The ambush of a joint CRPF and state police team in Chhattisgarh shows the training and tactics have to be better than the ragtag Maoists. Jammu and Kashmir is a good example.
Rakeshwar Singh Manhas is part of special police unit CoBRA. Chhattisgarh govt nominated a two-member team, including one from tribal community, to secure his release.
Maoists have, however, not raised any formal demands for the release of commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas even as police are verifying the authenticity of their purported statement.
In episode 717 of 'Cut The Clutter', Shekhar Gupta talks about how Maoist\naxal groups gained power since independence and the recent ambush of security personnel in Chhattisgarh.
Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a visit to Chhattisgarh, made the comment after paying tributes to the 22 security personnel who were killed by Naxals in the state Saturday.
In 2012, I wrote about the first surrendered Naxal to undergo reverse vasectomy and 'reclaim the right to fatherhood'. Last month, I learnt he still couldn’t bear a child.
Villagers claim two new BSF camps in Kanker district were built on land that had two 'Devasthals' or holy places. Police dispute claim & say Maoists are behind the protest.
Some members of Maoists’ Central Committee are guarded round-the-clock by Central Regional Command. CRPF will target them in Sukma & Bijapur districts.
The course manual is currently being readied. Classes on the course will begin at Dantewada district jail where around 600 Maoists are lodged at present.
The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
Not the first time the security forces were caught ‘napping’ by the Maoists. Worse, even after the many such fiascos, not a single one of the higher-ups have been hauled-up for negligence, incompetence, ineptitude or other shortcomings. Fact is, the CRPF is totally useless to the task, as they are literally ill-trained, ill-equipped and ill-led for such sensitive and dangerous operations.
Very good article on the subject which I have read in the recent times. For a change, there is nothing contrarian in the article.
A few years back, a friend who visited Chattisgarh came back with the observation: There was a tacit understanding between the previous CM and the Maoists – “This is my area, you don’t interfere. I won’t interfere in your area.”
Cowardice is writ large on these anti-insurgency operations. The abandoned wepons will be turned against the security forces in the next ambush.
Not the first time the security forces were caught ‘napping’ by the Maoists. Worse, even after the many such fiascos, not a single one of the higher-ups have been hauled-up for negligence, incompetence, ineptitude or other shortcomings. Fact is, the CRPF is totally useless to the task, as they are literally ill-trained, ill-equipped and ill-led for such sensitive and dangerous operations.
Very good article on the subject which I have read in the recent times. For a change, there is nothing contrarian in the article.
A few years back, a friend who visited Chattisgarh came back with the observation: There was a tacit understanding between the previous CM and the Maoists – “This is my area, you don’t interfere. I won’t interfere in your area.”
Cowardice is writ large on these anti-insurgency operations. The abandoned wepons will be turned against the security forces in the next ambush.