மாவோயிஸ்ட் கம்யூனிஸ அசுரர்கள் 10 பழங்குடியினரை சட்டிஸ்கார்கில் கடத்தினர்

மாவோயிஸ்ட்கள் சட்டிஸ்கார்கில் வாழும் 10 பழங்குடியினரை கடத்தினார்கள்.

இந்த பழங்குடியினர் நக்ஸலைட்டுகளிடமிருந்து தங்களை தாங்களே காப்பாற்றிக்கொள்ள போலீஸில் பயிற்சி எடுத்துக்கொண்டவர்கள்.

கடத்தப்பட்டவர்களில் 4 பெண்களும் அடக்கம்,

Maoists abduct 10 Chhattisgarh tribals

Raipur, June 24: Maoists have abducted 10 tribals belonging to Chhattisgarh's civil militia movement near the Andhra Pradesh border. Hundreds of police personnel have fanned out across the forests in the border area to trace the hostages, police said.

The 10 cadres of the civil militia movement Salwa Judum were kidnapped Saturday by Maoists in Andhra Pradesh's Chintoor region, around 10 km away from the state's border, while they were returning to Chhattisgarh after attending a wedding.

The abducted tribals, including four women, belong to a relief camp called Mangaigura in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district. 'Dozens of search teams are combing the forest hideouts of Maoists near the Chhattisgarh-Andhra Pradesh border to trace the abducted Salwa Judum members,' R.K. Vij, inspector general of Bastar range, said.

He added that Chhattisgarh police were in touch with Andhra Pradesh police authorities to secure the safe release of the tribals. About 50,000 people, mostly tribals, have settled in 22 state-run relief camps in Chhattisgarh's southern insurgency hit areas due to threats from Maoists. The anti-Maoist Salwa Judum (Campaign for peace) movement was started by tribals in June 2005 and was later supported by the state government.

According to police estimates, around 5,000 hardcore Maoists armed with AK-47 rifles and landmines, backed by nearly 20,000 cadres, are active in Chhattisgarh, mainly in the southern districts of Bastar, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Kanker and Dantewada districts.