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January 1
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A high security alert was sounded
in Bihar following intelligence reports that six Pakistani-trained
terrorists have infiltrated into the State from Nepal.
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
said that it would take another two to three years to curb the
Maoist menace.
The first major, concerted ground
offensive against Naxalites (Left Wing Extremists) has started
with Police forces in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh launching
a joint operation.
Three Pakistani terrorists, who were
kept in the Lampur detention centre for deportation, managed to
escape from the Police custody at Kotwali in Delhi.
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January 3
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The Delhi Police announced
a reward of INR 50,000 to those who provide information leading
to the arrest of each of the three Pakistani terrorists.
With the catch line
"who is against development?", the Union Government is hitting
at Naxals with a media blitzkrieg by putting out an advertisement
in national and regional newspapers about the destruction of vital
infrastructure by the CPI-Maoist.
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January 4
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A suspected Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
militant has been arrested at a check post at Cumbum near Theni
in Kerala after his passport and identity cards were found to
be forged.
An alert has been sounded
in the Eastern and East Central Railway (ECR) zones after intelligence
inputs suggested infiltration of Taliban-trained suicide squads
into Bihar and in metropolises like Kolkata.
Bihar Police denied the media reports
of Taliban and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist’s infiltration
into the State from Nepal side.
The CPI-Maoist is recruiting hundreds
of children in an effort to strengthen their influence in the
heartlands of India.
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January 5
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A US Congressional report released
identified Dawood Ibrahim’s D-company as a "5,000-member criminal
syndicate operating mostly in Pakistan, India, and the United
Arab Emirates," which has a "strategic alliance" with Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, and
has "forged relationships with Islamists, including LeT and al
Qaeda."
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January 6
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)-infested
States, including Jharkhand and Maharashtra, have set up a Special
Task Force (STF) in their bid to jointly tackle the Maoist problem.
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January 7
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Bihar Government sent 428 Police
Personnel, from constables to DSPs, to different Central Police
organisations for specialised training in jungle warfare, weapon
tactics and counter insurgency and commando operations.
According to intelligence agencies,
a 9/11-type terrorist attack using hijacked aero planes stares
India in the face with an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist having
acquired pilot training and waiting to strike.
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January 9
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The central secretary of the Communist
Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) K. N. Ramachandran said
no one is shedding tears for the CPI-Maoist in Andhra Pradesh
because they had created a culture of extortion through individual
squads.
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January 10
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The security of 10
scientists working in sensitive areas, like defence and space,
has been tightened in the wake of threats from Pakistan-based
terrorist outfit LeT.
International terrorism
and organised crime including drug trafficking would feature among
the five agreements India would sign with Bangladesh during the
ongoing visit by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) killed 190 militants and Naxalites (left eng extremists)
besides arresting 2,054 in the year 2009. The Force lost 70 of
its personnel. A massive recovery of 48, 000 ammunition was
made in 293 encounters undertaken by the CRPF along with other
Security Forces.
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
was recovered by the bomb squad of the Criminal Investigation
Department from a private bus parked at Hamiltonganj in Kalchini
of Jalpaiguri District.
The anti-Naxal force of the Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) -- Commando Battalion for Resolute
Action (CoBRA) -- has been rechristened as Special Action Force
(SAF).
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January 11
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Charge sheet has been filed against
the 62 accused in connection with the July 26, 2008 Ahmedabad
serial bomb blasts in which 57 people were killed by a special
court.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina assured New Delhi that Dhaka would
not allow its soil to be used as a base for operations by groups
inimical to India, her Advisor Abul Kalam Azad said.
Manmohan Singh announced a USD 1
billion line of credit for Bangladesh, the highest one-time
line of credit assistance to any country by India.
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January 12
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The special designated Prevention
of Terrorism Act (POTA) court convicted 22 persons while acquitting
an equal number of accused in the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence
(ISI) conspiracy case.
Two LeT militants were sentenced
to seven years of rigorous imprisonment each by a Delhi court
for possessing RDX in connection with a conspiracy to carry out
a suicide attack at the Indian Military Academy in
2005.
The Union Government has asked Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam to
remain fully alert to prevent any attempt by terrorists to disturb
peace.
The MHA has received substantive
inputs that many CPI-Maoist leaders, including its ‘general
secretary’ Muppala Laxman Rao alias Ganapathi,
have slipped out of their forest hideouts and entered urban pockets.
Since costs of procuring arms and
ammunition have skyrocketed due to inflation, the Maoists have
increased their protection money. They have increased their levy
rates by 5 to 10 percentage in 2010. The Maoists illegally
levy huge amounts on contractors, traders and even Government
servants to allow them function in a hassle-free way.
The MHA convened a meeting of Chief
Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) of nine States
which are most affected by the LWE. Official sources said the
24th meeting of the coordination on LWE, discussed
the developmental activities that needs to be undertaken in the
Naxal affected areas.
Orissa is likely to get an additional
five battalions of the Central Para-military Force (CPMFs) for
undertaking anti-Naxalite operation in the State.
Uttar Pradesh Government unveiled
its new commando force Blue Hawks, which has been
raised by the State Police to tackle militants.
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January 13
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Seven Pakistani nationals have been
arrested from a boat which was intercepted by the BSF in the Cori
creek of Kutch District in Gujarat.
In a joint operation, the ATS of
Uttar Pradesh Police and Gurgaon (Haryana) Police arrested an
agent of the Pakistan’s ISI from Gurgaon for passing important
military information.
Official sources said that the Government
of China is yet to extend cooperation to India to prevent militant
groups of the Northeast region from procuring weapons from that
country, while, reports of frequent visits of the militant leaders
to China has also become a matter of serious concern.
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January 14
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Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao asked
the United States to ensure that the billions of dollars
of American aid given to Pakistan is not diverted
for anti-India activities.
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January 17
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The CPI-Maoist now has developed
the expertise to clone sophisticated weapons, including assault
rifles of AK series.
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January 18
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The Special investigation Team
(SIT) of Hyderabad Police arrested ‘south India commander’ of
the LeT, identified as Shaik Abdul Khaja alias Amjad, from
Afzalgunj area of the city.
The CPI-Maoaist spokesperson and
member of the party's central committee Azad warned that Maoists
will surely go on the counter-offensive with the Centre cracking
down on Maoists in West Bengal and other affected States.
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January 19
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Bihar Police said Ghulam Rasool,
who was arrested from a train at Purnia Junction, is a member
of Taliban and has links with the LeT.
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January 20
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Thousands of paramilitary personnel
have launched a crackdown to target some 50 leaders of CPI-Maoist
across the country.
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January 21
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Militant groups operating in the
Northeast called for a boycott of the Republic Day celebration
on January 26.
The Union Government appointed
former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon as the National Security
Advisor (NSA).
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January 22
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Security was beefed up at airports
across the country, after intelligence inputs suggests that Pakistan-based
terrorists outfits LeT and other al Qaeda-linked terrorists are
planning to hijack aeroplanes.
Another intelligence input said
that LeT is ready to carry out airborne suicide attacks using
para-gliders in India.
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January 23
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The Defence Minister A.K. Antony
said that threat of infiltration is growing in Jammu and Kashmir.
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January 24
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The Special Task Force (STF) of
Kolkata city Police seized INR 392000 Fake Indian Currency Notes
(FICN) from three persons.
CPI-Maoist leader Koteswar Rao
alias Kishan wrote to Union Minister for Railways Mamata
Banerjee that it wouldn’t be possible for the Maoists to give
up arms and sit for talks.
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January 25
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An ISI agent was arrested by ATS
of the Uttarakhand Police in Roorkee. A number of documents related
to Army cantonment of Roorkee, Bikaner, Patiala and Dehradun were
recovered from him.
The Uttarakhand Government sounded
a red alert across the State following intelligence reports of
fresh terror threats to defence establishments and Dehradun-based
Indian Military Academy.
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January 28
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Reacting to Pakistani investigators
admission of LeT’s role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Union Home
Minister P. Chidambaram said that LeT operations commander Zakiur
Rehman Lakhvi is only one of the 26/11 masterminds, adding that
there are other masterminds also.
Home minister Chidambaram strongly
refuted Pakistani Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Gilani's claim that
there was insufficient evidence on Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD) chief
Hafiz Saeed's links to 26/11.
Pakistan PM Yousaf Raza Gilani
denied Indian accusations that his Government was dragging its
feet on booking the prime accused of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks,
saying the alleged chief architect Hafiz Saeed was very much on
trial and the court had to decide when to order his arrest.
Sending a strong message to the
CPI-Maoist the Union said the anti-Naxal operations would stop
only if the Naxalites abjure violence and decides to come to the
negotiation table.
Referring to reports that Jharkhand
had halted the anti-Naxal offensive, Chidambaram said Jharkhand
CM Shibu Soren told me that there is no change in policy of Jharkhand
government and that he is on board with other chief ministers
of Naxal-affected states on the strategy being worked out.
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January 31
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The interrogation of top CPI-Maoist
ideologue Kobad Ghandy has revealed the close ties the Maoist
leadership has developed with their counterparts in Nepal.
The CRPF Special Director General
and commander of the anti-Naxal task force Vijay Raman said in
New Delhi that the Security Forces are in an "operation mode".
Asked about possible talks with the Naxals, he said, "I am not
aware of it. As far as we are concerned, we are on the ops (operation)
mode."
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