Naxal Weapons

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  9 Maoists Killed In Encounter In Chhattisgarh, Many Weapons Recovered

  At least seven Maoists, including two female members, have been killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Tuesday, officials said.

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  5 Policemen Killed In Ambush By Maoists Near Jharkhand's Jamshedpur

  Five policemen have been shot dead in an ambush by Maoists near Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. The attack took place Friday evening when the policemen were patrolling a local market in Saraikela district, about 40 kilometres from Jamshedpur.

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  Naxals Injure Cop, Loot His Rifle In Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

  A policeman was Monday injured, and his rifle looted, after Naxals attacked him with sharp-edged weapons in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.

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  Chhattisgarh Rules Out Troop Withdrawal From Maoist-Hit Areas

  New Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Sunday said weapons were no answer to tackling the Maoist menace and favoured talks with violence affected people and other stakeholders, even as he ruled out withdrawal of security forces from the Maoist-hit areas of the state.

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  Chhattisgarh Naxals Use Effigies, Dummy Guns To Confuse Security Forces

  The forces recovered Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing 7 kilograms near one of the effigies.

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  Arms Racket: 12 AK-47s Fished Out Of Well In Bihar, Police Say More To Come

  Police have recovered 12 AK-47 assault rifles from Bardah village in Bihar's Munger district, taking the total number of such weapons seized in their investigation of an interstate arms racket to 20 over the last one month.

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  Music Album - Chhattisgarh Police's Latest Weapon To Tackle Maoists

  Music and art play a significant role in putting across message to the people. Putting these words to test, the Chhattisgarh police recently launched a music album to encourage Maoists to give up arms.

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  Four Naxals Arrested In Chhattisgarh, Weapons Seized

  The police today arrested four Naxals during a search operation in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.

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  7 Naxals Gunned Down In Chhattisgarh, Weapons Recovered

  Seven Naxals were killed in a fierce gun-battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district today, the police said.

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  Uniform, Guns More Attractive Than Naxal Ideology for Youth: Study

  The uniforms and weapons of Maoists attract the tribal youths more to join the outlawed movement, rather than their ideology about the fight for land, a study on Naxalism has revealed.

• Suspected Maoists, armed with weapons, kill mediaperson in Chhattisgarh market

  Armed Maoists brutally killed mediaperson Sai Reddy on Friday at a weekly market in a forested patch of Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bijapur district, police officials said.

• Nine suspected Naxals killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

  Nine suspected Naxals have been killed in the border area of Sukma and Bijapur in Chhattisgarh in an ongoing encounter with security forces. At least 15 weapons have been seized from the site.

• CRPF men held for selling arms sent to police remand

  The four CRPF men arrested on Friday for stealing weapons from the CRPF and selling them, have been sentenced to 10 days of police remand.

• Most foreign arms seized from Naxals looted from forces

  Contrary to reports that Naxals have started buying foreign-made arms, most such weapons used by them are actually those looted from security forces.

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  Behind the thin Red line

  The Maoists use antiquated weapons and have mastered the art of using old methods of communications.