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Deccan Herald
38 minutes ago
- Deccan Herald
Eight Maoists surrender before police in Telangana
As many as 355 Maoists have surrendered before the Telangana police including 68 before Mulugu District Police from January this year, a release added.
The Hindu
2 hours ago
- The Hindu
NIA chargesheets 3 Maoists for involvement in extortion, forced recruitment in Jharkhand
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three Maoists for allegedly being involved in extortion and forced recruitment of people in their proscribed outfit in Jharkhand, officials said on Saturday (May 31, 2025). In a supplementary charge sheet filed on Friday (May 30) before a special court in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the NIA charged Krishna Hansda alias Saurav Da alias Avinash Da, Abhijit Korah alias Matla Korah alias Sunil Korah, and Ramdayal Mahto alias Nilesh Da alias Bachchan Da for having a part in the 2023 CPI(Maoist) terrorist conspiracy case, they said. Hansda was the regional committee member of CPI (Maoist), a banned outfit, Korah one of its armed cadres, and Mahto its special area committee member, they said. Korah hails from Bihar, while the other two were Jharkhand native, the probe agency said in a statement. Also Read | Top Maoist leader Basavraju among 27 killed in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur "All three were found to be active members of the proscribed terrorist organisation and a part of its larger conspiracy involving extortion, armed intimidation, and forced recruitment in the general area of Parasnath, district Giridih, Jharkhand," it said. Their roles unravelled with the arrest of Krishna Hansda in January 2023 from the Lucio forest area of the Dumri Police Station under Giridih district. "The local police had recovered levy money, one 7.65 mm bore pistol, and several incriminating documents from his possession," the NIA said. After the seizure, police then registered an FIR against Hansda, Korah, Mahto and several unknown persons, and also filed a charge sheet against Hansda, it said. NIA took over the case and re-registered it in June 2023.
Hans India
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
NIA charge sheets three Maoist guerrillas in 2023 Kerala forest office attack
New Delhi: Three Maoists guerillas from the Kabani Dalam squad were named in the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a Special Kerala court in connection with the armed attack on the Kerala Forest Department Corporation (KFDC) office at Wayanad in 2023, said an official on Saturday. The charge sheet was filed before the Special Court, Ernakulam, against the three members of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation on Friday. Those named in the chargesheet are C.P. Moideen alias Girish alias Salil alias Sajan, Manoj P.M. alias Ashique, and P.K. Soman alias Shahid alias Akbar. They have been charged under various sections of the IPC, Arms Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, Kerala Forest Act, 1961 and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, said an NIA official. A total of five members of CPI (Maoist), armed with deadly weapons, had unlawfully assembled and criminally trespassed into the KFDC office on September 28, 2023, said the chargesheet. They had restrained the KFDC Manager and damaged public property and equipment using iron rods. Raising Maoist slogans, the men had also pasted CPI (Maoist) posters in the office premises, it said. After the incident, four attackers were arrested subsequently by the law enforcement agencies, and one had surrendered before the police. The NIA, which took over the case a few days later, found during the investigation that C.P. Moideen, Manoj P.M., and P.K. Sonam, along with H. S. Ravindra alias Kotehonda Ravialias alias Manoj alias Ramu and Santhosh Kumar A alias Sandhosh Kumar alias Raja, were members of the Military Wing People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) of CPI (Maoist). They had formed a local guerrilla squad named Kabani Dalam in Wayanad forests, and were actively engaged in acts of terrorism, aimed at spreading fear among the public and destabilising the government. The attack at KFDC was part of their violent anti-national agenda, the NIA said.
New Indian Express
4 hours ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
17 Maoists surrender; cops ask public to report activity in Telangana
KHAMMAM: As many as 17 banned Maoist party members surrendered before Bhadradri Kothagudem police and CRPF on Friday. Briefing the media at the police headquarters at Ramachandrapuram near Kothagudem town, Superintendent of Police (SP) B Rohith Raju said, 'Unidentified armed Maoist members found moving in Telangana cannot escape the long arm of the police. The death of 31 Maoists in encounters across various areas, including the Karregutta hillocks, in 2024 should serve as an example. Telangana will never be allowed to serve as a haven for Maoist activities. The era of accepting outdated and impractical ideologies has long passed. Maoists must now realise that seeking a peaceful resolution is better than continuing their armed struggle.' 'Since January this year, a total of 282 Maoist cadres of various ranks have surrendered and joined the mainstream of society, receiving appropriate rehabilitation facilities from the government,' said the SP. He appealed to the residents of the villages bordering with Chhattisgarh not to provide any help to Maoist armed cadres under any circumstances. 'If any Maoist activity is observed, it should be immediately reported to the nearest police station,' said the SP. 'Bhadradri Kothagudem district police are actively working to curb Maoist activities and facilitate the reintegration of surrendered cadres into the mainstream of society,' said Bhadrachalam ASP Vikranth Singh Kumar.
New Indian Express
4 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Security forces recover part of looted explosives in Odisha
ROURKELA: Security forces recovered huge quantities of the looted explosives following an exchange of fire with the Maoists inside Saranda forest near Tirilposh in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, around 20 km from Sundargarh border, on Friday. The recovery came three days after armed Maoists hijacked an explosives-laden truck from the forested Banko area under K Balang police limits in Sundargarh on Tuesday morning. The rebels drove the vehicle about one km inside the forest and decamped with the blasting gelatin sticks weighing nearly four tonne. Sources said the site of the loot is hardly two km from Saranda forest in Jharkhand and the Friday's encounter spot is nearly 20 km from Sundargarh border. It seems due to initiation of combing operation on both sides of the border immediately after the loot, the Maoists did not have time to shift the explosive packets elsewhere. It is likely that the explosive packets may have been kept hidden in the forest. Requesting anonymity, a senior police officer said the exchange of fire started early on Tuesday afternoon and was still going on intermittently. A major portion of the looted explosives was found lying near the spot of encounter. DIG (Western Range) Brijesh Kumar Rai confirmed that huge quantities of the looted explosives and Maoist materials have been recovered. Three joint teams of security forces of Odisha and Jharkhand participated in the intense search operations along the border at different places. One team was involved in the gun battle after being challenged by the Maoists. The exchange of fire and search operation is still underway and details would be shared accordingly.
