Internal conflict and betrayal erode Maoist stronghold in Chhattisgarh
Already reeling from heavy losses, the Maoists are now grappling with leadership crises and discontent among local cadres.
Already reeling from heavy losses, the Maoists are now grappling with leadership crises and discontent among local cadres.
A concerning surge in suicides among security personnel stationed in Chhattisgarh to fight Maoist insurgency has raised urgent alarms about the mental health crisis within India's security forces.
Female cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit in Odisha’s Gandhamardan Reserve Forest region are being subjected to protracted physical, psychological, and sexual harassment by Naxal leaders, police said on Friday.
Finally, Arnab Dam, the former Maoist cadre, was included into his ambitious PhD programme for history after his counselling process was completed at the Burdwan University this afternoon.
In barely less than a fortnight, the 'dreams' of a Maoist cadre aspiring for a PhD in History appears to get shattered, as the Burdwan University, in a bizarre notification, suddenly has halted the entire counselling process yesterday.
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.
Huge cache of explosives and Maoist items were seized during a joint operation by Malkangiri Police and Border Security Force (BSF) at the Maoists’ hideout along the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border.
The ex-Maoist identified as Pramod Majhi was arrested from Adava police station on the charge of murdering a man in February last in a sorcery killing.
The battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) are deployed in the LWE affected areas.
He will be properly rehabilitated and will receive monetary assistance as per the Surrender and Rehabilitation Scheme of the government of Odisha.