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Eleven Maoists arrested in Gaya | Acting on a tip off the police raided
Rangpur village falling under the Atri police station in Gaya district and nabbed
the rebels. "When we cordoned off the house, there was a room with stone tiles
on the second floor, where all these Maoist rebels were standing. They could not
flee as we had cordoned off the house from all four sides," S N Dubey, in-charge,
Atri police station told reporters. The police also seized arms, ammunitions,
two bikes and some documents from the rebels. Police said one of the arrested
rebels was an accused in the 2005 jailbreak case of Jehanabad. Maoists have stepped
up violence across eastern and central India and internal security experts say
it indicates a growing dominance of the insurgents in the country. Last month,
suspected Maoists held the Rajdhani express train, which was freed by security
forces after a five-hour hostage drama. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described
Maoists as the biggest internal security challenge since independence, which began
four decades ago championing the cause of poor peasants in the east, but has now
spread to about 20 of India's 29 states. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said
the government was willing to talk to the Maoists about issues such as poverty
and corruption that are often blamed for stoking the insurgency, but insisted
the rebels must first stop violence. |
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