Kolkata: A top Naxal leader has been killed in a gunbattle with the Central Reserve Police Force in West Bengal on Thursday. The Naxal leader, identified as Shashadhar Mahato, was killed in the gunfight at Kapgari village in Binpur police station area of West Midnapore in West Bengal. Mahato was the second-in-command to Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji, the topmost Naxal leader in West Bengal. Mahato was the elder brother of...
07:12 PM, Mar 10, 2011
Srinagar: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jammu and Kashmir is looking at new ways of controlling stone pelting incidents, that have become the standard way of protesting. They are calling it operation WHAM. A different body gear, non-lethal weapons and lot of ambulances to attend to the injured, are aspects of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF's new way to control an angry mob. "We must be...
11:18 AM, Mar 07, 2011
Banka (Bihar): Three Naxals were shot dead on Saturday in an encounter with the security forces at Katoria in Bihar's Banka district, a police officer said. "Acting on a tip off, the security forces comprising CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) and SAP (Special Auxiliary Police) jawans surrounded a house in Majhidih village where about a dozen Naxals were hiding," Acting Superintendent of Police BK Das said. Upon being asked to...
02:24 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Jorhat: Maoists are trying to establish their base in Assam and the anti-talk faction of ULFA led by Commander-in-Chief Paresh Barua has launched a massive recruitment drive, particularly in Upper Assam, a senior CRPF officer said. "There are specific intelligence reports indicating that youths from Assam are veering towards the Naxal philosophy, which is a matter of serious concern," CRPF IGP (Operations) M P Nathaniel said. "With most insurgent outfits...
02:33 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Patna: A CRPF trooper who had shot himself after killing a national level woman kabaddi player succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the Bihar capital, police said on Friday. Jaswant Singh was being treated at the Patna Medical College and Hospital. "He died Thursday night," a police official said. Singh had shot Manisha Kumari, the woman kabaddi player, with his AK 47 on Wednesday evening when she refused...
11:27 AM, Feb 11, 2011
New Delhi: A national level Kabbadi player was allegedly shot dead on Wednesday by a CRPF jawan who was stalking her. According to reports, the victim 21-year-old Manisha Devi was on her way back from practice when Jaswant Singh chased her and picked up a fight when she refused to share her mobile number. He then pulled the trigger on himself and is now in a critical condition. Unconfirmed reports...
07:22 AM, Feb 10, 2011
Hyderabad: After forcing Andhra Pradesh government to withdraw all criminal cases registered against Telangana agitators, Congress MPs from the region are now applying pressure on Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to get Central paramilitary forces, deployed in the state to maintain law and order in the aftermath of the submission of Justice Srikrishna Committee report, withdrawn. The Telangana MPs, led by AP Congress MPs Forum Convenor Ponnam Prabhakar, met the...
03:11 PM, Dec 29, 2010
Purulia: A CRPF personnel attached with the elite anti-Naxal battalion COBRA was killed and four others injured in a gunbattle with Naxals inside a forest in Purulia district of West Bengal. Acting on a tip off about existence of a Naxal camp at Dekai forest, securitymen of the joint force launched an operation in the area when the ultras fired at them, Superintendent of Police Sunil Chowdhury said. Five security...
01:17 PM, Dec 25, 2010
New Delhi: The youth wing of BJP attacked Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's car when he was entering Foreign Correspondent's Club to attend a seminar. As the news about his presence at the seminar came out, activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha assembled outside the venue and shouted slogans against Mirwaiz. Shouting slogans like "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram", the demonstrators hurled eggs, water bottles and...
07:55 PM, Nov 30, 2010
Raipur/Jamshedpur: Security forces have managed to gun down at least 10 Naxals in two separate incidents. While nine Naxals were killed by a combined team Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Chhattisgarh Police in Jagargunda in Chhattisgarh, a sub-zonal commander of the CPI (Maoist) was killed at Bardi village in the Naxal-hit Ghatsila sub-division in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Monday night by Jharkhand Police. Acting on specific intelligence...
12:17 PM, Nov 23, 2010
Imphal: An irate Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper on Monday killed three of his colleagues and later shot himself dead with his service weapon following a heated altercation in Manipur, officials said. A police spokesperson said the incident took place around 7 am at the Food Corporation of India (FCI) warehouse at Sangaiprou in Imphal West district, about three kilometres from Manipur state capital Imphal. "We are yet to...
12:57 PM, Oct 11, 2010
He is the man who headed the Special Task Force that killed dreaded forest brigand Veerappan in 2004. ...
06:53 PM, Oct 06, 2010
Gadchiroli: Four securitymen, including two CRPF personnel, were killed when Naxalites triggered a powerful improvised explosive device blast in a marketplace in Perilimili village in the district when they were out shopping. The security personnel were shopping at a local market in the area when the explosion took place at around 4.30 PM, killing two CRPF men and two police officers on the spot. The two CRPF men have been...
08:32 PM, Oct 04, 2010
New Delhi: In a sudden move, Government on Monday shunted out CRPF chief Vikram Srivastava and brought in K Vijay Kumar, who had shot to fame when he led the operations to eliminate forest brigand Veerappan, as his replacement. Srivastava, who was made the CRPF Director General in February this year, has been made the chief of Bureau of Police Research and Development in Delhi. on April 6 in Chhattisgarh....
08:49 PM, Oct 02, 2010
New Delhi: The government on Friday dismissed as "baseless" reports of terror threat to the Commonwealth Games, saying people should go for enjoying the sporting extravaganza without any fear. Reacting to a report that terror outfit 'Brigade 313' was to target the Games, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said there was no basis to believe it as the report was based on an old input which was recycled. "There is...
08:34 PM, Oct 01, 2010
Srinagar: After the Centre's eight-point proposal to ease the Kashmir crisis, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is making efforts with their own initiative. The CRPF has announced rewards for jawans who exercise restraint in the face of violent mobs. To be able to control violent protests on the streets of Kashmir and to do it effectively without the use of violent means is a challenge. Hence to deal with...
07:48 AM, Sep 28, 2010
Ayodhya: A day before Supreme Court takes up the plea to defer the judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, Ayodhya on Monday turned into a fortress with heavy deployment of security forces. Paramilitary forces, along with the Uttar Pradesh Police, staged a flag march in the twin towns of Ayodhya and Faizabad, where security forces have been put on high alert. Heavy deployment of forces has been made...
11:12 PM, Sep 27, 2010
Raipur: The Chhattishgarh government that has so far failed to establish any contact with Naxals, has received threatening messages from the Maoists that the four policemen who are in their custody, would be killed. Seven policemen were abducted from Bijapur jungle and three of them have already been killed. The 48-hour deadline set by the Naxals runs out on Tuesday morning. Their demands from the state government include the halting...
09:04 PM, Sep 27, 2010
Ranchi: Ten Maoists have been killed and several rebel camps destroyed in a massive operation launched by security forces in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district since Saturday, police said on Monday. "Around 10 Maoist have been killed in the operation since Saturday. Bodies of some of the Maoists have been recovered," Jharkhand Director General of Police Neyaz Ahmad told reporters in Ranchi. Around 2,000 security personnel from the state police and...
04:29 PM, Sep 27, 2010
