Naxals Kidnap Cops

• Naxals kill kidnapped cop in Chhattisgarh

  Naxals have killed a police officer they had kidnapped in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.

• Chhattisgarh: Naxals to release abducted cops soon?

  There are indications that the Maoists may release the 4 kidnapped Chhatisgarh policemen soon.Earlier on Tuesday night, the Naxals had extended by 24 hours the deadline set for the release of four policemen held captive by them even as the Chhattisgarh government said there were positive talks with the Maoists on the safe return of the hostages."Th...

• Maoists' 48-hour deadline ends; tense wait for kidnapped cops' families

  It is a tense wait for the families of the policemen who are believed to have been abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh more than a week ago. A 48-hour deadline set by the Naxals has ended and there is no word on whether they're safe.Subhash Patre had left home in August after celebrating the first birthday of his younger daughter Gracy. His wife Ma...

• Chattisgarh: Naxals kidnap 7 policemen, distraught familes appeal the government

  After Naxals kidnapped seven policemen in Chattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh has made an appeal to release four of the abducted cops.On September 19, Seven policemen from Raipur had gone for a joint operation in the jungle belt, believed to be Naxal infested, and failed to return.The police later recovered three bodies on the same night.Famili...

• No information on release of cops abducted by Naxals, says Nitish Kumar

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that the government cannot confirm the release of the three policemen being held hostage by the Naxals since last Sunday. The fourth cop, Lukas Tete, was killed on Friday and his body was found with a note from the Naxals.But now there is some hope for the families of the three other policemen after Avinas...

• Bihar hostage crisis: Naxals refuse to talk, but say will free the 3 cops

  The three kidnapped Bihar policemen Rupesh Kumar Sinha, Mohammad Ehsaan and Abhay Yadav are still in Maoist custody. And now, putting more pressure on the Bihar government, a Maoist spokesperson Avinash has claimed that their Central committee has rejected the government's talks offer."We reject the Bihar government's talks offer. We will free the ...

• Naxals kill one of the four abducted cops in Bihar

  Naxals have reportedly killed sub-inspector Abhay Yadav, one of the four policemen, who were taken hostage during an encounter in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on Sunday.The deadline for the other three abducted cops has been extended till 10 am on Friday.Following the killing of Abhay Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Yadav has said that he i...

• Lakhisarai encounter: Naxals extend deadline for releasing abducted cops

  The Naxals have extended the deadline for the four policemen taken hostage, in Lakhisarai in Bihar, till Thursday morning.They have been demanding the release of their colleagues and the removal of security forces from the area.The four policemen - Mohammad Ehsaan, Rupesh Kumar Sinha, Abhay Prasad Yadav, Lokus Tete-  were taken hostage on Sund...

• Lakhisarai encounter: Naxals claim four missing cops in their custody

  It has been two days since Havaldar Mohammad Ehsaan went missing. Along with three other policemen from Lakhisarai in East Bihar, Ehsaan is believed to have been taken hostage by the 200 odd Naxals they were fighting. "I appeal to the Naxals to release my husband. He was just doing his job. It is not his fault," pleaded Farida Begum, Havaldar Ehsaa...

• The politics over cops kidnapped by Naxals

  On Monday, the families of two kidnapped policemen, Kanchan Garai and Sabir Sharif, came from West Bengal to New Delhi to meet Home Minister with an appeal.

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  Kidnapped cop upsets government

  Atindranath Dutta, the kidnapped policeman released by the Naxals, is proving to be an embarrassment for the government and the police.

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  Kidnapped policeman in danger, warn Naxals

  Two days after Naxals kidnapped a police officer in West Midnapore, joint security forces have launched an attack where the kidnapped cop has been kept.

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  Naxals behead kidnapped cop, Taliban style

  In Jharkhand, Naxals have killed a senior intelligence officer they kidnapped near Ranchi on September 30.