s many as six Maoists were gunned down in a fierce encounter with the police in Bihar’s Gaya district on January 131.

Meanwhile, two Bangladeshis, with suspected links to Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence were arrested from Shibpur in Howrah district of West Bengal on January 16. The duo identified as Shamim Akhtar and Sheikh Alamgir were engaged in recruiting ex-servicemen to extract strategic information2.

• 1. “Six naxalites killed,” The Hindu, January 14, 2008, at http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/14/stories/2008011454520100.htm
• 2. “Two suspected ISI activists arrested,” The Hindu, January 17, 2008, at http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011759690100.htm