Maharashtra (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2007

Intelligence sources said on January 3 said that the cache of carbines, rifles and ammunition seized in Nagpur on December 28 was meant for the indigenous Naxalite groups, according to Daily News Analysis (DNA). They also said the cache may have been procured from the Maoist rebels in Nepal and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka. Sources in the security establishment told DNA that the weapons and the ammunition were found manufactured in the United States and Pakistan. All weapons and bullets sported detail and the name of their manufacturing countries, a source said. They also said four persons had been arrested so far in connection with the incident. Read less...

Maharashtra Director General of Police P.S Pasricha told DNA, “The foreign-hand angle to the shipment of the arms consignment is being probed. Also the quantum of seizure is significant since it was essentially meant for the country’s extremist groups,” adding, a Hyderabad-based Naxalite commander was arrested on December 30 in connection with the seizure and that he could divulge the name of the arms-dealer responsible for the shipment. Inspector General of Police (anti-Naxalite operations) Pankaj Gupta said, “We are probing if the seized consignment was ferried by any ultra outfit based in Nepal or Sri Lanka…” Read less...

Seven Naxalites (left-wing extremists) were arrested following a joint operation by Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh Police in a border village in the Gadchiroli district on January 15. Police sources said that acting on a specific information that a Naxal camp was in progress in Chintarbela village, a police team raided the area shortly after midnight. The extremists opened indiscriminate firing, which was returned by the police. Seven Naxalites, who tried to flee from the camp, were chased and arrested. Naxal literature, tents and some other materials were seized during the operation. Read less...