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Armed gang claiming to be naxals loots house
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KORAPUT: A group of people claiming themselves to be Maoists from Bhubaneswar attacked the house of Bibhisan Hantal, the sarpanch of Haldikund panchayat in Boipariguda block of Koraput district in the early hours of Tuesday .
According to Mr. Hantal a group of 40 people armed with swords and country-made revolvers had enquired about his whereabouts by knocking at his brother's door in his residence at Rupabeda a village around 1.30 am .
Not finding him in the front house they torched two tractors on the premises before entering his bedroom in the backside of the campus . The group members, most of whom had faces covered in black cloth looted his house . They took one gold chain , Rs.30,000, a new motorcycle and his mobile phone before leaving the spot with a demand of Rs.5 Lakh which was to be handed over to them in Dokri ghat within a week, he added.
While the villagers were alarmed by his brother about the incidence , the villagers had no other way than to retreat when an old man was attacked by the group . While the group had claimed themselves to be Maoists, Mr.Hantal however suspects the hand of his rival group of people behind the incident . A complain has been made against the suspected people at Boipariguda police station , he added.
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Media sensitisation programme
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KORAPUT: An effective media can raise the awareness level and can also bring about sustainable behaviour change in society, Rabi Narayan Das, CDMO, Koraput, said at the district level media sensitisation programme on TB & HIV/AIDS at Korpaut on Wednesday .
While the threat of these symptoms was on the rise in Koraput district, media had the capability to bring about transformation in the thinking pattern of society in respect to the people living with HIV/AIDS .
Attending as guest of honour, Niranjan Das, ADMO, said that while there were at least 30,000 TB patients in Koraput district with 650 of them losing their lives to the disease every year for irregular medicine intake and negligent attitude towards the disease , media could bring a change by sensitizing people in this regard .
The programme was organised by Lepra Society .
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KORAPUT: An effective media can raise the awareness level and can also bring about sustainable behaviour change in society, Rabi Narayan Das, CDMO, Koraput, said at the district level media sensitisation programme on TB & HIV/AIDS at Korpaut on Wednesday .
While the threat of these symptoms was on the rise in Koraput district, media had the capability to bring about transformation in the thinking pattern of society in respect to the people living with HIV/AIDS .
Attending as guest of honour, Niranjan Das, ADMO, said that while there were at least 30,000 TB patients in Koraput district with 650 of them losing their lives to the disease every year for irregular medicine intake and negligent attitude towards the disease , media could bring a change by sensitizing people in this regard .
The programme was organised by Lepra Society .
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Security personnel and panchayat bodies are facing severe Maoist threat
BERHAMPUR: Maoists have started to use terror tactics to hamper the functioning of panchayat bodies in remote areas of south Orissa.
Through this they want to stall the pro-poor developmental projects and subsidised Public Distribution System (PDS) in underdeveloped remote areas. For it they have started terrorising the elected members of panchayat bodies. Maoists are damaging the panchayat offices and panchayat warehouses meant for storing PDS supplies.
In Rayagada district, the vice chairman of Chandrapur block panchayat samity S.Iswar Rao, panchyat samity member of Budubali panchayat Narasi Gangaranga, female nayab sarpanch of the same panchayat K.Mutika have rendered their resignation at the Chandrapur block office.
It was alleged that recently these elected representatives had received threats from leader of the Basadara Divisional Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation to resign or face dire consequences.
The elected representatives are mum about the reason behind their sudden resignation. In Feb. 2009 a sarpanch and seven ward members of Rasakola panchayat of Bisamkatak block in Rayagada district had resigned following naxal threats.
Along with it there were reports of resignations of some Special Police Officers (SPO) in same Chandrapur block. It may be noted that SPOs and village guards play a major role in maintenance of security in remote rural areas.
The Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had directed the Rayagada district Collector Nitin Bhanudas Jawale to investigate and report about these resignations. Speaking to The Hindu the Rayagada district collector confirmed the resignation of three elected members of local bodies. “But in their resignation letters they have either cited their personal or health problems or their agony against functioning of the local Block Development Officer”, he said. Regarding the resignation of SPOs he said no resignation of any SPO had reached any police station or district police headquarter.
But at the grass root level security personnel and panchayat bodies are facing severe Maoist threat. Maoists blew up buildings of a panchayat offices and warehouses attached to them at Kangurkonda,
Telarai and Bodigata villages in Malkangiri district in May.
On May 6 night Maoists had damaged the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) office at remote Kudumuluguma under Orkel police station in Malkangiri district. In February eleven elected members of panchayats of cut off areas of Balimela reservoir in Malkangiri district had resigned. According to intelligence sources, the threat of Maoists was a major cause behind their resignation.
The Maoists claim they are damaging panchayat buildings so that they may not be used as camps by security forces during anti-Maoist operations. But as per police and administrative officials by keeping the elected panchayat bodies under the shroud of their terror and damaging the PDS storage units they want to keep people living in remote areas away from the pro-poor developmental programmes like MGNREGS. It is alleged to be part of their strategy to strengthen their base and ant-government propaganda in remote areas.
Added to it they have also started to create terror in the minds of grass root level policemen. They shot dead a police constable at a crowded village market at Padia under Kalimela police station in Malkangiri on May 16.
On May 11 night Maoists murdered two village guards at Katama village in Gajapati district.
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Maoists target panchayat bodies in south Orissa
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Security personnel and panchayat bodies are facing severe Maoist threat
BERHAMPUR: Maoists have started to use terror tactics to hamper the functioning of panchayat bodies in remote areas of south Orissa.
Through this they want to stall the pro-poor developmental projects and subsidised Public Distribution System (PDS) in underdeveloped remote areas. For it they have started terrorising the elected members of panchayat bodies. Maoists are damaging the panchayat offices and panchayat warehouses meant for storing PDS supplies.
In Rayagada district, the vice chairman of Chandrapur block panchayat samity S.Iswar Rao, panchyat samity member of Budubali panchayat Narasi Gangaranga, female nayab sarpanch of the same panchayat K.Mutika have rendered their resignation at the Chandrapur block office.
It was alleged that recently these elected representatives had received threats from leader of the Basadara Divisional Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation to resign or face dire consequences.
The elected representatives are mum about the reason behind their sudden resignation. In Feb. 2009 a sarpanch and seven ward members of Rasakola panchayat of Bisamkatak block in Rayagada district had resigned following naxal threats.
Along with it there were reports of resignations of some Special Police Officers (SPO) in same Chandrapur block. It may be noted that SPOs and village guards play a major role in maintenance of security in remote rural areas.
The Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had directed the Rayagada district Collector Nitin Bhanudas Jawale to investigate and report about these resignations. Speaking to The Hindu the Rayagada district collector confirmed the resignation of three elected members of local bodies. “But in their resignation letters they have either cited their personal or health problems or their agony against functioning of the local Block Development Officer”, he said. Regarding the resignation of SPOs he said no resignation of any SPO had reached any police station or district police headquarter.
But at the grass root level security personnel and panchayat bodies are facing severe Maoist threat. Maoists blew up buildings of a panchayat offices and warehouses attached to them at Kangurkonda,
Telarai and Bodigata villages in Malkangiri district in May.
On May 6 night Maoists had damaged the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) office at remote Kudumuluguma under Orkel police station in Malkangiri district. In February eleven elected members of panchayats of cut off areas of Balimela reservoir in Malkangiri district had resigned. According to intelligence sources, the threat of Maoists was a major cause behind their resignation.
The Maoists claim they are damaging panchayat buildings so that they may not be used as camps by security forces during anti-Maoist operations. But as per police and administrative officials by keeping the elected panchayat bodies under the shroud of their terror and damaging the PDS storage units they want to keep people living in remote areas away from the pro-poor developmental programmes like MGNREGS. It is alleged to be part of their strategy to strengthen their base and ant-government propaganda in remote areas.
Added to it they have also started to create terror in the minds of grass root level policemen. They shot dead a police constable at a crowded village market at Padia under Kalimela police station in Malkangiri on May 16.
On May 11 night Maoists murdered two village guards at Katama village in Gajapati district.
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Rethink needed on tribal development programmes'
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‘Rethink needed on tribal development programmes'
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KORAPUT: There was a need to rethink the approaches towards a sustainable tribal development in a cultural perspective .This was more felt at a time when most of the tribal development programmes had failed terribly both at the planning and implementation levels, Jagabandhu Samal, retired professor of economics and a renowned researcher on tribal way of life, said here on Sunday. While in some cases, the programmes for them were unrealistic for not touching the roots of their problems, in other cases their skills and their needs were not understood and more importantly their cultural values were ignored.
Development did not happen as specified activities within the boundary of economics. It was a comprehensive and all encompassing process and thus embedded in culture, he added. According to Dr.Samal, the tribal people expressed their cultural identity and distinctiveness in their social and political organization, language, rituals and festivals as well as in their dress pattern, ornaments, technology, art and craft. There was a need of an anthropological approach to tribal development, he added.
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‘Rethink needed on tribal development programmes'
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KORAPUT: There was a need to rethink the approaches towards a sustainable tribal development in a cultural perspective .This was more felt at a time when most of the tribal development programmes had failed terribly both at the planning and implementation levels, Jagabandhu Samal, retired professor of economics and a renowned researcher on tribal way of life, said here on Sunday. While in some cases, the programmes for them were unrealistic for not touching the roots of their problems, in other cases their skills and their needs were not understood and more importantly their cultural values were ignored.
Development did not happen as specified activities within the boundary of economics. It was a comprehensive and all encompassing process and thus embedded in culture, he added. According to Dr.Samal, the tribal people expressed their cultural identity and distinctiveness in their social and political organization, language, rituals and festivals as well as in their dress pattern, ornaments, technology, art and craft. There was a need of an anthropological approach to tribal development, he added.
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Maoists confirm death of two of their cadres in Narayanpatna
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Attack on the police station was averted on May 8
BERHAMPUR: Maoists confirmed that two of their cadres had died in the encounter with security forces in Narayanpatna block in Koraput district on May 9.
Through a press release sent to a vernacular daily they confirmed these deaths.
This release was signed by Bhaskar, the central zone secretary of the Andhra Orissa Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC).
One of the slain Maoists was Jeevan who was using aliases like Veeresh, Suryam or Prakash. He was part of the central region command of Maoist outfit.
The other Maoist cadre killed was Nandal alias Jagdish. He was working as a guard for the Maoists. The Maoists claimed that they had cremated both bodies in a secret place.
Reacting to this revelation the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Sanjeev Panda said the security forces during their combing operation following the encounter had come across ample proof that some Maoists had been killed and several others had been injured during the encounter in Narayanpatna block on May 8 night and following morning.
But police had not been able to seize anybody or nab any injured Maoist as the bodies were dragged away into the jungle.
It may be noted that a Maoist attack on Narayanpatna police station in Koraput district in south Orissa was averted by the vigilant joint effort of security personnel on May 8 night.
Heavy exchange of fire had occurred between the personnel of Special Operation Group (SOG) of Orissa Police, Greyhound forces from adjoining Andhra Pradesh on May 8 evening and on the morning next day in the forest near Podapadar under Narayanpatna police station limits. No security personnel were hurt in this encounter but as per Mr. Panda the marks of heavy bleeding and dragging of bodies at the spot of encounter hinted at casualties and injuries on Maoist side.
Now the Maoists have confirmed two deaths of their cadres in this incident.
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Maoists confirm death of two of their cadres in Narayanpatna
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Attack on the police station was averted on May 8
BERHAMPUR: Maoists confirmed that two of their cadres had died in the encounter with security forces in Narayanpatna block in Koraput district on May 9.
Through a press release sent to a vernacular daily they confirmed these deaths.
This release was signed by Bhaskar, the central zone secretary of the Andhra Orissa Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC).
One of the slain Maoists was Jeevan who was using aliases like Veeresh, Suryam or Prakash. He was part of the central region command of Maoist outfit.
The other Maoist cadre killed was Nandal alias Jagdish. He was working as a guard for the Maoists. The Maoists claimed that they had cremated both bodies in a secret place.
Reacting to this revelation the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Sanjeev Panda said the security forces during their combing operation following the encounter had come across ample proof that some Maoists had been killed and several others had been injured during the encounter in Narayanpatna block on May 8 night and following morning.
But police had not been able to seize anybody or nab any injured Maoist as the bodies were dragged away into the jungle.
It may be noted that a Maoist attack on Narayanpatna police station in Koraput district in south Orissa was averted by the vigilant joint effort of security personnel on May 8 night.
Heavy exchange of fire had occurred between the personnel of Special Operation Group (SOG) of Orissa Police, Greyhound forces from adjoining Andhra Pradesh on May 8 evening and on the morning next day in the forest near Podapadar under Narayanpatna police station limits. No security personnel were hurt in this encounter but as per Mr. Panda the marks of heavy bleeding and dragging of bodies at the spot of encounter hinted at casualties and injuries on Maoist side.
Now the Maoists have confirmed two deaths of their cadres in this incident.
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Maoists blast government building in Rayagada
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They left posters in which they protested against any proposed joint operation against them
Maoists had appealed to people to observe bandh through postersThey also demanded action against police personnel allegedly involved in rape of a woman
BERHAMPUR: Maoists blasted a government building and a mobile communication tower at Chandrapur in Rayagada district on Thursday night.
It was their effort to show up their presence during their bandh call in Rayagada, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts of south Orissa on Friday to oppose ‘Operation Green Hunt'.
Vehicular traffic in these three districts was affected by the bandh call. This bandh call was given by the Basadara Divisional Committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) organisation, which is active in these areas. Earlier the Basadara group had also included Koraput district in their bandh call but later they preferred to exclude it as it was not part of their operational area.
A strike by the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) staff federation in support of their six-point demands on Thursday helped the bandh call.
According to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Sanjeev Panda targeted the two soft targets at Chandrapur. It may be noted that Basadara Division has support base in Chandrapur and Gudari blocks of Rayagada district.
A group of armed Maoists reached the Chandrapur village on Thursday night. They planted landmines in the unused building of block level ‘Cluster Research Centre' and the room containing equipments of the BSNL mobile communication tower at Chandrapur. The Maoists preferred to escape into the near by jungle after the blast to avoid any encounter with security forces deployed in the area.
They left posters at the spot in which they protested against any proposed joint operation against Maoists. They also demanded action against police personnel allegedly involved in the rape of a woman in Khajuripada area.
In Rayagada district, vehicular traffic remained standstill due to fear of Maoists. No buses travelled from Rayagada to any other parts of the State. Shops and business establishments remained closed in Gudari and Chandrapur areas, while they remained open in other parts of the district.
Road blockade
Maoist and their supporters put up a road blockade at Pangalighati, near Daringbadi in Kandhamal district. Trees were also cut down in Kotgarh area to block roads. In adjoining Gajapati district, the effect of the naxal bandh was most evident in R.Udaygiri and Mohana blocks. Maoists hampered vehicular traffic by felling trees at Nalaghat near Mandimera in Gajapati district.
The road communication between Berhampur and Rayagada was snapped as road was blocked by boulders and trees near Raipanka in Gajapati district. No buses travelled from Paralekhemundi to R.Udaygiri and Mohana blocks but passenger vehicles made their journey to other parts of the district and Berhampur via Andhra Pradesh. Shops remained closed in naxal infested areas like Mohana, Adaba and R.Udaygiri but in other parts of the district the bandh call had low impact.
While the traffic was cleared at Nalaghat by the security forces, efforts were on to clear the road between Bramhanigaon and Daringibadi in Kandhamal district. Police recovered Maoist posters from Daringbadi, Kotagada and Tumudibandh areas in Kandhamal district. In the posters, the Maoists had appealed to the people to observe bandh.
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Maoists blast government building in Rayagada
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They left posters in which they protested against any proposed joint operation against them
Maoists had appealed to people to observe bandh through postersThey also demanded action against police personnel allegedly involved in rape of a woman
BERHAMPUR: Maoists blasted a government building and a mobile communication tower at Chandrapur in Rayagada district on Thursday night.
It was their effort to show up their presence during their bandh call in Rayagada, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts of south Orissa on Friday to oppose ‘Operation Green Hunt'.
Vehicular traffic in these three districts was affected by the bandh call. This bandh call was given by the Basadara Divisional Committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) organisation, which is active in these areas. Earlier the Basadara group had also included Koraput district in their bandh call but later they preferred to exclude it as it was not part of their operational area.
A strike by the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) staff federation in support of their six-point demands on Thursday helped the bandh call.
According to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Sanjeev Panda targeted the two soft targets at Chandrapur. It may be noted that Basadara Division has support base in Chandrapur and Gudari blocks of Rayagada district.
A group of armed Maoists reached the Chandrapur village on Thursday night. They planted landmines in the unused building of block level ‘Cluster Research Centre' and the room containing equipments of the BSNL mobile communication tower at Chandrapur. The Maoists preferred to escape into the near by jungle after the blast to avoid any encounter with security forces deployed in the area.
They left posters at the spot in which they protested against any proposed joint operation against Maoists. They also demanded action against police personnel allegedly involved in the rape of a woman in Khajuripada area.
In Rayagada district, vehicular traffic remained standstill due to fear of Maoists. No buses travelled from Rayagada to any other parts of the State. Shops and business establishments remained closed in Gudari and Chandrapur areas, while they remained open in other parts of the district.
Road blockade
Maoist and their supporters put up a road blockade at Pangalighati, near Daringbadi in Kandhamal district. Trees were also cut down in Kotgarh area to block roads. In adjoining Gajapati district, the effect of the naxal bandh was most evident in R.Udaygiri and Mohana blocks. Maoists hampered vehicular traffic by felling trees at Nalaghat near Mandimera in Gajapati district.
The road communication between Berhampur and Rayagada was snapped as road was blocked by boulders and trees near Raipanka in Gajapati district. No buses travelled from Paralekhemundi to R.Udaygiri and Mohana blocks but passenger vehicles made their journey to other parts of the district and Berhampur via Andhra Pradesh. Shops remained closed in naxal infested areas like Mohana, Adaba and R.Udaygiri but in other parts of the district the bandh call had low impact.
While the traffic was cleared at Nalaghat by the security forces, efforts were on to clear the road between Bramhanigaon and Daringibadi in Kandhamal district. Police recovered Maoist posters from Daringbadi, Kotagada and Tumudibandh areas in Kandhamal district. In the posters, the Maoists had appealed to the people to observe bandh.
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Maoists blow up warehouse building
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The same panchayat office was attacked by naxalites six months ago
BERHAMPUR: Maoists blew up a panchayat warehouse building at Badigata village in Orissa's Malkangiri district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Maoists have given a call for 48-hour bandh in Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Tuesday. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Sanjeev Panda, said the incident in Malkangiri district was the only Maoist violence reported in south Orissa till Wednesday evening.
“We are still too cautious and are taking all possible measures to check any attempt of naxal violence as there is still a night of the bandh call,” he said. The panchayat warehouse they destroyed was an unused one and the Maoists blasted it due to suspicion that it may be used by paramilitary forces engaged in the anti-Maoist operation, Mr. Panda added.
According to police sources, a group of armed Maoists stormed into Badigata village under Kalimela police station. They planted landmines in the warehouse of the panchayat office. They triggered the blasts from a distance to destroy the building. They escaped from the spot raising slogans against the proposed major joint operation by security forces against them. They claimed that they had destroyed the building as it was to be used as camp for security forces during anti-Maoist operations. It may be noted that the same panchayat office had been attacked by the naxalites around six months ago.
Despite heavy presence of security forces, Maoists are continuing their violence in remote areas of Malkangirti that borders Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Maoists shot dead a police constable at a crowded village market at Padia under Kalimela police station on Sunday. They blasted the office building and a godown of Telarai panchayat under the same Kalimela police station limits on Friday night.
The two-day bandh only affected vehicular traffic in some Maoist-affected districts of Orissa like Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati, Rayagada and Sundargarh. Owing to heavy presence of security forces road communication to Narayanpatna has not been disrupted by Maoists during recent bandh call.
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Maoists blow up warehouse building
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The same panchayat office was attacked by naxalites six months ago
BERHAMPUR: Maoists blew up a panchayat warehouse building at Badigata village in Orissa's Malkangiri district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Maoists have given a call for 48-hour bandh in Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Tuesday. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Sanjeev Panda, said the incident in Malkangiri district was the only Maoist violence reported in south Orissa till Wednesday evening.
“We are still too cautious and are taking all possible measures to check any attempt of naxal violence as there is still a night of the bandh call,” he said. The panchayat warehouse they destroyed was an unused one and the Maoists blasted it due to suspicion that it may be used by paramilitary forces engaged in the anti-Maoist operation, Mr. Panda added.
According to police sources, a group of armed Maoists stormed into Badigata village under Kalimela police station. They planted landmines in the warehouse of the panchayat office. They triggered the blasts from a distance to destroy the building. They escaped from the spot raising slogans against the proposed major joint operation by security forces against them. They claimed that they had destroyed the building as it was to be used as camp for security forces during anti-Maoist operations. It may be noted that the same panchayat office had been attacked by the naxalites around six months ago.
Despite heavy presence of security forces, Maoists are continuing their violence in remote areas of Malkangirti that borders Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Maoists shot dead a police constable at a crowded village market at Padia under Kalimela police station on Sunday. They blasted the office building and a godown of Telarai panchayat under the same Kalimela police station limits on Friday night.
The two-day bandh only affected vehicular traffic in some Maoist-affected districts of Orissa like Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati, Rayagada and Sundargarh. Owing to heavy presence of security forces road communication to Narayanpatna has not been disrupted by Maoists during recent bandh call.
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