Patrolling intensified on Orissa-Jharkhand border
By our Correspondent
Last updated: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:16:13 GMT
Bhubaneswar (Orissa): Special Operation Group Jawans and CRPF men have jointly launched a massive search operation along the Orissa- Jharkhand border areas near Biramitrapur in Sundergarh district following reports of movement of Maoists.
Police said on Friday that some armed men on motorcycles, suspected to be Maoists were sighted in the border areas creating panic among the villagers in Orissa and Jharkhand.
The movement of ultras on the eve of the New Year bash brought back memories of the Maoist attempt to blow up Banajore police outpost in Jharkhand barely two kilometers away from Biramitrapur town.
Similarly security arrangements had also been beefed up in almost all the police stations in the district as a precautionary measure to avoid any Maoist related incident, the sources said. source
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Orissa bandh: Maoists say a ploy by Sangh Parivar
Bandh hits three Orissa districts
Berhampur, Orissa (PTI): Normal life was paralysed in riot-hit Kandhamal due to a 12-hour bandh called by a new outfit, claiming to be a splinter group of Maoists, in three south Orissa districts on Saturday.
While Gajapati district was partially affected, the bandh had little effect in Ganjam, official sources said.
A new organisation 'M', a splinter group of CPI (Maoist), was formally launched with the bandh to maintain the ideology of Maoists and to fight corruption, leaflets circulated in the districts claimed.
However, none of the organisers appeared in public to enforce the bandh.
Vehicular traffic in Kandhamal was disrupted and business establishments remained closed, but educational institutions and government offices were open, official sources said.
Kandhamal Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar said no road blockade was reported from anywhere but vehicles remained off the roads as the owners did not want to take a risk.
While vehicles remained off roads at several places in Gajapati district, the effect of the bandh was felt at Mohana, R Udayagiri, Gumma and Raigada blocks of the district, officials said, adding it had no impact in the Ganjam district.
Meanwhile, police and intelligence officials said they were unaware of the outfit. "We are trying to ascertain their leaders and their activities," a senior police officer said.
Denying any split in cadre, a senior Maoist leader told a private Oriya news channel that it was part of a ploy by Sangh Parivar leaders to mislead people after their failure to enforce a bandh on December 25. source
Berhampur, Orissa (PTI): Normal life was paralysed in riot-hit Kandhamal due to a 12-hour bandh called by a new outfit, claiming to be a splinter group of Maoists, in three south Orissa districts on Saturday.
While Gajapati district was partially affected, the bandh had little effect in Ganjam, official sources said.
A new organisation 'M', a splinter group of CPI (Maoist), was formally launched with the bandh to maintain the ideology of Maoists and to fight corruption, leaflets circulated in the districts claimed.
However, none of the organisers appeared in public to enforce the bandh.
Vehicular traffic in Kandhamal was disrupted and business establishments remained closed, but educational institutions and government offices were open, official sources said.
Kandhamal Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar said no road blockade was reported from anywhere but vehicles remained off the roads as the owners did not want to take a risk.
While vehicles remained off roads at several places in Gajapati district, the effect of the bandh was felt at Mohana, R Udayagiri, Gumma and Raigada blocks of the district, officials said, adding it had no impact in the Ganjam district.
Meanwhile, police and intelligence officials said they were unaware of the outfit. "We are trying to ascertain their leaders and their activities," a senior police officer said.
Denying any split in cadre, a senior Maoist leader told a private Oriya news channel that it was part of a ploy by Sangh Parivar leaders to mislead people after their failure to enforce a bandh on December 25. source
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
VHP worker shot dead in Kandhamal
The Hindu , Nov 6, 2008
BHUBANESWAR: Tension prevailed in riot-hit Kandhamal district of the Orissa on Wednesday following the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad worker by suspected Maoists.
Assailants fired 18 rounds at the VHP worker Dhanurjay Pradhani (36) at Kumbharigaon village around 1 p.m., police sources said.
Pradhani, who worked as a small-time contractor, was inspecting the construction of a school building at the time. He hailed from the nearby Jhinjirigaon village.
Maoists, who are active in Brahmanigaon and adjoining Tumudibandha, had recently put up banners threatening to eliminate Pradhani and several other local leaders of the Sangh Parivar.
District Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar reached Kumbharigaon with additional forces. One company of the Central Reserve Police Force also reached the area. source
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