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Forces on offensive, gun down PCPA chief

Times of India - Sukumar Mahato - ‎7 hours ago‎
PCPA president Lalmohan Tudu and at least two PCPA militia cadres who had taken part in the Silda EFR camp massacre were gunned down in Lalgarh late Monday ...
Strikeback in Maoist fight Calcutta Telegraph
Lalgarh - Lalmohan Tudu And Two Others Murdered By CRPF CounterCurrents.org
Top Maoist leader killed in encounter in Lalgarh MyNews.in
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Rebels search for safer refuge

Times of India - Sukumar Mahato - ‎8 hours ago‎
LALGARH: Red rebels in Bengal are now out to spread base beyond Jangalmahal, even before Operation Green Hunt begins. The Maoist leadership believes that ...
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India Maoist rebels 'attack police' after peace offer

BBC News - ‎22 hours ago‎
Three rebels were killed during the clash in the Lalgarh area, police say. Activists say the killings were staged. The government, which has launched a ...
Video: No clear picture on Maoists ceasefire offer NewsX
West Bengal: Sitting Ducks - South Asia Intelligence Review Eurasia Review
Govt refuses Maoist leader Kishenji's 'truce' Times Now.tv
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War or truce? Maoist top rung divided

Times of India - Sukumar Mahato - ‎Feb 21, 2010‎
MIDNAPORE: As the Centre prepares for Operation Green Hunt, top Maoist leaders are huddled in a hideout, some 40 km from Lalgarh, trying to decide whether ...
BDO walks free, so will 14 Maoists Hindustan Times
Votes vs Security Asian Age
Chidambaram calls three chief ministers over Maoist violence Mangalorean.com
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Lalgarh waits for development benefits

Times of India - ‎Feb 16, 2010‎
KOLKATA: In July last year, nine top officers of the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government were sent to Lalgarh, Kantapahari, Pirakata and Binpur all in West ...

'Dead Silda raiders were CPM discard and Rajdhani hold-up mastermind'

Indian Express - ‎6 hours ago‎
Sushen was a member of the lalgarh squad, which is led by senior commander Vikash. Sushen had quit the CPM in 2008 after he had a tiff with local party ...
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Exchange of fire between Joint forces and Maoists on at Lalgarh

All India Radio - ‎Feb 18, 2010‎
Exchange of fire between Joint forces and maoists is now on at Lalgarh in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. The operation comes two days after Maoists ...
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Getting it wrong all over again Hindustan Times
Fighting Maoists: State tangled in own trap Times of India
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West Bengal DGP visits Lalgarh

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The meeting was held at the CRPF camp at Lalgarh. Talking to journalists after his return from the Paschim Medinipur district to the Secretariat in the ...
Op Green Hunt groundwork begins in Bengal Times of India
Kolkata intellectuals decry Chidambaram's meet South Asia Mail
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​Maoists want 72-day halt in operation for talks

Sify - ‎Feb 22, 2010‎
The cessation in the operation of the government largely pertains to the ongoing operation in West Bengal's Lalgarh and adjoining jungle and tribal areas, ...

Cop's SIM card used to make Kishenji call

India Today - Sujit Nath - ‎57 minutes ago‎
... behalf by Raju and found that the SIM card owner was constable Shishir Kanti Nag who had been abducted by the rebels from Lalgarh last September. ...

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    Kantapahari, Feb. 23: The president of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA), the Maoist-backed tribal resistance group based in Lalgarh, was killed last night in what police claimed was “retaliatory fire” after guerrillas attacked a CRPF camp here.

    However, the PCPA said Lalmohan Tudu, 48, was picked up from his home when he had dropped in for a brief visit and shot dead in a paddy field behind the house.

    Such persistent claims during the day and the smouldering mood among security forces after the police massacre in Shilda suggest the stirrings of an undeclared strategy shift in the fight against Maoists.

    No one would publicly call it an “eye-for-an-eye” crackdown but several officers recalled such a policy had crushed the Naxalite movement of the late 1960s. ( )

    If Tudu was killed as a result of a policy shift, it has come at a time the Maoists have betrayed signs that they could be feeling the heat of low-intensity security operations now under way in states such as Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. A Maoist leader had yesterday made a conditional truce offer to the Centre.

    In response, Union home minister P. Chidambaram today sought to tighten the screws, telling the rebels how to draft such messages (“no ifs, no buts”) and sending them a fax number of an additional secretary’s office. ( )

    On record, the security forces insisted that PCPA chief Tudu died in a shootout with the CRPF in Kantapahari, 6km from Lalgarh town.

    According to the district police, the security forces received information of a Maoist “build-up” in the forest outside the camp around 8.30 last night.

    The CRPF jawans took up positions outside and within a brief while, the police said, firing started from the forest. The jawans retaliated and the exchange carried on for half an hour.

    When the guns fell silent, the jawans found a body with several bullet marks. Next to him were two firearms: a 9mm pistol and a country-made revolver. The body was later handed over to the police.

    “This morning, the body was identified as that of Lalmohan Tudu and he was obviously among those firing at the police camp,” said West Midnapore SP Manoj Verma.

    However, Asit Mahato, a spokesperson for the PCPA, said: “Lalmohan Tudu was picked up from his house by the police and shot dead.”

    Tudu, who kept a low profile, had become the president of the committee in November 2008 when it was floated. He was rarely at the forefront of the movement, but had accompanied Chhatradhar Mahato, who is now in jail, to a meeting with the Election Commission before the Lok Sabha polls.

    At Tudu’s village Narcha, 3km from the CRPF camp, Sanatan Murmu, a 60-year-old neighbour, said: “I saw Tudu here at 7.30 last evening and he said he had come to collect a few things since his daughter was appearing for the Madhyamik exams from today. After that, I went to my house and shut the door.”

    Murmu said that around 8.30 he heard a lot of footsteps and peered out. “I saw a lot of policemen and quickly shut the door,” Murmu said. “About 15 minutes later, I heard four or five gunshots from the paddy field behind the house and now I hear that the police are saying that he had died in a gun battle. I find it very difficult to believe.”

    Another neighbour also more or less echoed Murmu.

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    Lalgarh
    Location of Lalgarh
    in     West Bengal and India
    Coordinatesclass=noprint22°35′N 87°03′E / 22.58°N 87.05°E / 22.58; 87.05
    Country India
    StateWest Bengal
    District(s)Medinipur
    Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)

    Lalgarh (Bengali: লালগড়) is a village in Binpur–I community development block under the Jhargram subdivision of West Midnapore district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Lalgarh is the headquarters of Binpur–I CD block.[1] Midnapore Railway station is the nearest important station about 45 km from the village.

    Lalgrah came under media attention at the beginning of November 2008. The proscribed terrorist[2] outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist), launched a massive fight against police personnel and rival ruling communist party; Communist Party of India (Marxist). In June 2009 Indian security forces launched Operation Lalgarh against the Maoists in the village.

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    [edit] Demography

    Lalgarh is a sparsely populated place with majority of population being adivasis.

    [edit] Economy

    The main occupation of the people here is cultivation, share cropping and selling disposable plates made of leaves. Most people do not own land but work on others fields. The region is dry and there are but a single harvest each year. At other times people work as daily labor, collect and sell leaves and wood from forest etc. Over 75% of the households own land given to them under the Land reforms programme of the Left Front Government between the years 1977 and 2002. But income poverty exists [3].

    [edit] Operation Lalgarh

    Main article: Operation Lalgarh

    In November 2008, following reports of police brutality, enraged advasi villagers blockaded roads and protested against the police and paramilitary forces in the area.[4] The government maintained the movement was being controlled by Maoist guerrilla agents.[5] The Maoists controlled the village and the surrounding area for eight months until Operation Lalgarh was launched to dislodge them on June 18, 2009.[6]

    [edit] References

    1. ^ "Contact details of Block Development Officers". Paschim Medinipur district. Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal. http://wbdemo5.nic.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=ED. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
    2. ^ Centre Declares CPI(Maoist) a Terrorist Organisation
    3. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm
    4. ^ The Telegraph, 13 November 2008,CPI (Maoist) state secretary Kanchan said: “We are with the people of Lalgarh."
    5. ^ The Telegraph, 13 November 2008,CPI (Maoist) state secretary Kanchan said: “We are with the people of Lalgarh."
    6. ^ Pronob, Mondal (2009-06-19). "Quick work during day, shots ring out at night". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090619/jsp/frontpage/story_11131996.jsp. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 

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    PM’s prudence note ignored, Rail Budget will bear Didi stamp

    New Delhi: In October 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forwarded a note prepared by the Planning Commission to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the problems being faced by the Indian Railways and the ways these needed to be addressed. “The next budget must include a minimum increase of 10-15 per cent in second class passenger fares with no increase for freight,” one of the recommendations stated. When Mamata presents the Rail Budget tomorrow, she may do just the opposite: hike the freight rates while leaving the passenger fares untouched.

    PM’s prudence note ignored, Rail Budget will bear Didi stamp

    The disconnect between the Union government and Railway Ministry on the subject of reforms is evident. If Lalu Prasad Yadav declared he would go down in history as a railway minister who never hiked fares, his successor looks set to chart the same course. So, despite the Planning Commission pushing for an automatic indexation of fares in line with an increase in fuel costs -- meaning fares increase automatically whenever there is a fuel price hike -- Mamata is unlikely to oblige. Another Planning Commission proposal that fare fixation should be entrusted to a Statutory Rail Tariff Regulator has not cut much ice with the Railways for years now.

    Putting the finishing touches on Budget 2010-11 today, Mamata said it would be dedicated to the common man.

    After years of cross-subsidisation of passenger fares, the government has come around to believe that by levying high charges for AC First Class and for freight to make up the cost, the Railways has reduced its competitiveness. So while the freight traffic has shifted to road transport, premium passengers are going in for air travel even for short distances.

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    TMC MP Kabir Suman standing QUITE ALONE in his Party and Opposing Operation Green HUNT Operation Land Acquisition, remembers how TUDU was striving hard for Talks and peace!
     
    I got SMS and Phone calls from the Tribal Region of Udaipur only Last Night to note the Process of Partition within Partition as Demographically ADIVASI Aboriginal Indigenous Black Untouchables being Alienated, Segregated, Partitioned in every piece of landscape and Humansacpe they Root in for thousands and thousand years and sustained the Heat and Dust of ARYAN EURASIAN Monopolistic Aggression keeping Intact their Identity and Continuing INFINITE Insurrections against Famine, Man Made Calamity, Corporate War, Fascist Hindutva, Zionism, CIA, MOSSAD, Manusmriti Rule, Inherent Inequality and Injustice, Absolute State Power, Military Rule, Land Acquisition, Deforestation, Free Market, LPG Mafia and Imperialism! We have been discussing and seeking theMissing Links of Deleted History for so long!
     
    Morning Newspapers have Published the Details of the ENCOUNTER. It is Such a Demanding Topic which needs to be dealt with despite the Economic Events of Railway Budget, Budget, Economic Survey and Overwhelming Indian Parliamentary league IPL Cricket WWF Drama!

    Meanwhile,Hours after the central government gave a facsimile number to the Maoists, the Left-wing rebels in West Bengal responded to the union home ministry's call by sharing their mobile number and asked the government to contact them for peace talks.

    According to sources, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji asked the union government to call the number Feb 25 if it wants to advance the peace process with the Maoists.

    Kishenji said the union home ministry would have to call the Maoists on 9734695789 Thursday at 5 p.m. sharp.

    The Union home minister Tuesday issued a fax number for the Maoists, asking them to contact the government directly through the connectivity.

    The decision was taken a day after the Maoists offered a 72-day conditional truce to the government.

    Drop ifs and buts, says PC

    The government is ready to hold unconditional talks with Maoists if they abjure violence, a home ministry statement released here said Tuesday.

    "I would like a short simple statement from the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) saying they will abjure violence and we are prepared for talks. I would like no ifs, no buts and no conditions," said the statement quoting Home Minister P. Chidambaram.

    "I would like the statement to be faxed to 011-23093155. Once I receive the statement I shall consult the prime minister and other colleagues and respond promptly," said the statement.


    Maoists attack police camp

    Meanwhile, Maoists attacked a camp housing security personnel in West Bengal late Monday night, just hours after their leader Kishenji offered a 72-hour ceasefire to the government. One suspected Maoist was killed in the ensuring gunfight, police said.

    According to police officials, Maoists attacked the camp housing local police and paramilitary forces at Katapahari in West Midnapore district around 10.30 p.m.

    The security personnel -- in the camp that is on a hillock surrounded by thick forests -- retaliated and the gunfight went on for around two hours.

    Local television news channels reported three casualties in the gunfight, but West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma told IANS on phone Tuesday morning: "We have found only one body and that is unidentified. We are continuing a search around the camp."

    The TV channels also reported that the body was of Lalmohan Tudu, a leader of the Peoples' Commitee Against Police Atrocities, the group that sprung up in the district's Lalgarh area late 2008 and gave a huge fillip to Maoist activities in the region.

    But there was no confirmation from the authorities about the identity of the man killed. The authorities said none of the security personnel had been hurt in the attack.

    The timing of the attack -- so soon after the ceasefire offer by top Maoist leader Kishenji -- caused confusion in the state police headquarters, with some officials taking it as a sign that Maoists could not be trusted, while others said it indicated a right in the rebel ranks.
     
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    Operation Green Hunt fizzles out in Red zone

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    FBI chief meets Indian officials, discusses Pune and Headley

    New Delhi: The visiting director of the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller Tuesday met with Indian government officials and discussed issues related to Pune blast investigation and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspect David Coleman Headley.

    According to Home Ministry officials, National Investigation Agency (NIA) director general S.C. Sinha, Intelligence Bureau director Rajiv Mathur and Home Secretary G.K. Pillai took part in the meeting with the senior US official.

    They discussed a whole range of issues related to the Pune blast investigation, as well as Headley, who is currently in US custody, and is accused of being involved in the Mumbai terror attacks. India has been trying to get access to Headley.

    "There was also talks about increasing cooperation in the coming weeks," said a home ministry official.

    In a statement, US Ambassador Timothy Roemer said that the meetings were "further evidence of the robust and active counter-terror cooperation between the US and India".

    The US envoy pointed out that there had been an exchange of best practices, from the visit of US rail authorities to observe security on India's railway network to Indian law enforcement officials travelling to New York and Washington.

    "These exchanges demonstrated our shared commitment to learning from each other to ensure the safety of our citizens," he said.

    Pointing out that terrorism respects no boundaries, as starkly demonstrated by the Pune blast, Roemer said: "We must cooperate globally to protect our citizens locally in their cities, villages and homes."

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    24/02/2010

    No occupation of Indian territory by China: Army chief

    Bhopal: Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor today said there have been "no occupation" of Indian territory by Chinese troops.

    "Quite a large number of these reports are not correct. I am trying to assure everyone here and to the nation that there have been no major issues of Chinese transgressions so to say.

    They come upto certain areas. We also have our perceived Line of Control upto where we also go. There have been no occupation of Indian territory," the General told reporters.

    The Army chief was reacting to recent media reports about the Chinese transgression in the country.

    When asked about Pakistan's offer to mediate on the issue of Chinese intrusion, he said there is no such proposal and if any then the Government will take a decision on it.

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    24/02/2010

    IIMs reduce participation, placement fees to lure more companies

    Bangalore/ Ahmedabad: The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the presence of top companies on the campus this year. Some IIMs have even done away with, or reduced, the participation and placement fees for the final placements season.

    For instance, IIM Bangalore last year pegged the participation fee at Rs 1.5 lakh for slot zero (day one), Rs 1 lakh for slot one, and Rs 50,000 for slot two. This year, it has decided not to impose the fee on recruiters. The institute will only levy the 'student support fee' which will be charged on each student recruited by a company.

    The student support fee or the recruitment fee, too, is lower as compared to last year. Last year, the institute charged Rs 100,000 per student as recruitment fee for slot zero, Rs 80,000 for slot one and Rs 50,000 for slot two. While recruitment fee for slot zero has not been cut, the fee for slot one has been reduced to Rs 50,000 and slot two to Rs 40,000. Moreover, for its first batch of Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (ePGP), the institute has not imposed any participation fee but will charge Rs 100,000 per student as recruitment fee for domestic placement and $5000 for international placement.

    IIMs generally charge two types of fees from companies participating in campus recruitment -- a fixed fee as participation charge, and a variable fee per student hired. To hire PGP students, the variable recruitment fee for companies making overseas posting ranges from $5,000 (for an annual cost-to-company (CTC) of more than $100,000) to $1,500 (for an annual CTC of less than $ 60,000).

    Domestic posting ranges between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 25,000 for an annual CTC of over Rs 18 lakh to less than Rs 10 lakh, respectively. For PGPX students, recruitment fee for overseas posting is $ 5,000 and for domestic posting is Rs 70,000 per student. The money is used to pitch for new companies and also used to provide hospitality services to companies that visit the campus.

    "We waived off the participation fee to rationalise the structure," says Sapna Agarwal, head of career development services at IIM-B. There are 266 students from the post-graduate programme (PGP) and 70 students from the ePGP batch of 2010. Around 100 companies are expected to come to hire PGP students while 70-80 companies will vie for ePGP(s). Placements for PGP students will start from March 4 while that for the ePGP batch is a rolling process which has begun.

    IIM Indore, too, has for the first time eliminated recruitment fee and instead introduced a 'contribution fee', where companies have to pay Rs 50,000 upfront, irrespective of how many students they hire. PSUs, start-ups and social sector organisations, however, will not be charged. The institute expects 65 companies to come to recruit 235 students of its PGP batch. Its placement week is expected to start in mid-February.

    As it gears up to conduct its first placement process, IIM Shillong too has decided not to charge any fees from companies in the current season. It expects around 30 companies to come for placements (to recruit 63 students) this year, according to Arijit Majumdar, its chief -- corporate relations and external affairs. The placement process starts in the institute from February 15.

    IIM Ahmedabad has decided to charge a fixed participation fee of Rs 30,000 for domestic posting by a firm and $700 for overseas posting of students of post graduate programme in management (PGPM) -- its flagship programme -- as well as other executive management programmes like PGPX, PGP-PMP and PGP-ABM, according to Saral Mukherjee, chairperson -- placements at IIM-A.

    At IIM Lucknow, fixed charges or participation fee for domestic posting range from Rs 75,000 during slot zero to Rs 15,000 for slot four and below. The institute will not charge this fee for overseas posting this year. Variable charges per acceptance range between Rs 25,000 and Rs 5,000 for slot zero to slot four and below for domestic posting, and $2,000 to $ 500 for overseas posting depending on the slot.

    IIM Kozhikode, though, has not made any changes this year.

    Source: Business Standard

     

    22/02/2010

    Anil Ambani Group launches hostile bid for Fame India

    New Delhi: A takeover battle for Fame India looks imminent with Reliance MediaWorks, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), on Monday announcing a counterbid for 52.48 per cent in the movie threatre chain at Rs 83.40 per share (for Rs 180.14 crore) through an open offer.

    The offer represents a 63.5 per cent premium on the open offer price of Gujarat Fluro Chemicals-promoted INOX Leisure to Fame shareholders.

    ADAG group companies have already bought 10.26 per cent in Fame India through the open market and will be able to increase their stake to 62.74 per cent if the offer is successful.

    Since INOX already holds 50.28 per cent, Sunday's open offer suggests that ADAG can only acquire an additional 52.48 per cent if INOX sells its shares to it. The free float available in the market is 39.46 per cent.

    Asked about the decision, an ADAG spokesperson declined to comment on the issue.

    INOX Leisure director Deepak Ashar also declined comment.

    "Whatever ADAG does it cannot control the company until INOX pulls out. They are only trying to ensure that INOX is forced to increase its open offer to the public and make the deal more expensive for them." says a source closing watching the deal.

    He added that INOX could double its money by pulling out of the deal altogether by selling to ADAG, since it paid Rs 44 a share for Fame.

    The notice to shareholders adds that after the acquisition, Reliance MediaWorks would continue to support Fame's board of directors "in their endeavour to develop the business".

    Sources say the decision to make a hostile bid through an open offer was taken at a board meeting held yesterday.

    22/02/2010

    Sensex surges 230 points in early trade on Asian cues

    Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex flared up by a whopping 230 points or 1.42 per cent in early trade on Monday, driven by rallies on the Asian bourses. The 30-share index, which had lost over 237 points in the past two sessions, recovered by 229.75 points or 1.42 per cent to 16,421.38 points with metals, IT and stocks leading the rally.

    The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty regained the 4,900-points level by rising 66.60 points, or 1.37 per cent at 4,911.50 points. Stock brokers said trading sentiments were mainly helped by a strong rally on other Asian bourses after the world markets shrugged off the US discount rate hike.

    The BSE metal sector index rose the most with a gain of 2.15 per cent at Rs 16,145.45 with stocks of Hindalco rising 2.70 per cent to Rs 153.80, Hindustan Zinc rose by 3.01 per cent to Rs 1,108, JSW Steel by 2.89 per cent to Rs 1,049.95, Sterlite Industries by 2.48 per cent to Rs 764.35 and Tata Steel by 2.67 per cent to Rs 577.55. The Reliance Industries share gained 1.8 per cent to Rs 1,000 on reports that the company has raised its offer for bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell.

    The Hong Kong''s Hang Seng index was up by 2.14 per cent, while Japan''s Nikkei was up 3.16 per cent in the morning trade on Monday.

    Source: PTI


    19/02/2010

    EPFO likely to pay 8.5% interest on PF deposits

    New Delhi: For the sixth year in a row, the EPFO subscribers are likely to get 8.5 per cent interest on their provident fund (PF) deposits for 2010-11.

    "Maintaining 8.5 per cent interest rate for 2010-11 would leave a surplus of Rs 15.26 crore whereas EPFO would face a deficit of Rs 426.53 crore if it gives a return of 8.75 per cent to subscribers," an EPFO source said.

    The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) with a subscriber base of over 4.7 crore has been maintaining the return of 8.5 per cent on deposits since 2005-06.

    As per practice, the EPFO's advisory body Finance and Investment Committee (FIC) at its meeting on February 26 will firm up its view on interest rate to be paid to the depositors next fiscal.

    Once the FIC firms up its view, its recommendations would be placed before EPFO's apex body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) for final decision. FIC recommendations are usually accepted by the CBT.

    The source said, "EPFO has estimated an income of Rs 15,036 crore in 2010-11 and maintaining 8.5 per cent interest rate in next fiscal means interest payout of Rs 15,020.80 crore and a surplus of Rs 15.26 crore."

    He further added, "Maintaining nine per cent return would not be feasible in any case as that would result in a deficit of over Rs 868 crore."

    Source: PTI


    18/02/2010

    Gold supply overshot demand in 2009

    Mumbai: There was surplus global gold supply in 2009 for the first time in three years, as demand receded on soaring prices that hit consumers’ disposable incomes badly.

    This was contrary to the perception that miners would respond quickly to weak demand and reduce their production, thereby keeping supply tight. Data from the World Gold Council (WGC), the agency funded by global miners for the yellow metal's promotion, show that supply, at 3,890 tonnes in 2009, surpassed demand by 15 per cent. Total demand in the year was recorded at 3,386 tonnes.

    The WGC attributed soaring prices as the primary reason for the weak result, as consumers' disposable incomes did not keep pace with the rising cost of gold jewellery. Total identifiable demand, led largely by a poor show in jewellery, industrial and dental consumption, fell by 11 per cent in 2009 at 3,385.8 tonnes, as compared to 3,805.7 tonnes in the previous year. Jewellery consumption fell by 20 per cent to 1,747.3 tonnes, while industrial and dental consumption dipped by 16 per cent, to 367.6 tonnes.

    In the current turbulent market, investment and paper gold consumption (exchange traded funds) emerged as a preferred choice, with the former growing by a marginal seven per cent (1,270.9 tonnes) and the latter by 85 per cent (594.7 tonnes).

    The case is similar in India. Against the domestic supply of 513 tonnes in 2009, total offtake was estimated at 480 tonnes. The offtake was also 33 per cent lower than the previous year, at 712.6 tonnes. Nevertheless, India held on to its position as the world's largest gold consuming nation in the year. Its jewellery demand in the fourth quarter of 2009 totalled 137.8 tonnes, up eight per cent from the previous quarter, and up 27 per cent from a very low fourth quarter of 2008.

    Jewellery demand in the country in 2009 totalled 405.8 tonnes, down 19 per cent on the 501.6 tonnes in 2008. While this is the weakest result since 1995, it is worth stressing, yet again, the impact of the very weak first quarter result (due to the general gloomy economic mood).

    Several factors came into play during that quarter, WGC said, to remedy matters subsequently. First, the announcement of a 200-tonne purchase by the Reserve Bank of India played a key role in underpinning sentiment and gold price expectations, reinforcing the perception that gold was reliable and safe.

    Second, wedding-related purchases that had been put on hold finally started to come through.

    Indian consumers sold back significant amounts of jewellery in the first quarter, expecting the opportunity to buy it back at a lower price. As the year progressed, "compulsory" wedding-related purchases were delayed as the waiting game continued and many consumers satiated their demand through exchange, i.e. exchanging old jewellery for new, WGC said.

    The gold price in dollar terms in 2009, at an average of $972.35 an oz, was up 12 per cent on the $871.96 in 2008. In the fourth quarter, the price averaged $1,099.63 an oz, up a very strong 38 per cent on the levels of the fourth quarter of 2008.

    WGC added that regardless of whether the economic recovery gathered momentum or stumbles in 2010, western investment demand would remain well-underpinned. If the global economy falters, then western investors would continue to look towards gold for its diversification and portfolio insurance properties, it added.

    Source: Business Standard


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    How F-16s can escalate tension between US, China

    Taiwan and the United States are in talks over a long-delayed sale of F-16 jet fighters, the island's premier said on Tuesday, a deal that would almost certainly lead to new tensions in Sino-American ties.


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    "The U.S. side has not said 'no' to the F-16 fighter jets, and the two sides are continuing to discuss it, to consider it, to judge it," Wu was quoted as saying by Taiwan's Central News Agency. "Taiwan will not give up on this purchase item."

    Wu's office confirmed that he made the comments on Tuesday when meeting ruling party legislators.

    Taiwan is seeking 66 new U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, but wary of a China backlash, Washington has deferred the request.

    The Obama administration notified Congress on January 29 of its first proposed arms sales to Taiwan, a potential $6.4 billion package bound to add to rising U.S.-China strains over trade and cyber security. China has warned that Washington's announcement of arms sales to Taiwan would badly hurt ties between the two global powers, widening rifts in their far-reaching relationship.


    Operation Lalgarh

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    Operation Lalgarh is an ongoing operation in India against the Maoists who have been active in organising a tribal movement alongside a group called the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). The operation is organised by the police and security forces in Lalgarh, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal to restore law and order in the area and flush out the Maoists.[1][2] The area of operation is said to be expanded to 18 police stations in the three Maoist affected districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia.[3]

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    [edit] Background

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    The road to Largarh from Medinipur and Jhargram had been blocked at several places with large felled trees.[4]

    The incident has its root back in November 2008 when on the way back from laying the foundation stone of Jindal steel plant at Shalboni the convoy of chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and then central minister Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitin Prasada came under a landmine attack by the Maoists.[5] Though both the ministers were unharmed, it hit a police jeep in the convoy and six policemen were grievously injured. The CPI(Maoist) in a press release accepted the responsibility of the explosion and stated clearly that they were opposed to the steel plant on tribal land and that the target of the explosion was Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.

    Last year, the West Bengal Police carried out raids across the Lalgarh area, following a November 2 attempt to assassinate Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Fighting between police and Maoist supporters broke out during the raids; several people were injured.

    Backed by the Maoists, Trinamool Congress leader Chhatradar Mahato — the brother of the principal accused in the November 2 bombing — set up the Police Santras Birodhi Janaganer Committee (PSBJC), or People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities.

    The PSBJC activists blocked roads, shut off police access to the area, and attacked CPI(M) workers.

    Prior to this year’s Lok Sabha elections, the Maoists even initiated protests insisting that the police not enter the villages of Boro Pelia, Chhoto Pelia, Dalilpur Chowk and Khas Jungle — all areas where they had a substantial armed presence.

    Had the PSBJC represented widespread resentment against the CPI(M), it ought to have showed up in this year’s Lok Sabha elections. But Jhargram constituency swam against the anti-CPI(M) tide. The CPI(M) candidate, Pulin Bihar Baske, polled 5,45,231 votes, giving him a respectable lead over the 2,52,886 claimed by the Congress’ Amrit Hansda. Mr. Baske even won in the Binpur Assembly segment, of which Lalgarh is a part.[6]

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    The leaflet printed and put up by The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities, West Midnapore, West Bengal.

    The locals allege that Lalgarh police station has long been torturing and detaining adivasis at the smallest pretext on basis of speculation. On 4 November 2008 evening, three boys all studying in high school between standards 8 and 10, were going to their homes in Bashber Village on foot. They were returning from Katapahari, where a program of Baul Song was going on. On the way they were picked up by Lalgarh police for being suspected Maoists[7] The villagers were enraged in the incident and surrounded the Lalgarh police station and blockades were made on several roads by felling trees and digging the roads. Later they formed a committee named Police Santras Birodhi Janosadharan Committee (People's Committee against Police Atrocities) which demanded on thirteen issues and put up posters to publicise the same. The major demands include the Superintendent of Police of Paschim Medinipur district has to hold his ears and ask for forgiveness and he has to say ‘Form now onwards I will stop illegally arresting the people and especially women' and release of those illegally arrested and cases has to be dropped against them. Some of the demands of the committee were met and cases against those children arrested were dropped. In turn the Committee removed some of the blockades, though police were not allowed to patrol the area. The Maoists congratulated the people of Lalgarh for their protest, but stopped short if claiming the movement to be under their control.[8] The people of Lalgarh however continually maintained that their movement was peaceful and for demand of basic democratic rights.

    [edit] The movement

    [edit] The beginning

    The police quickly understood the extent of mobilization that the adivasis have made and started making false promises about the imminent release of those arrested including the 3 school students. The police thought of buying some time with these lies, hoping that the mass will disperse with time[citation needed]. But the adivasi crowd around the Police Station only got thicker. Support and solidarity from surrounding and far off adivasi villages started pouring in. The otherwise omnipresent leaders of political parties were not allowed to negotiate. The adivais were rather happy about this as in the past the interference of these leaders in any mass protests have always resulted in confusion and withdrawing of the protests with unknown negotiations behind closed door meetings[citation needed]. This time the adivasis chose their representatives from amongst themselves who were communicators rather than leaders and took no decision on behalf of the mass but only communicated them. Soon the police understood that the adivasis were in no mood to return without a result and they disclosed that nothing was in their hands because the ones arrested had already been transferred to Midnapore jail the previous day.

    [edit] The blockade

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    The road to Largarh from Medinipur and Jhargram had been blocked at several places with large felled trees.[9]

    The repeated lies[citation needed]by the Lalgarh police infuriated the mass who decided not to depend on the police for any results and to build up a movement to force the release of those illegally detained. They decided to prevent the deployment of reinforcement of police and paramilitary as previously many adivasi movements have been brutally crushed using paramilitary force. Thus roads were dug up[10] and blocked at several places by felled trees. This has uncanny resemblance to the Nandigram movement remained at the headlines throughout 2007 March to December. The Lalgarh village is connected with Jhargram and Medinipur towns by roads which are bordered on both sides by sparse to moderate forests. the roads have been dug up or blocked by trees at least in 25 places.

    [edit] Solidarity

    The road blockade was not just in and around Lalgarh but villages all around took initiative to do the same as they joined in the movement. Adivasi people all around West Bengal felt oneness with the movement as most have faced torture at the hands of police for suspected of being Maoists or their sympathizers. People from villages across West and East Midnapore, Bankura, Birbhum, Puruliya quickly joined in the movement.[11]

    [edit] Grass root democracy

    The movement had no conventional leadership and often entire village population sat together and discussed for hours as to the steps to be taken in the movement[citation needed]. Men, women, youth, students all took part in these grand meetings. The traditional leaders were not stripped of the respect that they usually received but were given no more weight than anyone else at the meetings[citation needed]. A forum was thus launched which had no conventional political color and which united the entire adivasi society for a common cause after a long time. It gained immense popularity and most mainstream parties and their mass bases vanished altogether.

    [edit] Village committees

    Each Village formed a committee of 10 representatives who would with committees of other villages to communicate the decision of the masses of one village to another. Each committee further had two persons who had to be available at all times in case of urgent meetings at short notices[citation needed].

    [edit] Participation of women

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    The adivasi women of Lalgarh attending a meeting.

    Adivasi women have come forward in a big way to carry forth this movement. Each 10 persons committee has 5 women members. This involvement of women came naturally to the adivasis who have a more equal society when it comes to gender. The participation of women in meetings and rallies are also remarkable. The atrocities over the women of Lalgarh have been excessive, and the women since then never attend rallies unarmed. They bring along whatever is at hand. Bows, arrows, knives, swords, scythes, axes, sticks, brooms and so on. The attack on the dawn of 5 November has been most brutal on the women[8] with one of them loosing her sight, as the but of a police rifle landed on it. Another woman of Lalghar was manhandled and left unconscious in broad daylight as she tried preventing the police who dragged away her husband who happens to be a local Jharkhand Party leader while they were buying medicines. All this adding to the severe torture and repression of women have led to the present consolidation of the adivasi women, or so they claim.

    [edit] The demands

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    The leaflet printed and put up by The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities, West Midnapore, West Bengal.

    The adivasis of Lalgarh sat together to decide upon eleven demands to be met by the government in order that the blockades be removed and police activity normalized. Press statement were given, leaflets distributed and posters in Bengali put up all around, stating the demands.
    The English translation of the demands would be:
    1) The SP has to hold his ears and ask for forgiveness. He has to say ‘Form now onwards I will stop illegally arresting the people and especially women.’
    2) The police who were involved in the 5/11/2008 incident where women were beaten up have to rub their noses on the ground as punishment, from Dalailpur Chawk to Choto Pelia. 3) The women of Choto Pelia who were injured by the police torture have to be compensated with 2 lakh rupees each.
    4) All suspects arrested or detained in relation to the Shalboni incident have to be released unconditionally.
    5) All people arrested or accused in suspicion of being Maoist in West Midnapore since 1998 have to be cleared of all charges and should not be compelled to attend court sessions or police station enquiries regularly.
    6) Arresting locals from anywhere, anytime without warrant have to be ended. 7) All paramilitary camps like those in Dharampur, Kalaimudi, Ramgarhhave to be removed immediately.
    8) That Sasadhar Mahato planned the Shalboni explosion sitting in Bashber village - this allegation has to be withdrawn.
    9) The practice of harassing clubs and organizations of independent people all over Bengal must be put to an end.
    10) Police patrolling in villages from 5 in the evening to 6 in the dawn have to be stopped.
    11) Schools, hospitals, panchayet offices cannot be used as police camps, the existing ones have to be removed.
    Later two more demands were added in face of violent attacks by CPI(M) cadres on the adivasi people involved with the movement.

    [edit] Traditional leadership

    The traditional tribal leaders have been mostly disowned by the tribals of Lalgarh. The Majhi Baba or village elders had since November 10, 2008 proactively engaged in negotiations with the government authority. On 13 November 2008 they declared that most of their demands have been agreed upon and thus they were withdrawing the blockade. Some blockades were removed as well, but the adivasis sat together to decide otherwise and decided to boycott the Bharat Jakat Majhi Marwa group. Their youth wing leader was even beaten up and made to apologise for removing a blockade.[8]

    [edit] Maoist connection

    The government and the ruling party CPI(M) have throughout maintained that the movement of Lalgarh was instigated and somewhat led by Maoist agents, many of whom have come from Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. The police from the beginning blamed the Maoists for the Shalboni blast and raided the villages and detained people for having suspected Maoist Links. The police alleged that Sasadhar Mahato and other Maoist action squad members planned the Shalboni blast while in Bashber village,Lalgarh. The Maoists soon accepted responsibility of the blast and congratulated the people of Lalgarh for their protest, but stopped short if claiming the movement to be under their control.[8] The people of Lalgarh however continually maintained that their movement was peaceful and for demand of basic democratic rights.

    [edit] Ruled by fear

    [12]

    Back in 1977, after the first Left Front government took power in West Bengal, entire villages were freed from the control of jotdars, or landlords, by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers.

    Data from West Bengal’s Department of Land and Land reforms shows that till 2002-03, land measuring 16,280 hectares was redistributed to peasants in the blocks of Jhargram, Binpur and Salboni — the areas now under Maoist assault. “In the Jhargram block village where I conduct research”, says Aparajita Bakshi, Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, “75 per cent of all households are land reform beneficiaries. Of Scheduled Tribe households, no less than 70 per cent gained agricultural land and 90 per cent gained homestead land as a result of land reform.”

    Income poverty and deprivation continue to exist throughout the region — but land reform has given adivasis a level of freedom and security their counterparts in the rest of India do not enjoy.

    Marketed as the liberation of Lalgarh, Maoist rule, in fact, made the life of most adivasis worse. Income from forest produce, on which most local residents are dependent, dried up. Government programmes intended to mitigate hardship collapsed altogether.

    “In November,” says Bhumidhansola resident Manek Singh, “the Maoists forbade us to enter the forests to cut wood. The Forest Department used to pay us Rs.70 a day for this work. Now, no one even enters this area to purchase the leaf-plates we make. We have been left with nothing.”

    How, then, have the Maoists gained so much influence in Lalgarh? Jharkhand Party candidate Chunibala Hansda had this simple answer for one journalist reporting on the Lok Sabha elections: “People are scared of them”.

    Last year, even as the PSBJC was mobilising people against the West Bengal government, the Bharat Jakat Majhi Marwa — an organisation of traditional adivasi community leaders, which is opposed to the CPI(M) — organised a rally to protest Maoist violence. More than 10,000 adivasis gathered in Bhulabheda area of Belpahari on December 9.

    Sudhir Mandal, the adivasi leader who organised the rally, was shot dead less than 48 hours later.

    [edit] Extortion and attacks

    Faced with extortion and attacks by Maoists, government staff also fled the area. Lalgarh residents told The Hindu that the Integrated Child Development Scheme workers were ordered to pay Rs.1,000 each month; school teachers and staff at the Block Development Office said they were compelled to part with twice as much to local Maoists.

    Following the assassination of government doctor Honiran Murmu and staff nurse Bharati Majhi in October, the Lalgarh area has had almost no access to health care.


    The 2009 Loksabha election saw a change of power from the Left Wing to the Trinamool Congress- Indian National Congress coalitions in West Bengal, with the coalition winning a total of 25 seats out of 42 seats. Most parts of West Bengal witness post-election political clash and mostly in the Midnapore and Hooghly districts.[13] In Lalgarh area, the CPIM party offices and houses of leaders were ransacked by the people who allege to be getting support from the Maoists.[14] The attacks were increased as the arms and ammunitions were recovered from those party offices.[15][16] Many of the CPIM supporters have either joined the Committee or have left the area in fear of attacks. The people socially boycotted the police, and stopped them from buying foods and other essentials, which forced the police to leave their camps in the Lalgarh area making it a virtual free zone.[2][17]

    [edit] Operation - First phase

    The Government of West Bengal asked assistance from the Central Government to assist the West Bengal Police in the operations against the Maoists in Lalgarh.[18][19] Five companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and two companies of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) forces who are specially trained to combat with the Maoist arrived at Midnapore on 17 June 2009.[2] In a special meeting between District Officials, Deputy General of Police (West Bengal) and home Secretary Ardhendu Sen the decision to launch the operation was decided. The final order to start the operation was given by Chief Minister, Buddhadev Bhattacharya.[20]

    [edit] Day 1

    On 18 June morning at about 8:00 (IST), the CRPF along with State Riot Police and Commandos proceeded toward Pirakata enroute to Lalgarh.[20] Further meetings were conducted during the day between Police and district officials on the method of the operation. It was decided that the security forces would march towards Lalgarh as the roads were dug up and trees has been placed as blockades on the roads. The forces started out for the operations at around 16:00 (IST) from Pirakata.[20] The forces faced the first resistance from the villagers at Malida village which is around two kilometres from Pirakata, where around 2000 villagers had gathered acting as "human shields". After warning by the additional Superintendent of Police to leave the place, tear gas shells were fired and subsequent lathi charge was made to disperse the mob.[20] The police raided some houses and detained some villagers in search of Maoists.[2] The police were also successful to disperse and remove three more blockades during the day including one at Tirlakhali, and proceeded further 2 kilometres to Bhimpur village at 18:30 IST.[20] The forces decided to push back 2 km and halt for the night by the roadside at Koima. Some of them retreated another 1 km to Tirlakhali. During setting up of the camp, some gun shots were fired at the police forces from the paddy fields at short intervals and the police force return fired in the direction without resulting any causalities.[20] The police force scanned the area through nigh vision binocular. The CRPF men who took part in the action were replaced at night by those kept in reserve at the Pirakata camp while the district riot police have been replaced by the state armed police.[21]

    [edit] Day 2

    On 19 June 2009 morning several leaflets in Bengali and Ol Chiki were distributed from the Indian Air Force helicopters by the government to stay away from the Maoists and refrain from becoming human shields.[22][23] The security forces tried to advance towards Lalgarh from four different ways; from Sarenga in Bankura district in the north, from Goaltore in the east, from Jhargram-Dahijuri route in the west and the mainly through Midnapur- Pirakata route in the south of Lalgarh.[24][25] Three companies of Border Security Force (BSF) have been deployed in the operation. Three more companies of BSF has been sent to Lalgarh.[26] This is the first time the BSF has been deployed in anti-Naxal operations.[27] The helicopters were used during the day mainly over the Lalgarh - Dharampur area for air surveillance.[26]

    The squads had started operation in one of the most infamous place known as Jhitkha Jungle, which is considered to be Maoist's den keeping in front the COBRA force dividing in two different groups of about 200 soldiers.[22] The sanitization operation to flush out the Maoists in Jhitkha Jungle by the COBRA forces who arrived at Bhimpur at around 13:00 IST, turned out to be an inspection operation along 2 km stretch of the road that passes through the jungle.[28]

    Another squad of police have surrounded the area around Sarenga in adjacent Bankura district to seal the escape routes of the Maoists.[22] The police force consisting of a company of CRPF personnels coming from the Sarenga route stopped at Kargil More as the approach road to the bridge was cut, and they had to retreat back to Sarenga.[29] They also broke a demonstration stage and lathi charged the PCAPA members in Sarenga who were present in the demonstration, where 15 members were arrested.[29]

    The team who were approaching by the Jharagram route, though able to reach Dahijuri, they returned back to Jhargram due to suspect of land mine on the road and roads being dug by PCAPA members.[25] Another team of security forces started moving from Goaltore, which is around 25 km from Lalgarh. The forces had to stop at different places to clear the trees and bypassing the dug roads.[29] Around 500 forces from the Eastern Frontier Rifle and State Armed Forces took part in the operation in this route.[29] They had to face severe resistance from the PCAPA members at Tinboni village, where around 3000 villagers blocked the roads and shot arrows against the police force. However, at around 17:00 IST the police was able to break the barricade and moved forward. Around 10 persons have been detained in this operation and some houses were raided by the police force in search of the alleged Maoists.[29]

    The security forces which have proceeded to Bhimpur on 18 June by clearing road from Pirakata left the stretch unguarded.[28] Taking the opportunity, the villagers and the Maoists again put up barricade at five different places between Malida and Tirlakhali.[28][30] They were confronted by the Maoists who gun fired at several places including, Pirrakhuli, Pinbani and between Pirakata and Bhimpur.[26][30] Police were also forced to stop at various places due to suspect of landmine on the road or as the bridges were destroyed.[3][24] Out of the six kidnapped CPIM members, dead body of the four were found, taking the tally of death of CPIM party members in the post-election violence in Lalgarh area to 10.[31] At about 19:45 IST, there has been a report of landmine blast near Pirakata Bazaar on SDPO’s car in which two police personnel has been grievously injured.[28] The state government has asked for more 6 companies of CRPF from the Central Government to assist the state police in the operation. At around 21:00 IST there was cross fire between the police and Maoists at Lalgarh Police Station.[28] The Jharkhand border near Ghatshila was sealed to stop the Maoists from escape into Jharkhand.[32]

    [edit] Day 3

    Maoist Polit Bureau member Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji told over phone to the media that they are ready for negotiations only if the police forces are withdrawn from the area and apologize.[33] The combing operation started around 7:30 IST on 20 June 2009 by the forces in search of Maoists through the Jhitka Jungle with mine protected vehicles. Jhitka was considered to be the most difficult part till now and the police were anticipating serious Maoist attack or land mines.[34][35] The first group of the forces was able to reach Lalgarh Police Station, which was inaccessible to the forces since November 2008 at around 11:30 without facing any kind of resistance, where they have decided to setup a base camp and proceed to further interior areas.[33][36]

    Houses of two CPIM party members have been torched by the PCPA members in Baita near Jhargram., where the police force arrived and dispersed the attacking mob.[37] An attack by the Maoists took place in Kadashole on the Eastern Frontier Rifles jawans, on the way from Goaltore to Lalgarh at around 16:15 IST.[37] The ill trained police force was attacked with arrows and later with guns. The sudden attack left the police force stunned and they fled the area running for cover. In this confusion and panic, a land mine triggered off leaving 4 police injured in the whole incident.[37] Later, the police returned with a larger force around 17:30 IST and put a strong gun battle for about an hour.[37]

    [edit] Day 4

    There was no such operation, as the police wanted to fix the next strategy, four people were arrested near Khayer Pahari, while they were planting land mine on the road road from Sarenga to Lalgarh. Some social activists and artists like Aparna Sen, Saoli Mitra went to Lalgarh to overlook the real situation and talked with PCAPA secretary Chhatradhar Mahato, and appelaed to both the state and the Maoists to shun arms and opt for a ceasefire till July 14.[38] Around 35,000 villagers in the Lalgarh area fled to other places for safety.[39] Many villagers who have fled to several relief camps like in Pirakata complained of being beaten up by the police and sexual harassment to the woman.[40] Trinamool Congress MP and Union ministers of state Sisir Adhikari and Mukul Roy went to Lalgrah to provide shelter to the villagers driven out of their homes by the security forces along the stretch from Pirakata to Bhimpur.[41] They were surrounded by the CPM supporters complaining that why they did not come to their rescue when the Maoist-backed PCPA drove them out of the villages and not allowed to progress further.[41]

    [edit] Day 5

    The Maoists called for a two long bandh starting from today in five states of India, including Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa and Chattisgarh to protest the re capturing of Lalgarh in West Bengal by security forces.[42] The security has been increased in these states and particularly in the three Maoist hit districts of West Bengal. Normal life was affected in the Midnapore district with a few buses plying on the road and most of the shops remained closed.[43] In Purulia district, train services remained suspended on the Purulia – Chandil section since 2:00 as a landmine was found planted on the tracks near Birandi station.[42][43] Moreover, an anti-mine vehicle was affected in a land mine blast near Boramora jungle of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand when the vehicle was on its way to Ghatshila which is bordering West Bengal.[42][44]

    The forces have decided to make a secured circle around Lalgarh and then proceed to the villages situated within that circle.[45] The security forces advanced from the Sarenga route, securing the route towards Pingboni, near Goaltore. More CRPF forces, COBRA units joined the existing teams at Goaltore.[45] A chekpost has been created at Ratanpur, near Pingboni by the PCAPA members to prevent the entry by the forces with bows and arrows and guns.[45] The police force continued to patrol the already secured road from Pirakata to Lalgarh.[46]

    The Central government declared CPI (Maoist) as a banned militant group in India keeping in mind the growing unlawful activities by the group, while Government of West Bengal said earlier in the day that it was against banning the CPI (Maoist) and will counter such outfits politically.[47][48]

    [edit] Second phase operation

    The second phase of the operation started on June 26, 2009 from Goaltore route towards Lalgarh.[49][50]

    [edit] Day 9

    The forces are expected to cover the stretch up to Ramgarh in the first leg. The COBRA forces moved ahead of the forces at night to sanitise the area of the operation, armed with Sniper guns and night vision telescopes.[51] They were able to reach up to Kadasole village facing tough resistance from the Maoists on the way.[52] The forces were attacked by the Maoists with .22 country-made guns which kept firing at the security forces as they fled from the area.[52] The forces including the six companies of the Central Reserve Police Force, two companies of the State police and two companies of the Indian Reserve Battalion counter attacked the Maoists with mortars, light machine guns and AK-47s.[49][52] Helicopters were used for air survellience and feeding the ground troops with the information about the Maoists.[53] Satellite images from RISAT - I was also used to track the movements of the Maoists.[54] The Maoists also blasted some land mines, some of the land mines and an IED was defused safely by the bomb disposal squad.[52] There has been no report of any casualties from both the sides.[52]

    [edit] Day 10

    The forces started the operation from Kadasole towards Ramgarh. They had to face resistance from the Maoists near Mahultol village on the way, an area surrounded by forests.[55] The Maoists fired at the forces and blasted land mines, the forces counter fired at the forces with mortars.[56] The progress of the forces stalled for some time due to rain and as land mines were found on the way which were detonated later. The forces were able to capture Ramgarh at around 15:00 IST, where they would establish another base camp.[57][58] An office of the Leftist trade union AITUC was burned down by the Moists when they were refused to have shelter in the building just before the security forces entered Ramgarh.[58] They were greeted by the people who stood on the side of the road with smiling faces and offered drinking water to the forces.[57][59] Another group of the force started moving from Lalgarh towards Barapelia village, where the PCPA leader Chhatrodhar Mahato lives, on the way to Ramgarh.[55] However, the forces faced tough resistance near Aamdanga village, and have to return to Lalgarh.[57]

    [edit] Day 11

    The forces patrolled the already claimed area in Lalgarh and discovered several IEDs and landmines.[60] Two persons were arrested from Sarenga in adjoining Bankura district when planting land mines between Belepole and Kargil More.[61] Explosives, detonators and firearms were recovered from them.[60] Maoists also fired at around 01:30 IST from the jungles behind the police camp housed in Ramgarh High School taking advantage of the power cut in the area.[62] However, the force switched on their search lights and fired back, making the Maoists to retreat back.[62]

    [edit] Day 12

    The forces started a two pronged operation from Lalgarh and Kadasole towards Kantapahari.

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