UAV to hover over eastern Maha skies to counter Naxalism
20 February, 2007
Nagpur, Feb 20: Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) is all set to be deployed in eastern Maharashtra to trace the movements of Naxals, a senior police official of Anti-Naxalite Operation (ANO) said today.
The UAV over Naxal-infested Gadchiroli district is likely to be operational sometime next week, said inspector general of police, anti-Naxal operations, Pankaj Gupta.
Gupta told reporters that UAV's operation in Chhattisgarh was quite successful and the authorities have received photo and video images both from cameras fitted in the flying machine. It has traced movement of Naxalites near the hilly terrain of Abuzmadd in Bastar district which is a virtual den of the outlawed extremists.
The images of Naxal training camps, organised in thick and dense forests in Abuzmadd area of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh are very clear and reveal a lot of things which the official declined to mention.
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posted by Resistance 20.2.07,
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Seven Naxalites arrested in Nagpur
15 January, 2007
Nagpur, Jan 15: As many as seven Naxalites were arrested in a joint operation by the police forces of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh in Gadchiroli district, Sahara Samay sources said today.
Acting on a tip off, the police team cordoned off the area where a Naxal camp was in progress. The ultras opened indiscriminate firing which was promptly returned by the police.
Seven Naxalites, who tried to flee from the camp, were chased and arrested. Naxal literature, tents and some other materials were also seized, the police said.
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posted by Bimal 15.1.07,
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Communists’ flag is red but their hearts are black:Gaddar
09 January, 2007
Left no longer close to ideology: Gaddar
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Pune, January 8: GADDAR, the revolutionary Telugu balladeer and vocal Naxalite activist from Andhra Pradesh,who was in Pune on Sunday and Monday to mobilise the “anti-establishmentrage” amongst the masses over Khairlanj killings, quota controversy and acquisition of lands for Special Economy Zones was equally critical of the“imperialist America” and the Left parties.Accusing the Left parties of straying from their original philosophy, he said, “Communistonka jhanda lal hain lekin unka dil kala hain (Communists’ flag is red but their hearts are black),” he said addressing a press conference in Pune on Monday. His comments comes close on the heels of a raging controversy over allowing Special Economy Zones in Left-ruled West Bengal
Gadar alleged that the SEZs was a conspiracy of “imperialist” America, World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Describing SEZs as trouble, he said, “SEZ ke peeche sab choronki dosti hain (SEZs is a conspiracy of a bunch of thieves).”
He described the USA as the number one terrorist in world. He said, “Of the political, economic and structural terrorism, structural terrorism is the most dangerous.” He described Naxalism as “a new democratic revolution against monopoly”. “I respect Naxal ideology,” he added.
Gaddar described himself as active politician. “I am poet, singer, writer. I ask questions to rulers so I am an active politician,” he said. He said there was immense need for artists, writers, poets and intellectuals to come together against imperialism. He said there was also the need to use art to oppose imperialism.
Later, speaking at a meeting of intellectuals organised by Rashtra Seva Dal, Gaddar described the Khairlanji killings as fallout of an imperialist design and demanded a probe by a former Supreme Court judge into it.
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posted by Bimal 9.1.07,
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Naxalites threaten DSP, Gadchiroli
07 January, 2007
Naxalites with allegiance to CPI (Maoist), who have been involved in violent activities in the border district of Gadchiroli for over last two decades, now threatened the district superintendent of police, Shirish Jain with dire consequences.The extremists have plastered the walls and pasted posters in different places in the district recently and cried for the head of Jain. While issuing a death threat against Jain, the Maoist rebels appealed to tribals of the district to punish the SP for 'killing innocent' tribals in fake encounters.The wall painting and posters apparently planted on several government buildings and public places late on Thursday evening, were discovered on Friday morning. They accused the district police of arresting and torturing innocent poor tribals in the name of combing operation in the district.Besides Jain, the posters also contained names of a couple of other senior police officials with warnings issued against them, if they did not stop harassing innocent tribals. The death threat was issued by Narmadakka, the new secretary of Gadchiroli division committee of CPI (Maoist).SP Jain, however, denied any such accusation saying the police was not targeting villagers and were only performing their duties in an attempt to flush out rebels from the district.Talking to Hindustan Times, Jain said that such threats were routine for them. "We regularly get such death threats from the extremists. I am also getting anonymous telephone threats virtually every day," he informed and said that it was a well designed tactic of Naxalites to demoralise the police force.Jain, who was posted as the SP of tribal district in July 2004, was instrumental in gunning down of 30 Naxalites during his tenure. Moreover, several Maoists were arrested during the period. Besides, as many as 125 activists of CPI (Maoist), including some dalam commanders and deputy commanders surrendered before the district authorities.The police also succeeded to gun down Shivanna, the secretary of Dandyakaranya Special Zonal Committee in an inter-state operation near Kanker, bordering Gadchiroli a few months back. These have led them to such desperation, Jain felt.Meanwhile, district police officials alerted politicians and senior government officials to take extra care while going to interior areas in the district in view of the Naxalite threat.Ministers and peoples' representatives were asked not to disclose the details of their routes but keep the police informed about their movement. VIPs were asked not to stay in villages during nights as there is a strong possibility to kidnap them.
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posted by Bimal 7.1.07,
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