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Naxals burn Jharkhand Youth Congress leader alive | In yet another barbaric assault on civilians, the Maoists on Monday shot and burnt a Youth Congress leader in Jharkhand's Simdega District. Slain
leader Hemant Bage was Youth Congress block president. The incident took place
in the Lumbatoli village of the District. The Maoists left behind posters warning
more such killings if the ongoing police operation against them was not withdrawn
immediately. Bage was the brother-in-law of Simdega sub-divisional officer S Bhuiyan
. According to Simdega Deputy Superintendent of Police Varun Kumar, Bage was on
the way to Bhuiyan's place when Maoists intercepted his vehicle and shot him dead.
Kumar added that the Maoists then set the vehicle on fire along with the body
of Bage. Police recovered the half burnt vehicle as well as Bage's body. Security
forces have launched a massive search operation in the area. Meanwhile, the Maoists
have also threatened a former Congress MLA of the district with grave consequences.
Earlier, the Maoists had ordered Congress leaders and workers in Jharkhand, to
snap ties with the party or face dire consequences. On March 30, the Maoists had
gunned down the Dalbhumgarh block Congress president Gobardhan Mahali in Dalbhumgarh
of East Singhbhum district. In last couple of months State Congress leaders have
expressed fears about the Maoists. The party had set up a committee consisting
former MLA Radha Krishna Kishore, former deputy chief minister Stephen Marandi,
Rajya Sabha member Dheeraj Prasad Sahu, Minority Commission chairman Gulfam Mujibi
and former MLA Niel Tirkey to look into the situation and suggest possible measures
to the high command to adopt to counter the threat. In April, over 24 members
of Chhatarpur block in Palamau District had resigned after they were told by the
Maoists to either oppose the operations or quit the party.
Sources in the Union Home Ministry on Monday feared that the casualties of the IED blast in
Chhattisgarh's Dantewada is likely to go high as the rescue and relief operations have been
hampered due to bad light. Security forces have launched a major rescue operation. On
Monday evening in one of the worst attack on civilians the Maoists blew up a private bus
killing over 30 people. The bus was on its way from Dantewada to Sukma when the incident
took place near Chingawaram, over nine kilometers from Sukma. The bus-CG17 SS 9295
was carrying 20 special police officers (SPO) and over 30 civilians.The SPOs were
on their way to participate in a special recruitment drive. The latest blast incident
has taken place a day after the Maoists called for a 48 hour shutdown in five
states-Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. The sources
said the attack might have been a pre -planned one. Reportedly, the Maoists also
fired on the bus after the blast to ensure that nobody stays alive. |
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