On June 1, four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) cadres were killed in an encounter with the police at Sundermahto village in Hazaribag district in Jharkhand1. Earlier on May 30, another four CPI-Maoist cadres were shot dead in an encounter with the Andhra Pradesh Police near Gunupurai village in the Visakhapatnam district2.

Meanwhile, the CPI-Maoist caused derailment of a train and crippled train services on the Howrah-Delhi route in Jamui district by blasting both the up and down tracks early on June 2, during a bandh they called in five districts of East Bihar. Earlier, they blew up a sub-divisional office and looted food grains from the FCI granary in Munger district3.

• 1. “Four Maoists killed in Jharkhand,” South Asia Terrorism Portal, June 2, 2008, at http://satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news3.asp?date3=2008%2F6%2F2&image2.x...
• 2. “Four Maoists killed in Andhra Pradesh,” South Asia Terrorism Portal, May 31, 2008, at http://satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news3.asp?date3=2008%2F5%2F31#3
• 3. “Tracks blown up,” The Hindu, June 3, 2008, at http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/03/stories/2008060350240100.htm