RANCHI: A day after Maoists massacred 19 people including MP and former CM Babulal Marandi's son in Giridih's Chilkhadih village in the wee hours of Saturday, red terror continued to haunt Jharkhand with the rebels gunning down four more people at Loda village in Latehar district on Sunday, the day of Jharkhand bandh.
Left ultras also torched eight bauxite-laden trucks near Ghaghra in Gumla district late on Saturday evening.
Latehar SP Ravi Kant Dhan told TOI that the victims appeared to have been abducted by the Maoists before being shot on Sunday evening.
The police have recovered a hand-written note near the bodies in which the Maoists have described the four victims as supporters of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway group of the CPI (Maoist).
A war of attrition is raging between the TPC and the CPI (Maoist), especially in Palamu and Latehar, for over two years. The recent Maoist operations appear to be an indication of more such strikes by the extremists in the days to come.
For, an upsurge in Maoist activities is observed every year in October and November. The post-festive season immediately after the rainfall provides dense hideouts to Maoists. Expert in guerrila warfare, they find it more secure to take refuge in the forests after executing their operations.
Last year, two major Maoist operations were carried out around this time. On October 31 and November 24, the abandoned camps of BSF and CRPF were blown up in Balumath and Madhuban police station areas of Giridih whereas 14 policemen were killed in a land mine blast in Bokaro on December 2.
Even in 2005, two major operations were carried out by the Naxalites in the months of October and November. Thirteen security personnel were killed in a bomb blast at Baniadih village in Chatra on October 8. And on November 11, the extremists attacked Panchamba homeguard training camp and killed five jawans
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