Maoists planned major strike for Thursday
21 January 2012
biswabrata goswami
The attack, they said, had been planned for Republic Day. They found out about the plans when they found a large cache of documents and maps during a raid in Akhrasole Forest in Jhargram, said Mr Praveen Kumar Tripathi, superintendent of police. The documents also revealed plans for a second explosion on National Highway-6.
The documents were detailed. The Maoists had conducted a survey of the site, gathered information about the cops posted at the outpost and drawn maps marked with possible exit routes.
They had studied the average daily recess that the policemen took, in order to work out when best to strike. They had also taken note of the amount of arms and ammunition stored at the police outpost.
And they had finalised which squad members would carry out the attack. According to the documents, the squad members were from Jharkhand, Chattishgarh and Purulia in West Bengal. A senior police officer said, “After the setback of senior Maoist leader Kishenji's killing in an encounter with the security forces in West Midnapore on 24 November, Maoist leaders are now trying to relaunch their movement with renewed vigour as a part of their regrouping process in Junglemahal."
The timing of the planned attack was probably aimed at getting maximum publicity, he said. A group of Maoist leaders held a meeting in the Laboni Forest in Belpahari in West Midnapore recently. According to sources close to the group, Maoist central committee leader Prasanta Bose, alias Kishanda, newly appointed leader for West Bengal Sabyasachi Panda, state secretary for Odisha Ashim Mondol alias Akash, and Madan Mahato were all present. "In a bid to win back the faith of the villagers, the top Maoist leaders decided to launch a movement against the delayed procurement of paddy by the state government and the low minimum support price of paddy fixed by the Centre. sns
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