NIA attaches house of top Maoist leader Ravinder Ganjhu
The house, an immovable property of Ravinder Ganjhu has been attached by the NIA under the provisions of Section 25(1) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The house, an immovable property of Ravinder Ganjhu has been attached by the NIA under the provisions of Section 25(1) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
However, the people, including two professors, named in the FIR were unaware of the charges under UAPA until the matter came to light during another trial.
The explosive substances recovered from the dump included among other things gelatin sticks and detonators.
The Khamar beat office under Jhalda Forest Range of Purulia Division has reopened after thirteen years. In 2009, the Khamar beat office has been closed due to Maoist activities in the area. From 2004 to 2011, there has been bloodshed in Purulia and villagers and forest officials had fled away in fear. The Maoists used to abduct government officials and villagers.
In their verdict, a division bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare acquitted Mahesh K. Tirki, Hem Keshawdatt Mishra, Prashant Rahi, Vijay Nan Tirki and Pandur Pora Narote who died in August this year.
There was huge public outrage and an emerging ‘rightist intellectual’ section appeared highly critical of the current Modi regime for its alleged leniency towards hardened leftist insurgents.
The gunbattle that took place on Saturday is said to be the biggest Maoist attack this year.
The march was flagged off by tribal leader and ex union minister Arvind Netam
Karma along with veteran leader Vidya Charan Shukla, then PCC president Nandkumar Patel and other Congress leaders was assassinated in Bastar on 25 May 2013 by the Maoist rebels.
Officials called it the biggest Maoist attack on security forces since the attack in Sukma in 2017 when 24 CRPF personnel, part of a road opening party, were killed.