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A villager was assaulted to death by Maoists using lathis and rods in Pidiya village, Police said.
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A villager was assaulted to death by Maoists using lathis and rods in Pidiya village, Police said.
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December - 1 
In a separate incident in Giridih, the Maoists blew up a culvert at Matiobera.
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In a separate incident in Giridih, the Maoists blew up a culvert at Matiobera.
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December - 1 
PTI reports that a villager was assaulted to death and another hanged by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Bijapur District. Anil was hanged in the Daglipura village by the extremists in front of the residents on November
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PTI reports that a villager was assaulted to death and another hanged by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Bijapur District. Anil was hanged in the Daglipura village by the extremists in front of the residents on November 30, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Avinash Mohanty told PTI. He was abducted by the extremists on November 23 and was subsequently hanged by the Maoists, who accused him of being a Police informer, Mohanty said. Anil, who was earlier working with the Police department, had later joined the Maoists, the Police official said. He, however, returned to the mainstream recently which infuriated the Maoists leading to his brutal killing, Mohanty added.
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December - 1 
PTI reports that the beheaded body of a school teacher, abducted by a cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was found near Goaltore in West Midnapore District on December 1, Police sources said. The teacher, Satya Kinkar Hansda,
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PTI reports that the beheaded body of a school teacher, abducted by a cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was found near Goaltore in West Midnapore District on December 1, Police sources said. The teacher, Satya Kinkar Hansda, of Sirisboni village, who had been warned by the Maoists for being a member of Gana Pratirodh Committee (a group formed by the ruling CPI-M to resist the Maoists), was abducted by an armed cadre the night before and his decapitated body was found in a nearby jungle in the next morning, they said.
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December - 1 
The Maoists destroyed a Police barrack in PV-34 village after learning about its construction, Vij said.
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The Maoists destroyed a Police barrack in PV-34 village after learning about its construction, Vij said.
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December - 1 
The People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) has called for a 120-hour bandh (general shut down) in the West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia from Decemebr 1 (today) demanding an end to police patrolling for two weeks. The PCAPA spokesperso
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The People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) has called for a 120-hour bandh (general shut down) in the West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia from Decemebr 1 (today) demanding an end to police patrolling for two weeks. The PCAPA spokesperson Asit Mahato said the Central-state joint forces should stop patrolling for two weeks so that the farmers and locals could harvest their crops. The PCAPA also requested the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres not to attack the Police for the next two weeks to improve the prevailing situation. According to Mahato, they requested Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen through media a few days ago to withdraw Police patrolling for the next two weeks. The PCAPA had fixed November 30-evening as the deadline for Sen to respond but he did not. Mahato said this is the time for harvesting and farmers store crops for next four-five months. The Central-state joint forces, he alleged, often arrest farmers from paddy fields and many are injured in the cross-fire between Security Forces and the Maoists. According to Mahato, the PCAPA has formally requested the Maoists restrain themselves for the next 15 days but there was no assurance from the latter. N S Nigam, the District Magistrate of West Midnapore said the PCAPA had not informed him on their bandh to be observed from tomorrow.
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December - 2 
A Policeman was killed in a landmine blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Giridh District on December 2 (today), reports Indian Express. Maoists triggered the landmine at Teliabahiar when Policemen were on a foot
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A Policeman was killed in a landmine blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Giridh District on December 2 (today), reports Indian Express. Maoists triggered the landmine at Teliabahiar when Policemen were on a foot patrol, Deputy Commissioner, Vandana Dadil, said.
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December - 2 
Normal life was hit hard in the interiors of Chhattisgarh on December 2, the first day of the weeklong anniversary celebrations of the People's Liberation of Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the military wing of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
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Normal life was hit hard in the interiors of Chhattisgarh on December 2, the first day of the weeklong anniversary celebrations of the People's Liberation of Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the military wing of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), according to Sify.com. Passenger buses were off the road and shops were shut in Rajnandgaon District bordering Maharashtra State and in the entire Bastar region comprising of five districts - Bijapur, Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada and Bastar - due to the fear of Maoist attack. The State Government has already sounded a high alert after Police recovered a number of leaflets from Bastar, in which the insurgents had asked people to observe the ninth anniversary of the PLGA between December 2-8. In the leaflets in Gondi language, the Maoists have also appealed to people to become members of the CPI-Maoist and get recruited as PLGA fighters.
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December - 2 
The Hindu reports that three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed in an encounter with special party Policemen in the evening of December 2 in the forest near Kallegaon-Pittaguda under Kerameri Police Station limits
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The Hindu reports that three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed in an encounter with special party Policemen in the evening of December 2 in the forest near Kallegaon-Pittaguda under Kerameri Police Station limits of Adilabad District. While two of those killed were identified as Mylarapu Adellu alias Bhaskar alias Narsanna, Adilabad District Committee Secretary (DCS) of the CPI-Maoist and Chippakurthi Ravi alias Sudershan, a District Committee member, the third could not be identified due to darkness. Some 10 others were believed to have escaped. Adilabad Superintendent of Police P. Promod Kumar said a sten gun, a SLR, a pistol, a manpac communication set some batteries and blasting material were recovered from the spot. The encounter, which took place gains significance as it comes a week after the Maoists had burnt machinery at the Dorli open cast mine in adjacent Tiryani mandal. Adellu, who carried a reward of INR 500,000 on his head, had escaped a series of encounters with the Police parties in the Jogapur forests of Asifabad in November 2005.
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December - 2 
The Maoists have threatened candidates with dire consequences if they open election offices in Palamu District, Police said. The Maoists also set ablaze the house of one of the supporters of Chhaterpur Congress nominee Radha Krishna Kishore recently
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The Maoists have threatened candidates with dire consequences if they open election offices in Palamu District, Police said. The Maoists also set ablaze the house of one of the supporters of Chhaterpur Congress nominee Radha Krishna Kishore recently to show their commitment to the cause. They have also pasted posters in the District warning electorates to stay away from the polls. Palamu Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal, however, claimed that the Police would foil the ulterior designs of Maoists.
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December - 2 
The Security Forces (SFs) on December 2 recovered a landmine planted beneath a culvert at Zarzari village under Bishnugarh Police Station of Hazaribgah District, reports Times of India. Briefing the media, Deputy Commissioner-cum District Returning O
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The Security Forces (SFs) on December 2 recovered a landmine planted beneath a culvert at Zarzari village under Bishnugarh Police Station of Hazaribgah District, reports Times of India. Briefing the media, Deputy Commissioner-cum District Returning Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said that the SFs recovered the landmine weighing 50 kilograms while patrolling the Bishnugarh-Gomia road. The officer said that the SF personnel, who were patrolling the area on foot, heard the sound of an explosion and saw smoke billowing out of the culvert. Subsequently, they conducted a thorough search of the culvert and found the landmine lying underneath it. A bomb squad, which accompanied the SFs, immediately deactivated the landmine, he added. Choubey said that the SFs also recovered a pair of shoes and slippers from the spot which the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) had probably left behind after planting the landmine. "A major mishap seems to have been averted as polling personnel were supposed to return from the same route along with electronic voting machines (EVMs) after the commencement of polls," he added. He said that polling personnel and SFs, who were supposed to cross the Maoist-hit areas under the Bishnugarh Police Station of the District, were advised to move on foot as a precautionary measure. The Police have launched a massive combing operation in the area, he added.
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December - 2 
The Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram reiterated on December 2 that the Government was ready to talk to the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) if they laid down their arms, reports IANS. “There is no dialogue at the moment. I have offered
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The Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram reiterated on December 2 that the Government was ready to talk to the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) if they laid down their arms, reports IANS. “There is no dialogue at the moment. I have offered talks if they abjure violence,” the Minister said during question hour in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament). “We are prepared to talk about any subject provided they abjure violence,” he added.
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December - 2 
Two other Maoists were arrested from Nautan Bazaar in the Rohtas District. The Security Forces carried out a raid and arrested the insurgents. Four 9-mm pistols and several rounds of ammunition were seized from the arrested insurgents, who were also
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Two other Maoists were arrested from Nautan Bazaar in the Rohtas District. The Security Forces carried out a raid and arrested the insurgents. Four 9-mm pistols and several rounds of ammunition were seized from the arrested insurgents, who were also identified.
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December - 3 
IANS reports that eight suspected Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested in the Aurangabad District, Police said on December 3. The arrests took place during a joint operation involving Police and the Special Task Force. "T
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IANS reports that eight suspected Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested in the Aurangabad District, Police said on December 3. The arrests took place during a joint operation involving Police and the Special Task Force. "The Maoists were arrested while they were holding a jan adalat (people's court)," a Police official said.
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December - 3 
PTI reports that a top Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader, accused in the killing of 11 Policemen was arrested in the Nawada District on December 3, Hindustan Times reported. Acting on a tip-off, police raided Mahuliatand village and
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PTI reports that a top Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader, accused in the killing of 11 Policemen was arrested in the Nawada District on December 3, Hindustan Times reported. Acting on a tip-off, police raided Mahuliatand village and arrested Meero Ravidas, Superintendent of Police Anil Kishore Yadav said. Ravidas was the prime accused in the killing of 11 Policemen in the same village on February 9, he added.
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December - 3 
PTI reports that Ram Briksha Kol, a cadre of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), carrying a head money of INR 50,000 was found dead in the in Kon forest area of Sonebhadra District on December 3. Two other Maoists, identified as Rakesh Mish
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PTI reports that Ram Briksha Kol, a cadre of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), carrying a head money of INR 50,000 was found dead in the in Kon forest area of Sonebhadra District on December 3. Two other Maoists, identified as Rakesh Mishra and Amarnath Khushwaha, who allegedly killed Ram Briksha Kol, were arrested by the Police team after an encounter in Kon area, Additional Director General (Law and Order) A. K. Jain told reporters in Lucknow. A self-loading rifle, a walkie-talkie and a number of cartridges of different bores were recovered from their possession, Jain added.
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December - 3 
The Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blocked a street in the Chakuliya area of East Singhbhum District in the morning of December 3 bringing the traffic movement on the street to a standstill for hours, reports Times of India. The
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The Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blocked a street in the Chakuliya area of East Singhbhum District in the morning of December 3 bringing the traffic movement on the street to a standstill for hours, reports Times of India. The local Police and the paramilitary forces removed the blockade at around 2pm (IST) after which the normal traffic resumed on the road. "The Maoists had blocked the Seeshakundh-Chakuliya link road by placing a felled tree in the midst of the street at Zoram. They had also laid some 100-odd bricks on the street," Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Ghatsila Anup Virtherey said. In the morning, the Police received information that suspected Maoists had blocked a street in Chakuliya. The Police rushed to the spot immediately. Later, the local Police and some Central reserve Police Force personnel removed the blockade with ease, Virtherey said. "The motive behind the blockade appears to instil fear among villagers so that they do not take part in the poll exercise. This assumption gains credence since the Maoists left behind posters warning people not to take part in polling," the SDPO said.
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December - 3 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) is having its own well organized secret service, according to Times Now. They call it PSS – the ‘Peoples Security Service’. The spies are a new and critical tool in the Maoist network, said Chhattisgar
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) is having its own well organized secret service, according to Times Now. They call it PSS – the ‘Peoples Security Service’. The spies are a new and critical tool in the Maoist network, said Chhattisgarh Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan. “Any underground movement will have to establish an intelligence unit for its own survival,” he explained. Accordingly the PSS’s mission is to penetrate Government intelligence. One line of the confidential handbook reads: “That you cannot know yourself completely without knowing about your enemy is a reality" The DGP said that Maoists have been using their spies “very successfully”. “I think what they have been using very successfully is their scanners which catches the frequency of police wireless,” he added. The documents reveal among other things infiltration guidelines to penetrate and extract information from the Army, the Police forces and other central agencies. The Police officer admitted that the Indian Government forces have never been able to apprehend so far, “someone who at a higher echelon of their intelligence service.” Recently, however, police arrested three alleged Maoist spies. There could be many more and spies and at higher levels, spread through various Government bodies, plotting the next Maoist assault.
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December - 3 
The Government has launched a major offensive codenamed Operation Green Hunt against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Chhattisgarh on December 3. The assault Green Hunt was launched against insurgents in Chhattisgarh--the epicentre
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The Government has launched a major offensive codenamed Operation Green Hunt against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Chhattisgarh on December 3. The assault Green Hunt was launched against insurgents in Chhattisgarh--the epicentre of violence between Maoist fighters, Security Forces and pro-government militias since 2005. Officials said there was least resistance from some of the Maoist strongholds, which could be a ploy. "We are handling the Operation Green Hunt in a more decisive way. And as on today the operation is on in districts like Bijapur and Dantewada. According to the information that we have, the police are not facing any resistance in the interior areas of the Maoist strongholds. It maybe an operational tactics of Maoists; we are still discussing this issue with our officers," said S. R. P. Killuri, Deputy Inspector General (Police).
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December - 3 
The Hindu reports that six companies of the Border Security Force (BSF) were withdrawn from the Maoist violence-affected areas in southwest West Bengal for deployment in the remaining three phases of the Assembly elections in Jharkhand, even as Secur
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The Hindu reports that six companies of the Border Security Force (BSF) were withdrawn from the Maoist violence-affected areas in southwest West Bengal for deployment in the remaining three phases of the Assembly elections in Jharkhand, even as Security Forces (SFs) and the Maoists engaged in a seven-hour-long gun battle in the forests near Dherua near Lalgarh in the State’s West Midnapore District on December 3. “At about 10 in the morning a landmine was discovered near Dherua, after which they [Maoists] started firing at us and we had to return their fire,” said Manoj Verma, the West Midnapore Superintendent of Police. There were no causalities, but the exchange of fire lasted until 5 p.m. (IST), Manoj Verma said.
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December - 3 
The Maoists set ablaze the party flags of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) and left behind some posters asking villagers to boycott the polls in the Ghatsila subdivision. The security agencies in the subdivision are trying their best to ensure a peac
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The Maoists set ablaze the party flags of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) and left behind some posters asking villagers to boycott the polls in the Ghatsila subdivision. The security agencies in the subdivision are trying their best to ensure a peaceful atmosphere in the subdivision ahead of the fourth phase polls scheduled for December 12, he added.
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December - 4 
Policeman was injured in a landmine explosion at Ramgarh. Police suspect that the blast was triggered by the Maoists.
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Policeman was injured in a landmine explosion at Ramgarh. Police suspect that the blast was triggered by the Maoists.
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December - 4 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a guard in the East Singhbhum District, Police said on December 5, according to PTI. The activists arrived at the house of Tejlal Singh (40) in the night of December 4 and dragge
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a guard in the East Singhbhum District, Police said on December 5, according to PTI. The activists arrived at the house of Tejlal Singh (40) in the night of December 4 and dragged him out about a kilometre away before killing him in Chotachidka village under Bodam Police Station, the sources said. The exact cause behind the killing could not be ascertained, they said.
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December - 4 
The Hindu reports that a group of armed men, suspected to be cadres of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), abducted three persons, identified as Neemai Singh, Phani Singh and Bagrai Soren, from their homes in Simulpal village under Belpahar
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The Hindu reports that a group of armed men, suspected to be cadres of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), abducted three persons, identified as Neemai Singh, Phani Singh and Bagrai Soren, from their homes in Simulpal village under Belpahari Police Station area of West Midnapore District before on December 4 and took them to the near by forest area and killed them. The bullet-ridden dead bodies of the victims were found on the outskirts of the village in the morning. Two of the victims - Neemai Singh and Phani Singh - were reportedly actively associated with the Gana Pratirodh Committee, a local resistance group that has been campaigning against the Maoists.
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December - 4 
The Hindu reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has come out in support of Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) and called for bandh (shut down) on December 8 in protest against Police firing on CMAS activists at Narayanpatna in
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The Hindu reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has come out in support of Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) and called for bandh (shut down) on December 8 in protest against Police firing on CMAS activists at Narayanpatna in Koraput District.
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December - 5 
An active cadre of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Jamuna Paswan wanted in connection with the killing of a Police Inspector was arrested from Telhatta Dhamani village under Kauakol Police Station limits of Nawada District late in the night of December
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An active cadre of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Jamuna Paswan wanted in connection with the killing of a Police Inspector was arrested from Telhatta Dhamani village under Kauakol Police Station limits of Nawada District late in the night of December 5, Police said on December 6.
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December - 6 
A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, wanted for carrying out landmine blasts and attacks on Security Force personnel, was arrested from Sonbhadra District, Police said on December 7, IANS reports. Vishundev, wanted by the Uttar Prade
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A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, wanted for carrying out landmine blasts and attacks on Security Force personnel, was arrested from Sonbhadra District, Police said on December 7, IANS reports. Vishundev, wanted by the Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand Police, was arrested following a joint operation conducted by the Police and Paramilitary Forces. “Though Vishundev was nabbed Saturday (December 5), an official confirmation about his arrest was made late Sunday (December 6) evening as we were busy interrogating him,” Police Inspector A. N. Yadav told reporters. “Vishundev is a resident of Jharkhand. Acting on a tip-off, we caught him while he was trying to enter Sonbhadra district through the Jharkhand border,” Yadav said. According to the Police, Vishundev has given vital clues about the hideouts of his aides who have managed to enter Sonbhadra District. “A revolver and several live cartridges were recovered from Vishundev’s possession. During interrogation, he admitted that he works as an active member for a group headed by hardcore, wanted Naxalite Munna Vishwakarma,” the officer said. Vishundev has some 10 criminal cases pending against him, including attacks on a Police outpost and carrying out landmine blasts in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, Police added.
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December - 6 
PTI reports that four civilians were killed when suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a truck in a landmine blast in the Dantewada District, Police said. The Maoist blew up the truck near Keralapal village in the Dist
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PTI reports that four civilians were killed when suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a truck in a landmine blast in the Dantewada District, Police said. The Maoist blew up the truck near Keralapal village in the District, killing all the four persons travelling in the vehicle on the spot, Superintendent of Police (Dantewada) Amresh Singh said. The truck had left Doranapal village in the District for Sukama with truck's owner Surya Narayan Raju and three labourers. As it reached near Keralapal village on NH-221, the Maoists triggered landmine blast, he added, saying, Police was trying to ascertain the identity of victims.
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December - 6 
The Hindu reports that a pamphlet in the name of Prajaswamya Parirakshana Samiti (PPS) has surfaced in the coal belt of Adilabad District a few days ago on an unspecified date. The pamphlet declares that the PPS has been formed to counter the activit
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The Hindu reports that a pamphlet in the name of Prajaswamya Parirakshana Samiti (PPS) has surfaced in the coal belt of Adilabad District a few days ago on an unspecified date. The pamphlet declares that the PPS has been formed to counter the activities of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists) and their sympathisers who operate under different garbs. The PPS says the extremists now operating in the District have come back after being driven away by people of Chhattisgarh where they had functioned for the last three years. In order to seek shelter, the Maoists are resorting to disturbing the peace prevailing in the tribal areas and the coal belt for the last three years, the period during which the Maoists had quit the District.
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December - 6 
The Hindu reports that the Orissa Police have urged the State Government to ban the organisation Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) which is active in Koraput District for its violent activities as well as links with the Communist Party of India-Maoist
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The Hindu reports that the Orissa Police have urged the State Government to ban the organisation Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) which is active in Koraput District for its violent activities as well as links with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists). Speaking to The Hindu, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, south-west range, Sanjeev Panda, said they have recommended the State Government to ban the CMAS for maintenance of law and order in Koraput especially in the violence-prone Naraynpatna block of the District.
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December - 6 
The State Police arrested a Maoist leader, the first since Maoists launched their movement in Bengal in November 2008, Hindustan Times reports. In the night of December 6, the Security Forces arrested Raju Adak (30), believed to be behind the Maoist
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The State Police arrested a Maoist leader, the first since Maoists launched their movement in Bengal in November 2008, Hindustan Times reports. In the night of December 6, the Security Forces arrested Raju Adak (30), believed to be behind the Maoist insurgence in Purnapani, a pocket of the Maoists near Lalgarh. According to sources, Adak had led the team that killed two Police officers in Sankrail Police Station in West Midnapore on October 20.
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December - 7 
A senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader who surrendered in Maharashtra last week claimed that a warfare expert from the Philippines visited and stayed in a Bastar (Chhattisgarh) Maoist-camp in Abujmadh for about a month to train
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A senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader who surrendered in Maharashtra last week claimed that a warfare expert from the Philippines visited and stayed in a Bastar (Chhattisgarh) Maoist-camp in Abujmadh for about a month to train cadres, indicating the global reach of the extremist movement. “It was way back in 2001 that a man from the Philippines had come to train us in south Bastar,” the Maoist leader Rainu told Indian Express. The Philippines has its own Maoist insurgent movement which operates under the banner of the New People’s Army. Also, two LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] men had come twice for the same purpose,” he added, saying, “For one month, the Filipino taught us how to carry out a mass attack. The LTTE men taught us how to lay mines and handle grenades.” “As against popular understanding that the Nepal Maoists have a smooth relationship with their Indian counterparts, the fact is that the relationship has been marred by the latter’s move of participating in elections there,” he further added. “Ten years ago, the Central Committee members (of the CPI-Maoist) had personally trained in warfare tactics in Nepal,” Rainu said. The Maoists got their first AK-47 as long back as in 1988, he also said. “While some of the arms have been purchased, most have been seized in Police ambushes. A huge cache of arms such as AK rifles, SLRs, LMGs, INSAS rifles and two-inch mortar is generally recovered from the ambush spot,” he added. Rainu said that Maoists continue to change their strategies based on previous experience, and have got advanced training in warfare. “That is one reason why Naxal casualties are generally low,” he said. For instance, the highest recorded Naxal (left wing extremist) casualties, he says, were 17 deaths in an encounter in Konta in south Bastar in 2008. At Rani Bodli Police Station in Bijapur District of Bastar, where Naxals had carried out the biggest attack in history killing 55 Policemen in a late night swoop, the insurgents lost seven men after a Policeman hiding in the bushes opened fire while the Naxals were coming out raising slogans in jubilation, according to Rainu. In various incidents in Maharashtra, in which over 50 Policemen have been killed this year, only one Naxal, Mangesh, was killed in Lahiri, he claimed. Funds, he said, come from public works, bamboo and tendu contractors, as also from tribals who contribute to the “party fund”. . “Bamboo activity fetches crores of rupees annually,” he claimed. One of the three tribal members in the 22-member Andhra cadre-dominated Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee created in 2007 to oversee activities in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, Rainu laid down arms recently.
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December - 7 
Three persons were killed and many others wounded by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Sheohar District in the night of December 7, Police said, reports PTI. The Maoists numbering over 50 came on a truck to a market place at
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Three persons were killed and many others wounded by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Sheohar District in the night of December 7, Police said, reports PTI. The Maoists numbering over 50 came on a truck to a market place at Dariani Chapra in the District and started firing indiscriminately killing three persons on the spot, they said.
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December - 7 
Economic Times on December 7 reports that after a gap of a month, fugitive Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists) politburo member Kishan attended an open gathering in Jangalmahal on December 2 to observe the foundation day of the People’s Lib
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Economic Times on December 7 reports that after a gap of a month, fugitive Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists) politburo member Kishan attended an open gathering in Jangalmahal on December 2 to observe the foundation day of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA). Another Maoist activist, Rakesh, leader of the West Bengal-Jharkhand-Orissa border regional committee also attended the function along with the ‘commander-in-chief’ of Jangalmahal, Bikash. The gathering was held amid tight security provided by PLGA activists who had surrounded the area with sophisticated arms and weapons to prevent the joint forces from attempting to foil the function and arrest top Maoist leaders like Kishan. It is, however, not clear whether Kishan is staying at Jangalmahal or left the place after attending the function there on December 2. The function was attended by the inhabitants at least 50 villages in the region.
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December - 7 
Handwritten posters were put up by the Maoists urging people to boycott the Assembly polls. The Maoists also challenged the Police administrations and threatened leaders of political parties, besides creating panic in the tribal-dominated villages of
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Handwritten posters were put up by the Maoists urging people to boycott the Assembly polls. The Maoists also challenged the Police administrations and threatened leaders of political parties, besides creating panic in the tribal-dominated villages of Bhandaria block of Garhwa District in the last 24 hours. The Maoists, in fact, have threatened people and political leaders with dire consequences if they opposed the poll boycott call.
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December - 7 
In a separate incident, the extremists set ablaze a pick-up van in the same District. Sources said the Naxals set ablaze the vehicle as it was plying during the five-day shutdown called by the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). The
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In a separate incident, the extremists set ablaze a pick-up van in the same District. Sources said the Naxals set ablaze the vehicle as it was plying during the five-day shutdown called by the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). The PCAPA had called for the shutdown in the Districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia, demanding a 15-day halt to the anti-Maoist operations in view of the harvesting season.
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December - 7 
PTI reports that Maoists blew up a vacant school building in Latehar District on December 7. About 20 Maoists went to the middle school and packed explosives before triggering the blast at Newari village. There was no casualty in the blast, which too
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PTI reports that Maoists blew up a vacant school building in Latehar District on December 7. About 20 Maoists went to the middle school and packed explosives before triggering the blast at Newari village. There was no casualty in the blast, which took place on the eve of the third of the five-phase elections in Jharkhand on December 8 (today).
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December - 7 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) activist in the West Midnapore District on December 7, Police said, according to IBN. The body of Sanatan Pratihar (44) was found
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) activist in the West Midnapore District on December 7, Police said, according to IBN. The body of Sanatan Pratihar (44) was found near a forest in the Pingboni area. "The rebels also torched the house of another District CPI-M leader at Shalboni region this (Monday) morning," Police said.
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December - 8 
According to information, five Maoists went to M.P.P. Jadi Laxmi’s house at 7.30pm (IST) and immediately opened fire on her and her husband Rammurthy. Her husband sustained bullet injuries in his arm and leg. The Maoists branded him as Police informe
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According to information, five Maoists went to M.P.P. Jadi Laxmi’s house at 7.30pm (IST) and immediately opened fire on her and her husband Rammurthy. Her husband sustained bullet injuries in his arm and leg. The Maoists branded him as Police informer and tried to eliminate him.
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December - 8 
IANS reports that about 50 armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres raided Thema village in the Kanker District of Bastar region and shot dead two brothers allegedly on charges of spying, Police said on December 9. The incident took
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IANS reports that about 50 armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres raided Thema village in the Kanker District of Bastar region and shot dead two brothers allegedly on charges of spying, Police said on December 9. The incident took place in the night of December 8. “Guerrillas raided the village and took away two brothers- Rakesh, 30, and Rajuram, 25, into a nearby forested area and shot them dead on charges of being police informers,” Vishwa Ranjan, Director General of Police told IANS over the phone. He said the extremists shot at another civilian of the same village, Chabilal Markam. The villagers said Markam was taken to a Government hospital and was in a critical condition.
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December - 8 
PTI reports that two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the third phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections on December 8. The elections for 11 seats in the 81-member House regi
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PTI reports that two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the third phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections on December 8. The elections for 11 seats in the 81-member House registered a turnout of 55 per cent. Maoists, who had given a call for poll boycott, fired at a BSF patrol party near the Sarasdangal forest in Dumka District, killing head constable Dharamvir Singh and constable Dinesh Sharma, Inspector-General of Police V. H. Desmukh said. The BSF personnel, on a road-opening mission for the passage of polling personnel, returned the fire, he said. The fourth phase is scheduled for December 12 and the fifth and final round on December 18. The results will be announced on December 23.
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December - 8 
A Congress leader was severely injured when the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired at him at his residence in Eturunagaram on December 8, reports The Hindu.
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A Congress leader was severely injured when the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired at him at his residence in Eturunagaram on December 8, reports The Hindu.
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December - 9 
The Andhra Pradesh Police on December 9 expressed apprehension that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were infiltrating the ongoing agitation for a separate province of Telangana, according to The Hindu. They were seizing the op
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The Andhra Pradesh Police on December 9 expressed apprehension that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were infiltrating the ongoing agitation for a separate province of Telangana, according to The Hindu. They were seizing the opportunity of the ‘possible huge gathering’ in the State capital on December 10 (today) in response to the Chalo Assembly (Go to Assembly) call given by the Joint Action Committee of students. The Inspector-General of Police A. R. Anuradha, spokesperson of the State Police said, “We have received Intelligence reports that the movement has gone out of the students’ hands and that Maoists and other professional agitators are moving in. Given such a situation, we do not wish to take any chance with law and order problem. The Maoists already are believed to be in Dandakaranya.”
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December - 9 
The Maharashtra Government on Deepener 9 said it would soon launch an anti-Naxal (left wing extremist) operation in coordination with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, according to PTI. The State has three battalions of Central Paramilita
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The Maharashtra Government on Deepener 9 said it would soon launch an anti-Naxal (left wing extremist) operation in coordination with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, according to PTI. The State has three battalions of Central Paramilitary Forces and Policemen have been provided with necessary training and sophisticated weapons. We would soon launch an anti-Naxal operation in coordination with Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Home Minister R. R. Patil told the Assembly. There has been a spurt in Maoist activities in Gadchiroli District. At least 17 Policemen were killed in a Naxal attack in Bhamragarh taluka (revenue division) of the District in October. A young road contractor was killed by a group of Naxalites on November 25, he said. The minister informed the House that 52 Policemen were killed by Naxalites between February and May 2009. The extremists were also disrupting developmental activities and terrorising contractors working in deep forests. There have been instances of the extremists snatching arms and ammunition of Forest Department officials while they were on patrolling duty, he added. As part of streamlining and strengthening the Police force in Gadchiroli, the worst Naxal-hit district has been divided into two parts - Gadchiroli and Aheri, Patil said. About 2,355 new posts of Policemen are being created for the newly set up Gadchiroli Police range. State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) Group No 13, based in Nagpur, will be shifted to Gadchiroli to beef up anti-Naxal defence, he said. Policemen in the newly created range will be equipped with motorcycles, binoculars, bullet-proof jackets, night vision goggles and anti-landmine vehicles among other equipment. Efforts are also on to procure a helicopter, the Minister said. The Government was providing INR five lakh compensation each to the families of those killed by Naxalites on suspicion of being Police informers, he said. Unemployed local youths in the 23-40 age group are being recruited on a priority basis in Police force to deal with the Naxal menace, Patil stated. Policemen posted in Naxal-infested areas are paid one and half times more salary due to difficult condition they operate in. They are also given 30-day special leave and additional allowances, the Minister said.
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December - 9 
The Maoists blew up an office of the forest department at Jhitka in Lalgarh area using a landmine.
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The Maoists blew up an office of the forest department at Jhitka in Lalgarh area using a landmine.
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December - 9 
Three persons were arrested along with nearly 150 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 95 detonators and 2,500 feet length of fuse wires, Police said on December 9. They were arrested from Shankergarh area of the Allahabad District that borders Madhya Prad
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Three persons were arrested along with nearly 150 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 95 detonators and 2,500 feet length of fuse wires, Police said on December 9. They were arrested from Shankergarh area of the Allahabad District that borders Madhya Pradesh. "People are given license in Shankergarh area to procure and use explosives for blasting purpose but there are a number of criminals involved in illegal smuggling of huge quantities of explosives from Madhya Pradesh. The three are being interrogated to ascertain from where they brought the explosives," Police Inspector D. K. Soni told reporters in Allahabad. Police suspect the three men were smuggling the explosives to the State’s Mirzapur District. "The three arrested are giving contradictory statements. There may be a possibility that they were transporting explosives for the Naxalites (Maoists)," said Soni.
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December - 9 
On December 9, the Maoists shot dead a supporter of the CPI-Marxist and injured another person in the Belpahari Police Station area near Lalgarh. A group of Maoists shot at Subal Mahato and Suresh Murmu at Chirakuti village and the former died on the
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On December 9, the Maoists shot dead a supporter of the CPI-Marxist and injured another person in the Belpahari Police Station area near Lalgarh. A group of Maoists shot at Subal Mahato and Suresh Murmu at Chirakuti village and the former died on the spot, Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma told The Hindu over the phone. Mahato was involved in the Government’s local water supply scheme, District Magistrate N. S. Nigam said. At a rally in Kolkata, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Maoists had killed 70 supporters of the Left parties in the region in the recent past.
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December - 10 
PTI reports that suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a senior official of the Small Forest Produce Cooperative Committee in the Raigarh District, Police said on December 11. Brijlal Yadav, manager of the committee, wa
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PTI reports that suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a senior official of the Small Forest Produce Cooperative Committee in the Raigarh District, Police said on December 11. Brijlal Yadav, manager of the committee, was stabbed to death in village Kindhra, Special Divisional Police Officer G. N. Baghel said. The assailants, who had come in a jeep, abducted Yadav from his residence in the village in the night of December 9 and his dead body was found in the evening of December 10 in a nearby forest, he said.
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December - 10 
A top Maoist was arrested and three landmines were recovered on December 10 from different areas of Jharkhand, Police said, according to Hindustan Times. The Maoist, identified as Joseph, was arrested from a village in Gumla District during a combing
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A top Maoist was arrested and three landmines were recovered on December 10 from different areas of Jharkhand, Police said, according to Hindustan Times. The Maoist, identified as Joseph, was arrested from a village in Gumla District during a combing operation by the SFs, they said, adding he was an expert in making IEDs.
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December - 10 
Four mini gun factories were unearthed in Munger District and six persons involved in manufacturing illegal firearms and supplying them to Naxalite (left wing extremists) outfits in Jharkhand were arrested, Police said. Superintendent of Police (SP)
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Four mini gun factories were unearthed in Munger District and six persons involved in manufacturing illegal firearms and supplying them to Naxalite (left wing extremists) outfits in Jharkhand were arrested, Police said. Superintendent of Police (SP) M Sunil Naiak told reporters that the Police arrested two arms smugglers, Chetlal and Kundan, for supplying firearms to Naxalites in Jharkhand. The SP said Chetlal and Kundan were hardcore Naxalites and wanted by the Jharkhand police in connection with several cases of Naxalite activities. Two 9 mm pistols and 30 rounds of live cartridges were recovered from their possession. During interrogation, they provided vital information about their modus-operandi and on the basis of information supplied by them, the Police raided Bardah village in Munger District and unearthed four mini gun factories and seized 17 country made pistols and equipment used for making firearms. Those arrested by the police have been identified as Md Saddam, Tanvir, Md. Shakeer, Md. Parvez and Md. Heera. Five of the arrested persons were minors, the SP said.
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December - 10 
IANS reports that Police exchanged gunfire with a group of cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Satpati village in West Midnapore District in the night of December 10. While Police said no one was injured, a union minister of
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IANS reports that Police exchanged gunfire with a group of cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Satpati village in West Midnapore District in the night of December 10. While Police said no one was injured, a union minister of the Trinamool Congress, Mukul Roy, claimed one person was killed and six others injured in the gunbattle. An officer manning the control room told IANS that around 40-50 Maoists attacked the Pirakata outpost under Salboni police station around 8 p.m. “The police returned the fire. But there are no reports of any injury,” the officer said.
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December - 10 
PTI reports that suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) workers at Sebaytan village in the West Midnapore District in the morning of December 10 (today). The three
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PTI reports that suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) workers at Sebaytan village in the West Midnapore District in the morning of December 10 (today). The three deceased identified as, Bijay Mahto, Manik Mahto and Brihaspati Mahto, were called out from their homes in the village under Jhargram Police Station at about 1.30am (IST) and gunned down, Police said. The bodies were found this morning in front of a college with a note that the three were given the "extreme punishment by people's verdict" as they were 'Police informers', they said.
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December - 10 
PTI reports that two cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Rajkishore Ram and Babulal Ram, were arrested from Yadopur Chainpur village in the East Champaran District. The duo, both residents of Sishohan village in
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PTI reports that two cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Rajkishore Ram and Babulal Ram, were arrested from Yadopur Chainpur village in the East Champaran District. The duo, both residents of Sishohan village in the District, was involved in a landmine blast and an encounter with Police at Betani village during the last Lok Sabha election
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December - 10 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres beheaded a 25-year-old man after branding him a Police informer in the Sonbhadra District, Police said on December 11, according to IANS. A group of nearly 10 armed Maoists on December 10 behead
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres beheaded a 25-year-old man after branding him a Police informer in the Sonbhadra District, Police said on December 11, according to IANS. A group of nearly 10 armed Maoists on December 10 beheaded Shiv Prakash, a resident of Pannuganj village in Sonbhadra, after holding a panchayat (village level local self Government institution) meeting in the village, they added. "They (Maoists) carried out the gruesome act just to create terror amongst the locals," Police Inspector Raveendra Singh told reporters in Sonbhadra. After killing Prakash, the Maoists apparently directed the villagers to inform the Police and fired a few rounds in the air before fleeing from the spot, the official said. "After the incident, security in the village has been strengthened and we have assured the locals that those involved in the killing would be arrested," said Raveendra Singh.
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December - 10 
The CPI-Maoist Malkangiri Divisional Committee Secretary Ramal in a letter to Orissa Daily’s Malkangiri-based reporter on December 10 said that all the ruling Bharatiya Janta Dal leaders, including party Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of
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The CPI-Maoist Malkangiri Divisional Committee Secretary Ramal in a letter to Orissa Daily’s Malkangiri-based reporter on December 10 said that all the ruling Bharatiya Janta Dal leaders, including party Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Parliament, of Malkangiri and Koraput Districts in Orissa will be awarded death sentence if the Police atrocity does not comes to end in Narayanpatna of Koraput District. The Maoist leader also urged Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik to beg apology for the Narayanpatna Police firing on November 20 and unconditional release of all the forcibly arrested innocent tribals.
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December - 11 
A local leader of the CPI-Marxist was killed and several other party supporters were reportedly injured at Parulia village in Salboni sub-division following a gun battle between suspected Maoists and members of the Gana Pratirodh Committee that was s
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A local leader of the CPI-Marxist was killed and several other party supporters were reportedly injured at Parulia village in Salboni sub-division following a gun battle between suspected Maoists and members of the Gana Pratirodh Committee that was set up last year to resist Maoist activities.
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December - 11 
A supporter of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed Police Santrash Birodhi Janasadharaner Committee (PSBJC) was shot dead and five other PSBJC supporters suffered bullet injuries in a clash with Security Forces (SFs) in front of t
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A supporter of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed Police Santrash Birodhi Janasadharaner Committee (PSBJC) was shot dead and five other PSBJC supporters suffered bullet injuries in a clash with Security Forces (SFs) in front of the Satpati camp in the Lalgarh area of West Midnapore District on December 11, according to The Hindu. Though the name of the victim, Tilak Tudu, was confirmed by the Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Kumar Verma, the identities as well as the exact number of the injured could not be established till later in the day. According to the PSBJC spokesperson Asit Mahato, the SF personnel opened fire on villagers in the evening of December 10 when the latter protested against alleged high-handedness of the SFs. "Several CPI (M) cadres, dressed as security force personnel, have taken shelter at the Satpati camp. They were misbehaving with the local residents when the villagers protested…one of our supporters, Biplab Betal, was killed on the spot as the forces started firing at the local crowd and five more were injured," Mahato told The Hindu over phone from the Lalgarh region. The SP Verma, however, denied that the Police had opened fire at first and claimed that the SFs retaliated only when suspected Maoists in the crowd fired at the camp. Further, the PSBJC leadership called for a gherao of the Satpati camp in protest against incident of its supporters being fired at. Elaborate security arrangements were made around the Satpati camp to avoid any more untoward incident. The PSBJC supporters put up blockades on the road connecting Lalgarh with Midnapore town with felled tress at several places. There were also reports of torching of houses of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) supporters at some places late by suspected Maoists. Meanwhile, the PSBJC called for a bandh (shut down) in the three Maoist-affected Districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia on December 12 (today).
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December - 11 
IANS reports that Police on December 11 arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from West Bengal for allegedly attacking Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Orissa unit chief Sudam Marandi, authorities said. "We have arrested two Ma
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IANS reports that Police on December 11 arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from West Bengal for allegedly attacking Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Orissa unit chief Sudam Marandi, authorities said. "We have arrested two Maoists involved in the attack on Sudam Marandi on October 13. They have been arrested from Gopiballav Police Station areas of West Bengal. Prime suspect Lossor Tudu along with his accomplice Jasai Soren have been arrested," Mayurbhanj’s Superintendent of Police Dayal Gangwar said. A weapon and few live bullets were recovered from them. An unnamed Police officer said four Maoists were earlier arrested in this connection. Marandi had escaped unhurt when the Maoists attacked him when he came out of a football field at Pandab village of Mayurbhanj District. Three of his Police guards were killed in the attack.
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December - 11 
Security Forces killed two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in a fierce gun battle in Ranchi District on December 11, according to CNN-IBN. The SFs fired 500 rounds of bullets and also lobbed grenades. A huge cache of arms and ammu
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Security Forces killed two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in a fierce gun battle in Ranchi District on December 11, according to CNN-IBN. The SFs fired 500 rounds of bullets and also lobbed grenades. A huge cache of arms and ammunition including 200 kilograms of explosives, 100 detonators and 30 kilograms can bombs were also recovered. However, Times of India reported that Police busted a Maoist camp killing one extremist and injuring three others. The incident occurred at Anteorda village at the tri-junction of Ranchi, Seraikela and West Singhbhum Districts. "Police fired around 500 rounds, used four high explosives, 14 hand grenades in which one Maoist was killed while three were reportedly injured and the camp was busted by police," Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar. "Around 70 Maoists took advantage of the low visibility and managed to flee through a small stream. But local people confirmed that Maoists were spotted taking their injured counterparts with them," he added. "Police recovered two single-barrel guns, one double-barrel gun, 200 kg ammonium nitrate, 200 kg semi-liquid explosive gel, two landmines weighing 30 kg, 200 detonators, 50 metre codex wire, 100 Duracell batteries, 25 camera flashes," said Kumar. Among other things recovered by Police were several kilograms of food grain meant for nearly 70 people, cooked food, 15 rucksacks of medicines for cerebral malaria, first aid kits and 200 soap cases to be used for making country-made bombs and two large barbed wire cutters. "The IAF helicopter was largely used during a recce mission to guide the movement of security men through the thick jungle," said Kumar, adding that a company of Security Forces will move into the forest in the morning of December 12 (today). "Looking at the recoveries, it appears that Maoists were planning a major attack during the ongoing election or attack police pickets or a camp of security forces," he added.
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December - 11 
Seven Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an exchange of fire with the Police in the Dantewada District, the Police said on December 11, reports The Hindu. The operation led by the District Police force took place in th
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Seven Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an exchange of fire with the Police in the Dantewada District, the Police said on December 11, reports The Hindu. The operation led by the District Police force took place in the Aranpur forests of Jangargunda area on December 11, Inspector General (Bastar range) R. K. Vij said. Weapons, including .303 rifles, grenades and IEDs were recovered from the possession of the slain Maoists, he added.
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres abducted one Trilok Tudu, a student of the Gorbeta College and member of the Students Federation of India, while he was returning to his village on December 11, reports The Hindu. His dead
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres abducted one Trilok Tudu, a student of the Gorbeta College and member of the Students Federation of India, while he was returning to his village on December 11, reports The Hindu. His dead was found at Paraulia in the Lalgarh region of West Midnapore District in the night of December 12, Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma said.
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December - 11 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up an under-construction Police outpost in the Malkanagiri District of Orissa, on December 11, according to Times of India. "It was an under-construction Police outpost. CPI-Maoist blew up
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up an under-construction Police outpost in the Malkanagiri District of Orissa, on December 11, according to Times of India. "It was an under-construction Police outpost. CPI-Maoist blew up part of the building. We had planned this outpost to increase our presence by stationing more armed personnel there," Malkanagiri Sub Divisional Police Officer Anup Sahu said. According to Police, about 40 CPI-Maoist were involved in the attack.
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December - 12 
A Trinamool Congress member, Amjad Ali (50), was killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Bhagawanpur in the Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas District, on December 12, according to Times of India. Five-six persons attacked Am
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A Trinamool Congress member, Amjad Ali (50), was killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Bhagawanpur in the Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas District, on December 12, according to Times of India. Five-six persons attacked Amjad Ali with sharp weapons when he was returning home from his party office in the evening. Ali died on way to the hospital. Criticising the CPI-Maoist for "unleashing politics of killing and violence", Union minister of State for shipping Mukul Roy appealed to his party workers "not to be provoked by CPI-Maoist's tactics".
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December - 12 
On December 12, a demand for autonomy for three tribal-dominated Districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia in West Bengal was made by a top Maoist leader, who also justified the Gorkhaland statehood issue. The Maoist politburo member Kishen to
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On December 12, a demand for autonomy for three tribal-dominated Districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia in West Bengal was made by a top Maoist leader, who also justified the Gorkhaland statehood issue. The Maoist politburo member Kishen told PTI from an undisclosed location, "We demand autonomy for the three districts on the lines of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council." He alleged that the West Bengal Government had denied the legitimate rights of the people of the Districts, adding, "We demand autonomy to protect the language, culture and religious beliefs of tribals." Asked if he meant statehood, he replied, "the people of the three districts are not yet prepared for statehood." Queried if it was part of the demand for a 'greater Jharkhand', Kishen said, "That demand is no longer relevant. The scenario has changed. Moreover the formation of Jharkhand has not solved any problem.”
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December - 12 
Police foiled Maoists' bid to assassinate All Jharkhand Students' Union (AJSU) nominee Kuldip Ganjhu, who is contesting the Assembly elections from the Simaria constituency in Chatra District, which is scheduled to go for polls in the fifth phase on
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Police foiled Maoists' bid to assassinate All Jharkhand Students' Union (AJSU) nominee Kuldip Ganjhu, who is contesting the Assembly elections from the Simaria constituency in Chatra District, which is scheduled to go for polls in the fifth phase on December 18. Acting on a specific information, a police team took Ganjhu in custody at Pathalgada where he had gone to address an election meeting on December 12 along with Roshan Lal Choudhury, the brother of former state minister Chandra Prakash Choudhury. According to an official report received on December 13, the Police picked up Ganjhu from Pathalgada under the Simaria constituency and took him to an undisclosed destination to save his life. The Police claimed that Maoists had deployed two sharpshooters to eliminate Ganjhu, a former ‘sub-zonal commander’ of the erstwhile Maoist Communist Centre, which is now known as the CPI-Maoist. They added that Ganjhu's decision to contest the Assembly election had angered Maoists, who tried their best to keep him off the polls. The then Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police, Anurag Gupta, had arrested Ganjhu from his native village in 2003. The Police had also recovered a huge sum of money and arms from his possession. Ganjhu was released from jail on bail about nine months ago. Police said that Ganjhu was later dropped at his residence in Simaria village, where has also been provided with police security.
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December - 13 
Cadres of the People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) set ablaze two goods-loaded trucks on fire on National Highway 6, for violating the bandh (shut down) called by them in three Districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura, reports
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Cadres of the People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) set ablaze two goods-loaded trucks on fire on National Highway 6, for violating the bandh (shut down) called by them in three Districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura, reports Indian Express. The truck was heading towards Kharagpur. Another truck was burnt on State highway 9 near Salboni by the PCAPA supporters. The truck was heading towards Jhargram from Lodhashuli. Asit Mahato, convener of PCPA, said: “The trucks were set on fire as they did not comply with the will of the people by going against the bandh call.” The bandh had been called to protest against the police firing on PCPA supporters at Satpati near Lalgarh on Thursday [December 10] night, in which one PCPA activist was killed. A senior Police officer, meanwhile, said a mine had been recovered from Dharampur near Lalgarh.
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December - 13 
Police killed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, in possession of a service revolver, in an encounter in the Dharmaram forests, some 15 kilometres from Yellandu, in the Khammam District at around 6am on December 13, The Hindu repor
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Police killed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, in possession of a service revolver, in an encounter in the Dharmaram forests, some 15 kilometres from Yellandu, in the Khammam District at around 6am on December 13, The Hindu reports. According to reports, Vajja Rangaiah, who was accused in three murders committed in Khammam and Warangal Districts, was killed in an exchange of fire between a special Police party and a Maoist dalam (squad). Other members of the dalam managed to escape. Rangaiah, who was underground for four years, belonged to Polaram village in the District. A service pistol that belonged to the Chhattisgarh Police was found near his body.
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December - 13 
PTI reports that suspected Maoists killed a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) in the same District. The dead body of Dinabandhu Soren, who was missing from his home in Dharampur since December 12, was found by the joint forces in
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PTI reports that suspected Maoists killed a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) in the same District. The dead body of Dinabandhu Soren, who was missing from his home in Dharampur since December 12, was found by the joint forces in the forests of Kadamdiha in Lalgarh on December 13, a senior District Police Officer said, adding, Dinabandhu was killed on suspicion of being a Police informer.
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December - 13 
Two personnel of the joint Security Forces (SFs) were injured when the Maoists exploded two landmines -- one at Pirakata and the other at Maldiha in Lalgarh.
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Two personnel of the joint Security Forces (SFs) were injured when the Maoists exploded two landmines -- one at Pirakata and the other at Maldiha in Lalgarh.
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December - 14 
About 30 Maoists stuffed explosives inside a primary school at Rorad in the Lohardaga District before triggering the blast in the night of December 14, Police said.
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About 30 Maoists stuffed explosives inside a primary school at Rorad in the Lohardaga District before triggering the blast in the night of December 14, Police said.
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December - 14 
PTI reports that three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a woman member, were arrested from different areas in the Gaya District on December 14, Police said. While Daulti Devi was taken into custody from Kajragarh village
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PTI reports that three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a woman member, were arrested from different areas in the Gaya District on December 14, Police said. While Daulti Devi was taken into custody from Kajragarh village, her two associates Biajnath Yadav and Rajdeo Das were arrested from Mahapur village in the District, said Superintendent of Police Sushil Khopede. Khopede said the extremists were arrested when they had come to the area to collect money from some businessmen.
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December - 14 
Suspected Maoists blew up three schools in Palamu and one in Giridih late in the night of December 14. The Maoists used dynamite to blow up a Government middle school and an aided high school at Dhakchha village in Hariharganj block and a Government
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Suspected Maoists blew up three schools in Palamu and one in Giridih late in the night of December 14. The Maoists used dynamite to blow up a Government middle school and an aided high school at Dhakchha village in Hariharganj block and a Government middle school at Koo-koo Kalan village in Chhatarpur block in the Palamu District. The Manjhladih Middle School at Dumri in Giridih District was also reduced to rubble. Incidentally, filing of nomination papers in Palamu began on Tuesday.
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December - 14 
Three Naxalites (left wing extremists) belonging to different revolutionaries parties surrendered before the Police in the presence of Additional Superintendent of Police (Operations) Tharun Joshi in Warangal on December 14, The Hindu reports. Accor
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Three Naxalites (left wing extremists) belonging to different revolutionaries parties surrendered before the Police in the presence of Additional Superintendent of Police (Operations) Tharun Joshi in Warangal on December 14, The Hindu reports. According to the Police, one Budige Nagaraju alias Sanju of Narsimhulapet mandal (administrative unit) joined the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and became member in 2004. He is presently working as squad commander in Maharashtra. Manda Adi Laxmi alias Lalitha of Praja Pratighatana of Mangapet mandal and Vanka Janaki of the Pratighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML Pratighatana) of Muthapur village of Govindaraopet mandal also surrendered before the police. They said they were disillusioned with ideology of their parties and decided to give up.
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December - 14 
Two Policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Lohardaga District on December 14, Times of India reports. It was followed by another similar explosion that ripped through a bu
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Two Policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Lohardaga District on December 14, Times of India reports. It was followed by another similar explosion that ripped through a bus some seven hours later in the same District, injuring its driver and his deputy. While the first blast occurred at the Jharnapani turning point in Kekrang valley under Kisko Police Station at around 9am (IST), the second one took place near Chandalgo village, about three kilometers away. The bus was returning empty after the Security Forces were airlifted following the Kekrang valley blast but the Maoists targeted it near Chandalgo village. Police recovered wire, blankets and camera flash used to explode the mine. The explosion followed an encounter when 105 rounds of fire were exchanged by either side. No casualty was reported.
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December - 15 
A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) manual that has helped Maoists accelerate their activities in Gadchiroli has been recovered, according to Times Now. After a subdued stint in Gadchiroli, the Maoists have resolved to recapture their turf
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A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) manual that has helped Maoists accelerate their activities in Gadchiroli has been recovered, according to Times Now. After a subdued stint in Gadchiroli, the Maoists have resolved to recapture their turf in the eastern District of Maharashtra. Inducting new militia, modernisng weaponry and much more is the new Maoist strategy to carry out red terror in Gadchiroli. The manual is prepared by Kosa alias Satynarayana Rao, ‘secretary’ of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) militant wing. This report, prepared late 2008, is an analysis of the Maoists decline in Gadchiroli. A future strategy, that's found resonance in attacks this year, including the gruesome encounter in Laheri that killed 17 policemen is mentioned in the report. The report also states reasons for an unsuccessful Maoist stint in Gadchiroli since 2003. According to Kosa's observations in the report, Gadchiroli has eluded Maoist attacks due to inadequate recruitment. The recommendations of the manual have now been taken very seriously. Three major attacks this year alone have massacred around 50 Policemen. Kosa's recommendations include, militia induction drives, classes for women in Upper Bastar based on new syllabus, formation of another revolutionary cell of locals and change from guerrilla warfare to mobile warfare. The Union Government's anti-Maoist operation 'Operation Green Hunt' is in its first stage. And Gadchiroli forms the first phase of this operation. Given this, Kosa's analysis could help the forces to beat the Maoists to their own game.
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December - 15 
A Maoist ideologue who has been associated with the Maoist movement in Jharkhand for 30 long years admits there are acute differences within the party. While the young cadres endorse armed action, the Maoist leadership is contemplating “whether enter
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A Maoist ideologue who has been associated with the Maoist movement in Jharkhand for 30 long years admits there are acute differences within the party. While the young cadres endorse armed action, the Maoist leadership is contemplating “whether entering the political mainstream and working in social sectors in the villages will help draw more people” into the CPI-Maoist fold, the leader told IANS. This is particularly so because the Indian Government has threatened a crackdown on the Maoists, and the Police and Army have already stepped up anti-Maoist operations. The leader, originally from West Bengal, who spoke to IANS near Ghatshila in the East Singhbhum District, is attached to the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML), which gave up violence for electoral politics in the early 1980s. “A new revolution is not possible at this stage - neither nationally nor internationally,” he said, adding, “This is making the young armed insurrectionists in the state a little frustrated, impatient and restive. The dialectical debate has also forced a section of the Maoist leaders to surrender and join mainstream politics this time. The trend actually began a couple of years ago.”
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December - 15 
Armed Maoists set afire an election vehicle of AJSU candidate Vinod Kumar at Jashpur, 15 kilometers from Giridih town, in the morning of December 15 (today) after asking the occupants to run away and not to come again in the area.
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Armed Maoists set afire an election vehicle of AJSU candidate Vinod Kumar at Jashpur, 15 kilometers from Giridih town, in the morning of December 15 (today) after asking the occupants to run away and not to come again in the area.
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December - 15 
IANS reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a local businessman in the Bastar region, Police said on December 17. “Rammanohar, a small businessman based in Bijapur District was killed by Maoists with a sharp edged
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IANS reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a local businessman in the Bastar region, Police said on December 17. “Rammanohar, a small businessman based in Bijapur District was killed by Maoists with a sharp edged weapon late Wednesday [December 15] in Bijapur District,” said Inspector General of Police T.J. Longkumer. Police recovered the disfigured dead body and his charred motor-cycle from the interiors of Bijapur District. Local Police officials said they suspect the businessman was killed because he was allegedly a Police informer.
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December - 15 
IANS reports that two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in a gun battle with the Security Forces in a thickly forested village of Surakhera in the Bijapur District on December 15, Police said. The Maoists opened fire on
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IANS reports that two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in a gun battle with the Security Forces in a thickly forested village of Surakhera in the Bijapur District on December 15, Police said. The Maoists opened fire on a Police team and the Policemen returned fire and killed two Maoists. The gun battle continued for about 90 minutes. Some Maoists were reported to have received bullet injuries but they were dragged inside the forest by other cadres, the Police added. Police also recovered a loaded gun, some tiffin bombs and Maoist literature from the site of the gun battle.
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December - 15 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a Policeman in the Chatra District, police said on December 15, reports PTI. The Policeman was killed in a gruesome act by the Maoists who descended on his house at Meral village, dragge
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a Policeman in the Chatra District, police said on December 15, reports PTI. The Policeman was killed in a gruesome act by the Maoists who descended on his house at Meral village, dragged him out and slit his throat and cut off his left hand in front of his family members in the night of December 14, said Chatra Superintendent of Police D. B. Sharma. The body was found on December 15 in the village along with a note by Maoists saying he was killed for being a Police informer, Sharma said.
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December - 15 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) will stand by the people of Andhra Pradesh and build up ‘public pressure’ as long as the process for a separate state of Telangana is not initiated, the Maoist politburo member Kishen said on December
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) will stand by the people of Andhra Pradesh and build up ‘public pressure’ as long as the process for a separate state of Telangana is not initiated, the Maoist politburo member Kishen said on December 15, reports PTI. “We will build public pressure on the Government so that they start the process for a separate Telangana state. The people will not allow creating deliberate disturbance to stop statehood for Telangana,” the Maoist leader said. He claimed that ‘public pressure’ had similarly paid off in case of anti-Maoist ‘Operation Green Hunt’. “Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram had to tone down ’Operation Green Hunt’ under tremendous public pressure,” he said. Kishen also said that the problem of the people of Telangana would be solved through a ‘new democratic revolution’. Maoists, he said, wanted the people of Telangana to have their constitutional rights and protection of their religion, culture and social customs. On the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland in north Bengal, Kishen said the GJM, spearheading a movement for such a state, “should not trust national leaders” and continue the movement. “The Gorkha leaders withdrew the bandh trusting Chidambaram and L. K. Advani (leader of opposition in Parliament). There is no reason to trust these leaders. They (Gorkha leaders) should carry on with their own political program until they succeed,” he added.
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December - 15 
the CPI-Maoist has announced Police Pratirodh Divas (Police Resistance Day) on December 27 and 28 in protest against the death of villagers in a blast that was targeted at Security Force personnel in Amjore village, Patamda, last month. The Maoists o
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the CPI-Maoist has announced Police Pratirodh Divas (Police Resistance Day) on December 27 and 28 in protest against the death of villagers in a blast that was targeted at Security Force personnel in Amjore village, Patamda, last month. The Maoists on December 15 launched a poster campaign at Nimdih and Patamda in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan and East Singhbhum Districts, accusing the Police and Central reserve Police Force (CRPF) of forcing villagers to run errands for them. The posters also demanded INR 10 lakh compensation for the next of kin of the deceased, besides an unconditional public apology. As reported earlier, on November 27, the Maoists had planted a pressure bomb under the felled trunk of a tree in Amjore to blow up a security convoy. But a team of CRPF personnel and Policemen — returning to their Jamshedpur base camp after the first phase of election in Patamda — forced a group of villagers to clear the road. As soon as they lifted the tree trunk, the IED went off, killing three. The same day East Singhbhum Superintendent of Police Naveen Kumar Singh declared a compensation of INR 1 lakh and Government job for the kin of the deceased. Cheques were handed over the next day while Singh said job would be provided at the earliest. Intelligence sources said that by demanding 10 times the compensation given by the administration, the Maoists were trying to gain foothold in pockets where it had no or little influence. The Seraikela-Kharsawan Superintendent of Police Abhishek said: “We are keeping close watch. No rebel programme will be allowed in Seraikela-Kharsawan.”
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December - 16 
A suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Chunaram Murmu, was arrested by the Police following a brief gun battle between the Security Forces and the extremists at Parulia village in the Salboni sub-division of West Midnapore District
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A suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Chunaram Murmu, was arrested by the Police following a brief gun battle between the Security Forces and the extremists at Parulia village in the Salboni sub-division of West Midnapore District on December 16, reports The Hindu.
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December - 16 
PTI reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up a Government school building in the Aurangabad District, Police said on December 17. Heavily-armed Maoists numbering around 25 surrounded the building at Poha village
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PTI reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up a Government school building in the Aurangabad District, Police said on December 17. Heavily-armed Maoists numbering around 25 surrounded the building at Poha village in the District and detonated dynamites to blow it up late in the night of December 16, the Superintendent of Police Nishant Tiwari said.
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December - 16 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a villager in the Angadda area, a remote area in the Simaria constituency, in the Chatra District, reports Telegraph. One Sushil Oraon was dragged out from his home in the night of Decemb
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a villager in the Angadda area, a remote area in the Simaria constituency, in the Chatra District, reports Telegraph. One Sushil Oraon was dragged out from his home in the night of December 16 and killed. A Maoist poster recovered from near his dead body claimed that he had been punished for being an informer of the Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC), a rival faction of the CPI-Maoist.
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December - 16 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres late on December 10 ransacked and looted a forest beat office on the periphery of the Jhitka forest near Lalgarh in the West Midnapore District, reports The Hindu. But most of the looted materia
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres late on December 10 ransacked and looted a forest beat office on the periphery of the Jhitka forest near Lalgarh in the West Midnapore District, reports The Hindu. But most of the looted materials were returned to the office employees on December 16. According to Vinod Kumar Yadav, Conservator of Forest (Western Range), the Maoists have apologised for the incident and even asserted that forest department officials would not be harassed in future.
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December - 17 
A Government high school at Tiskopi under Gomia Police Station in Bokaro District was blown up late in the night of December 17, reports Times of India. Though 10 rooms of the school were damaged, there were no casualties reported. As many as seven b
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A Government high school at Tiskopi under Gomia Police Station in Bokaro District was blown up late in the night of December 17, reports Times of India. Though 10 rooms of the school were damaged, there were no casualties reported. As many as seven blasts were triggered by the Maoists to demolish the school building. Sources said Maoists had earlier threatened the school management to stop allowing Security Force (SF) personnel, who used the school as camps during the anti-Maoist operations, to stay there. Still, the SFs again camped at the school for the third phase of the Assembly election that concluded on December 8. After they left the building a couple of days back, 50 armed Maoists came to the school at around 11pm (IST) and detonated the landmines. Before leaving, they put up posters on the walls of the school, describing the explosion as revenge taken by them against Police personnel using schools as a camp. Another school was blown up in the Kawal village of Palamau District. Maoists also blew up a small bridge near Kahkula and Seriyar villages in the same District.
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December - 17 
Four suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three from neighbouring State of Jharkhand, were arrested during combing operation at Taiburu forest in the Sundargarh District bordering Orissa-Jharkhand, Police said on D
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Four suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three from neighbouring State of Jharkhand, were arrested during combing operation at Taiburu forest in the Sundargarh District bordering Orissa-Jharkhand, Police said on December 17, Times of India reports. The extremists, arrested on December 16, were allegedly involved in the killing of Koida Police Sub-Inspector Ajit Bardhan on July 16, 2009 at Jharbeda under Banki, they said. One of the arrestee was identified as Guru Charan Singh of Mahupada village in K. Balang area and the rest three hails from Nuagam village in Jharkhand. A joint combing operation by the Security Forces (SF) was on in Maoist-infested villages bordering Jharkhand after Maoists assaulted one Harekrushna Singh of Mahupada on December 10, suspecting him to be Police informer. During the combing, the SF personnel had recovered nine can bombs, a claymore mine and a huge quantity of materials used to prepare explosive devices, Police said.
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December - 17 
In the past three days, Security Forces, including the Central Reserve Police Force, were airlifted to other places. Even personnel manning the Peshraar Police Picket were replaced by Jharkhand Armed Police personnel. The Superintendent of Police (SP
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In the past three days, Security Forces, including the Central Reserve Police Force, were airlifted to other places. Even personnel manning the Peshraar Police Picket were replaced by Jharkhand Armed Police personnel. The Superintendent of Police (SP) Subodh Prasad said the Police are keeping vigil on Maoist activities and even recovered landmines planted at certain places in Kekrang area. He said the State Police headquarters have been requested to send additional forces to combat Maoists who are present in the area in strong numbers. Besides, the rebels have also planted landmines at several places in the region. "The Maoists have outnumbered Security Forces in the District. We are waiting for additional forces to arrive from the Police headquarters in Ranchi," the SP said. Though the District has at its disposal one company of Indian Reserve Battalion, the Police are waiting for more forces from the State Police headquarters before launching any operation against Maoists, who have captured the Kekrang area.
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December - 17 
Six cadres on December 16 deserted the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter faction of the CPI-Maoist, to re-join the CPI- Maoist group in Jharkhand, according to ANI. Defying writ of local administration, Police and paramilitary forces, hund
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Six cadres on December 16 deserted the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter faction of the CPI-Maoist, to re-join the CPI- Maoist group in Jharkhand, according to ANI. Defying writ of local administration, Police and paramilitary forces, hundreds of CPI-Maoist cadres brandishing automatic rifles and villagers attended the ceremony deep in the forests of Manatu in Palamau District.
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December - 17 
The District Police released posters as part of its campaign to contain the activities of the CPI-Maoist. The SP released posters with photos of 48 Maoist leaders and active dalam (squad) members in Visakhapatnam District along with details of reward
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The District Police released posters as part of its campaign to contain the activities of the CPI-Maoist. The SP released posters with photos of 48 Maoist leaders and active dalam (squad) members in Visakhapatnam District along with details of reward on their heads, the destruction of vehicles engaged in laying roads in the Visakha Agency area and on the Maoists encouraging cultivation of ganja (marijuana) by the Girijans.
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December - 17 
The Kisko Police on December 16 lodged three separate First Information Reports (FIRs) against Maoist ‘zonal commander’ Nakul Yadav and 300 unidentified cadres hailing from Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, reports Times of India. The e
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The Kisko Police on December 16 lodged three separate First Information Reports (FIRs) against Maoist ‘zonal commander’ Nakul Yadav and 300 unidentified cadres hailing from Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, reports Times of India. The extremists have been accused of creating law and order problem in the Kekrang, Chandalgi and Rorad villages in the Lohardaga District in the past three days. Two FIRs were lodged by the owner and driver of two buses while the Police lodged a third FIR against Maoists for killing two Policemen of the motorcycle squad. Kisko Police Station in-charge Sunil Kumar Tiwari said that the Police lodged an FIR (case no. 74/09) against Maoists under the various Sections of the IPC, Arms Act, Explosive Substance Act and Criminal Law Amendment Act. On December 14, the Maoists killed two Policemen of the motorcycle squad and later blew up a bus and a school building. They also set two buses ablaze in the early hours of December 15.
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December - 17 
The Maoists abducted the Nawjavan Sangharsh Morcha candidate from Garhwa, Rajesh Kumar, from Siroikala village under Ranka Police Station area, according to Telegraph.
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The Maoists abducted the Nawjavan Sangharsh Morcha candidate from Garhwa, Rajesh Kumar, from Siroikala village under Ranka Police Station area, according to Telegraph.
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December - 17 
Three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) activists were killed in two separate incidents while several vehicles and properties were ransacked and set ablaze by suspected Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Lalgarh a
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Three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) activists were killed in two separate incidents while several vehicles and properties were ransacked and set ablaze by suspected Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Lalgarh area of West Midnapore District since December 17, reports The Hindu. The bullet-riddled dead bodies of Anil Chalak and Dayal Chalak, both residents of Chandra village near Lalgarh, were found at Bandhgora near Jhargram town on December 18. Another resident of the same village, Ganesh Hansda, was also found in a critical condition with wounds inflicted by sharp weapons. All the three persons were abducted from their homes in the evening of December 17. While all three of them were members of the CPI-Marxist, Anil Chalak was also a former panchayat (village level local self Government institution) President and Hansda was a current panchayat member.
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December - 17 
Times Now has accessed to a Maoists training session that promises to do all they can to disrupt the polling process in Jharkhand. In Palamu, around 200 Maoists can be seen at a meeting preparing for more violence. One of the Maoist leaders who spoke
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Times Now has accessed to a Maoists training session that promises to do all they can to disrupt the polling process in Jharkhand. In Palamu, around 200 Maoists can be seen at a meeting preparing for more violence. One of the Maoist leaders who spoke to Times Now said they would target schools and hospitals because they believe the buildings are being used as a cover for Police camps. They also said any political leader part of the polling process would also need to face their wrath. Prasenjit, a CPI-Maoist ‘zonal commander’, said, "All leaders who are part of the elections are our targets. We will also target schools and hospitals. That's because those buildings are being used as police camps." Meanwhile, Jatin Narwal, SP, Palamu, said, "Our police force is equipped and well prepared to fight the Naxals."
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December - 18 
A trooper of the of Bihar Military Police (BMP) was killed and two others sustained injuries in a gunfight with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Kanda Ghati in the Bisrampur Police Station area of Palamu District, the Police said on
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A trooper of the of Bihar Military Police (BMP) was killed and two others sustained injuries in a gunfight with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Kanda Ghati in the Bisrampur Police Station area of Palamu District, the Police said on December 19. The Superintendent of Police, Jatin Narwal, said that a BMP trooper, Pultas Sharma, was killed in the encounter that lasted for about four hours in the night of December 18. The encounter ensued after Maoists attacked a cluster centre at Nawa, the Police said.
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December - 18 
PTI reports that Police on December 18 claimed to have neutralised a Maoist plan to cause disturbances during polling at Palamu and Chatra assembly seats with the recovery of a cell phone and charger from the high-security Hazaribagh Central Jail, wh
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PTI reports that Police on December 18 claimed to have neutralised a Maoist plan to cause disturbances during polling at Palamu and Chatra assembly seats with the recovery of a cell phone and charger from the high-security Hazaribagh Central Jail, where over 100 Maoists were lodged. The devices were recovered from a cell during a search following a tip-off that top Maoists, lodged in the jail, were conspiring with their counterparts in Palamau and Chatra to create disturbances during December 18 polling and to trap the SF personnel, Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj said.
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December - 18 
Times of India reports that suspected Maoists exploded a landmine, injuring a Policeman at Mahur on December 18 (today). A trooper of the Jharkhand Armed Police suffered splinter injuries in the explosion triggered during patrolling in the area, Supe
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Times of India reports that suspected Maoists exploded a landmine, injuring a Policeman at Mahur on December 18 (today). A trooper of the Jharkhand Armed Police suffered splinter injuries in the explosion triggered during patrolling in the area, Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal said. Mahur belongs to Hussainabad Assembly constituency where Maoist presence is strong, he said. It is among the 16 constituencies where polling is on.
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December - 18 
Two Policemen were killed and two others injured in landmine blasts triggered by the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the West Singhbhum and Palamau Districts on December 18, The Hindu reports. A landmine, triggered at Mahur in
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Two Policemen were killed and two others injured in landmine blasts triggered by the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the West Singhbhum and Palamau Districts on December 18, The Hindu reports. A landmine, triggered at Mahur in the Hussainabad constituency of Palamau District, killed a Policeman and injured two others, Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal said.
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December - 19 
Armed Maoists in the night of December 19 blew up a state-run school building at Karma village the Aurangabad District, Police sources said. Around 50 Maoists surrounded the vacant school building, planted dynamites and blew it up, sources said. No h
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Armed Maoists in the night of December 19 blew up a state-run school building at Karma village the Aurangabad District, Police sources said. Around 50 Maoists surrounded the vacant school building, planted dynamites and blew it up, sources said. No harm was caused to anybody.
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December - 19 
Power generation at the Balimela hydroelectricity project in the Malkangiri District was disrupted following an attack by Maoists on the infrastructure of the unit during the early hours of December 19. Power had not resumed at the unit till evening.
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Power generation at the Balimela hydroelectricity project in the Malkangiri District was disrupted following an attack by Maoists on the infrastructure of the unit during the early hours of December 19. Power had not resumed at the unit till evening. Speaking to The Hindu, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Satyabrata Bhoi said about a dozen armed Maoists launched the attack at around 12.30am. The project is located in a remote area around 60 kilometres from Malkangiri. The Maoists were targeting the areas of the unit that had low security. When the Maoists reached the tunnel camp of the project, it was deserted. Then the attack took place.
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December - 19 
The extremists were believed to have planted the landmine beneath a culvert to restrict the force movement on combing operation, continuing for two days following Maoists attack at Relhatur, a nearby village, on December 19. The Maoists reportedly ha
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The extremists were believed to have planted the landmine beneath a culvert to restrict the force movement on combing operation, continuing for two days following Maoists attack at Relhatur, a nearby village, on December 19. The Maoists reportedly had damaged three Government buildings, including the local panchayat (village level local self Government situation) office, at Relhatur. Around 100 armed Maoists stormed into Relhatur village and blew up the panchayat office and its adjoining panchayat store building. An eyewitness said the Maoists were shouting anti-Government slogans, daring villagers to call the Police. The extremists also pasted hand written posters at nearby villages of Rengeda and Topadih. The people of Mahupada, Jharbeda, Relhatur, Sanbalijore and Nangalkata village had earlier left their houses out of fear and staged a dharna (protest) before K Balang Police Station and NH No 215 demanding security. The villagers had returned only three days ago, after security camps were opened in their villages. The District administration had held a “civil action” programme at Relhatur on December 17 and announced several development programmes and appealed to villagers to cooperate with police to tackle the menace in their area. Superintendent of Police (Rourkela) Diptesh Patnaik said additional Police force with senior officers will be rushed to Relhatur and joint combing operation will be intensified.
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December - 19 
The Maoists launched a brutal assault on a zoo in Jhargram town in the night of December 19, firing indiscriminately into deer and black buck enclosures, setting fire to animal cages, burning hundreds of birds and beating the beat officer and forest
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The Maoists launched a brutal assault on a zoo in Jhargram town in the night of December 19, firing indiscriminately into deer and black buck enclosures, setting fire to animal cages, burning hundreds of birds and beating the beat officer and forest guards, according to Times of India. The actual toll is still being assessed, but two black bucks are confirmed dead and hundreds of birds burnt to ashes. Forest department officials are now scrambling to save an elephant herd that is headed in the direction. The attack on the zoo, just two kilometres from Jhargram, could be a strategic move because it connects the town with Jharkhand via Banstala and Manikpara. Once Maoists have access to it, they can easily reach Jharkhand.
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Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) activists were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the West Midnapore District on December 20, Police said, reports PTI. The dead bodies of two CP-Marxist workers Jyo
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Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) activists were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the West Midnapore District on December 20, Police said, reports PTI. The dead bodies of two CP-Marxist workers Jyotidranath Mahato and Manik Midha, who along with four others were abducted by Maoists late in the night of December 19 from Balodhoba village, were found dead on December 20 at Lauria village near Manikpara, they said. The whereabouts of the other two persons abducted by the Maoists from Balodhaba village was not known, they added.
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December - 19 
Two trucks and a forest beat office were set ablaze by suspected Maoists in the West Midnapore district on December 19. Police said the two trucks were set ablaze on the National Highway 6 near Gajasul and a forest beat office at Sankhahar under Jhar
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Two trucks and a forest beat office were set ablaze by suspected Maoists in the West Midnapore district on December 19. Police said the two trucks were set ablaze on the National Highway 6 near Gajasul and a forest beat office at Sankhahar under Jhargram Police Station.
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December - 20 
A landmine, triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, blew up the parapets of a culvert on NH 215 in the Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh District on December 20, reports Express Buzz. The blast appeared to be another atte
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A landmine, triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, blew up the parapets of a culvert on NH 215 in the Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh District on December 20, reports Express Buzz. The blast appeared to be another attempt by the Maoists to make their presence felt amid mounting pressure from the Security Forces combing the area with the help of local tribals. The blast took place around noon and was targeted at a location close to a forested hilly terrain. The explosion was not powerful and it left only the parapets damaged. The expressway is a key link between Rajamunda and Panikoili. Normal vehicular traffic, however, continued. Rourkela Superintendent of Police Diptesh Patnaik played down the incident, by saying that the Security Forces are working overtime to sanities the areas.
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December - 20 
A Police van carrying two platoons of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel had a narrow escape when a landmine, triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist), exploded in the Sundargarh District on December 20, Police sa
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A Police van carrying two platoons of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel had a narrow escape when a landmine, triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist), exploded in the Sundargarh District on December 20, Police said, reported PTI. There was no report of injury to the vehicle or any personnel, they said. The blast took place at Kamarposh on NH-215 under K. Balang Police Station, about 80 kilometres from Rourkela. The explosion occurred as soon as the Police van passed the culvert at around 11am (IST) and under its impact the small bridge was partially damaged, the sources said.
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December - 20 
As the period of detention of top Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist) leader Kobad Ghandy completes 90 days on December 20, Delhi Police has moved a trial court seeking extension of time to file charge sheet against him, reports Times of In
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As the period of detention of top Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist) leader Kobad Ghandy completes 90 days on December 20, Delhi Police has moved a trial court seeking extension of time to file charge sheet against him, reports Times of India. In an application filed before a metropolitan magistrate recently, the special cell of Delhi police submitted that they needed time to file the charge sheet against Ghandy. The period of extension for filing the charge sheet can go up to 180 days in accordance with the Act.
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December - 20 
IANS reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist) blew up a community building in Bokaro District as it was used by the Security Force personnel in the recently concluded elections, Police said December 21. The Maoists att
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IANS reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist) blew up a community building in Bokaro District as it was used by the Security Force personnel in the recently concluded elections, Police said December 21. The Maoists attacked the building in Palamau village under Nawadih block of Bokaro District on December 20. No one was injured in the incident, a Police officer said. "Maoists left a pamphlet saying that the community building was blown up as it was used by the security forces during the polls," the officer said.
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December - 20 
IANS reports that hundreds of poor school children in Aurangabad District on December 20 appealed to the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist) not to damage or target their schools as it impacts their education badly. In an open
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IANS reports that hundreds of poor school children in Aurangabad District on December 20 appealed to the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist) not to damage or target their schools as it impacts their education badly. In an open letter to Maoists, the school children urged Maoists not to deprive them of education by damaging and blowing up the school buildings.
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December - 20 
The huge cache of explosives, seized by Bihar Police from different parts of the State and Jharkhand during the past few days, was mostly pushed into the State from Avadi in Pune and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, Times of India reported on December 2
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The huge cache of explosives, seized by Bihar Police from different parts of the State and Jharkhand during the past few days, was mostly pushed into the State from Avadi in Pune and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, Times of India reported on December 21. This was disclosed to interrogators by the four persons who were arrested in Rohtas following seizure of a large quantity of ammonium nitrate. Though Bihar Police are yet to get to the bottom of the case, they are now convinced that the explosives were to be supplied to Maoists. Over one lakh kilograms of ammonium nitrate was recovered from Patna, Gaya, Rohtas, and Bokaro (Jharkhand) following raids which started on November 7, 2009. Those arrested initially tried to hoodwink the cops by maintaining that the chemical was meant for use as fertiliser. "For the last three years, not even a gram of ammonium nitrate was supplied to Rohtas by the government for use as fertiliser," a senior Police officer said and added that seizure of gelatine sticks gave further credence to their belief that it was to be used for nefarious purposes. Ammonium nitrate, if mixed with diesel and triggered with gelatine sticks, can cause huge explosion. "It is a good substance for making effective explosive devices," the Police officer said. Police said the arrested persons later confessed that the chemical was to be sent to Midnapore in West Bengal and Jharkhand where Maoists were to use it to enforce their poll boycott call. Assembly elections are being held in Jharkhand in five phases beginning November 25. "Thank God, the explosives were seized in time otherwise one can very well imagine the extent of damage the Maoists would have caused during elections in Jharkhand," the Police officer said. Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Vineet Vinayak said the explosive materials were to be distributed in Maoists-hit Districts of Bihar and Jharkhand. Meanwhile, Police are still wondering from where are the Maoists getting .315 bore and 12 bore cartridges, a large number of which too were seized in raids. "These are obsolete bores, neither being produced nor in use by police or Army anywhere in the country," said Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) U. S. Dutt. Police speculate these ammunitions might have been pilfered from army go downs. "We are working on this theory," said Dutt.
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December - 20 
Two Policemen were abducted by Maoists from Tehgoria under Salboni Police Station at around 10am on December 20, the Police said, adding that a massive search operation was launched to rescue the policemen, reports PTI.
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Two Policemen were abducted by Maoists from Tehgoria under Salboni Police Station at around 10am on December 20, the Police said, adding that a massive search operation was launched to rescue the policemen, reports PTI.
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December - 20 
A college employee was found dead in the Gaya District on December 20, two days after he was abducted by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from a village, police said, according to PTI. Kamlesh Kumar, a fourth grade employ
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A college employee was found dead in the Gaya District on December 20, two days after he was abducted by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from a village, police said, according to PTI. Kamlesh Kumar, a fourth grade employee of Upendra Nath Verma College, was abducted by suspected Maoists from Juri village in the Banke Bazar Police Station on December 18, they said.
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December - 20 
The Hindu reports that a Police officer was killed and another critically injured in an encounter with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Bijapur District on December 20. Assistant Sub-Inspector Baldev Patel died and Constable Ja
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The Hindu reports that a Police officer was killed and another critically injured in an encounter with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Bijapur District on December 20. Assistant Sub-Inspector Baldev Patel died and Constable Jairam Nag was seriously injured in the encounter at Tumnar village under Bangapal Police Station, Bijapur Police Superintendent Avinash Mohanty said.
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December - 21 
Eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested by the Chintapalli special Police party at Korukonda village in Visakhapatnam on December 21 and the arrested were sent for remand on December 22, reports The Hindu. According to
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Eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested by the Chintapalli special Police party at Korukonda village in Visakhapatnam on December 21 and the arrested were sent for remand on December 22, reports The Hindu. According to the District Police Officer, the eight belonged to Rollagedda village in Orissa, which is very near to Andhra border. They were carrying Maoist party literature, banners and other material, when they were arrested.
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December - 21 
Later, a contingent of Security Force (SF) personnel was dispatched from the Binpur thana (Police Station) on receiving news of the attack. The Maoists, however, had set up a booby trap on the way to Dahijuri from Binpur by planting a directional imp
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Later, a contingent of Security Force (SF) personnel was dispatched from the Binpur thana (Police Station) on receiving news of the attack. The Maoists, however, had set up a booby trap on the way to Dahijuri from Binpur by planting a directional improvised explosive device on the way at Andharia. It was set off while the SFs were approaching the spot, injuring four personnel, including the Inspector-In-Charge of the Police Station, the Police said. Another contingent of forces was also dispatched from Jhargram, along with a fire-tending machine, but could not reach the spot fearing the presence of more landmines on the way. The SFs finally reached the spot in the morning of December 22.
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December - 21 
The Hindu reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) ransacked and set ablaze the houses of two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) leaders at Dahijuri
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The Hindu reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) ransacked and set ablaze the houses of two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) leaders at Dahijuri village in the West Midnapore District in the evening of December 21. According to Police, a large group of PCPA cadres and several armed Maoists attacked the house of Amiyo Sengupta, a member of the CPI-M’s district committee, at Dahijuri. Though Sengupta was not at home at the time, his wife, three daughters and grand-daughter were present. The extremists ransacked the house and later set it on fire. Unable to get out of the house, the women took refuge on the roof of the three-storied-building to escape the fire raging on the ground floor. The Police said the extremists also attacked the neighbouring house of local CPI-Marxist leader Avijit Singha and set it ablaze. The family, however, managed to flee.
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December - 22 
Admitting that in dealing with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) threat, “we had been in a state of denial,” Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on December 22 that the Union Government did not accept the theory of an armed struggl
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Admitting that in dealing with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) threat, “we had been in a state of denial,” Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on December 22 that the Union Government did not accept the theory of an armed struggle, and that unless the Maoists abjured violence, the paramilitary forces will engage them and reassert the authority of the State, The Hindu reports. Speaking of his Government’s decision to send paramilitary forces to reclaim the State’s authority over territory lost by it to be followed by rapid development programmes, Chidambaram said the work of paramilitary forces and development could not go hand-in-hand. “In Jharkhand alone, in the past 35 days, a dozen schools have been demolished,” he said, adding, that development projects cannot be supported in such a situation. Chidambaram also pointed out that the Jharkhand polls — where the Maoists declared that if anyone went to vote, their thumb would be cut off — proved that “a large number of people support Maoists, not willingly but out of fear.”
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December - 22 
In the District, the Maoists set ablaze machines of a construction company at Gurua, including two JCB machines, a tractor and a motorcycle, whose owner had reportedly refused ransom. A Maoist outfit named Shastra People’s Morcha (SPM - Armed People’
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In the District, the Maoists set ablaze machines of a construction company at Gurua, including two JCB machines, a tractor and a motorcycle, whose owner had reportedly refused ransom. A Maoist outfit named Shastra People’s Morcha (SPM - Armed People’s Front) claimed responsibility, said a Police official. “This is the first violent activity carried by SPM (Shastra People’s Morcha) in Gurua. Outfits like MCC (Maoist Communist Centre) have carried out violent activities here earlier but it is for the first time that we have recorded a militant activity by SPM,” said Rup Narayan Ram, Police Officer in-charge, Gurua.
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December - 22 
Maoist politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan said over phone, "We are not shifting base anywhere. We are always with the people, according to Times of India. We will stand by the people anywhere." Claiming the support of the people of Jhargram,
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Maoist politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan said over phone, "We are not shifting base anywhere. We are always with the people, according to Times of India. We will stand by the people anywhere." Claiming the support of the people of Jhargram, Kishan said, "The Government should know that they cannot control us or the people through force." Challenging the joint forces, he said, "We are at war with the state and have our own strategy. The government is well equipped with police, central force and intelligence network. Let them catch us." Kishan also said that the violent incidents taking place in and around Jhargram for the past two weeks was “the beginning of realising a long-term goal to turn Jhargram into a liberated zone,” adds The Hindu.
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December - 22 
PTI reports that a Police team on December 22 seized bombs and explosive materials during a combing operation at the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-hit Rengo forest in the Manoharpur area near Jamshedpur. "Seventy-five gelatin sticks, a
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PTI reports that a Police team on December 22 seized bombs and explosive materials during a combing operation at the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-hit Rengo forest in the Manoharpur area near Jamshedpur. "Seventy-five gelatin sticks, a can bomb weighing 25 kg and other bomb making explosive materials were found during the operation," Manoharpur Police Station officer-in-charge Ranjit Minz said. No Maoist was arrested during the raid, he added.
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December - 22 
PTI reports that Shankar Sada, a self-styled ‘area commander’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and his two accomplices were arrested from a place under Bakhri Police Station in the Begusarai District on December 22, Police sources
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PTI reports that Shankar Sada, a self-styled ‘area commander’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and his two accomplices were arrested from a place under Bakhri Police Station in the Begusarai District on December 22, Police sources said. Acting on a tip-off, the Police raided a house and arrested Shankar, ‘commander’ of the Kosi belt of the Maoist, and his two associates, the sources said. Shankar and the two others were wanted in connection with several criminal offences, including attack on a patrol and loot of Police rifles, they said.
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December - 22 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two villagers and set ablaze machines of a road construction company in two separate incidents in the evening of December 22 in Bihar, Police said on December 23, reports ANI. In the f
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two villagers and set ablaze machines of a road construction company in two separate incidents in the evening of December 22 in Bihar, Police said on December 23, reports ANI. In the first incident in Atari region of Gaya District, armed Maoists, looking for a deserter, fired indiscriminately at a house that they suspected to be his hideout. Two villagers were killed in the firing, but they had nothing to do with the Maoists. “As soon as we received the information, we reached the spot with the Police force. We searched for the rebels but they had fled,” said Nand Kishore, Assistant Sub Inspector.
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December - 22 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have apparently been shifting base from their strongholds in Lalgarh and Belpahari in the last two months, with killings and violence increasingly taking place in Jhargram subdivision, 40 kilometers aw
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have apparently been shifting base from their strongholds in Lalgarh and Belpahari in the last two months, with killings and violence increasingly taking place in Jhargram subdivision, 40 kilometers away in the West Midnapore District, reports PTI. Police sources attribute this to the strong Security Force (SF) presence in Belpahari and Lalgarh. There are seven camps of the joint SFs in the Lalgarh and nine in Belpahari while there are only three camps in Jhargram and one in Jamboni. Quoting statistics, the sources said, that around 50 Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) local leaders and supporters were killed around Jhargram in the last two months, while there was no casualty in Lalgarh, considered a Maoist stronghold and which had been wrested by the joint forces earlier 2009. "As there are many camps of the joint forces in and around Belpahari and Lalgarh, Maoists are not able to operate there and are shifting to areas around Jhargram," an unnamed senior Police officer said. Asked why Jhargram, the officer said Jhargram's proximity to Jharkhand was one of the main reasons, adding, "Maoist can slip away into Jharkhand easily after committing a crime and it involves time and legal problems for the West Bengal Police to follow them across the border."
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December - 22 
The Maoist politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan justified the attacks, saying they were “spontaneous outbursts of people who have been refused their rights and freedom for years and are continuously subjected to atrocities by the Security Force
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The Maoist politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan justified the attacks, saying they were “spontaneous outbursts of people who have been refused their rights and freedom for years and are continuously subjected to atrocities by the Security Forces.”
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December - 22 
The Maoists in Bihar have warned of action against dishonest officials if rampant corruption is not curbed in the implementation of Government sponsored welfare schemes, Police said on December 22, reports IANS. The Maoists in Arwal District asked th
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The Maoists in Bihar have warned of action against dishonest officials if rampant corruption is not curbed in the implementation of Government sponsored welfare schemes, Police said on December 22, reports IANS. The Maoists in Arwal District asked the authorities to immediately curb rampant corruption in the implementation of the schemes. “We will be forced to take action against corrupt officials,” Maoists said in their posters pasted in public places in the District. The Maoists pointed out that rampant corruption was depriving the poor of the benefits of the welfare schemes, a Police officer said. Local dailies reported that the Maoists were angered as there were major leakages in Government-run food schemes.
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December - 22 
Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in a gun battle with the Security Force personnel, while an equal number of extremists were arrested in separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, Police officials said on December 23, Th
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Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in a gun battle with the Security Force personnel, while an equal number of extremists were arrested in separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, Police officials said on December 23, The Hindu reported. The Maoists killed in Bijapur District on December 22 were part of a group that had killed Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Baldev Patel during a gunfight on December 19.
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December - 22 December - 23
Three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) party workers were found dead in the Junglemahal area of West Midnapore District on December 23, Indian Express reported. Habul Patra, a cable operator and CPI-Marxist worker, was dragged out of hi
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Three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) party workers were found dead in the Junglemahal area of West Midnapore District on December 23, Indian Express reported. Habul Patra, a cable operator and CPI-Marxist worker, was dragged out of his home at Bamal village in Lalgarh by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the night of December 22. His dead body was found near his residence. Separately, a CPI-Marxist zonal committee member of Gopiballabhpur in Lalgarh was allegedly killed by Maoists in the night of December 23. Prabir Dandaput, 48, was returning to his home when Maoists fired at him. In addition, the bullet-ridden dead body of Sadhan Mahato, another CPI-Marxist member, was found at Damakata village in Salboni earlier in the day. While he was returning from a local tea stall, he was surrounded by a group of 10-12 armed extremists. As Mahato tried to flee, the Maoists shot fire at him. The incident took place very close to Pirakata Police camp. Mahato was forced to leave his home several months ago fearing Maoist onslaught and had returned Salboni on December 22.The Maoists had put up posters near the bodies stating that they were punished for being Police informer. “The incident is supposed to be the handiwork of the Maoists,” said West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma.
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December - 23 
13 persons, arrested on the charge of being involved in the Maoist attack on R. Udaygiri town in Gajapati District, were acquitted by a court in Paralakhemundi on December 23, The Hindu reported. The Maoist attack on R. Udaygiri occurred in March 200
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13 persons, arrested on the charge of being involved in the Maoist attack on R. Udaygiri town in Gajapati District, were acquitted by a court in Paralakhemundi on December 23, The Hindu reported. The Maoist attack on R. Udaygiri occurred in March 2006.
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December - 23 
Armed Maoists set ablaze seven vehicles of a private road construction firm at Badiha village in the Rohtas District in the morning of December 23, Times of India adds. Around 200 extremists stormed the office of S. N. P. Infrastructure, confined its
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Armed Maoists set ablaze seven vehicles of a private road construction firm at Badiha village in the Rohtas District in the morning of December 23, Times of India adds. Around 200 extremists stormed the office of S. N. P. Infrastructure, confined its employees in a room and set ablaze the vehicles, the Police said. None of the employees were harmed in the incident, the Police said. Three road rollers, two pay loaders and a water tanker were among the vehicles set ablaze. The private road construction firm was engaged in construction of a National Highway between Dehri-on-Sone and Tilauthu in Rohtas District. Patrolling was intensified after the incident and a combing operation launched, the Police said.
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December - 23 
IANS reports that only one of the six former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who contested the five-phased Jharkhand Assembly polls from November 25 to December 18 managed to pull off a victory. Polush Surin, a Jharkhand Mukti Mor
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IANS reports that only one of the six former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who contested the five-phased Jharkhand Assembly polls from November 25 to December 18 managed to pull off a victory. Polush Surin, a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) nominee from Torpa, won the election by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Koche Munda by over 16,000 votes. Surin, currently in jail, was a cadre of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the CPI-Maoist. The five others - Ugal Pal, Satish Kumar, Masi Charan Munda, Kuldeep Ganjhu and Ranjan Yadav - all lost their respective electoral battles. While Kumar and Munda were formerly associated with the PLFI, the remaining three were members of the CPI-Maoist. All except Kumar are in jail. Pal was defeated by Congress nominee Chandrashekhar Dubey. Kumar lost to Krishnanand Tripathy of Congress and Munda was defeated by BJP nominee Nilkanth Singh Munda. Ganju, an All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) nominee, was defeated by Jai Prakash Singh Bhokta of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P).Rashtriya Janata Dal nominee Yadav was defeated by independent nominee Videsh Singh. Except Charan all were on fourth or fifth positions in their respective constituencies. Charan lost by just 600 votes.
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December - 23 December - 22
In a series of attacks, the Maoists on December 23 blew up four school buildings and one healthcare centre in the areas bordering Jharkhand. The villages fall under Banki and K. Balang Police Stations in the Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh District.
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In a series of attacks, the Maoists on December 23 blew up four school buildings and one healthcare centre in the areas bordering Jharkhand. The villages fall under Banki and K. Balang Police Stations in the Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh District. Four massive explosions, triggered between 9am (IST) and 1.15pm, saw Mahupada primary school, B. Jharbera upper primary and high schools and B. Jharbera primary health centre being razed to the ground. The residential school at Sanbalijodi was blown up in the night of December 22.
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December - 23 
One Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM, Aditya) leader was shot dead and another critically injured by the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Belpahari in the West Midnapore District in the night of December 23, reports Indian Express. A
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One Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM, Aditya) leader was shot dead and another critically injured by the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Belpahari in the West Midnapore District in the night of December 23, reports Indian Express. Around 12.30am (IST), a group of 10-15 Maoists stormed into the house of 50-year-old Biswanath Murmu at Sakhabhanga village. Murmu was dragged out of his house in front of his family members. Later Murmu’s bullet-ridden dead body was found near his residence. A couple of months back, Murmu’s son Karan had also been killed by Maoists. Karan was a popular leader of the JMM (Aditya).
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December - 23 
PTI reports that a former Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) 'commander’ was shot dead by his old companions at his home in the Gondia District, Police said on December 24. Around 30 to 40 extremists entered the house of Raghunath Fagnu Mar
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PTI reports that a former Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) 'commander’ was shot dead by his old companions at his home in the Gondia District, Police said on December 24. Around 30 to 40 extremists entered the house of Raghunath Fagnu Markam (48) at Daharitola under Salekasa tehsil (revenue division) of Gondia District at 1am (IST) on December 23, took him out and pumped two bullets in his chest, killing the former Maoist on the spot, they said.
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December - 23 
PTI reports that a former Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) 'commander’ was shot dead by his old companions at his home in the Gondia District, Police said on December 24. Around 30 to 40 extremists entered the house of Raghunath Fagnu Mar
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PTI reports that a former Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) 'commander’ was shot dead by his old companions at his home in the Gondia District, Police said on December 24. Around 30 to 40 extremists entered the house of Raghunath Fagnu Markam (48) at Daharitola under Salekasa tehsil (revenue division) of Gondia District at 1am (IST) on December 23, took him out and pumped two bullets in his chest, killing the former Maoist on the spot, they said. Raghunath was associated with the Maosit movement from 1992 to 1999, before his surrender on November 25, 1999, they said. He has served as ‘commander’ of Tanda Dalam between 1992-'96, and was instrumental in attacks on Police party in the year 1993 and 1995 at Darekasa, Banjaritola and Murkudoh, Police added. Raghunath was also the man behind to blown up the BSNL mobile tower in the year 1994 at Darekasa, and was wanted by Chhattisgarh Police also, they said. After his surrender, the former Maoist served a three-year jail term and was living a peaceful life at Daharitola. Raghunath had also contested State assembly elections from Gondwana Gantantra Party from Amgaon seat and got 636 votes.
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December - 23 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on December 23 said it will positively respond to the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's call for talks if he withdraws Security Forces from States like Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. "If the Governme
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on December 23 said it will positively respond to the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's call for talks if he withdraws Security Forces from States like Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. "If the Government is serious, then let it wind up the airbases-28 and dissolve the para-military command in Chhattisgarh," the Maoist politburo member Koteshwar Rao alias Kishan told PTI over phone from an undisclosed location. For a settlement in West Bengal, he also demanded autonomy to three tribal-dominated districts. "If the government is eager to solve the problem of the tribals, let it give autonomy to the three districts and allow the tribals to plan out their own welfare," he said. Reacting to Chidambaram's proposal for an alternative administrative structure within the sixth schedule, he said sixth schedule had lost its viability. The Bhuria Committee report had provision for empowering tribals, but that had not been implemented.
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December - 23 
The Maoists blew up a mobile tower at Kiang in the Malkangiri District in the night of December 23. The mobile tower of a private telecom company was badly damaged in the landmine blast, Police said. Communication was disrupted in the highly forested
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The Maoists blew up a mobile tower at Kiang in the Malkangiri District in the night of December 23. The mobile tower of a private telecom company was badly damaged in the landmine blast, Police said. Communication was disrupted in the highly forested Malkangiri District due to damage to the mobile tower, Superintendent of Police Satyabrat Bhoi said.
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December - 23 
The West Bengal Cabinet approved a decision to set up a special directorate to oversee security and implement measures against terror on December 23, reports The Hindu. The directorate, which would work under the Home Department, will be headed by a
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The West Bengal Cabinet approved a decision to set up a special directorate to oversee security and implement measures against terror on December 23, reports The Hindu. The directorate, which would work under the Home Department, will be headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police. It would engage more than 480 Police Personnel. It would also oversee security arrangements for VIPs and VVIPs. It was also decided to increase the strength of Police Personnel and improve the infrastructure in the Police Stations affected by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activities in the three south-western Districts, Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said. It was decided that 3,224 new posts would be created in various Departments, including Home and Health. Another 150 posts lying vacant would be filled up, Dasgupta said. Nearly 1,200 personnel would be added to the existing forces in 21 Police Stations in the Districts of West Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia. They would be provided with more vehicles.
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December - 23 
There has been mass exodus of villagers from B. Jharbera, Langalkata, Karampada, Mahupada, Sanbalijodi and Relhatu located on the hilly terrains since the evening of December 23 following the Maoist attacks. Panic-stricken tribals, including women an
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There has been mass exodus of villagers from B. Jharbera, Langalkata, Karampada, Mahupada, Sanbalijodi and Relhatu located on the hilly terrains since the evening of December 23 following the Maoist attacks. Panic-stricken tribals, including women and children, accompanied by the Security Forces, trudged miles to reach K. Balang. They were shifted from their temporary camps at B Jharbera and Mahupada. Inspector General of Police (WR) Prana Bindu Acharya told Express Buzz that the situation was being assessed and that normalcy would be restored soon. The armed Maoists are believed to have formed groups and fanned out to different locations. At B. Jharbera, over 50 Maoists, including gun-wielding women cadre, were spotted. Altogether, 13 explosions were reported but there was no official confirmation.
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December - 23 
Three Maoists, including a woman, were arrested from the Dantewada District after a brief exchange of fire with the Police, the officials said.
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Three Maoists, including a woman, were arrested from the Dantewada District after a brief exchange of fire with the Police, the officials said.
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December - 24 
A 60-year-old man and a teen-aged boy, suspected to be Maoists, were arrested on December 24 for allegedly launching an attack on the Similipal National Park in March 2009, reports PTI. Police sources said the man, Laxminarayan Isa, who belonged to K
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A 60-year-old man and a teen-aged boy, suspected to be Maoists, were arrested on December 24 for allegedly launching an attack on the Similipal National Park in March 2009, reports PTI. Police sources said the man, Laxminarayan Isa, who belonged to Kanshpada village of West Bengal's Burdwan District and the 15-year-old Kanhu Barik, a resident of Badauski village within the national park, were arrested for their alleged role in the attack and suspected links with the Maoists.
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December - 24 
A trooper of the Special Operation Group (SOG), elite anti-Naxalite (left wing extremism) force, was also killed on December 24 during a combing operation at Pallur in the Koraput District, nearly 500 km from here. As reported earlier, a woman Commun
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A trooper of the Special Operation Group (SOG), elite anti-Naxalite (left wing extremism) force, was also killed on December 24 during a combing operation at Pallur in the Koraput District, nearly 500 km from here. As reported earlier, a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed and three Security Force (SF) personnel were injured in an exchange of fire between the two sides at Pallur in the Koraput District in the morning of December 24. Police suspects that at least two more Maoists might have been killed in the gun battle. "We recovered the body of the lady Maoist from the scene of the battle. An INSAS rifle was found near here. We believe there might be more casualties among the rebels and search operation is on to find dead bodies," Koraput Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar said. According to the report, a fierce gun battle between the SFs and the Maoists ensued when a group of around 30 Maoists ambushed a combing party inside forest at Pallur. The Maoists first detonated claymore mines targeting the combing party in which four SOG personnel were injured. Then they fired at them from their hideout provoking return fire from the SFs. While one SOG trooper died on the spot in the landmine explosion, three others sustained bullet injuries.
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December - 24 
ANI reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blocked a National Highway in the Dantewada region on December 24 in protest against the Operation 'Green Hunt' launched by the Security Forces. The extremists felled down trees
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ANI reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blocked a National Highway in the Dantewada region on December 24 in protest against the Operation 'Green Hunt' launched by the Security Forces. The extremists felled down trees and dug up the roads at several places on the NH-221. The road blockade crippled traffic, leaving several trucks and buses stranded. The Maoists also pasted several bills warning the Police.
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December - 24 
PTI reports that a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was killed and three security force personnel injured in an exchange of fire between the two sides at Pallur in the Koraput District in the morning of December 24. The exchange of
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PTI reports that a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was killed and three security force personnel injured in an exchange of fire between the two sides at Pallur in the Koraput District in the morning of December 24. The exchange of fire took place when personnel of the Special Operation Group, the State's elite anti-Maoist force, were going on a combing operation in the Pallur area under Narayanpatna Police Station, said Sub Divisional Police Officer (Narayanapatna) Y. J. Rao. The gun battle, which began near the place where 10 personnel were killed in a landmine blast on June 18, was continuing till the report last came in, he added.
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December - 24 
The Maoists shot at Durga Soren (48), a zonal committee leader of the JMM (Aditya). Soren was also called out of his house in the midnight of December 24 and Maoists pumped bullets into him. Additional Superintendent of Police (Jhargram) Murlidhar sa
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The Maoists shot at Durga Soren (48), a zonal committee leader of the JMM (Aditya). Soren was also called out of his house in the midnight of December 24 and Maoists pumped bullets into him. Additional Superintendent of Police (Jhargram) Murlidhar said, "We have been informed that one bullet-ridden body has been found in Simulpal. We have sent forces to the area."
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December - 25 
Four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, allegedly involved in the assassination of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Laxamananda Saraswati, were arrested in the Rayagada District, Police said on December 26, according to PTI. The a
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Four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, allegedly involved in the assassination of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Laxamananda Saraswati, were arrested in the Rayagada District, Police said on December 26, according to PTI. The arrests were made by Security Force (SF) personnel engaged in anti-Maoist operation in the dense forests of Tembaguda, about 120 kilometres from Rayagada on December 25, Nilakantha Patra, inspector-in-charge of the Police Station, said. The Maoists identified as Suna Gandalaka, Dhobai Kadraka, Bhapei Praska and Gopala Pidikaka of nearby villages were allegedly involved in a number of crimes, including the killing of the VHP leader in 2008 and Nayagarh attack in 2007. The SF personnel had seized a land mine, explosive substances, Maoists literature and banners from the extremists, Patra added.
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December - 25 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have started threatening gram pradhans (village heads) and chowkidars (guards) with dire consequences if any member of the CPI-Maoist outfit is arrested or if police raid their hideouts, reports
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have started threatening gram pradhans (village heads) and chowkidars (guards) with dire consequences if any member of the CPI-Maoist outfit is arrested or if police raid their hideouts, reports Times of India. The Maoists through posters put up at several villages under Shikaripara block (administrative division) of Dumka District, have threatened that village heads and chowkidars would be killed under the above-mentioned circumstances for being Police informers. Maoist posters were seen at various places in the three villages of Haripur, Maluti and Pinargarhia, which are considered to be Maoist strongholds. The CP-Maoist move to declare punitive action against the village heads and chowkidars is being viewed here as its modus operandi to persuade them to convince the common villagers being in regular touch to refrain from being Police informers by holding them directly responsible in case of an arrest or any other move by Police against it.
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December - 25 
Two persons were arrested on charges of assisting the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in collection of party funds in the Warangal District and INR 60 lakh was seized from their possession, Police said on December 26, reports PTI. V Veer
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Two persons were arrested on charges of assisting the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in collection of party funds in the Warangal District and INR 60 lakh was seized from their possession, Police said on December 26, reports PTI. V Veeraiah and Siddam Shetty Vykuntam were arrested while they were handing over INR 60 lakh, extorted amount from civil contractors, to the CPI-Maoist cadre near Gangugudem village under Eturnagaram Police Stations limits on December 25, Superintendent of Police (SP, Warangal) Shahnawaz Qasim told PTI over phone. Veeraiah and Siddam came to the forest abutting to Gangugudem village to handover the extorted money to the Maoist) cadre, but were arrested while around 12 CPI-Maoist cadres who came to collect the amount managed to escape in the dense forests after noticing the Police party, he said. The duo in their confession to the Police said that they were working for the CPI -Maoist and assisting it in extorting money, the senior Police officer added.
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December - 25 
Following reports that Maoists may be shifting base from Lalgarh to Jhargram sub-division in West Midnapore, the State Government has decided to send an additional company of Central Paramilitary Forces to Jhargram. After sporadic incidents of violen
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Following reports that Maoists may be shifting base from Lalgarh to Jhargram sub-division in West Midnapore, the State Government has decided to send an additional company of Central Paramilitary Forces to Jhargram. After sporadic incidents of violence in Jhargram recently, including the torching of the deer park and setting ablaze sponge iron units followed by an attack on CPI-Marxist district committee leader Amiya Sengupta’s house, the State Government has decided to boost the reinforce the strength of paramilitary forces in the area.
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December - 26 
A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) leader was shot dead by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Barikul in the Bankura District on December 26, PTI reported. Rameshwar Murmu, the local committee secretary of
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A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) leader was shot dead by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Barikul in the Bankura District on December 26, PTI reported. Rameshwar Murmu, the local committee secretary of the CPI-Marxist, was forcibly taken away from his residence at Bhulagara in the morning by an armed group of 15, who pushed aside his wife and son, saying Murmu deserved to be killed for his "anti-people activities." Shortly later the family heard gunshots and Murmu's dead body was recovered by Security Forces from a nearby forest. Police suspected Maoists, active in the belt, could be behind the attack but the identity of the attackers was still being probed.
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December - 26 
A couple was burnt alive by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Palamau District due to their land dispute with a Maoist ‘commander’, Police said on December 27. “Divesh Singh and his wife, Devbrati Devi were burnt al
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A couple was burnt alive by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Palamau District due to their land dispute with a Maoist ‘commander’, Police said on December 27. “Divesh Singh and his wife, Devbrati Devi were burnt alive at Saraidih village by suspected Maoist rebels,” Palamau’s Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal told IANS. Around 10 to 15 extremists raided the Saraidih village, 180 kilometers from Ranchi in the night of December 26 and set Divesh’s house on fire. The couple who were sleeping at the time were burnt alive. The extremists left a pamphlet at the spot, terming the couple “police informers”. According to Narwal, Divesh had a land dispute with Mahendra Bhuiya, an ‘area commander’ of the CPI-Maoist.
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December - 26 
IANS reports that suspected Maoists ransacked and set abalze a forest beat office, after assaulting its employees at Sarenga in the Bankura District in the night of December 26, Police said on December 26. Police added that the extremists also threat
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IANS reports that suspected Maoists ransacked and set abalze a forest beat office, after assaulting its employees at Sarenga in the Bankura District in the night of December 26, Police said on December 26. Police added that the extremists also threatened the employees with dire consequences if they returned to work there. A group of 100 extremists set ablaze files and documents before escaping. This is the third attack on a forest beat office by the Maoists in December. The Maoists are active in areas under 30 Police Stations in Bankura, West Midnapore and Purulia Districts of the State.
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December - 26 
On December 26, the Maoists blew up earthmoving machinery of a road construction project at Gurua near Sherghati in the Gaya District. According to the local Police, around 30 to 40 extremists belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Centre came late
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On December 26, the Maoists blew up earthmoving machinery of a road construction project at Gurua near Sherghati in the Gaya District. According to the local Police, around 30 to 40 extremists belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Centre came late in the night of December 25 and blew up the JCB machinery in the Sherghati area, where a road widening project is underway.
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December - 26 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have given a 24-hour bandh call in five states on January 2 alleging that Communist Party of India-Marxist activist on December 26 fired at a Christmas tribal fair near Lalgarh in West Midnapore Distri
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have given a 24-hour bandh call in five states on January 2 alleging that Communist Party of India-Marxist activist on December 26 fired at a Christmas tribal fair near Lalgarh in West Midnapore District, reports Times of India. "Maoists has called the bandh on January 2 in West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar to protest the unprovoked firing on villagers at Binpur," Maoist politburo member Kishan said on December 26. He claimed that two persons were killed and four others were injured in the firing at the fair. District Magistrate, Narayan Swarup Nigam confirmed the firing, but it was yet to be ascertained, if there was any casualty. He said that four hardcore Maoists were arrested in this connection. Earlier, a spokesman of People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) spearheading the campaign against alleged Police action on villagers and gave a 24-hour bandh call on December 27 in the West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia Districts of West Bengal to protest the "unprovoked firing" at the fair.
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December - 26 
The Maoists on December 26 came out in support of a separate Telangana, asking the people of the region to "wage a united militant mass struggle" to achieve the statehood, The Hindu reports. Azad, the spokesperson of the Central Committee of the CPI-
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The Maoists on December 26 came out in support of a separate Telangana, asking the people of the region to "wage a united militant mass struggle" to achieve the statehood, The Hindu reports. Azad, the spokesperson of the Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist, said in a statement that a separate state of Telangana is an "inalienable right" of the four crore people of the region. He called for a "united militant mass struggle" against the "fascist Congress regime" and the "betrayers" in various political garbs to "achieve" a separate Telangana. “Their sole fear was that any mass agitation would become militant and slip out of their hands," Azad alleged.
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December - 27 
Alert was sounded in three southern Orissa Districts on December 27 in view of December 28 (today) bandh (shut down) call by Maoists in protest against alleged Police excess against tribals in the Districts. "We have alerted Security Forces in vulner
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Alert was sounded in three southern Orissa Districts on December 27 in view of December 28 (today) bandh (shut down) call by Maoists in protest against alleged Police excess against tribals in the Districts. "We have alerted Security Forces in vulnerable areas of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal Districts in view of the bandh call given by the Naxalites", Deputy Inspector General of Police (Southern range) R. K. Sharma said.
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December - 27 
As per the figures by Police department 235 persons fell victim to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) violence between January and November 2009, reports PTI. They include 99 Policemen, two under cover Police, 11 Government officials, 2
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As per the figures by Police department 235 persons fell victim to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) violence between January and November 2009, reports PTI. They include 99 Policemen, two under cover Police, 11 Government officials, 21 Special Police Officers and 102 commoners.
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December - 27 
Hundreds of Peoples Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) supporters ransacked and set ablaze the house of a local leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) at Radhanagar near Jhargram town in the West Midnapore District in th
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Hundreds of Peoples Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) supporters ransacked and set ablaze the house of a local leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) at Radhanagar near Jhargram town in the West Midnapore District in the evening of December 27, The Hindu reported. While the CPI-Marxist leader, Manoranjan Pal and his family managed to escape, their house was ransacked and set ablaze. Several PCPA supporters in the crowd reportedly carried sophisticated fire arms, the Police said corroborating local reports. The Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Verma told The Hindu that the report that some persons in the crowd were carrying firearms “proved once more” that the PCPA and the Maoists are “similar entities with different faces.”
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December - 27 
Police unearthed and seized a dump of seven wire bundles, used to make gelatin sticks, on the outskirts of Narsimhasagar village in the District, the SP said.
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Police unearthed and seized a dump of seven wire bundles, used to make gelatin sticks, on the outskirts of Narsimhasagar village in the District, the SP said.
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December - 27 
The Hindu reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a State run school building at Birhni village in the Aurangabad District in the morning of December 27, Police said. Over 200 extremists surrounded the school buil
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The Hindu reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a State run school building at Birhni village in the Aurangabad District in the morning of December 27, Police said. Over 200 extremists surrounded the school building and detonated dynamites to blow up the school building. Four rooms of the school collapsed in the blast, the police said.
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December - 27 
The Maoists reportedly blocked roads at different places in south Orissa by felling trees on to the roads. Passenger services were also hit on the Adaba-Rayagada and Brahmani Gaon-Rayagada routes and in Ajapati, Berhampur, Rayagada and Malkangiri too
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The Maoists reportedly blocked roads at different places in south Orissa by felling trees on to the roads. Passenger services were also hit on the Adaba-Rayagada and Brahmani Gaon-Rayagada routes and in Ajapati, Berhampur, Rayagada and Malkangiri too. As reported earlier, the Maoists on December 27 had called for December 28 bandh (general shut down) in three southern Districts of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal in protest against alleged Police excess against tribals in the Districts.
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December - 28 
PTI reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was arrested and over 1,500 rounds of cartridges were recovered from him possession in Sasaram, the District headquarters of Rohtas district, on December 28. On a tip off, Addition
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PTI reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was arrested and over 1,500 rounds of cartridges were recovered from him possession in Sasaram, the District headquarters of Rohtas district, on December 28. On a tip off, Additional Superintendent of Police Ranjit Kumar Mishra led a Police party at Kheelamganj locality and arrested a Naxalite, identified as Surendra Kumar, with the cartridges and two wireless sets, Additional Director General of Police (headquarters) U. S. Dutt said. Of the seized cartridge, 480 rounds were of 12 bore guns, 715 rounds were of .315 rifle and the rest of Insas and revolvers, Dutt added.
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December - 28 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two tribal leaders, including the gram sarpanch (village head), in the Komanapalli village of Khammam District on December 28, The Hindu reported. The dead were identified as sarpanch Kav
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two tribal leaders, including the gram sarpanch (village head), in the Komanapalli village of Khammam District on December 28, The Hindu reported. The dead were identified as sarpanch Kaviti Rajulu and his uncle and former village head Kaviti Subbaiah.
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December - 28 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze four buses, a mobile tower and blew up a forest department beat house in Gajapati and Malkangiri Districts on December 28, Police said, according to IANS. "Maoists have set ablaze fou
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze four buses, a mobile tower and blew up a forest department beat house in Gajapati and Malkangiri Districts on December 28, Police said, according to IANS. "Maoists have set ablaze four Government buses in the night. They set them on fire after forcing the passengers to get down around midnight. They have also set ablaze a mobile tower there. About 40 Maoists are involved in the incidents. We have rushed armed Policemen to the spot," said Superintendent of Police (Gajapati) Sanjeev Arora.
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December - 28 
The Maoists blew up a forest department beat house and a mobile tower in Malkangiri District also. "Maoists have blown up a forest beat house at Orkel and a mobile tower in Chitrakonda chawk," said Anup Sahu, the sub-divisional Police officer of Malk
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The Maoists blew up a forest department beat house and a mobile tower in Malkangiri District also. "Maoists have blown up a forest beat house at Orkel and a mobile tower in Chitrakonda chawk," said Anup Sahu, the sub-divisional Police officer of Malkangiri.
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December - 29 
After Maoist politburo memebr Koteshwar Rao alias Kishan’s recent phone call to state environment secretary M. L. Meena complaining about pollution allegedly caused by sponge iron factories, the West Bengal Government cautioned officials against spea
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After Maoist politburo memebr Koteshwar Rao alias Kishan’s recent phone call to state environment secretary M. L. Meena complaining about pollution allegedly caused by sponge iron factories, the West Bengal Government cautioned officials against speaking to any leader of outlawed organisations. "Why should any of our officers talk to Kishenji? We don't need discussion with any leader of an outlawed organisations like CPI (Maoist)," home secretary Ardhendu Sen told reporters. To another question, Sen said the whereabouts of outlawed leaders could not be pinpointed by mobile towers. "This is wrong. Then, the Centre could send high tech towers to all naxalite affected states to detect whereabouts of leaders of outlawed organisations," he said.
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December - 29 
Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated dynamites to blow up a school building at Jurati village in the Aurangabad District in the morning of December 29, reports The Hindu. Around 200 extremists surrounded the Stat
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Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated dynamites to blow up a school building at Jurati village in the Aurangabad District in the morning of December 29, reports The Hindu. Around 200 extremists surrounded the State-run school and triggered blasts partially damaging its building, Police said. A Police patrol soon arrived and engaged the extremists in an encounter for more than two hours. Police recovered two can bombs, cable wires and several Police uniforms besides Naxal literature from the spot.
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December - 29 
Earlier on December 29, Soren told Telegraph that talks are the “only solution” to Naxalism. “Naxalism is a big issue and, in my opinion, talks are the only solution to this socio-economic problem. I am in favour of initiating a dialogue with the reb
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Earlier on December 29, Soren told Telegraph that talks are the “only solution” to Naxalism. “Naxalism is a big issue and, in my opinion, talks are the only solution to this socio-economic problem. I am in favour of initiating a dialogue with the rebels to try and find out what they want,” Soren said. Soren said his Government would hold talks with the Maoists within six months. “I know of several channels through which talks can be initiated with the rebels,” he said.
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December - 29 
IANS reports that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze a shop and an auto rickshaw in the Raisuan village of Keonjhar District, Police said on December 29. “Maoists torched a shop last night [December 28]. About 20 armed Mao
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IANS reports that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze a shop and an auto rickshaw in the Raisuan village of Keonjhar District, Police said on December 29. “Maoists torched a shop last night [December 28]. About 20 armed Maoists had come and torched a shop and an auto,” said Dhruba Charan Puhan, Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Keonjhar. According to Police, the extremists set ablaze the shop by pouring petrol after asking the shop owner and his family members to leave. The Maoists have also left some literature, threatening the Police and some other individuals of the village.
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December - 29 
Police on December 30 (today) said that six suspected Maoists were arrested during a joint combing operation by Security Force personnel in Sundargarh District, according to Express Buzz. The arrests were made at Rubuda forests under K. Balang Police
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Police on December 30 (today) said that six suspected Maoists were arrested during a joint combing operation by Security Force personnel in Sundargarh District, according to Express Buzz. The arrests were made at Rubuda forests under K. Balang Police Station in the night of December 29, Sudarsan Sethi, SDPO of Bonai, said. The arrestees included Jagmohan Tarkode of neighbouring Jharkhand while the other five belonged to Relahatur village in Sundargarh District where the Maoists had triggered blasts damaging four school buildings and a hospital building last week. All the six were booked under five cases, including murder of Ajit Bardhan, sub-inspector of Koida Police Station in Sundargarh District and the recent blasting of school and hospital buildings.
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December - 29 
PTI reports that two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed by the Police on December 29, while three others were arrested in separate incidents in Bijapur District, officials said. Police department spokesman Inspector Gener
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PTI reports that two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed by the Police on December 29, while three others were arrested in separate incidents in Bijapur District, officials said. Police department spokesman Inspector General R. K. Vij told PTI that two Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with the Police in jungles near Bechapal village, while others managed to escape taking advantage of the thick forest cover. Arms and explosives were also seized from the spot, he added.
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December - 29 
Three extremists were arrested after a chase by the Police near Tumnar village, Vij said. The arrested Maoists are facing several criminal cases, including that of murder and attempt to murder, the Police officer said.
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Three extremists were arrested after a chase by the Police near Tumnar village, Vij said. The arrested Maoists are facing several criminal cases, including that of murder and attempt to murder, the Police officer said.
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December - 30 
Making a fresh offer of talks with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the Jharkhand Government on December 30 said that the State's Naxal (Left wing Extremism) policy would be reviewed, reported PTI. "We are ready for talks. They shoul
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Making a fresh offer of talks with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the Jharkhand Government on December 30 said that the State's Naxal (Left wing Extremism) policy would be reviewed, reported PTI. "We are ready for talks. They should shun violence and tell us what they want. Do they want to run the government? If so, how? They should come forward for talks," Soren told a joint press conference with cabinet ministers Raghuvar Das and Sudesh Mahto. Mahto, who had introduced a Naxal policy when he was the Home Minister in the Arjun Munda Government in 2005, said the government would review it.
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December - 30 
One 18-year-old woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Laxmi Pidkaka alias Sunita, surrendered before the Police in the Rayagada District on December 30 to escape from a forced marriage to a cadre from Chhattisgarh, r
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One 18-year-old woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Laxmi Pidkaka alias Sunita, surrendered before the Police in the Rayagada District on December 30 to escape from a forced marriage to a cadre from Chhattisgarh, reports The Hindu. Her disclosures after surrender revealed that the Maoists in south Orissa had started using force to marry off their women activists to cadres from Chhattisgarh deputed to Orissa. It is part of their effort not to let the disillusioned women cadres get away from the clutches of their violent outfit.
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December - 30 
Passengers of the New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express had a narrow escape in the morning of December 30 (today) as suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres removed the connectors between two tracks on a 400 metre stretch near Gidn
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Passengers of the New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express had a narrow escape in the morning of December 30 (today) as suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres removed the connectors between two tracks on a 400 metre stretch near Gidni station in West Bengal just before the train was to cross the area, reports Times of India. Patrolling railway men detected a group of people removing the pandoral clips, connectors between two tracks, and trying to bend the line near Gidni at around 1.15am (IST), a South Eastern Railway Spokesman said. They immediately informed railway authorities at Gidni station following which movement of trains was stopped. Train movement was restored after six hours, the spokesman said.
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December - 30 
Soren on December 30 had offered to initiate dialogue with Maoists and had appealed to them to surrender and join the mainstream of society. “We will accept their genuine demands. We will understand what Maoists want only when they will initiate dial
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Soren on December 30 had offered to initiate dialogue with Maoists and had appealed to them to surrender and join the mainstream of society. “We will accept their genuine demands. We will understand what Maoists want only when they will initiate dialogue,” Soren had said.
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December - 30 
Speaking to The Hindu, the Superintendent of Police (Rayagada) Ashis Kumar Singh said recently the Maoist leaders in Orissa were not letting their women cadres from Orissa to marry any other cadre from the State. “The Maoists have the fear that such
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Speaking to The Hindu, the Superintendent of Police (Rayagada) Ashis Kumar Singh said recently the Maoist leaders in Orissa were not letting their women cadres from Orissa to marry any other cadre from the State. “The Maoists have the fear that such marriages lead to surrenders, which has happened in the past. This year two married Maoist couples had surrendered in Rayagada District,” he said. In recent times Maoists from Chhattisgarh are being deputed to work in south Orissa by the Naxal outfit. According to the confession of Laxmi, the Maoist leaders have started to compel women cadres of marriageable age to marry these Maoists from Chhattisgarh. As both would be from separate States the man from Chhattisgarh would not agree to surrender in Orissa and it would be hard for the poor woman to escape from the clutches of Maoists and her hardcore Maoist husband from Chhattisgarh.
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December - 30 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) is trying to resurface in Andhra Pradesh in a big way, the Director General of Police (DGP) R.R. Girish Kumar warned on December 30 but assured that Police were keeping “utmost guard and vigil”, report
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) is trying to resurface in Andhra Pradesh in a big way, the Director General of Police (DGP) R.R. Girish Kumar warned on December 30 but assured that Police were keeping “utmost guard and vigil”, reports IANS. The DGP said that Police were keeping “utmost guard and vigil” to thwart Maoists’ attempts. “There is a move (by Maoists) to resurface in Andhra Pradesh in a big way. Any such attempt will be repulsed with all the force at our command,” he said. Claiming that Maoist activity in the State had ebbed to the lowest in over a decade, the DGP said Police remained vigilant in view of the developments in neighbouring States. “We are monitoring their activities across the border. We hope to reverse any effort to cross over and set up bases in the state,” said Girish Kumar. He claimed to have received information about Maoists trying to regroup in Karimnagar, Adilabad and Warangal Districts. Andhra Pradesh, a former stronghold of Maoists, registered only 56 incidents of Maoist violence during 2009, against 96 last year. The number of incidents was as high as 576 in 2005. No Policeman was killed during 2009 while 34 Policemen were killed in 2008. The number of civilians killed has come down to 15 from 45 in 2008. The DGP said 13 Maoists were killed, 326 arrested and 91 surrendered during 2009. He also said that there were only 13 incidents of exchanges of fire with Police in 2009 as compared with 28 incidents in 2008, adds Indian Express. The State Police, including the elite Grey-Hounds, has received laurels for anti-Naxalite operations, the DGP added.
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December - 30 
The Hindu reports that a large quantity of explosives, including 11 can bombs kept in a dry water tank by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, was unearthed on December 30 in the Nawada District. “Acting on a tip-off that Maoists
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The Hindu reports that a large quantity of explosives, including 11 can bombs kept in a dry water tank by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, was unearthed on December 30 in the Nawada District. “Acting on a tip-off that Maoists had held a meeting in the deep forests of Marai Kalunda area in the District late on Tuesday [December 29] night, police launched a search operation and found the explosives hidden by them,” Deputy Superintendent of Police (Rajauli) Ajay Kumar said. 11 can bombs, two cylinder bombs weighing 10 and 20 kilograms, 35 detonators, 40 gelatin sticks, one country-made carbine and a pistol were kept in a dry plastic water tank buried in the jungle, he added.
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December - 30 
The Hindu, meanwhile, reported that the DGP noted that not a single Policeman was killed by Maoists in a year for the first time. The daily, however, quoted the DGP as saying that 16 Naxalites were shot dead in encounters by the Police, which were ag
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The Hindu, meanwhile, reported that the DGP noted that not a single Policeman was killed by Maoists in a year for the first time. The daily, however, quoted the DGP as saying that 16 Naxalites were shot dead in encounters by the Police, which were again the lowest in a year. The DGP said the killing of Patel Sudhakar Reddy, a member of the central committee of the CPI-Maoist, in an encounter in Warangal was the biggest success of Police on Naxalite front during 2009. The Government was examining proposals to establish 15 marine police stations and seven outposts keeping in view the threat of infiltration of terrorists along the coast line.
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December - 30 
The Visakhapatnam District Police is on high alert in view of the January 2 bandh call given by the CPI-Maoist in support of separate Telangana. “Though the situation in the agency area is peaceful at the moment, we are anticipating violence from acr
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The Visakhapatnam District Police is on high alert in view of the January 2 bandh call given by the CPI-Maoist in support of separate Telangana. “Though the situation in the agency area is peaceful at the moment, we are anticipating violence from across the border with Orissa,” Superintendent of Police Vinit Brijlal told The Hindu on December 30.
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Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) supporters were killed by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Belpahari near the Lalgarh area in West Midnapore District late on December 30, reported The Hindu. The vict
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Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) supporters were killed by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Belpahari near the Lalgarh area in West Midnapore District late on December 30, reported The Hindu. The victims, Konaram Singh and Ananda Singh, were abducted from their homes at the Balichua village in the night of December 30. Their bullet-riddled dead bodies were found nearby on December 31. The Maoists left some posters near the dead bodies wherein it was stated that the duo had been punished for being Police informers and for supporting the anti-Maoist Gana Pratirodh Committee (Mass Resistance Committee), the Police said, adds Times of India.
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December - 31 
Armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up two school buildings in Aurangabad in the morning of December 31, Police said, according to The Hindu. Over 200 extremists surrounded a State-run school at Chandaur and blew the buildi
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Armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up two school buildings in Aurangabad in the morning of December 31, Police said, according to The Hindu. Over 200 extremists surrounded a State-run school at Chandaur and blew the building with dynamites, Superintendent of Police (SP, Aurangabad) N.K. Tiwari said.
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December - 31 
In another attack, the Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up another school building at Belowa, he added. However, there are no reports of any injury or casualty.
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In another attack, the Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up another school building at Belowa, he added. However, there are no reports of any injury or casualty.
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December - 31 
Police seized a large number of detonators and neutralised a Maoist training camp in the Jamui District on December 31. The anti-Maoist operation was launched by the Superintendents of Police of Munger, Lakhisarai and Jamui Districts. Acting on a tip
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Police seized a large number of detonators and neutralised a Maoist training camp in the Jamui District on December 31. The anti-Maoist operation was launched by the Superintendents of Police of Munger, Lakhisarai and Jamui Districts. Acting on a tip-off, Munger SP M. Sunil Kumar Nayak said that Police of the three Districts conducted raids at a Maoist hideout in the Karmagh village under Barhat Police Station of Jamui District and recovered a big gas cylinder and a tractor without number plate besides a large number of detonators and Police uniforms from a small hut. The Maoists were running a training camp there, Police added. It is presumed that the extremists had escaped the hideout after getting clue of the Police operation. The Munger SP said the village is situated in a deep forest, at least 10 kilometres away from the Police Station. Police also said the village is a Maoist stronghold.
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