve Police Force jawans were killed and as many injured when Naxals ambushed a road opening party of the security forces in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, the police said.
The party had won 33 seats from the Mumbai-Karnataka districts with Belgaum contributing 12, Bagalkot 7, Haveri 4, Dharwad and Uttara Kannada three each and, Bijapur and Gadag two legislators each. But going by the pattern of BJP's ticket distribution so far in these districts, Veerashaivas/Lingayats have bagged the lion's share.
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