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India Gazette
7 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
Karnataka government to deploy anti-communal force in coastal districts
Tumakuru (Karnataka) [India], June 2 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has said the state government is setting up a new special force to prevent communal violence and ensure law and order in coastal districts like Mangaluru, Udupi, and Karwar. Speaking to the media in Tumakuru, Parameshwara said the government has taken the recent murder in Mangaluru very seriously and has already started taking steps to strengthen security. 'A new Anti-Communal Force has been announced, similar to the Anti-Naxal Force,' he said. 'Orders have been issued and preparations are ongoing. The team will be ready and deployed in 10 to 15 days,' he said. This new force will be sent to three coastal districts in the first phase. It will include officers like SPs, Deputy SPs, inspectors, and other staff, selected from different areas. Special training for this force will be provided in Karkala, following the model used for Anti-Naxal teams. Parameshwara stressed that the force is not aimed at any one community. 'Whether Hindu or Muslim, action will be taken only if someone breaks the law,' he said. 'No one will be spared if they do something wrong.' He added that the government is serious about improving law and order and will not allow any more such crimes. Referring to the recent daylight murder in Koppal, he said that the police have already caught the accused. 'These are rare incidents. We are dealing with them firmly. Overall, the law and order situation in Karnataka is good,' he said, citing a study by the University of Hyderabad which ranked Karnataka as one of the safer states. 'District Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao visited the area after the incident. I had also personally visited the site of an earlier murder,' the Home Minister said. According to Parameshwara, crime in the state has gone down compared to last year, and the government will continue taking strict action to maintain peace. (ANI)
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
It's one blow after another for Reds: Chief of banned CPI-maoist splinter bloc gunned down in Jharkhand
RANCHI/DALTONGANT: Pappu Lohra, chief of Maoist splinter outfit Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), was shot dead on Saturday during a gunfight with cops in Latehar district's Ichabar area along with his second-in-command Prabhat Ganjhu. The duo's elimination comes amid an intensified crackdown on Maoists that led to the killing of CPI (Maoist) chief Nambala Keshava Rao, alias Basavaraju, on Wednesday along with 26 other rebels in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur. "He (Pappu) was a former Maoist and had good tactical skills. The way he was neutralised shows that ultras have very little time and space left for themselves. With Pappu's death, the outfit has virtually collapsed," Sunil Bhaskar, IG (Palamu Range), said. Police said a squad led by Pappu had gathered in Ichabar forests to plan attacks on local contractors and builders when they were surrounded. "Pappu was asked to surrender but he did not and was killed. He had three dozen criminal cases in various police stations," a police source said. Pappu and Prabhat were residents of Latehar. SP Kumar Gaurav said Pappu carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh and Ganjhu Rs 5 lakh. Ashish Kumar, another JJMP operative, was found injured at the site. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo He has been hospitalised in police custody. A cop, Awadh Singh, was also wounded in the encounter and has been admitted to a hospital in Ranchi, around 120km away. Later in the day, junior Union defence minister Sanjay Seth met Awadh Singh in hospital. "Anti-Naxal operations are underway in different parts of the country. The menace is on the wane due to sustained efforts of our security forces," Seth said. According to Jharkhand police, offensives have been stepped up against several breakaway rebel outfits. "Apart from Maoists, Jharkhand police are conducting intensive operations against splinter groups which include People Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Tiritya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) and JJMP," IG (operations) Amol Homkar said. PLFI supremo Dinesh Gope was arrested earlier in May 2023. TSPC chief Brajesh is inactive, while outfit's de-facto top gun Akraman Ganjhu was arrested in March, police sources pointed out. Many in Jharkhand police viewed Pappu's elimination on Saturday as his comeuppance for the killing of Rajesh Kumar, a deputy commandant, in an encounter with a squad led by the JJMP chief in Latehar in 2021.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Major splinter groups now headless: Police
Ranchi: With Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP) chief Pappu Lohra's death in Latehar on Saturday, security forces in the state have managed to either arrest or eliminate all heads of major LWE splinter groups which are active in Jharkhand. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "The state police are conducting intensive operations against the splinter groups which include the People Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) and the JJMP. The director general of police, Anurag Gupta, has directed that emphasis should be on eradicating the splinter groups from the state as well," IG (operations) Amol Homkar said. Pappu's death could be the end of JJMP with many of its operatives laying down their arms under the state govt' surrender policy. Now, JJMP is restricted to less than 30 members in Latehar, Lohardaga, Gumla, Ranchi and Palamu districts. Police are also considering the death of Pappu as a salute to martyred Jharkhand Jaguar deputy commandant Rajesh Kumar who was killed in an encounter with a squad led Pappu in Latehar in 2021. On May 2023, PLFI supremo Dinesh Gope was arrested. Moreover, police said, Brajesh, the chief of TSPC, is inactive and they have arrested the outfit's leader Akraman Ganjhu in March this year. Union minister of state for defence Sanjay Seth visited the private hospital in Ranchi where a jawan, Awadh Singh, injured in Saturday's encounter, is undergoing treatment. "Anti-Naxal operations are underway across the country and this menace is on the wane due to the efforts of our security forces," Seth said.
Time of India
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
CRPF DG: Operation Blackforest marks ‘beginning of end of Naxalism'
BIJAPUR: As CRPF DG G P Singh puts it succinctly, the 21-day 'largest-ever' anti-Naxal operation in the Karregattalu Hills on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border was 'the beginning of the end of Left-Wing extremism'. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Ahead of the March 31, 2026 deadline set by home minister Amit Shah to eliminate Naxalism from the country, security forces have their task cut out — keep up the pressure on Maoists by continuing to overwhelm them with sustained operations across the regions where they still operate, albeit in segregated groups with an eroded arsenal; corner them so that they are left with just two options: surrender or get neutralised; and block all avenues for the Maoists to regroup and re-enter areas now free from their hold, while also offering the locals benefits of govt's flagship schemes in the secure bubble created by CRPF's forward operating bases there. Operation Blackforest — which showcased exemplary coordination among central and state security forces, culminating in the elimination of 31 Maoists and segregating their strongest formations into disjointed, dislocated units — shall serve as a template for more intel-based actions in the days and months to come, as per sources. The follow-up operations will possibly be on a smaller scale, since the Maoists are now hiding in smaller groups, scattered across pockets of Indravati national park area, west Bastar, south Bastar, Telangana and a small portion of few other states. 'Anti-Naxal operations are currently under way in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and Maharashtra as part of a multi-front offensive to wipe out the vestiges of setups there. Already, 5-6 appeals have been made by CPI(Maoist) requesting a ceasefire and dialogue, indicating their desperation,' a senior Chhattisgarh Police official told TOI. A senior central govt functionary, however, said stopping operations may not be an option while the top CPI(Maoist) leadership is still in hiding. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 'Let them come out and surrender their arms. We cannot talk to a 'faceless' group,' said the officer. Surrenders have already peaked this year, with 718 Maoists having joined the mainstream in the first four months as against 928 throughout 2024. 'As the pressure grows with more anti-Naxal operations, more surrenders will follow; there is already growing disenchantment within as the top Maoist leadership remains silent and safely ensconced even as the senior Maoists and cadres are getting killed,' said the functionary. Sources said that though only 31 bodies of Maoists killed in Operation Blackforest were recovered, the forces' own estimate points to 40-45 fatalities. 'At least two dead whose bodies could not be retrieved, were very senior Maoist cadres,' said a senior officer involved in the operation. The officer told TOI that intel-based, anti-Maoist operations will continue even during the monsoon, as the forces are now placed on either side of the Indravati river. 'Earlier, a swollen Indravati river and rainwater channels during monsoon would cut off access to the interior Maoist dens; now, the forces can embark on operations from the nearest FOB,' he said. With good technical intelligence, the Maoist hideouts are no longer 'dark spots'. The forces are confident that the smaller and scattered groups of Maoists/PLGA will be located and neutralised. 'The morale of the forces is high and Operation Blackforest has conditioned us physically and mentally to corner Maoists in their core area,' said a second CRPF officer. 'It is possible that Left-Wing extremism will be eliminated a few months earlier than the March 2026 deadline,' the officer said but warned that the Maoists may resort to desperate attacks like killing civilians on the pretext of being 'informers' and targeting security forces with IEDs improvised to inflict maximum casualty.
The Hindu
03-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
8 held in connection with murder of Hindu activist in Mangaluru: Minister Parameshwara
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday (May 3, 2025) that eight people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Hindu activist, and an anti-communal task force will be constituted permanently. The arrested have been identified as Abdul Safwan, Niyaz Ahmed, Mohammad Muzzammil, Khalandar Shafi, Adil Mehrooz Mohammad Rizwan, Ranjit and Nagaraj. Addressing a press conference after a meeting with top police officials, Parameshwara said the anti-communal task force will be constituted specially for Udupi and Dakshina Kannada district on the lines of the Anti-Naxal force. "It will be headed by a Inspector General of Police (IGP). It will be set up as a permanent feature," he added. Suhas Shetty, a known rowdy sheeter and Hindu activist, was murdered by an unidentified group late on Thursday (May 1, 2025) within the Bajpe police station limits in Mangaluru city. Following the murder, the VHP called for a bandh on Friday and shops were shut in Mangaluru city. Parameshwara and District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao rushed to Mangaluru on Friday and held high-level discussions with Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal and Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan to assess the law and order situation. The Ministers reviewed the security arrangements and appealed for calm, assuring that strict action would be taken against those responsible for the violence and disruption.
