Bokaro: The dense jungles and rough terrain of Luggu Hill have become a safe hideout for Maoists in Gomia block of the district. Security personnel are now keeping a strict vigil over Luggu Hill in order to conduct anti-Maoist search operations. Luggu Hill is situated close to Jhumra Hill range, which comprises dense jungles. There are natural bunkers and ravines where rebels hide their weapons and camouflage themselves. In March, police along with CRPF found a large stock of arms and ammunitions hidden away by rebels in the jungles of Luggu Hill.
In September, a police team found an improvised explosive device (IED) planted to target them at the foothills. On October 7, a joint team of police and CRPF arrested two hardcore Maoists, including a woman, from Tuti Jharna of Luggu Hill. Bermo DSP Neeraj Kumar, who led more than 12 search operations against Maoists in the past two months, said rebels are losing their stronghold over Jhumra as security personnel has been deployed in the area to thwart their plans.
According to sources, there are only 18 armed rebels in Jhumra Hill. “They have shifted base to Luggu Hill to take advantage of the rough terrain and dense jungles – a perfect hideout for them,” said Kumar. Kumar offers an explanation as to why Luggu Hill was chosen as the rebels’ new hideout. “Luggu and Jhumra Hill are situated close to each other and connected by a dense forest cover which extends to the foothills. When police intensified operations against rebels, they would find it easy to move from Jhumra to Luggu and vice-versa. We are now focused on intensifying operations in Luggu Hill to nab them,” said Kumar.
CRPF commandant Sanjay Kumar said frequent raids have been launched in the area to arrest the rebels. “Maoists would keep watch on us from hill. When a search operation is launched, Maoists would quickly escape through the forests. The Maoist squad in Luggu Hill is led by commander Santosh Mahto, who has charges pending against him,” said Kumar.
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Maoists go on rampage in Chhattisgarh, kill two
Kill two persons, torch 30 vehicles in many districts
Many districts of Chhattisgarh witnessed intensified Maoist activity on Friday as the rebels killed two civilians and torched 30 vehicles at different locations. The Maoists killed Brujlal Tulavi (27) and Anil Kalko (30) of Kergatta village in Rajnandgoan district of the State and threw their bodies near Sawargaon village on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border. The rebels left a handwritten note near the bodies accusing Brujlal Tulavi and Anil Kalko of running a “secret network of police informers” in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
“Brujlal and Anil have been punished for their anti-people activities. Both of them used to work as special police officers for the Chhattisgarh police and were running a network of police informers. They would inform the Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh police about the party’s movements,” said the note. In a separate incident, the Maoists torched 29 vehicles near Chargaon mines in Kanker district. According to some reports, a group of 60 to 70 Maoists trashed some drivers and cleaners of these vehicles resulting in injuries to many of them.
Bus torched
In another incident, the rebels set ablaze a passenger bus in Bhopalpatnam block of Bijapur district. No one was hurt in the incident as the Maoists asked the passenger to alight before setting it on fire. The incident took place on Dedheda-Gorella road of Bhopalpatnam and the ultras also left pamphlets appealing for ‘Bhopalpatnam Bandh’ in protest of the arrest of Maoist leader Bhima Singh.
Naxalites burned 29 vehicles in Chargaoon mines, Chattisgarh
Kanker, October 30: Naxalites burned down 29 vehicles in Chargaon mines, near Chattisgarh on Thursday night and attacked security forces as well. However there were unconfirmed reports about any severe injuries faced by the security forces. According to the officials reports the incident took place on Thursday night in Kanker district, Chattisgarh where a group of armed naxalites attacked the officials of Chargaon mines. The Chargaon police officials also fired several shots on the attackers but there was no casualties reported.
This year in April there were reports that five employees of a private mining company in the same region were kidnapped by Maoists from an iron ore reserve in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Kanker district, police said. However they were later released by the group. The incident occurred a day after when 50 bombs were recovered by the police in Latehar jungle, in the naxal hit Latehar district.
One naxalite was also killed during the operation carried out by police in the jungle on Wednesday. The combing operation was carried out by the police officials when they were tipped about the possible movement of naxalites in the region. Following the operation the security personnel recovered 50 bombs, four horses, a carbine. The cops are yet to ascertain the detail on Thursday incident which took place in Kanker district. There were no reported casualties in the incident.
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Two SPOs from Chhattisgarh killed by Naxals in Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli (Maha), Oct 30: Two Special Police Officers were killed allegedly by Naxals near a village on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border this morning. The deceased were identified as Brijlal Tulavi (27) and Anil Kalko (30). Both were residents of village Kergatta in Chhattisgarh, where they worked as SPOs, Gadchiroli district police said in a press release. A group of Maoists attacked the duo with sharp-edged weapons near Sawargaon village under Dhanora taluka on the Gadchiroli-Rajnandgaon inter-state highway, police sources said, adding that some Naxal pamphlets were found lying near their bodies.
An offence was registered with Dhanora Police Station in this regard and further investigations are on. Separately, police recovered about 20 kgs of explosives along with a bundle of wire and one detonator from roadside in Repanpalli forest area of the district, police said in another release.
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