Maoist Abduction

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  Government Policies Helped Reduce Maoist Violence, Says PM Modi

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that over 3,500 Maoists had surrendered during the period between 2014-17due to government policies. The Prime Minister asserted that violence in Maoist-affected areas had reduced by 20%.

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  Maoists Abduct, Kill Police officer in Jharkhand

  A police officer was abducted and shot dead by Maoists in Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said today.

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  3 TDP Leaders Kidnapped by Maoists in Andhra Pradesh: Reports

  Maoists have reportedly kidnapped three local leaders of the Telugu Desam Party from the Andhra-Odisha border area in Vishakhapatnam district.

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  Maoists Kill One Abducted Villager in Dantewada, Rest Released

  Nearly 21 hours after they took more than 200 people hostage in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, Maoists killed one of them after a holding a kangaroo court. The rest were released.

• Skeleton of Teacher Found in Bengal's Jhargram

  Police on Friday recovered the skeletal remains of a teacher, said to have been abducted by Maoists four years back, from a forested stretch in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.

• Maoists kidnap 19 railway employees, release them later

  A group of Maoists today abducted 19 railway employees, including a station master, from a railway station between Madhupur and JhaJha in Bihar's Jamui district, but later released all of them.

• Station master, porter allegedly abducted by Maoists

  The station master and a railway porter were today abducted from a railway station between Madhupur and JhaJha allegedly by Maoists. Train services on the Howrah-Delhi Main line were disrupted after the incident.

• Maoist Central Committee justifies abductions, says those were 'arrests by the people'

  The Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist has come out openly in defence of the three abductions by Maoist groups in Odisha and Chhattisgarh saying these were not abductions but arrests carried out by the 'people' to put forth their long standing collective demands and as a reaction to the ongoing state repression unleashed against them.

• Collector's abduction: Govt names two mediators to negotiate with Maoists

  The Chhattisgarh government has named former chief secretaries of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh- Nirmala Buch and S K Mishra- as mediators for the release of the kidnapped Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon.

• Maoists kidnap Collector in Chhattisgarh; two security guards killed

  As the hostage crisis involving an MLA in Odisha continues, Maoists today abducted a Collector in Sukma in Chhattisgarh. Two security guards accompanying him were killed in the incident.

• Odisha hostage crisis: Maoists refuse to free MLA

  Maoists holding BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka on Wednesday refused to free him unless 30 rebels, including one accused of killing 55 policemen, were released, while another group which abducted Italian Paolo Bosusco said it was awaiting the agreement struck with the government.

• Odisha hostage crisis: Govt gives in to Maoist demands for release of Italian national

  With the Maoists' 96-hour deadline drawing to a close, the Odisha government has finally given to the ultras' demand for the release of the abducted Italian national, Paolo Bosusco. With this, Mr Bosusco is expected to walk free soon after spending over three weeks in captivity.

• Maoists abduct official, three workers

  Suspected Maoists have abducted a forest official and three workers in Bihar's Jamui district and threatened to kill them if a ransom of Rs.10 lakh was not paid, police said on Friday.

• Odisha CM appeals to Maoists to extend deadline

  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday evening, made a statement in the state assembly in which he has appealed to the Maoist abductors of the tribal BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka to extend the April 5 deadline and has also called upon Nachika Linga, the undisputed leader of the radical tribal outfit Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) to come and discuss ...

• Maoists kill Sub-Inspector in Malkangiri in Odisha

  Even as talks were in progress for the release of two Italians abducted by Maoists in Odisha, the rebels shot dead a Sub-Inspector of police in Malkangiri district today, police said.