India: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2009

A heavy exchange of fire took place between the Police and Maoists at Kalrabera forest under Ghurabandha Police station in the Ghatshila sub-division. The East Singhbhum However, no casualty was reported from either side. Read less...

A suspected PLA militant, Mohammed Sakat Ali alias Apik, was arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel during a search operation at Moreh ward No. 5 Muslim Basti area in Chandel District. Read less...

According to Times of India, the Union Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram said on September 1 that he had raised the issue of fake Indian currency being smuggled out of Nepal with the country’s Prime Minister on a recent visit and the matter will be further pursued at official levels. "I did mention the problem of fake currency to him (Nepal Prime Minister). He shared our concern. This will be followed by Home Secretary level talks," Chidambaram said. He also said that though the notes were being routed through Nepal, they were being printed elsewhere. Chidambaram had called on Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on August 20 and also met the Nepal's Home Minister en route to Bhutan. Regarding insurgency groups using Bhutan's territory to set up training camps, the Union Home Minister said there was some evidence to suggest that terrorist groups like the United Liberation front of Asom (ULFA) were active in the area. Read less...

An Army Division, comprising around 15,000 troops, is being withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir and some of its units have already returned to its base in the State of Himachal Pradesh, a senior Army officer said on September 1. On withdrawal of the 39 Mountain Division from Rajouri and Poonch border Districts to its base in Palampur in Himachal Pradesh (HP), General Officer Commanding (GOC), 9 Corps, Lt Gen G. M. Nair, said, "This Division is being shifted. Some of its units have already reached its base in HP." 39 Mountain Division was shifted to Rajouri and Poonch districts to assist joint security grid in conducting counter-insurgency operations and undertake counter infiltration measures in 1994. "It takes nearly six months to shift the entire Division," he said, adding the process is on. He also said Pakistan is building fortifications along the border and more than 50 militants are waiting to infiltrate into Jammu sector from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). "They (Pakistan) have dug up bunkers and ditches and set up a few observation towers along Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab borders," Lt Gen Nair said. Nearly 50 to 60 militants from PoK are waiting to sneak into Jammu sector prompting the Army to keep an extra vigil at the borders, he said. Read less...

Chidambaram accused Pakistan of not being serious in punishing perpetrators of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks and allowing the terrorist infrastructure to continue intact. "Pakistan is not serious about prosecuting and punishing those responsible for perpetrating the Mumbai attacks. They are still on Pakistani soil," Chidambaram said. He was responding to Pakistan's reaction to dossiers given by India. Chidambaram also said that the terror infrastructure, which helped attacks like the one in Mumbai to be carried out, was intact across the border. "That is my complaint against Pakistan and that is my disappointment with Pakistan," he added. Asked about Islamabad's repeated questions on the dossiers, he said, "I hope that they will not be able to invent more questions." Read less...

Four cadres of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), earlier known as Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT), were killed in two different incidents on September 1, Telegraph reports. Two PLFI cadres, identified as Benjamin Baghwar (27) and Augustus Baghwar (28), were killed in an hour-long encounter with the Police in the Surang forests of Gumla District, about 100 kilometers from the State capital Ranchi. The Superintendent of Police (SP) Upendra Kumar said three other cadres managed to escape. A DBBL gun and a country-made gun were recovered from the incident site, Police sources said. Read less...

IANS reports that Alok Kumar, Circle Officer of Paki block in the Palamau District, who was abducted by the PLFI cadres on August 31, has been rescued, Police said on September 2 (today). He was rescued from the forest of Manatu block in the same District on September 1 at around 11.45pm, an unnamed Police officer said. According to sources, the extremists had demanded a ransom of INR 20 lakh. Read less...

Militants on September 1 carried out twin strikes on Security Forces in the capital Srinagar within 500 metres of the State Legislative Assembly, which is in session, killing two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers and injuring 26 others, Daily Excelsior reported. Militants armed with silencer-fitted pistols shot at two CRPF personnel from point blank range just outside the UCO Bank at Budshah Chowk, killing constables Rajesh Shekhar and Mulkranjan Rampa of the 28th Battalion. Minutes later, on the other side of Budshah Bridge, militants lobbed a hand grenade on CRPF troopers at Batamaloo, resulting in injuries to 26 persons, including four CRPF soldiers and two Policemen. Official sources said CRPF and Policemen seemed to be the target of the militant attack but many civilians were hit by the splinters as the area is usually crowded. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Central Kashmir), Hemant Kumar Lohia, said Police has reasons to believe that the latest attacks and on August 1 were the handiwork of the same module of militants. "We have more or less identified the module of militants since taking up investigations in the cases of attacks. We have identified the call signs and codes of the members of these modules and now we have to fix a face to these," Lohia told reporters at a press conference. He said Police has been able to get some mugshots of the latest incidents from closed-circuit cameras installed in the city and identified a suspect who might be involved. "We will enlarge the shots and identify the person by verifying the registration details of the motorcycle he is riding," he added. He said two modules of up to nine members each are active in Srinagar and the Police have been tracking them. He said, "They are keeping the numbers low and the members are mostly from Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. They keep lesser numbers in loop which helps them evade detection for a longer time." Asked if the militants were carrying out fresh recruitments within the Valley, the officer said it is a fact that it was happening. "If there were no recruitments by militants, there would be no militancy…. But it is not at the large scale as suggested," he said when asked to comment on reports that militants have managed to recruit 200 to 300 fresh youth. Read less...

Suspected militants hurled a grenade at the residence of T. Manihar, engineering consultant of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, at Khurai in Imphal East District, reports Imphal Free Press. However, the grenade failed to explode. Read less...

The Hindu reports that the Police on September 1 unearthed an arms dump of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Pamidipadu forest area of Guntur District. The recoveries included three VHF sets, two chargers, one directional mine, 50 detonators and Maoist literature. Read less...

The Manipur Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution Minister Y. Erabot personally supervised lifting of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice from a storehouse, defying a ‘ban’ imposed by the United People’s Party of Kangleipak outfit against lifting of PDS rice for the Imphal West and Churachandpur Districts, according to Sangai Express. Read less...

The Maoists resorted to barricading of roads by felling trees in the forest pockets of Khammam District as part of the two-day shutdown call given by them in the North Telangana Districts opposing the opencast mining by the Singareni collieries in the coal belt, large scale submergence by the Polavaram project and illegal damming in the upper stretches of Godavari River by the Government of Maharashtra. The shutdown, also backed by the Janashakti faction of the Communist party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-M-L Janashakti), however, evoked no response in the tribal pockets while life remained normal in the coal bet too. Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said the elements who were involved in barricading the forest routes have been identified. He said some Maoists had come from across the inter-State border for creating the obstacles to the vehicular traffic in the forest pocket. By and large life was reportedly normal in Bhadrachalam, Palvancha and Kothagudem divisions. Read less...

The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) alleged that a large sum of money meant for cleaning Loktak Lake had been diverted in the name of the outfit by an apex body with a Legislator of Thanga Assembly Constituency T. Mangibabu as observer. Read less...

The Union Government gave Black Widow (BW) an ultimatum to formally surrender after fulfilling all the pre-conditions till September 15, reports Assam Tribune. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, after attending a meeting chaired by Union Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram, addressed the media and said the BW has been given time till middle of September to surrender. This is in response to their offer for unilateral cease-fire announced some three months ago. “If they surrender by September 15 and follow our pre-conditions, we are willing to accept their offer for ceasefire,” said Gogoi. Read less...

Two militants belonging to the Manipur Defence Force group of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), identified as Leishangthem Ngouba alias Cyprust and Oinam Dinachandra Singh alias Nagan, were arrested by the Imphal West District Police from North AOC area. One Chinese hand grenade with detonator, one .32 pistol along with Magazine and eight rounds of live ammunition, three demand letters of the group signed by its ‘finance secretary’ Khaba Mangang and one blank demand letter and one cell phone were recovered form Ngouba’s possession. Two Chinese hand grenades along with two detonators, one vehicle and its registration document belonging to one Oinam Inaobi and one driving license were seized from the possession of Dinachandra. Read less...

Two PLA militants, identified as Gurumayum Milan Sharma alias Laingamba and Gurumayum Kiranbala Devi, were arrested by a combined force of the Imphal East District Police and the Assam Rifles from Kshetrigao area. Three demand letters of the outfit were recovered from their possession. Read less...

Two PLFI cadres, identified as Narayan Oroan (32) and Bandhnu Oraon (36), were lynched by some youths of Patlo village in the Lohardaga District for attacking the headmaster of a local school. Read less...

Two suspected People's Liberation Army (PLA) militants were shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel during an encounter at a village near Border Pillar No 99 along the India-Myanmar border under Moreh Police Station in Chandel District on August 31, reports Imphal Free Press. According to Sangai Express, the driver of a passenger bus was killed when two unidentified militants opened fire at the vehicle along the Imphal-Churachandpur Road at Phoubakchao Ikhai area in Bishnupur District on September 1. Read less...

Two villagers were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Rajnandgaon District on September 1, accusing them of being Police informers, Police said, according to IANS. Some 50 extremists, including several women, came to Bijepar village and killed the two villagers, in their late 20s, in front of the other people, Superintendent of Police Praveer Das said. Some villagers who tried to intervene were assaulted, he said, adding that Police have launched a drive in the forested stretches around the village to arrest the Maoists. Read less...

Unidentified militants shot dead two persons, identified as Kamal Daimary and Gopi Das, near Alia Chowk under Borbori Police Station in the Baksa District around 3.30pm (IST) on September 1, according to Assam Tribune. Read less...

Yet another infiltration attempt, backed by Pakistan troops, was made by a group of Pakistani militants from the Line of Control (LoC) at Sagra village in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district in the early hours of September 1. An Army trooper is reported to have died in the firing from across the LoC. "It was being ascertained as to whether the bullet was fired by Pakistan army or the militants trying to sneak-in. The bullet was fired from a sniper rifle which was available with top commanders of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen militants", official sources told the Daily Excelsior. The Indian Army is reported to have sought a flag meeting with Pakistan army commanders on the LoC to lodge a protest on both aspects – the cease-fire violation and infiltration attempt by the militants. According to sources, Pakistan army and Rangers have been using a new modus operandi on the LoC as well as the International Border (IB) to push militants. They first target forward Indian posts and then try to push the militants by diverting the attention of the Security Forces. However, the Pakistan army and Rangers have not succeeded in their plan so far, sources added. Read less...

A People's Liberation Army (PLA) militant, Meihoubam Nimai Chand, was arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel during a search operation at Tekcham in the Thoubal District. Read less...

A People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) cadre, Wahengbam Kiran Singh alias Bicky alias Ingo, was arrested by the Thoubal District Police from Wangjing area on September 2, according to a delayed report. Read less...

About 60-armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attacked the base office of SPML Road Construction Company under Chandramandi outpost of Chakai Police station, about 40 kilometers from the headquarters of Jamui District, at around 11.30 pm and abducted eight of its security guards in Jamui District in the night of September 2, reported Times of India. Two of the guards, however, managed to escape during an encounter that later took place between the extremists and Police. The Maoists raided the SPML plant at Hariondhi village and damaged pay loaders and three trucks, the Additional Director General (Headquarters) Neelmani said. The Maoists also set ablaze six vans and damaged the store where construction materials were kept. Neelmani said though Special Task Force personnel, assisted by district-armed policemen, engaged the Maoists in an encounter for some time, the extremists managed to escape into the thick forest lining the Jamui-Chakai Road. During the exchange of fire between Police and Maoists that went on for about half an hour, two of the abducted guards managed to slip away. The other six were taken away by the Maoists, who threatened the company with dire consequences if it did not pay levy. The non-payment of levy demanded by the Maoists from the private firm owner was allegedly the reason for the attack, the officer added. Meanwhile, sources said SPML has suffered losses worth INR 2 crore in the Maoist attack. PTI reports that over 400 Maoists were involved in the attack. Read less...

According to Sangai Express, in protest against the reported killing of a passenger bus driver by unidentified militants at Phoubakchao Ikhai in the Bishnupur District along the Imphal-Churachandpur road, passenger services have been suspended in that route. Read less...

An unidentified National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militant was shot dead in an encounter with the Police in the Narakasur Hill area of Rupnagar under Bhangagarh Police Station in Kamrup District in the morning of August 2, according to Assam Tribune. Three other militants, however, managed to escape, adds Sentinel. Read less...

Another group of Maoists raided the house of a ration dealer and CPI-M supporter Lakshmikanta Das at Memul village in Salboni, 10 kilometers from Lalgarh. Das had fled home a month ago following threats from the extremists. While ransacking his house in the night of September 2, the Maoists found many ration cards and distributed them among the villagers. Read less...

Bihar is likely to become the fourth State to have its own anti-terrorist squad (ATS), the blueprint for which has already been prepared, reports Telegraph. “The Bihar ATS will be armed with modern and latest weapon system after the home department approves it,” said an unnamed senior official. The Bihar ATS — to be headed by an officer of inspector-general rank — will have two deputy inspectors-general and four superintendents of police, says the blueprint. The ATS will have more than two dozen “operational units” within itself to deal with emergency situations. The squad will be raised from the existing personnel of Bihar Military Police and be specially trained to deal with sudden strikes. Currently, Bihar has a Special Task Force which deals with cases of organised crime and Maoist insurgency. Only Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have an ATS. Read less...

Bodies of four villagers killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were recovered from a forest in the Aaded village of Bijapur District on September 4, reports PTI. The extremists had attacked Kandulnar, Gudipal and Aaded villages in the District on September 2 and had abducted four villagers, Anganpally Lakshmayya, Vasamchandru, Anganpally Buccha and Anganpally Jeetu, the Superintendent of Police Avinash Mohanty said. Villagers found their bodies in the forest and later reportedly informed the Police. While Buccha and Jeetu were shot dead, other bodies were found with throats slit. “Police had arrested two top Maoists from this area two months ago. The rebels suspected that the four were responsible for tipping the police off which led to the arrests,” said Avinash Mohanty, adds Times of India. Read less...

Five militants were killed in the Gurez sector of Bandipora District near the Line of Control on September 2 as Army foiled a major infiltration attempt by the militants to sneak into the Kashmir valley from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Daily Excelsior reported. "Army troops noticed some suspicious movement of people close to the Line of Control in Gurez sector in the wee hours. They were signaled by the troops to stop but opened indiscriminate firing," a Defence official said in capital Srinagar. The firing was retaliated by the Army troops, which triggered a encounter that lasted several hours. "Five heavily-armed militants were killed in the encounter while the search operations were going on in the area. Some arms and ammunition have been recovered from the scene of the incident," the official added. Read less...

Imphal Free Press reports that unidentified militants hurled and exploded a bomb at the residence of an Executive Engineer of the Manipur Irrigation and Flood Control Department in Imphal West District on September 2. Read less...

Meghalaya Police arrested an arms smuggler, Poli Jyndiang, from his residence under Nongstoin Police Station in the West Khasi Hills District on September 2, according to Shillong Times. A huge storage of ammunition, including 10 packets of gelatin stick, nine rolls of fuse wire and five packets of detonators was recovered from the incident site. Read less...

The Chhattisgarh Government on September 2 placed a demand for grant of INR 94.22 crore from the Central Government to develop educational facilities in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected areas, ANI reports. According to State Government sources, Chief Minister Raman Singh put the demand before the Union Tribal Affairs Minister Kantilal Bhuria. He also submitted details of assistance anticipated by the State Government to Bhuria, sources added. Singh informed Bhuria that Chhattisgarh needed central assistance mainly for construction of some 218 ashram schools (residential schools where all needs of the students will be looked after by the State Government), sources further added. Maoists have reportedly attacked many of the ashram schools in the Bastar region in the past claiming that they blow up the school complexes because they provided shelter to the forces involved in anti-Maoist operations. State Government is also reportedly looking for assistance to the programmes of job-oriented training to the unemployed tribal youths and constructing houses for the tribals. Read less...

The Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said on September 2 that around 1040 persons were killed in factional fighting among the Naga insurgent groups during the cease-fire period, according to Nagaland Page. He called upon the people to work for peace and to stop factional killings and also reiterated that "We need Naga leaders and not only tribe or village leaders." Read less...

The NDFB cadres of Barbari designated camp at Barbari in the Baksa District opened fire to disperse a group of protestors who were marching towards the camp, reports Assam Tribune. Sources said a protest rally was organised against the killing of Kamal Daimary (Khatowa), an ex-BLT (Bodo Liberation Tigers) cadre, and Gopit Sarania (Das), a Bodo People Front activist, at Alia village under Barbari Police Station at 2.30pm (IST) on September 1. Security Force personnel who arrived at the spot also fired in the air to prevent any untoward incident. Read less...

Times of India reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a village guard in the Pachmo village under the Mahuatand Police station in the Bokaro District in the morning of September 2. Police sources said the Maoists killed Ramdhani Ganju suspecting him to be a Police informer. The incident occurred when Ganju was attending a function in his village on the occasion of Karma Puja (religious worship). Approximately 100 armed Maoists held Ganju captive and took him to a nearby community building and later chopped off his neck. The Maoists also left behind pamphlets at the spot which said, "Jo mukhbiri karega, uska yehi halat hoga (Police informers would be dealt in a similar manner)." Police later recovered Ganju's body from the incident site. Read less...

Times of India reports that villagers lynched a cadre of the People Liberation Front of India (PLFI), earlier known as Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT), at Konatoli village in the Gumla District in the night of September 2. He was a resident of Atariya village under Gumla town Police Station. Villagers attacked Dhoni with stone boulders and lynched him at Konatoli. No arms were found from the incident site, Police said. The identity of the deceased was ascertained in the afternoon of September 3 when two youths from his village identified him as Bhikhma Oraon alias Dhoni. The Police said his name figured in a number of cases, including that of murder, extortion and looting, in the Gumla and Ghaghra Police Station areas of the District. Read less...

Two Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) militants, Abdul Malek (38) and Abdur Rahim (32), were arrested by Security Force Personnel at Kayethpara village in the Bongaigaon District at around 1am. A handmade bomb and 500 grams of RDX (Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine) were recovered from their possession. Read less...

Two persons, identified as Shyam Chand and Bittu, both residents of Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh, were arrested along with seven bags of explosive material carrying gelatin rods and detonators at Kalsi area in Dehradun, the Police said on September 2, reports The Hindu. Read less...

Two policemen - a Constable and a Special Police Officer (SPO) - were killed in an ambush laid by the militants at Tota Morha in the Thannamandi area of Rajouri District. A Police party is reported to have retaliated but there was no report of the killing of any militant so far. The deceased Policemen have been identified as Constable Aijaz Ahmed and SPO Khan Mohammad. Read less...

A ‘area commander’ of the breakaway faction of the erstwhile People's War Group (PWG), Binod Marandi, was arrested from a place under Sherghati Police Station in the Gaya District in the afternoon of September 3. Read less...

A farmer abducted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was killed at Gulambigha under Madanpur Police station of Aurangabad District on September 3, according to The Hindu. Armed Maoists had abducted two farmers, Yadunanandan Mehta and Balwant Mehta, from village Pagre under Madanpur Police station on September 1. Yadunandan’s body was recovered from a field from adjoining Gulambigha in the afternoon of September 3, sources said. Read less...

A People's Liberation Army (PLA) militant, Nongthongbam Jiten Meitei alias Thambalngou (37), was arrested by a combined force of the Imphal East District Police and Assam Rifles along with US made .32 auto pistol and three live rounds. Jiten joined the outfit in August 2008 through one Inao of the PLA. On Jiten’s disclosure, another cadre of the same outfit, identified as Ng. Premeshwor alias Prema (33), was also arrested. The arrested militants were involved in extortion from general public, Government officials and traders. Read less...

After a brief encounter near Khunkhu Naga area under Motbung Police Station in the Senapati District on September 3, the Assam Rifles personnel arrested seven militants of the Zeliangrong Youth Force along with arms, reports Imphal Free Press. Two of them were reportedly injured in the encounter. The arrestees revealed that the Zelianrong Youth Front is a breakaway faction of the Naga National Council led by ‘Lieutenant’ Chamwang hailing from Tamenglong District. Read less...

Armed Maoists on September 3 exploded a landmine during an encounter with Police when the latter was trying to rescue the six abducted security guards of a private company in the Jamui District, reports PTI. As the Special Task Force and District Armed Police continued search operations in the morning of September 3, the extremists hiding in dense forests fired on them and exploded a landmine at a place under Chakai Police station in the District, the Additional Director General of Police, Neelmani, said. A Police vehicle was partially damaged in the blast, he said, adding that three Maoists were arrested during the operation. As reported earlier, about 400-armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist attacked the base office of SPML Road Construction Company under Chandramandi outpost of Chakai Police station, about 40 kilometers from the headquarters of Jamui District, at around 11.30 pm and abducted eight of its security guards in Jamui District in the night of September 2. Two of the guards, however, managed to escape during an encounter that later took place between the extremists and Police. Read less...

Police arrested one National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militant, identified as Salim Sheikh, from Balajan in the Dhubri District. Read less...

PTI reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have threatened to blow up block offices in the Sundergarh District if the authorities failed to pay compensation to families in the Subdega and Balishankara area who had lost lives and properties in elephant attacks. The block development officers of Subdega and Balishankara got the threat September 2 by post. Two letters written with red ink in English, Oriya and Sadri (local tribal language) have threatened the officials to pay compensation within September 5 to families in the blocks which lost their members, properties and crop in elephant attacks since 2006, officials said on September 3. The Maoists demanded INR 300,000 to families who lost their members in pachyderm attacks, INR 200,000 for those whose houses were completely damaged and INR 50,000 for half damaged and INR 30,000 for partially damaged houses. Read less...

PTI reports that seven Naxalites (left-wing extremists) were arrested on September 3 after the Police overpowered them following an encounter at Matoli village in the Garwah District, Police said. "During the two-hour gun-battle with the Naxalites of the Trititya Prastui Committee (TPC), 200 rounds were fired from both sides. There was no casualty on either side," said Superintendent of Police (SP) Saket Kumar Singh. Getting a tip-off that a group of TPC activists had congregated near the village, the Police team rushed to the spot around 4pm (IST), triggering the exchange of firing. 11 guns were recovered from their possession, the SP said. The TPC, a breakaway group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), has been engaged in extortion and loot in the area, the SP said. Read less...

The Security Force Personnel arrested a ‘second lieutenant’ of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Devika Gohain, from Titlaghar in the Sivasagar District on September 3, according to Telegraph. Devika, the wife of ULFA leader Niren Sarma, was arrested from the residence of Ajit Bharali. Read less...

The Security Force Personnel recovered a cache of explosives from the Hatiduar reserve forest of Lohit District on September 3, according to Telegraph. The seizure included five detonators, 26 kilograms of improvised explosive device and packets of explosives. Read less...

A ‘Sergeant Major’ of the 709th Battalion of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Pranay Ray alias Prabin alias Manaranjan (32), was shot dead by the Security Force personnel in a search operation at Kalipukri under Kokrajhar Police Station of Kokrajhar District in the night of September 4, according to Sentinel. Police sources said that the slain militant was taking shelter in the house of one Biren Roy at Tilapara village. One 7.62 mm pistol with 19 live ammunition, one Chinese-made grenade, four mobile handsets, a satellite phone, one detonator, two empty cartridges and incriminating documents were recovered from the possession of the slain militant. Read less...

A Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) cadre, Brahmacharimayum Dhanachandra Sharma alias Deva, was arrested by the Thoubal District Police from Tentha Khunou area on September 4, reports Imphal Free Press. One HE hand grenade was recovered from his possession. Read less...

An over-ground worker (OGW) of the Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Lashkar-e-Toiba was arrested from the Bus Stand area of Kishtwar town in the afternoon of September 4. A Police spokesman said that a joint team of Army and Police apprehended the OGW when he was carrying some items for the militants to their destination. He was identified as Akhtar Hussain (19), a resident of Patti Mahal. Three I-cards, a mobile phone and some other items were recovered from his possession. The Police said he was a surrendered militant of the LeT outfit. He had surrendered before Rashtriya Rifles (11th battalion) in 2007. Read less...

An unidentified militant hurled a hand grenade at the residence of an ex-speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly at Lilong Bazar area in the Thoubal District on September 4. The bomb, however, failed to explode. Read less...

At least two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an encounter with the Police in the Ranchi District on September 4, reports Telegraph. A gun battle ensued between the two sides when the Maoists opened fire towards a Police picket at Baruhatu forest in the Bundu Police Station area around 1.30am (IST). At least 700 rounds of bullets were fired from automatic and semi-automatic weapons during the encounter that continued for nearly three hours. Superintendent of Police (SP), Anup T. Mathew, confirmed the incident saying the Police forced the Maoists to retreat. “The rebels had opened fire from the hilly terrain side and wanted to damage the picket, which hinders their subversive activities. We killed at least two rebels,” Mathew said. He said the purpose of the attack was to divert the attention of the police who have intensified operations in other parts of Bundu. Read less...

Cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist) damaged a mobile phone communication tower in MV 74 village and cut down trees to block some major roads in Malkangiri District in the night of September 4, reports The Hindu. According to sources, some armed CPI-Maoist cadres accompanied by their supporters attacked the communication tower. They also damaged the control room and generator room of the communication tower by a blast. The CPI-Maoist cadres did not injure any one during the attack, Police sources said. The CPI-Maoists and their supporters cut down trees at several places to block the Chitrakonda-Balimela road and the Chitrakonda-Sileru road. Read less...

In another incident, an armed squad of the Maoists attacked an abandoned Police picket at Maniadih in the Tundi block (administrative unit), some 40 kilometers from the Dhanbad District headquarters. The insurgents planted two powerful can bombs around 1am, destroying a major portion of the picket. They also opened fire and reportedly shouted slogans against the Police and the administration before leaving the spot. Talking to Telegraph, Deputy SP Burnwal said no one had sustained injuries in the incident.Returning from Maniadih, the extremists also attacked the Pokharia Police picket, engaging the Police in a 10-minute encounter before disappearing into the dense forests. Sources said losses incurred by the security establishment in the District are being pegged at INR 1500000. Read less...

The Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said on September 4 that India would be forced to retaliate in case Pakistani army continues to violate the cease-fire and try to push in militants through the border under the cover of gunfire, Indian Express reported. Reacting to queries on the increase in the number of infiltration bids in Jammu and Kashmir, General Kapoor said this was consistent with the trend observed through the years that more and more militants want to enter the Valley before the arrival of the winter season, with Pakistani soldiers trying to divert the attention by indulging in firing from across the border. “We understand their tactics and will take appropriate steps,” he said in New Delhi. “As far as possible, we exercise maximum restraint. But if such ceasefire violations occur, it is automatic that at some stage, we will have to retaliate,” he said. The CoAS also said India had been routinely taking up the issue of cease-fire violations during border meetings with Pakistan. “Our effort is to continue the cease-fire so that there are not many casualties and the two countries are able to maintain good relations,” he added. Earlier on September 2, General Deepak Kapoor said Pakistan's efforts of increasing its nuclear strength were a matter of concern and that Islamabad was going well beyond the degree of deterrence. "There is a difference between having a degree deterrence, which is required for protection, and going beyond that. If the news reports of (Pakistan) having 70 to 90 atomic bombs are correct, then I think they are going well beyond the requirement of deterrence," said Gen Kapoor, who was speaking during his visit to the army's Artificial Limb Centre at Wanowrie in Pune in Maharashtra, Times of India reported. Read less...

The Inspector-General of the Assam Rifles (South), Major General A. K. Choudhary, on September 4 said that the Security Forces operating in Manipur require the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act to make their campaign against militants more effective, according to Telegraph. “The militants are trained in foreign countries, they are equipped with sophisticated weapons and armed to the teeth. So the security forces require special provisions (like the army act) for meeting the challenges,” he said. Read less...

The Punjab Police on September 4 claimed to have seized 2.5 kilograms of RDX, said to be a part of the consignment used in the attack on the convoy of Dera Sacha Sauda (a group regarded as 'heretic' by orthodox Sikhs) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on February 2, 2008 near Pipli in Karnal District, reports Times of India. The Police also claimed to have seized two detonators and a pistol from two-murder accused brought to Patiala from Mansa for interrogation in another case. "We have seized 2.5 kg high-quality RDX, which is part of the same consignment as used in the attack on the Dera Sacha Sauda head in Karnal last year. The two murder accused were planning a big attack in Patiala and waiting for directions,'' the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Arpit Shukla said. The seizures were made after a preliminary interrogation of Makhan Singh and Raj Singh, accused in the murder of Dera follower Lily Kumar in Mansa and brought to Patiala in connection with the murder of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat (an organization of Sikhs) Rulda Singh, he said. The seized RDX was allegedly brought from Pakistan, he added, saying, "some terrorist outfits are planning big attacks in Punjab, but we are fully prepared.'' Read less...

The SFs also shot dead a militant of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) outfit, who was allegedly involved in the killing of two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in a shoot out in the capital Srinagar earlier this week, during an encounter in the Pattan area of Baramulla District. "Police and Army killed one Hizbul Mujahideen militant at Poshwani in Pattan area of Baramulla district," a Police spokesman said. The slain militant has been identified as Shamim Sada alias Rizwan, a resident of Sada Mohalla in Pattan. Initial investigation has revealed that he was involved in the killing of the CRPF troopers earlier this week. Shamim Sada was arrested by SFs in 2006 and had been released some time back after being detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for nearly two years. Official sources said he was "recycled" into militancy three months ago when he was motivated back into subversive activities by a top commander of the outfit. Read less...

Two persons, identified as Daben Rabha and Simananda Rabha, were shot dead and a woman, Janaki Rabha, injured when unidentified militants opened fired at them at Kushutola village under Kajigaon Police Station in the Kokrajhar District in the night of September 4, according to Telegraph. Read less...

A People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) cadre, Huidrom Thoi Singh alias Deva, was arrested by the Imphal East District Police from Palace Gate area on September 5. Read less...

According to Telegraph, suspected militants hurled two Chinese-made hand grenades at the private residence of the Manipur State Legislator belonging to the Congress party, Kh. Ratankumar Singh, at Mayang Imphal Konchak in the Imphal West District on September 5. While one grenade exploded, the other failed to explode. The residence was partially damaged in the bomb blast Read less...

For the first time through banners and posters, CPI-Maoist threatened the teachers working in schools in remote areas of Malkangiri District. They intimidated the teachers to face their wrath if the Paramilitary Forces involved in anti-Naxal operations camped in their schools. Through their posters, the CPI-Maoist cadres also opposed the establishment of Cobra Battalion in Koraput District. To create a support base in remote areas of the District, Maoists also expressed their support to the demand of Konda Reddy community to be included in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list of Orissa. Read less...

On September 5, the Security Forces (SFs) shot dead a ‘commander’ of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in the Bathoi Jagnan area of Mahore sub-division of Reasi District, Daily Excelsior reported. An official spokesman said that on the basis of specific information about the presence of a hardcore LeT militant in the house of Mohammed Nazir in Bathoi Jagnan area, a joint operation of the Mahore Police and Rashtriya Rifles (61st battalion) was launched in the early hours. When the operation was going on, the hiding militant opened fire on the SFs. In the consequent encounter, the militant, identified as Mohammad Avais alias Abu Jindal, a resident of Kharian area in Pakistan, was killed. From the encounter site, the troops recovered one AK-47, three magazines, 60 rounds of AK, three mobile hand-sets, some SIM cards and diaries. The SFs continued the cordon in the area as another LeT militant, identified as Mohammed Rafiq, was believed to be hiding in the area, the spokesman said. Read less...

Suspected militants triggered bomb blast targeting the residence of a trader, Haobam Bikramjit, at Uripok Mayai Leikai in the Imphal West District on September 5. Read less...

According to The Hindu, India has never ruled out the involvement of state actors in Pakistan in the Mumbai terror attacks despite Islamabad’s contention to the contrary, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said. “We have never ruled out (involvement of) State actors. Although Pakistan has maintained that only non-State actors were involved, we have never ruled out the involvement of state actors and we have never accepted this distinction between state actors and non-state actors because both operated from Pakistani soil,” he told NDTV. He was replying to a question on possible links of the Pakistan Army in the attacks as Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief and mastermind of November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known 26/11), Hafiz Saeed, was accompanied by one ‘Major General Saab’ during a meeting with the lone arrested Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ and other Mumbai terrorist attacks accused at a training camp. “Well that [involvement of Pakistan army] can only be revealed by investigation,” he said. Chidambaram termed as “atrocious” Pakistan’s decision to let off Saeed in the Mumbai case. “There is enough and more evidence to continue the investigation against Hafiz Saeed. On the face of this evidence, to let him off, I think, is atrocious,” the Union Home Minister said. “… So they know what we have but if there is an opportunity, I will certainly walk them through the dossier to point out that there is enough evidence [against the JuD chief],” the Home Minister said. Read less...

According to the Police, an armed Maoist squad entered Chotopukuria village at around 3am (IST), called Satish outside of his home and took him to a desolate house before shooting him dead. Satish was a member of the Gana Pratirodh Committee (a group formed by the CPI-M in the area to resist the Maoists). Meanwhile, another squad attacked Narendranath Mahato, another CPI-M in Jamboni. He was hit with sharp weapons. Read less...

Five villagers were shot dead by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) at Pundigiri under Tamar block, 45 kilometers from Ranchi, Police said on September 7 (today), Hindustan Times reported. According to the Police, the Maoists raided Pundigiri village in the night of September 6 and abducted the five villagers and took them to a forest where they were shot dead. "Five people were abducted by the Maoist rebels late Sunday night and were shot dead," Jharkhand Police spokesperson S. N. Pradhan said. The bodies were recovered on September 7. "The killed people had Maoist background. The activists killed them on suspicion of passing information about their movement to police," added Pradhan. The victims include two students, adds PTI. Read less...

Indian Express reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed two supporters of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Satish Singh Sardar and Narendranath Mahato, in the Belpahari and Jamboni areas of West Midnapore District in the morning of September 6. Meanwhile, two more unidentified bodies were found in the evening from Dherua in the same District. Read less...

PTI reports that a suspected Naxalite (left wing extremist), identified as Raju alias Raj Mohan, who was operating in the State and adjoining Bihar, was arrested near Bewdar village in Sonbhadra District in the evening of September 6 with 20 gelatin sticks, 10 detonators, a country-made revolver and cartridges. Police claimed that he confessed to have been an active member of Munna Vishwakarma group. Vishwakarma is a wanted Naxalite and he was allegedly going to meet the leader of his group at the time of his arrest. Read less...

PTI reports that three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) involved in two murder cases and other violence, were arrested at Topadihi village under K Balang Police station in Sundergarh District in the night of September 6.The Maoists were captured by Security Force personnel when they were hiding in a forest near the village, the Police said, adding that all the three belonged to the village. They were reportedly involved in the killing of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions leader Rabi Oram and businessman Deonath Singh, sources said. Read less...

The Black Widow (BW) outfit is likely to accept the Government’s deadline to surrender arms by September 15 to come overground to solve problems through talks, reports Assam Tribune. Official sources said that the outfit is in touch with the Government and the possibility of the outfit meeting the deadline of the Government is quite possible “if everything goes smoothly”. Meanwhile, confusion prevails among the Police and SFs over the lists of cadres and weapons submitted by the outfit. Sources revealed that the outfit has claimed that it has 600 cadres, whereas, according to reports available with the Police and SFs, the total number of cadres of the outfit would be around 300 to 350 at the most. There have been intelligence reports that the outfit launched a fresh recruitment drive to increase its strength and even school students are being recruited. The BW group has submitted a list of 137 weapons, but according to records available with the security agencies, the actual number of weapons with the disposal of the group would be at much more and efforts are on by the Government to mount pressure on the outfit to ensure that it surrenders all the weapons. Read less...

The Hindu reports on September 6 that Singaboina Veerabhrahman alias Ramu, dalam (squad) ‘commander’ of the Communist party of India-Marxist Leninist- New Democracy (CPI-ML-New Democracy) operating in Tekulapalli area in the Khammam District was taken into Police custody, according to sources. They said that Ramu, who leads a dalam of some eight members, was involved in two murders and a number of cases related to extremist violence. Read less...

The Police arrested two engineers of the Manipur University with INR 200, 000 at Thunbuthong in the Imphal East District when they were on their way to pay the amount to the Military Council faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), according to Telegraph. They were, identified as executive engineer Sanasam Rajen and assistant engineer Laimayum Meghachandra, of the engineering cell of the university. They confessed during their interrogation that they collected the sum from various contractors and handed it over to the outfit. The Police subsequently produced them before the court on September 6 and they were remanded in Police custody for two days. Read less...

The Police arrested two National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) cadres and three others linkmen at a dhaba in the Kolazol area near Baihata Chariali of Kamrup District. One 9-mm USA-made pistol and six rounds of ammunition were recovered from their possession. While the arrested cadres were, identified as Dambaru Baro alias Manoranjan Baro and Padoram Basumatary, the linkmen were, identified as Jiaur Rahman, Man Kataki and Tankeswar Kalita. Read less...

The Police shot dead a Pakistani militant of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Chota Saad alias Umair, and arrested a District commander of the outfit, Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi alias Ishfaq, during two related anti-militancy operations in the Sopore area of Baramulla District on September 6, according to Daily Excelsior. Two AK-47 rifles, one hand grenade and some ammunition were recovered from the encounter site. Official sources the two militants were involved in carrying out series of grenade attacks in Sopore town, including one on August 12, 2009 on Central Reserve Police Force camp at Plaza Hotel Sopore in which one shopkeeper was killed. They were also involved in several grenade attacks in Srinagar City, besides killing Reshma Jan alias Zahida on June 16, 2009 in model town of Sopore. Read less...

The SF personnel launched a massive operation in the Sonitpur District, which has become a stronghold of the NDFB, reports Telegraph. Arunachal Pradesh Government was also asked to seal its borders with the District as the militants use the jungles along the inter-state boundary as their hideout. “We are already receiving indications that many who are now with Ranjan Daimary fraction may switch sides and join the pro-talks faction of the NDFB once the Centre starts formal political talks with the group,” the official said. The decks for parleys with the pro-talks faction have been cleared with the outfit dropping its initial demand for a sovereign Bodoland for statehood. The officials are hopeful that talks with the cease-fire group of the NDFB would begin within a month or two. Read less...

Two persons from the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS)-Bandhugaon received serious injuries when the two factions of the CMAS – CMAS-Bandhugaon and CMAS-Narayanpatna blocks of Koraput District attacked each other on the road between Baunsput and Dasini in the Bandhugaon block (administrative unit) on September 6, reports The Hindu. According to sources, members from the CMAS-Bandhugaon were waiting with their traditional arms near Dasini, two kilometers from Bandhugaon, and people from CMAS Narayanpatna stood near Baunsput, five kilometers from Bandhugaon on the road towards Narayanpatna in the same block. The conflict between the two groups arose in connection with the attacks by members of CMAS-Bandhugaon on the houses of the supporters of CMAS,-Narayanpatna in the evening of September 5. Members of the CMAS-Bandhugaon had also abducted about 40 supporters of the CMAS Narayanpatna from Kabiribadi Panchayat (village level local self government institution) and kept them at Sarpali in Bandhugaon block as hostage so as to discuss the issue of limiting their activities across each other’s borders.Earlier, on September 3, the supporters of the Narayanpatna-CMAS had entered Bandhugaon and destroyed 14 lemon grass processing units. They had also forcefully taken over 400 acres of land on which lemon grass had been cultivated. But the CMAS-Bandhugaon activists had alleged that the land taken over by the CMAS-Narayanpatna activists was already taken over by them in the past. It had irked the Bandhugaon group. Read less...

Vantala Jagannadh alias Naresh, 20, ‘deputy commander’ of the Gurthedu Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered before the Officer on Special Duty K.V. Mohana Rao at Narsipatnam in the Visakhapatnam District on September 6. Naresh belongs to Valasapalli in Maredumillil mandal of East Godavari District. He was allegedly taken away by Maoists (then Naxalites) in 1993 from his village to help them find way. Since then he had not been sent back. After sometime, he had been trained as militia member and in the use of arms. A Police statement, quoting Naresh, said he was threatened that the Police would kill him if he went back to his village. In August 2005, he was promoted as dalam member and was given a .303 rifle. He was the security guard for the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) East Division secretary Jagadish. He has been acting as ‘deputy commander’ of the Gurthedu LGS since February 2007 in which position he continued till July 2009. He was also East Division ‘A’ section ‘deputy commander’. Citing health reasons, he quit the dalam after informing the leaders. Read less...

A group of armed Maoists, at least two of whom were carrying guns, was chased by nearly 40 villagers at Nepura village and three of them were caught. They were assaulted and handed over to Police. The Maoists reportedly came to target Durga Tudu (65), a former Legislator belonging to the CPI-M. Read less...

A KYKL cadre, Thngjam Nadu Singh, was arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel from Wangoo Sabal. Read less...

An immediate grant of INR 150, 000, monthly stipends during training and even monetary incentives for surrender of weapons are all there for the asking for the banned Naxals (left wing extremists) under a surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy approved by the Union Government on September 7, according to Times of India. An immediate grant of INR 150, 000 shall be kept in a bank in the name of surrendered extremist as a fixed deposit which may be withdrawn by him or her after completion of three years, subject to good behaviour to be certified by the authorities designated for this purpose by the States concerned. This money can also be utilised as collateral security/margin money against loans to be availed of by the surrendered extremist from any bank for self-employment. Persons eligible under the scheme may be imparted training in a trade/vocation of their liking or befitting their aptitude. They shall be paid a monthly stipend of INR 2,000 each for a maximum period of 36 months. However, if the surrendered extremist secures any employment in Government or any gainful self-employment, the monthly stipend will be discontinued. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has also offered money incentives for surrender of weapons which include INR 15,000 for depositing one AK 47 or AK 56 or AK 74 Rifle. INR 25,000 will be given for each RPG/Sniper rifle, INR 3,000 for one Pistol/Revolver, INR 1,000 for a rocket, INR 3,000 for a Remote Control Device, INR 1,000 for IED, INR 3,000 for one mine, INR 20,000 for a SAM Missile and INR 10,000 for a Satellite Phone. The guidelines are applicable to those Naxals who surrender with or without arms. The policy for the Naxal-hit States announced was evolved by the MHA as part of a multi-pronged strategy to bring the extremists back into the mainstream in the backdrop of rising Naxal violence. Read less...

Cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed two persons, Sajjad Khan and Dinesh Dusadh at Chutwag village in Latehar District in the afternoon of September 7, reports Times of India. Read less...

Economic Times reports that one person, identified as Suresh Pindi, who was injured in a violent clash between Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) in Koraput District on September 7, succumbed to injuries on September 8. Read less...

Full and comprehensive security will be provided during the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and none of the participating countries should brook any fear, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said, reports Times of India. "I make this promise that the Commonwealth Games will be conducted under full and comprehensive security. Nobody needs to fear," he told a private news channel. Noting that threat faced by political leaders should not be underestimated, the Home Minister said, "If a political leader faces a threat, he has to be provided security and I think the Government is committed to providing security to every political leader who faces a threat." He also discounted reports that National Security Guard (NSG) cover provided to some of the politicians would be withdrawn. Read less...

PTI reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) shot dead a leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and abducted two others at Salbani near Lalgarh in West Midnapore District on September 7. Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma said armed Maoists entered Shyam Chalak's home at Keudi village and shot him dead from close range. Chalak was secretary of CPI-M branch office at Keudi village which was recently cleared off Maoists by the Police and Paramilitary Forces in a flush-out operation. Verma said one armed Maoist guerilla was arrested in connection with Chalak's murder Read less...

PTI reports that Raju, the ‘deputy commander’ of the Bhansi guerilla squad, was killed by the Police during an operation near Raja Bangla village in Dantewada District on September 7, Superintendent of Police Amresh Mishra said. Four other Maoists, including a school student, were also arrested during the operation. Police had received information about a Maoist camp near Raja Bangla. "However, when the Police squad reached near the village, the Naxals opened fire on us and we retaliated. Raju was killed in the encounter," Mishra said. "After Raju was killed, his accomplices tried to flee but we managed to arrest them," he said. Police arrested Deva, Bheema, Radhe and Vinod. According to Mishra, Vinod is a school student, who was allegedly abducted from Jangla village by the Naxals. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) brought 10 Black Widow (BW) cadres along with ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Daniel Dimasa to Haflong from Lungting under tight Security. The group will surrender with arms on September 13. According to official sources, more cadres are likely to surrender in the coming days. Meanwhile, the Asom Government has confirmed that the counter-insurgency operation in North Cachar Hills District will not stop until and unless the BW signs a ceasefire agreement. Read less...

The apex community group of the Kuki tribe, Kuki Inpi Manipur, submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding to settle Kuki problem before making any settlement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), according to Sangai Express. The memorandum also demanded to restore all the 100,000 displaced Kuki villagers of 360 uprooted villages during Naga-Kuki violence at the cost of the Government. Failing to fulfill the demand, the memorandum added, it would be declared that the Indian law does not cover the Kuki people and their land. Read less...

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will soon have its own intelligence wing, Hindustan Times reported on September 7. “We have started the process,” said A.S. Gill, the CRPF Director-General, confirming the decision. The force will have 10 intelligence officers per battalion, attached to 150 of its battalions. The CRPF currently relies on State and Central agencies for intelligence inputs. The Home Ministry has also approved a proposal to add 38 new battalions to the force. In the revamp planned, the CRPF, which earlier worked to supplement the State Police and took directions from the latter, will now do so at an equal footing with the State Police in the Naxalite (left wing extremist) dominated States. “A coordinated offensive is needed to clear the areas where left wing extremists have built their bases,” said Gill. Read less...

The Hindustan Times quoting the Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir, Kuldeep Khoda on September 7, reports that Infiltration from across the border is on the increase because Pakistani troops are providing cover to militants. "Infiltration has increased in the past two months. Pakistani troops and rangers are providing cover to militants to help them infiltrate into the Indian side," he added. However, militancy-related violence has declined by about 28 per cent in the State in the year 2009 as compared to the 2008, he said, adding that around 15 dreaded militants had been killed recently, including top commanders like Abu Hamza and Abu Jindal. "Despite an increase in infiltration and militant activities, the situation is under control," Khoda added further. Read less...

The Police arrested one suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) cadre, Hemchandra Moran (30), son of Umesh Moran of Bormesai village of Kokopathar, on charges of extortion from Chabua area of Dibrugarh District on September 7, according to Sentinel. The Police arrested Hemchandra when he along with another militant went to Dikam Sessa for collection of extortion money. However, the other militant managed to escape. Police recovered a two wheeler bearing registration no. AS23G-3712 used by the militant. It may be important to note that, a number of contractors engaged in Dibrugarh Air Force Station were served with extortion notice signed by self styled ‘Corporal’ of ULFA militant, Mical Deka Phukan and Niren Sarma. Read less...

The Security Force (SF) personnel recovered a cache of arms and explosives during two separate search operations at Banihal in Ramban District and Mahore in Reasi District on September 7, according to Daily Excelsior. SFs launched a search operation at Kunj Top in Armnak Khari area of Banihal and recovered seven kilograms of RDX, one country made gun, one pistol with four rounds, one binocular, one antenna set, 30 sniper rifle rounds, 238 rounds of 7.62 gun, 76 AK rounds, one HE 36 grenade and 60 detonators. Meanwhile, another consignment of explosive devices was seized by SFs from Bathui area of Mahore in Reasi District. Recoveries include two improvised explosive device (IEDs), six detonators, three magazines and 195 rounds of AK series, three China-made grenades, one radio set antenna and ration items. Read less...

Three cadres belonging to Military Defense Force group of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), including one suspected to be involved in the killing of a passenger bus driver, were shot dead by the Bishnupur District Police during an encounter atop the hillock near Ningthoukhong Khunou. One AK-56 Rifles, one magazine loaded with eight live rounds of ammunition, three fired cartridges, one M-16 Rifles, one magazine loaded with 13 live rounds, two missed fire cartridges, one Austrian made pistol, one magazine loaded with two bullets, three Chinese made hand grenades, one ICOM Radio set and one mobile hand set were recovered from the encounter site. Read less...

Three Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) cadres along with driver of a passenger vehicle were killed during an encounter between militants and troops at Mokot Chepu village under Litan Police Station in Ukhrul District on September 7, according to Sangai Express. Read less...

Two cadres belonging to Omar Farooq faction of the People's United Liberation Front (PULF), identified as Madami (18) and Mohammed Rajouddin (19), were arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel from the general areas of Molnoi under Kakching Police Station in Thoubal District, when they were moving towards Pallel for their extortion drive. They reportedly joined the PULF in July 2009, reports Imphal Free Press. Read less...

Two hardcore Maoists involved in the rampage in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) were arrested from an unspecified location and two locally-made guns were seized from them on September 7, reports Times of India. They were identified as Sushil Sanya of Jharkhand and based in Keonjhar District's Kailadapada village and Paoles Hembrom of Mayurbhanj District's Golamunda village, sources said. Sanya masterminded the rampages in Meghasan, Chahala UBK (Upper-Barha-Kamuda) range and Dhudruchampa. The duo was involved in at least 16 other cases. Sanya, believed to be a hardcore Maoist, was active in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul Districts. Sanya and Tunu were arrested by one platoon of SOG, a group of District voluntary force and a team of 10 Police officers. Read less...

Two other CPI-M leaders were abducted in retaliation by Maoists from Kadasole village near Lalgarh, hours after the arrest of a Maoist cadre, the Police said. Read less...

According to Sangai Express, nine community leaders of Khamenlok and Nongshum area in Senapati District have agreed in a joint meeting on September 8 to appeal to militant groups not to harass any villager or disturb peace in the area. The meeting declared that all communities, Meitei, Kuki and Naga, would settle as before and there was no more misunderstanding between any communities. Read less...

Four Police personnel were suspended after suspected militants of the Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF) outfit ransacked four arms, including two SLRs, one Insas rifle and a carbine from a Police camp at Sapkata in the Kokrajhar District in the evening of September 8, according to Telegraph. The suspended Police personnel were identified as Constables Arup Das, Jitumoni Talukdar, Tilak Bihari Nath and havildar Dinonath Singh. According to sources, the arms were ransacked from the Assam Police Task Force camp at Sapkata where the six Police personnel were posted. The camp is adjacent to Sapkata Police outpost. The Police went to the designated camp of the ACF militants and held discussions with their leaders. Two of the militants were taken into custody at Gossaigaon Police station for interrogation. The militants, after ransacking the weapons, are said to have gone towards West Bengal, crossing the Sankosh River, said a Police officer. Read less...

Private security guards in Uttar Pradesh may soon starting looking more professional and confident as the State Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) is all set to train them to combat terror strikes, reports Times of India. "The move aims to engage private security agencies in our fight against terrorism," a senior official with the Uttar Pradesh ATS said. "Deployment of only those private security guards will be allowed at multiplexes, cinema halls, banks and other prominent private establishments, who have successfully completed the training programme," he added. According to an estimate, there are nearly 125,000 private security guards from about 300 security agencies operating in the State. Currently, there exists no rule that governs the deployment of security guards at private places. "The training programme primarily aims to equip private security guards in tackling crime," Additional Director General (Law and Order) A. K. Jain said. "It (training programme) would definitely enable them (private security personnel) to assist Police in tackling terror," Jain added. Meanwhile, highlighting the core contents of the training programme, the official said it would broadly comprise training the security guards on how to pick up early warning signs of terror strikes, how to handle a terror situation and how to act after terror strikes, officials said. Another important part of the training programme would focus on enabling security guards to engage terrorists before the arrival of Police and law enforcement agencies, they added. Most private security guards do not undergo any specific training to control terror activities and are deployed merely on the basis of their physical fitness, the official said. Even as no deadline has been fixed for launching the 60-hour training programme, sources in ATS said that the Home Department has directed them to initiate the programme "at the earliest". Sources said that the 60-hour training programme would be launched in a phased manner in parts of Uttar Pradesh. At the time of its launch, the training will cover security guards of Lucknow and several Districts of western Uttar Pradesh, they added. Read less...

Six suspected militants were shot dead by a combined force of the Imphal West District Police and Army during an encounter near Awang Khunou Lamkhai under Patsoi Police Station in the night of September 8, reports Imphal Free Press. One M-16 Rifles with 63 ammunitions, two 9mm pistols with seven live rounds and one .38 revolver and several empty cases were recovered from the encounter site. Read less...

Supporters of the Narayanpatna group of CMAS called off their rally at Laxmipur on September 8 to avoid any untoward situation, reports Express Buzz. Read less...

The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel arrested two Nepalese nationals along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 40,000 from Raxaul, near the Indo-Nepal border, on September 8, according to Indian Express. The arrestees, identified as Shyam Kumar Shah and Azad Alam, revealed that they had been given the money by a person called Zubaid in the Birganj town of Nepal just across the border to supply to somebody in Raxaul. Read less...

The Narayanpatna group of the Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) is organising a tribal rally at Laxmipur on September 8 (today), official sources said. Read less...

The splinter faction of the Black Widow (BW), led by James Dimasa, has made it clear that they will not surrender, reports Sentinel. Jonadon Dimasa, spokesman of the splinter faction, has reportedly told the local media over telephone that they will not surrender. Jonadan has, however, hinted that they will keep in touch with their one-time comrades. Dinob Dimasa is also in this faction. Sources said the splinter faction has not been invited by the Government for talks and this has irked them. Meanwhile, sources close to the BW outfit told that at 90 per cent of the BW cadres would deposit their arms before the Government on September 15. The outfit’s ‘deputy c-in-c’ Daniel Dimasa will lead the parade as there is still uncertainty over ‘commander-in-chief’ Niranjan Hojai’s presence. Further, Dilip Nunisa, chairman of the pro-talk faction of the (DHD) expressed his doubt over the sincerity of the BW. While, talking to Sentinel, Nunisa said that Jewel Garlosa alias Niranjan Hojai, the Commander-in-chief of the BW, had earlier surrendered along with the pro-talk faction, but he formed the separate fraction. Nunisa said the Government should consider the past records of Garlosa before releasing him as he was directly involved with a number of heinous crimes. Read less...

The third Additional Sessions Judge Jammu, R.S. Jain acquitted Mumtaz Ahmed, the son of Nazam Din of Gujjar Kothi Tehsil (revenue division) of Reasi District, who was facing trial in a case of a grenade attack on April 7, 2006 at Baradari Chowk tehsil of Reasi District wherein one person was killed and several others sustained injuries. Mumtaz Ahmed and one Anwar, both real brothers with intention to kill people, exploded a grenade on a bus. The accused were members of banned militant outfit Hiz-bul-Mujahideen (HM) and used to provide shelter to terrorists belonging to the HM. The accused were charge-sheeted by the Court. While Mumtaz was arrested Anwar was declared absconding. Read less...

The unidentified militants hurled a grenade on the residential quarter of a session’s judge in the Baramulla town of north Kashmir at around 3pm, in which the Police constable on duty got injured, reports The Hindu. The judge was not in the house at the time of the attack. No militant outfit has owned responsibility for the attack so far. Meanwhile, Police and Security Forces have launched a combing operation in the area. Read less...

Three militants and one Army officer were killed as the Army foiled an infiltration bid near Line of Control (LoC) in the Sona Gali area of Mendhar sector in the Poonch District, according to Times of India. On noticing movement of intruders near LoC, about 200 kilometres from Jammu, troops challenged them at around 11pm (IST) on September 8, defence officials said on September 9 (today). The infiltrators opened fire at the troops who retaliated and in the subsequent encounter two militants were killed and an officer, identified as Major Akash Singh, injured. Singh later succumbed to injuries. Another militant was killed at around 7am on September 9, they said, adding, some weapons and a wireless set were recovered from the slain militants. Search operations were still going on in the area when last reports came in. Read less...

Three Naxalites (left wing extremists) of the Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested after an encounter with the Police at Churugarha, about 70 kilometers from Ranchi, the Police said on September 8, reported PTI. The Police reached the spot after getting a tip-off that a group of JPC cadres had assembled at Churugarha to plot a crime in the night of September 7. The JPC cadres started firing as soon as they spotted the Police, triggering a two-hour long gun-battle before the Naxalites tried to flee. The police, however, chased and arrested three of them. Three rifles and some ammunition were seized from their possession, Senior Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar said. Over 150 bullets were fired by both the sides, he added and claimed that some of the Naxalites had suffered bullet wounds, but they managed to escape. “One of the three arrested Naxalites, identified as Raj Kumar Ganju, is a big catch for the police,” he added further. Ganju was allegedly involved in a number of cases. Read less...

Two fund raisers of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) were arrested by the Imphal West District Police from Chingmeirong area on September 8. Read less...

A consignment containing illegal arms, cartridges, explosive and equipment for making bombs were recovered in the Barmer District, Police sources said on September 10, reports The Hindu. Following a tip off, the consignment, which was sent from across the Indian border for an unidentified terrorist outfit, was recovered in the night of September 9 near Moradi village in the Barmer District before its delivery, the sources said. Eight foreign-made revolvers, over 400 cartridges and several detonators have been recovered, sources added. Read less...

A Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) cadre, identified as Elahi Sheikh, was arrested by the Police from the Pipulbari village in Dhubri District, reports Telegraph. Read less...

Around 200 militants destroyed a primary health centre at Nongpok Sekmai village of Thoubal District in the night of September 9, hours before an immunisation programme under the rural health mission was scheduled to start, according to Telegraph. “They tried to pull down the concrete building with hammers and rods. But when it turned out to be a time-consuming process, some of the militants went to neighbouring Ingourok village, around 2.5km away, to get the excavator which was being used for road construction. They used it to pull down the building,” an unnamed Police official said, quoting a village elder. The Police said the militants’ motive was to prevent the setting up of a security post at the health centre. The report adds this is the first time that militants had targeted a health centre. Read less...

Elsewhere in the State, both the Manipur based PULF and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were on recruitment drive in Jiribam, Jirighat, Lakhipur and Sonai areas in Cachar District, located in close proximity to Manipur and North Cachar Hills with easy access to the infamous extremist corridor of Myanmar, reports Sentinel. According to intelligence sources, both these outfits on technical ground with the objective of furthering the cause of disruptive and extraneous forces and financial backup from them have formed a nexus to help each other in gaining territorial hegemony and to extend their areas of influence. The intelligence inputs further said that PLA and PULF are exploiting the emotional bases of the grey areas on both sides of Asom-Manipur border. The latest information is that during the last week, six teenagers from different villages under Lakhipur, Jirighat and Jiribam Police Stations have been lured to join PLA. The recruitment drive is going on under the guidance of PLA ‘captain’ of the area, Jhang Singh. The sources said these youths have been taken for training at Khongtan located at Manipur-Myanmar border. Despite mounting vigilance as well as specific information of base operations by the SFs, PULF has also intensified its recruitment campaign by roping in youths and even middle aged persons from the minority dominated areas under Jiribam, Jirighat, Lakhipur, Sonai and Banskandi Police Stations. Anwar Hussain, resident of Labacpar under Lakhipur Police Station, used to induce and indoctrinate the recruits with money offers ranging from INR 80,000 to INR 100,000to join PULF. According to sources, during the last eight months, the outfit has been able to bolster up its strength by 20 new recruits. Read less...

intelligence sources said that a large number of armed Naxalites (left wing extremists) have taken shelter in the Ghatshila sub-division. The Naxalites, reportedly from West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, have assembled on the hills of Ghurabandha to attend a training camp in Jamshedpur. According to intelligence inputs, about 80 armed extremists were taking shelter at Pawadapahar, which is strategically located and is also considered a safe haven for Naxalites. Talking to Telegraph, the intelligence sources said that the Naxalite squads already have teams operating in Ghurabandha. “Two armed squads, led by Putu Munda and Kanhu Munda, operate in Ghurabandha. The strength of both squads is not more than 18. But those gathered at Pawadapahar are about 80 in number,” said a source. Intelligence reportedly alerted the District police about their presence. A week ago, the Police neutralised a training camp by conducting a special operation at Karlabera forest, under the jurisdiction of the Ghurabandha Police station. The Police team, led by East Singhbhum District Superintendent of Police Naveen Kumar Singh, had a fierce encounter with the extremists, who had set up five watch-towers and thatched houses to live in. The spot where the Naxalites have gathered is about two kilometres to the north-west of Karlabera. Some suspect that the extremists may have also sneaked into Pawadapahar from the Gorumahisani Police station area of bordering Mayurbhanj District in the State of Orissa. “Several maybe new recruits. But their frequent visits have made the area more sensitive,” said the intelligence source, who, claimed to have intimated the Police about heightened Naxalite activities in the Ghatshila sub-division and also in the Dalma region. Read less...

Nine cadres belonging to different militant outfits were arrested by the Security Forces during counter insurgency operations in greater Imphal areas. Read less...

Suspected Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front militants hurled a hand grenade at the residence of the Chief Executive Officer of the Autonomous Chandel District Council, S.N.G. Wurngam, at Lambung village. Read less...

The Army personnel arrested two suspected People’s United Liberation Front (PULF) militants, identified as Saidul (34), son of Abdul Ahmed and Samein Hussain (22), son of Hafiz Ali Laskar of Badabawure village, from their residents at Kachudaram in the Cachar District on September 9, according to Sentinel. However, no arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession except three pairs of combat dresses and a sharp weapon. Read less...

The fast-track court II of Awdhesh Mal on September 9 found a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader, Shyam Sinku, guilty in an arms case and sentenced him to five years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI), Telegraph reports. Sinku, an ‘area commander’ of the Ghurabandha region in the Ghatshila sub-division of the East Singhbhum District, was arrested from the same Police station area on June 26, 2006. On being interrogated, the Maoist revealed the address of a hideout in Dumaria. Police had raided the place and recovered two rifles, including a self-loading one. A case was registered against him under the arms act at the Dumaria Police station on the basis of an FIR lodged by then officer-in-charge Manoj Kumar Gupta. Sinku, a Kumardubi resident, had told the Police that he visited the steel city a number of times with his comrades. He also divulged secrets about the outfit’s operations in Ghatshila. Sinku, considered a hard-core extremist, was involved in many subversive activities in and around Ghatshila. In 2008, a Jamshedpur fast-track court had sentenced him to 10 years’ RI after he was found guilty of a murder attempt on the village headman of Kasiabera village. Sinku was the first extremist to be convicted in a court of law by the Jamshedpur civil court. Read less...

The Hindu reports that Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 209000 brought from Bangladesh were recovered from a youth in Raipur, Police said on September 9. “The notes with denominations of INR 1,000 and INR 500 with face worth over two lakh rupees were seized during a raid conducted at a city hotel last night,” Additional Superintendent of Police Rajnesh Singh said. The accused, identified as Bor Jahan, was arrested when he was trying to circulate these counterfeit notes from Devendra Nagar locality, he said, adding another accused Ashfaq is still at large. Police suspect that the duo hailing from Malda District in West Bengal is allegedly involved in an inter-State fake currency racket operating from across the border. Read less...

The Security Force (SF) personnel arrested two militants of an unidentified outfit at Kakojan under Doomdooma Police station in the Tinsukhia District, reports Assam Tribune. Later, they were identified as Binoy Barua of Kathalguri village under Pengeree Police station and Tilanku Moran of Mamorani under Digboi Police station. Read less...

The special cell of Delhi Police on September 9 filed the third supplementary charge sheet in the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts case, reports Times of India. Filing the charge sheet before chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, The Delhi Police alleged the involvement of Mohammad Akbar Ismail Choudhary, the cadre of media wing of Indian Mujahideen (IM), for helping in sending terror e-mails to the Television channels before and after the bomb blasts in Delhi, Jaipur, Surat, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Choudhary has been charged under various sections including Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Explosive Substances Act and Information Technology Act. Choudhary remained in the custody of Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), Gujarat ATS, Hyderabad and Bangalore Police before coming to Delhi. Choudhary was arrested by Maharashtra ATS along with 14 other cadres of the IM between September 28 and October 5, 2008 from Pune, Mumbai and several places in Uttar Pradesh. However, this is the eighth charge sheet in the blasts. Five main charge sheets were already filed against members of Delhi IM module members Mohammad Saif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Saqib Nisar, Mohammad Shakeel, Mohammad Sadiq Sheikh, Qayamuddin Kapadia and Mohammad Hakim, in December, 2008 and February, 2009 while two previous supplementary chargesheets were filed against Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, Mobin Kader Sheikh, Asif Bashir Sheikh and Mohammad Hakim in April, 2009. Read less...

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and one Policeman got injured when the militants attempted to blow up a CRPF camp in Srinagar and a Police Station at Sopore in Baramulla District on September 9, according to Daily Excelsior. Unidentified militants hurled a grenade towards a building, housing the camp of CRPF (49th Battalion) at Balgarden in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar at around 12.00pm (IST). The sources said the grenade landed on the roadside and exploded but there was causality or injuries in the incident. In the afternoon, the militants lobbed a grenade at the Sopore Police Station which landed and exploded on the roof top. Two CRPF personnel and a constable of Police received injuries in the explosion. This is the third grenade attack on the Sopore Police Station in the past couple of months. Official sources said militants have carried out as many as 65 grenade attacks on Security Forces since the beginning of this year. Read less...

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured when they walked over a pressure bomb planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in a thickly forested area of Bastar region on September 9, an unnamed official said, according to IANS. The blast took place in the Jagargunda area of Bijapur District, about 450 kilometers south of Raipur. Read less...

Two Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) cadres, identified as Ton Singh (21) and Keisham James (19), were arrested by a combined force of the Army and Assam Rifles from Langjingat on September 9. Read less...

A Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) cadre, Yumnam Naocha Singh, was arrested by a combined force of the Imphal East District Police and Assam Rifles personnel from Lamphel. Read less...

A sympathiser belonging to the Military Dfence Force of the KYKL was arrested by a combined force of the Thoubal District Police and Assam Rifles during a search operation at Tokpaching. Read less...

Cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered about a dozen explosions blowing up railway tracks and at least four Government buildings in the Sundargarh District in the early morning of September 10 (today), reports Times of India. The Maoists have called for a 24-hour shut-down in the District to demand release of 30 people, who were arrested on August 29 on the suspicion that they were Maoists. The extremists blasted railway tracks at around seven places between Bimlagarh and Patangi, Police said. They also blew up an abandoned Police station building at Kalta, another building where a CRPF camp was functioning earlier, a community centre and office building of the CITU, Police said, adding they also set ablaze a truck. Train services between Rourkela and Barsuan have been completely disrupted due to the blasts. The route is used mainly for transportation of raw materials to Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). Train services on the route had been disrupted for the last three days due to ongoing agitation by tribals demanding release of the 30 people branded as Maoists. So far there was no report about any casualty in the attacks carried out by the Maoists. Read less...

Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 350000 was seized and one person was arrested in the North District by the Security Force (SF) personnel, Police said on September 10, reports The Hindu. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the Tripura Police and Assam Rifles intercepted a vehicle at Kanchanpur town in the District and recovered the FICN in the denominations of INR 1000 and INR 500 and arrested the driver. On interrogation, the driver said a person gave a packet to him at Dharmanagar town to give it to a kerosene dealer. The dealer is absconding. Read less...

Hindustan Times reports that around 20 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) abducted five railway employees, including the stationmaster, from the Topadiha station in Sundergarh District early in the morning of September 10. It was earlier reported that the Maoists had blown up railway tracks and triggered blasts at several places in the District. Read less...

IANS reports that a local committee leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was shot dead by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) at Chingra locality under Sarenga Police station in the Bankura District in the evening of September 10, Police said. “Krishna Kundu, CPI-M’s Bikrampur local committee secretary, was killed by a group of Maoists ultras,” a senior officer of Sarenga Police station told IANS over phone. The incident took place when Kundu was returning to his home from a nearby market on his bicycle. Read less...

PTI reports that the five railway employees, who were abducted by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Topadihi railway station in Sundergarh District on September 10, were released on September 11. After being abducted during a series of attacks by Maoists in Bonai area of the District, they were believed to have been taken to a hideout in dense Saranda forest in the neighbouring State of Jharkhand, Police said. Read less...

PTI reports that three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a woman, were killed in a Police encounter in the Dantewada District on September 10, Police said. A team of Central Reserve Police Force and District Force shot dead the extremists in an encounter that took place in the forests of Banjepalli village, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Amresh Mishra said. The Maoists opened fire on Police Company when it was patrolling the area, he said, adding that the extremists were killed in the retaliatory action. Read less...

Speaking at the passing out parade ceremony of first batch of Sub-Inspectors who undergone training at the Biju Patnaik State Police Academy Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed that the State Government will soon come up with a new Police Training Institute where one thousand personnel will be able to under go training every year, reports Orissadiary.com. The Chief Minister said five new India Reserve Battalions, four special security battalions are being established to take on Maoists. Read less...

The Rashtriya Rifles personnel neutralised a hide-out of the militants at Bagga in the Rajouri District and recovered four AK magazines, 70 AK rounds, 30 SLR rounds and a radio set. Read less...

The Security Force (SF) personnel arrested two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants, identified as Binoy Baruah alias Dibyajyoti Gohain (24), a resident of Kathalguri village and Tilanku Moran alias Satyajit Moran alias Sanakya (26), a resident of Mamaroni village, from Kakojan in the Tinsukhia District on September 10, according to Sentinel. The sources said that the SFs started operations based on reports about extortion demands being placed on small tea estates and businessmen in the area. Two 9-mm pistols, seven live rounds, extortion pads, mobile phones and other incriminating material were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants. Sources added that these two militants were absconders from the ULFA cease-fire group camp at Kakopathar. Read less...

The Security Force personnel neutralised two hide-outs of militants in the Bari Behak forests at Falsa Top in the Mahore area of Reasi District and recovered a cache of ammunition and ration items on September 10, according to Daily excelsior. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Udhampur-Reasi range, Gulzar Singh Slathia said the hide-out belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit. Recoveries made from the hide-out include 120 AK rifle bullets, three AK magazines, 10 Pika rounds, one wireless set with antenna, one binocular and several bags of ration. The ration was enough to feed half a dozen militants for two to three months. Read less...

The Terrorist and Disrupted Activities Act (TADA) court in Guwahati sentenced Ronkur Dutta, a senior ULFA cadre, to life imprisonment, reports Assam Tribune. Dutta was accused of murdering a Police officer. Read less...

The vice-president of Madhesi Rashtra Janvadi Krantikari Party, Ramnarayan Yadav, its spokesman Rambriksha Mahto and three other party supporters were arrested on September 10 at Jainagar area in Madhubani District of Indian State of Bihar, reports The Hindu. Arms and ammunitions without valid documents were seized from them. Read less...

Times of India reports that Security Forces exchanged fire with a group of 50-60 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Bandih village at the foot of Ayodhya Hills near Kanthaljore forest in Purulia District in the early morning of September 11. The exchange of fire started at 1.30 am (IST) and lasted around 15 minutes, after which the Maoists fled towards Jharkhand. However, there were no casualties in the encounter. Few hours earlier, around 11.30 pm (IST) on September 10, the same Maoist group in military fatigue raided the house of a local leader of ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Badan Paramanik, in Burudih village in the same District. Badan, whose name figures on the Maoist hitlist, has been staying away from home for some time. Failing to find him, the Maoists assaulted his son Goutam and wife Sabitri outside their home and warned that all of them would be killed if Badan did not quit the party immediately. They set ablaze to a haystack in the house before leaving. Further, the Maoists then went to the house of Chunnu Gorai, a well-heeled farmer, at the other end of the village and asked him to hand over his licensed gun. "As I refused to do so, they threatened to blow up my house using landmines. My wife then urged me to hand over the gun and I did so. The Maoists left, but only after hurling a few bombs outside our house in a bid to create panic among villagers," Gorai recalled. Read less...

Two United National Liberation Front (UNLF) cadres, identified as Baidta Nath Samongo (31) and Lourembam Sanjoy (29), were arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel from Top Chingtha area on September 10, reports Telegraph. Read less...

A cadre belonging to the Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front outfit, identified as Singhai Yongchengam alias Angon (35), was arrested by the Imphal East District Police from Sangakpham Bazar area on September 11. He confessed during his interrogation that he joined the outfit in July 2009 through one Demson of the outfit. Read less...

A National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN-K) militant was shot dead and three other militants were arrested in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) at Lungsem village near Haflong in the North Cachar Hills District on September 11, according to Assam Tribune. Read less...

Express Buzz reports that the Police are on an alert along the coastal areas following an intelligence input of possible infiltration by the Liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants. The Police have verified several Tamil-speaking people along the Kovalam - Vizhinjam belt. Hotels in the coastal areas are also alerted. The Coast Guard has also intensified patrolling in the sea off the Kovalam and Vizhinjam coast in view of the alert from the Intelligence Bureau. Read less...

India for the time is said to have struck back with machine guns when Pakistan in the night of September 11 reportedly fired two rockets into border villages of Punjab near Wagah sector, the second such provocation in two months, reports Times of India. The unsettling attack from a belligerent neighbour came on a day when the Border Security Force (BSF) had deployed its first batch of women along the border. However, no causality was reported till news last came in at 11.45 pm, (IST) stating that Pakistan had fired three more rockets which were yet to be traced. “Earlier, two rockets were fired from the Pakistani side, one falling in Dhanoae Khurd and the other is yet to be traced,” said BSF, Inspector General (IG), Frontier, Himmat Singh. As India opened fire from Pul Kanjari end, losing patience over repeated violations during peace times between the two nations, the IG confirmed, “During my tenure, this is the first time that BSF has retaliated.” Swinging into action, Police laid down barricades on roads leading up to the border, disallowing even the media to cover the incident. Calling for an emergency flag meeting with Pakistan Rangers, sources said, BSF strongly protested the unwarranted firing. The last time Pakistan had breached border rules was in the night of July 5, when three rockets landed on th