CPI-Maoists back independence for Kashmir; Jharkhand Police: Former Army personnel training Maoists; CPI-Maoists call for ban on Hindu fanatical groups
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    • The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in a press statement on September 1, supported independence for Kashmir. Its spokesperson Azad called upon the CPI-M cadres to mobilise people in support of the Kashmiri people’s struggle for freedom and called on the people of Kashmir to come out with a slogan: ‘Neither India nor Pakistan, but a sovereign independent Kashmir.’ Azad noted that history had demonstrated repeatedly that no nation, however small or weak, can be kept enslaved forever by another strong and mighty1.

    The CPI-Maoist also expressed its support to the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). In a statement, it called for a ban on the “Hindu fanatical gangs” such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu Munnani2.

    Five security forces personnel were killed in a Maoist ambush in Chhatisgarh’s Balrampur district, bordering Jharkhand, on September 4. Seven others were wounded in the attack3.

    Telegraph quoting an intelligence report noted that the Maoists have started operating in Singur area of West Bengal and that they were persuading villagers to resist the Tata Motors’ bid to resume work at the Nano plant. The report stated that extremists working under the cover of social welfare organisations were instigating villagers to launch a violent movement4.

    Jharkhand Police meanwhile claimed that the CPI-Maoist cadres were being trained in guerrilla and jungle warfare by former Army personnel. Following the arrest of hardcore Maoist Shankar Bhuiyan alias Sanjay Ram from Latehar on August 28, the state police recovered a training manual of Maoists. The 200-page book was divided into two sections, containing minute details of planning and assault strategies in different terrains5.

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