Author: Dr. Satish Kumar
Publication: Security-risks.com
Date:
URL: http://www.security-risks.com/index.php?file=show-hotzone&hotid=622
Recent Trends
1. There is fresh spurt of violence in different
districts of Bihar, especially Jehanabad and Gaya.
2. A few top leaders of Naxal Outfits have
been nabbed in the state which reveals shocking revelations.
3. There is wide network of Naxal to collect
levies from the government officials, politicians, contractors and common
people of Bihar.
4. The seized diary from the arrested leaders
explains their personal property and luxurious life styles.
5. The state police force is untrained to
fight the Naxal groups. There is no training centre in Bihar.
6. Recently the Bihar government has taken
the step to train the police force under the guidance military.
There is fresh spurt of Naxal violence in
Bihar in the last few days. Two J.C.B vehicles and tractors were burnt to
ashes which were engaged in the road constructions in Jehanabad. It happened
in Narayana Mushari village under Pali Police station. MCC area commander
had demanded 35 lakh rupees from the contractor Putu Kumar. The area commander
called him on his mobile 9931560065. When he did not turn up to pay the heafty
amount of levies the Naxal damaged his properties and halted the road construction
work.
Levies have turned to be a great evil for
Bihar. There is a fresh revelation that Naxal top leaders are turning to be
millionaires and leaving a luxurious life in metropolitan cities. The huge
amount is invested in the real estates. Top Maoist leader Mr. Parmod Mishra
was arrested by Dhanbad police. Many revealing information came into lime
light. He has wide range of properties in Patna, Gaya, Kolkatta, Ranchi and
Delhi. He has invested in real estates. Lower rang leaders were accused of
accumulating wealth but this revelations proved that top notch leaders of
Maoist. Bihar Police Inspector General Mr. Bhardwaj has confirmed this report
of immense wealth of Parmod Mishra. This money comes through levies from contractors,
politicians, government officials and common people of Bihar. This is not
the first time a top leader is caught. PWG head of Jharkhand unit Shahendar
Bhuianya eloped with two crore rupees and later killed by his own comrade
friends. Arrested Mishir Beshra has revealed that 40 corer is collected every
month from levies in Jharkhand and Bihar.
Usually, the Naxalites demand from a contractor
30 per cent of the total amount sanctioned to him by the government for construction
of roads, dams, buildings and bridges. The intelligence sources say two banned
Naxalite outfits are being similarly propped up in the killing fields of Bihar.
The Maoist Communist Centre and Party Unity -- Naxalite groups that have struck
terror in south-central Bihar comprising the districts of Gaya, Hazaribagh,
Jehanabad are said to collect huge sums of money from local businessmen, contractors,
government officials and industrial units. Reports say their annual booty
could be around Rs 300 million.
This is an ideological breakdown of the Naxal
outfits. Their leaders claim themselves to be apostle of extreme sacrifice
and high moral stature. They preach the same to their revolutionaries comrades.
But they moved out from homeless to real estates. They have also adopted the
tools of ecstasy and enjoyment. Their children are studying in the premiere
institutes of the country like IIT Kanpur. They turned to be womanizer. The
recent arrest of Aarti, a female brigade of Naxal outfit, reveals that there
are widespread sexual exploitations of women within the Naxal outfits. The
custodians became the exploiter. There are intra-group fights among the naxalites.
The intelligence sources report that more than 13 extremist groups are active
in state. Recent report also figures the caste violence within the Naxal groups.
This has splintered into smaller extremists groups on the basis of castes.
In broader prospective these are the positive
development for the state. It will be easier for the state administration
to nab the extremists. The chasm between their ideological mascot and real
practice becomes wider; it will de-link the naxalites from the poor people,
especially dalits. The state government needs to present the real face of
the naxalites to the poor with the help of media. Gradually it will be difficult
for extremists to hide and being protected by poor people.
Naxal activity in Bihar has found a new breeding
ground - the state's only forest reserve, has fallen to the Naxals. Naxals
have targetted the forest reserve in Bihar's Gaya district, the state's only
wildlife sanctuary the Gautam Buddha Sanctuary - as their training camp and
have also made bunkers there. Out of the total area of the forest reserve,
as much as 70% is under their influence.
The state administration has admitted that
105-km NH-2C (Dehri-Akbarpur-Jagnnathpur- Jardag), 20-km NH-99 (Dobhi to Jharkhand
border) and 90-km NH-110 (Biharsharif-Ekangarsarai-Jehanabad-Arwal) have been
declared Naxal-affected highways. The Government of Bihar has decided to fortify
all the 50 police stations falling under naxal- infected districts of Aurangabad
and Gaya in central Bihar region, to help police counter Naxal attack. Officials
said the government was forced to chalk out this plan in the light of reports
from security agencies that the police stations in the Naxal-prone district
may face more attacks by the Maoists in near future.
The sheer capacities required to contain the
Maoist threat are lacking. The approach within the state security set-up remains
defensive, leaving the initiative almost entirely in Maoist hands, while the
enforcement agencies continue to function within the context of a 'routine
law-and-order' context. Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked his top
bureaucrats and police officers to strengthen the defense mechanism by speedy
restoration and strengthening of basic infrastructure in Left Wing extremism-affected
areas. The state administration has also planned out to train the officers
of Bihar Police by the military.
The army has agreed to impart rigorous training
to the Bihar Police Officials to take on the People's Guerrilla Liberation
Army(PGLA) of the CPI (Maoist)a Naxal out fit, which is believed to have caused
extensive damage to the state police in the past few years. A decision to
this effect was taken at a high level meeting of the army officials with the
senior officials of the state administration under the chairmanship of the
Chief Secretary RJM Pillai. Bihar does not have any police academy to impart
training to its police officer. Maoists are better trained than police of
Bihar. Therefore, they out fox the police officers and manage to dodge them.
This initiative will be very effective to eliminate the extremists from the
state.
