Crime Watch – Newsletter for January 4, 2011

Cheer to anger – Mood changes over ULFA chairman’s release

GUWAHATI – It’s no longer ‘ULFA zindabad’ slogans renting the air in Assam’s countryside, but pure expression of revulsion and anger against the euphoria and jubilation after the release on bail of Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).

Beginning Saturday until late Sunday after Rajkhowa was released on bail …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Kristi Cornwell’s Body Found

NORTH GEORGIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Kristi Cornwell, a probation officer disappeared mysteriously in August 2009. Her boyfriend said that she was on cell phone with him when he overheard some struggle after she told him that she feels a car is following her. After a year of search, her brother Richard Cornwell found her remains … Original article on : Kristi Cornwell’s Body Found.

Maddelacheruvu Suri Killed

HYDERABAD, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Maddelacheruvu Suri, or Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy was killed on Monday evening, while he was traveling in his car. It is speculated, that it is his ‘close associate’, Bhanu Kiran, who is the prime suspect in this murder. Maddelacheruvu Suri, was the main assasinator of Paritala Ravi, the Telugu Desam Party MLA. … Read more »»».

Pioneers of India’s n-energy programme to help US

TORONTO – Canada’s CANDU reactors – famous in India for pioneering its nuclear energy programme in 1963 – are now likely to help the US meet its demand for a crucial compound needed in making bomb-detection devices.

The compound helium-3, which is used in scanners to detect nuclear bombs, is in short supply globally as …. Read the original article  : here.

Maoist killed in Bengal gunfight

KOLKATA – A Maoist was killed and another injured Tuesday in a gun battle with security forces in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said.

Acting on intelligence inputs that a group of armed rebels had taken shelter at Baxibandh forest near Lalgarh, the security personnel conducted a raid early Tuesday.
“The …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Orissa rights panel seeks report on shoot-out deaths

BHUBANESWAR – The Orissa state human rights panel Monday sought a report from the police chief of Bargarh district on the deaths of two people in alleged staged shoot-out last week.

State Human Rights Commission chairman Justice R.K. Patra said the commission has taken, on its own, cognisance of media reports on the matter and …. Read the original article  : here.

Tribals should unite to fight Maoism: BJP MP

RAIPUR – Tribal people should put up a united face to fight rising Maoist militancy in Chhattisgarh, Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Saba MP and tribal leader Nand Kumar Sai said Monday.

“The tribal community in Chhattisgarh mainly in mineral-rich Bastar is divided into various sections. If they get united and put up a united face … Read more >>.

My brother too was killed by separatists, says Bhat

SRINAGAR – A day after he asserted that militants and not security forces killed separatist leaders Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone, Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Bhat said Monday that his own brother was assassinated by militants.

Bhat, a senior separatist leader and former chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, blamed separatists for the …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : My brother too was killed by separatists, says Bhat.

Nepali arrested for ISI links

LUCKNOW – The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a Nepali national for his alleged links with Pakistan’s spy agency –Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), officials said Monday.

Wasim alias Khabbu was nabbed Sunday from Barabanki town, 35 km from Lucknow, said a press statement issued here.
Wasim, actively involved in anti-national activities, used to … Read more »»».

Don’t feel safe in Chhattisgarh any more: Illina Sen

NEW DELHI – A day before her husbands birthday, the wife of jailed rights activist Binayak Sen Monday pledged to fight for his freedom but said she was worried over her and daughters’ safety in Chhattisgarh.

Addressing a crowded press conference here, Illina Sen said: I have been in complete shock. I have been sitting …. Source  : Don’t feel safe in Chhattisgarh any more: Illina Sen.

Samjhauta blasts: Hindu group leader’s custody extended

PANCHKULA – A special court here Monday extended, by 10 days, the police custody of Hindu group leader Swami Aseemanand in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta Express train blasts in Haryana that killed 68 people.

Aseemanand was brought before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court amidst tight security cover Monday afternoon. The proceedings were … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Samjhauta blasts: Hindu group leader’s custody extended.

Hurriyat leader’s statement proves our point: police

JAMMU – Hurriyat leader Abdul Ghani Bhat’s admission that militants and not Indian security forces were to blame for the killing of top separatist leaders vindicates the police stand, the Jammu and Kashmir police chief said Monday.

“Bhat has said what we have been saying all along,” Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda told the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Hurriyat leader’s statement proves our point: police.