Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested by the Security Force (SF) personnel
during the ongoing
anti-Maoist operation
from Ranka forest
in Seraikela-Kharsawan
District of Jharkhand
on June 23, reports
Business Standard.
The arrested Maoists
were identified as
Thumba Paharia, a
hardcore Maoist and
his accomplices John
Purty and Bhudu Munda,
Superintendent of
Police (SP) Upendra
Kumar said. The Police
recovered three country-made
pistols, two magazines,
wire and explosives,
the SP added.
Meanwhile, in a change of strategy, the CPI-Maoist has decided to call off violence against armed
outfits, including
their splinter groups,
for three months,
reports The Times
of India. The
Maoists have invited
leaders of other groups
to come together on
one platform and fight
against the unified
command of the Centre
and the State Governments
carrying out Operation
Green Hunt. Bihar
Jharkhand North Chhattisgarh
Special Area Committee
(BJNCSAC) spokesman
Gopal in a statement
issued on June 24
said the decision
of unilateral ceasefire
was taken to invite
the other armed groups
working in individual
capacity for the common
people to work from
a unified and stronger
front. "We can
set aside our personal
differences in ideology
for the betterment
of common people and
when the government
is harassing villagers
and trying to suppress
their movement for
neo-democracy, all
the groups must understand
the need of the hour
and join hands,"
the release reads.
The appeal has been issued in the name of the People Liberation
Front of India (PLFI),
Jharkhand Liberation
Tigers (JLT), Jharkhand
Janmukti Parishad
(JJMP), Tritiya Prastuti
Committee (TPC), Shashtra People's Morcha (SPM) and any other such
armed group working
for people's cause.
The release says,
"If these groups
are working for the
common people, they
must come on one platform
and accept the offer
for ceasefire because
the government has
intensified the imperialist
attack to gain control
over jungles, villages
and natural resources
to hand it over to
the corporate houses.
If these groups do
not understand the
urgency of unifying
our resources to fight
the common enemy,
their stance would
be exposed,"
the release reads.
Appealing to their own ranks and files to observe restrain,
Gopal has asked the
Peoples’ Liberation
Guerrilla Army (PLGA)
cadres to abide by
the diktat and refrain
from attacking any
member of the armed
groups. "Our
PLGA members must
be vigilant and retaliate
in case there is an
attack but they have
to avoid confrontation
with the other groups
during the period
of cease fire,"
the release reads.
Separately, Maoists in Hazaribagh and Giridih are distributing
pamphlets among rural
youths for a week
asking them to refrain
from applying for
jobs in the Police,
reports The Telegraph.
The pamphlet, which
has been distributed
widely in Pirtanda
area of Giridih and
Vishnugarh, Hazaribagh,
has urged people to
prevent their sons
from joining the Police
Force, claiming security
personnel were killing
innocent lives. Terming
recruitment in Police
a “trap”, the two-page
pamphlet released
by the Bihar-Jharkhand-north
Chhattisgarh special
area committee of
the CPI-Maoist said, “Police sarkar ki ghulam hoti hai,
janata ki rakshak
nahi bhakshak hai
(The Police are the
Government’s slaves,
they aren’t saviours
but killers).” |
