Combing operations in Orissa intensified to nab Maoists.Byline: ANI Koratpur (Orissa), Apr 14 (ANI): With a view of preventing any further attacks by the Maoist rebels, Central forces on Tuesday intensified combing operations in Orissa's Koratpur District. On Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. , around 200 heavily armed Maoists had launched a daring attack on the National Aluminium Company's (NALCO NALCO National Aluminum Company Limited (India) NALCO Naval Air Logistics Control Office NALCO National Apartment Leasing Company ) bauxite bauxite (bôk`sīt, bŏk`–), mixture of hydrated aluminum oxides usually containing oxides of iron and silicon in varying quantities. mines in Koraput district Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. It is located along the Eastern Ghats. This district abounds in meadows, forests, waterfalls, terraced valleys and darting springs. . The gunbattle between the ultras and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF CISF Central Industrial Security Force (India) CISF Centralized Integrated Support Facility CISF Centralized Interim Storage Facility CISF Consolidated Integrated Support Facility ) personnel, which lasted for 10 hours, took the lives of 11 CISF men. Bodies of four Maoists, including a woman, were recovered. The audacious attack, in which more than 100 mineworkers were taken hostage, has prompted the police force to initiate a joint operation to get rid of the Maoists in the area. Director General of Police Manmohan Praharaj informed that the security forces have recovered huge reserve of explosives and arms looted by the Maoists during their raid on the Nalco. According to sources, security personnel found a van containing explosives, which had been driven away and abandoned at an isolated place by the ultras. Also, about 230 boxes containing explosives were recovered by the security forces after a severe exchange of fire with the fleeing ultras. However, it is suspected that the Naxals have been successful in taking away some amount of the explosives. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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