Left wing terror: BJYM leader shot at, injured by Naxals in Chhattisgarh

Raipur

A 27-year-old BJP youth wing leader was today shot at and injured allegedly by Naxals at a temple in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said.

Bijapur district BJYM President Murlikrishna Naidu was shot at by ultras in Bhairamgarh town at around 8 PM when he had gone to a temple, Bijapur Superintendent of Police K L Dhruv told PTI.

Four rebels armed with country-made guns and sharp-edged weapons stormed the temple and attacked him, the officer said.

“The ultras fired two bullets from behind which hit him in the shoulder and waist. They then tried to attack him with an axe but some persons present there came to his rescue,” the SP said, adding the rebels then fled the spot.

Naidu was taken to a local hospital from where he was shifted to Jagdalpur district headquarters and was now being airlifted to Raipur for further treatment, Dhruv said.

The officer said prima facie the attack was executed by a small action team of ultras but details will be known only after a probe into the incident is completed.

A native of Bhairmgarh, Naidu is an active leader of the party in the region. He is also close to Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda, an MLA from Bijapur constituency.

“Naidu was actively working for the party and looking after my activities in the region. Maoists have targeted him because of his close association with me,” Gagda told PTI.

CRPF jawan injured in pressure bomb blast in Chhattisgarh

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was today injured in a pressure bomb blast, triggered allegedly by Naxals, in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said.

The incident took place at Dubba Kunna forests under Katekalyan police station limits while security forces were returning after an anti-Naxal operation in the region, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap told PTI.

“Constable Gurwinder Singh belonging to CRPF’s 195th battalion sustained injuries in the explosion,” he added.

When the security forces reached a forested patch of Dubba Kunna, the jawan inadvertently stepped over an improvised explosive device (IED), which triggered the blast, the SP said.

Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and efforts are on to get the constable out from the forests, he added.

On March 30, seven CRPF personnel, including an official, were killed after Maoists triggered a powerful landmine blast blowing up their vehicle on a main road in Kuakonda police station limits of Dantewada district.

2 top Maoist leaders remanded in police custody for 14 days

Kolkata

A city court today remanded two top Maoist leaders, who were arrested yesterday, in 14-days’ police custody.

Bikash alias Manasram Hembramand his wife Tara alias Thakurmoni Bancharam were sent to police custody till April 17 by Metropolitan Magistrate 18th Court Eden Lamasaa.

The two, reportedly close to slain Maoist leader Kishenji, were arrested from the city by a Special Task Force of Kolkata Police yesterday ahead of the first phase of Bengal Assembly polls on April 4.

Both of them have been charged under IPC sections 120 (Punishment of criminal conspiracy), 120(B); 121, 121A, 122, 123 and under the Arms Act.

One 7.6 mm pistol, two magazines, nine rounds of live ammunition and letters written in tribal language were seized from them during a raid at the couple’s rented accommodation at Chaparui village in Hooghly district yesterday.

Bikash was the Secretary of the so-called “West Bengal state military Maoist Commission” and also member of other wings of the Maoist groups and Police were looking for him for a long time.

CRPF unit that lost 7 men in Naxal attack nabs ultras in Chhattisgarh
Raipur
Raipur

Undeterred by the deadly Naxal attack that killed seven of their colleagues last week, troops of the 230th CRPF battalion have nabbed six Maoists from the worst Maoist violence-affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

Officials said a special squad from the unit apprehended the Naxals identified as Madvi Muka (22), Madkami Deva (24), Madkami Ganga (24), Chinga (25), Budram (30) and Sanna (28) from the Nelavaram and Chichor villages of Sukma, located on the southern-most tip of the forested Bastar area.

They said all the six were wanted by the state police for various crimes and had warrants pending against them.

“They have been nabbed by the troops of the same Central Reserve Police Force unit whose seven men were ambushed by Maoists last week. All six Maoists have been handed over to state police,” an official said.

Seven personnel of the 230th battalion were killed in the landmine ambush when they were travelling in a civilian vehicle to transport a cooler for an ailing sniffer dog of the force named ‘scout’ on March 30 in the neighbouring Dantewada district.

The unit was brought in deployed here last November for special anti-Naxal operations along the Sukma-Dantewada axis which is notorious for the movement of armed Naxal cadres as it borders Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

CRPF Director General K Durga Prasad had recently said that the unit was instrumental in effecting a number of Maoist surrenders in the area and that they helped local police in apprehending 18 ‘warantee’ ultras in the last few months.

Top rebel leader arrested from Imphal airport

Imphal

A top rebel leader of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) was arrested by Manipur police from the entry gate of Imphal Tulihal airport, the police said.

Nongdrenkhomba, who is the Chairman of Politburo Standing Committee and also the top most leader of the banned group, was yesterday arrested.

He was earlier arrested in Delhi, way back in November 2012.

One 9 mm pistol, 10 mobile handsets, 10 letterheads, foreign currencies, a PAN card, stamp seal of his outfit and other articles were seized from his possession, police said.

The 32-year-old militant has been remanded to police custody till April 11 by the Judicial Magistrate Imphal.

On March 31, a woman cadre of KCP (Mangal), Yumnam Ibeyaima (40), was arrested from Kodompokpi area in Imphal West district, a police press release said.

She was arrested by a team of 12th Bihar Regiment and Manipur police.

Based on her disclosure, another woman activist of the same group was also arrested by the police from the outskirts of the state capital. She has been identified as Laishram Manileima (45), the release said.