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Gujarat Timeline 2009

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April 10

Five CPI-Maoist cadres belonging to the Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh were arrested by a joint team of the Chhattisgarh Police and Gujarat Police from the Hazira industrial area of Surat. The Maoists were identified as Arjun Ramlal Yadav, Surajlal Rupjiram Gond, Jankuram alias Dholuram Virsing Gond, Chandu alias Chanda Bavanji Gond and Sonmati Rasiya Gond. The arrestees were involved in an attack on a Police van in Narayanpur District where 23 Security Force personnel were killed in 2006.

According to senior Police officials, the Maoists, including two women, were acting as a sleeper cell and used Surat and Hazira as a hiding place after carrying out attacks in Chhattisgarh. They were working as labourers in a construction company and living in the staff quarters near Singotar Mata temple. The operation was planned after Police from the Dhantri District of Chhattisgarh received a tip-off that the extremists were hiding in Surat. The Surat Deputy Commissioner of Police, Subhash Trivedi, said the group used to visit Chhattisgarh frequently. "They used to return to Surat, either after carrying out attacks, or when any member fell ill," he added.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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