SAMBALPUR: Even though Naxals made their presence felt in the district with the brutal murder of former sarpanch of Tampergarh, Kader Singh, on January 23, 2003, a closer look reveals that the red rebels made inroads into the district in the mid ’80s when tribals from Jharkhand began trooping into the district.
The tribals from Jharkhand began reaching the area in batches through Gurundia block in Sundargarh and made the forests in Jujomura, Naktiduel, Rairakhol and Kuchinda blocks in the district their home. Being forest dependent communities, they cleared the forests and set up habitations there.
Their settlement was formalised when they were issued record of rights (RoR) of the forest land in early ’90s by the then RDC (NR). The settlement of the tribals from across the border helped the Naxals from Jharkhand spread their tentacles because of cultural and linguistic affinity. And soon some of the top Naxal leaders remarried girls from these hamlets to win the confidence of the innocent tribals. With this their effort to raise ‘peoples militia’ got a fillip, experts said.
Such hamlets, inhabited by tribals from across the border, have sprung up in Tampersingha, Meghpal, Jarabaga, Burda, Gariakhaman, Dangapita, Sahajbahal, Katasahi, Patharburda in Jujomura block. Similarly in Rairakhol block some hamlets have been noticed in Hemamura, Beldihi, Pradhanpali, Patakhaman, Hindol, Panchloi, Jamunali, Dangapathar, Girdihikhaman, Goverdhanpur, Sagajuri, Sunamudi and Satyanandpali.
The areas have witnessed a spate of Naxal violences in recent times. The last encounter with the Naxals, which saw sub-inspector Narsingh Mahakud falling to Naxal bullets, took place in Katasahi under Jujomura block.
While three persons were killed in cold blood and four injured by the Naxals in Burda way back on May 27, 2005, four personnel were mowed down by Naxals in Tampersingha and Banjaritikra villages under Meghpal gram panchayat in separate incidents on July 7, 2005.
Another person was hacked to death on the same day in Larabira under Chamunda gram panchayat. Likewise Arjun Dehuri of Talab was killed and his body traced from Makarchuan forest in Gariakhaman on August 9, 2007. While involvement of the tribals from across the border in Naxal activities is yet to be established, sources in police said Naxals enjoy their tacit support and hospitality during their movement in the forests.
Source: Express Buzz
The tribals from Jharkhand began reaching the area in batches through Gurundia block in Sundargarh and made the forests in Jujomura, Naktiduel, Rairakhol and Kuchinda blocks in the district their home. Being forest dependent communities, they cleared the forests and set up habitations there.
Their settlement was formalised when they were issued record of rights (RoR) of the forest land in early ’90s by the then RDC (NR). The settlement of the tribals from across the border helped the Naxals from Jharkhand spread their tentacles because of cultural and linguistic affinity. And soon some of the top Naxal leaders remarried girls from these hamlets to win the confidence of the innocent tribals. With this their effort to raise ‘peoples militia’ got a fillip, experts said.
Such hamlets, inhabited by tribals from across the border, have sprung up in Tampersingha, Meghpal, Jarabaga, Burda, Gariakhaman, Dangapita, Sahajbahal, Katasahi, Patharburda in Jujomura block. Similarly in Rairakhol block some hamlets have been noticed in Hemamura, Beldihi, Pradhanpali, Patakhaman, Hindol, Panchloi, Jamunali, Dangapathar, Girdihikhaman, Goverdhanpur, Sagajuri, Sunamudi and Satyanandpali.
The areas have witnessed a spate of Naxal violences in recent times. The last encounter with the Naxals, which saw sub-inspector Narsingh Mahakud falling to Naxal bullets, took place in Katasahi under Jujomura block.
While three persons were killed in cold blood and four injured by the Naxals in Burda way back on May 27, 2005, four personnel were mowed down by Naxals in Tampersingha and Banjaritikra villages under Meghpal gram panchayat in separate incidents on July 7, 2005.
Another person was hacked to death on the same day in Larabira under Chamunda gram panchayat. Likewise Arjun Dehuri of Talab was killed and his body traced from Makarchuan forest in Gariakhaman on August 9, 2007. While involvement of the tribals from across the border in Naxal activities is yet to be established, sources in police said Naxals enjoy their tacit support and hospitality during their movement in the forests.
Source: Express Buzz
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