Man weds Hill

In Jharkhand state of India in a hope to ward off the naxal menace, a tribal man has married a hillock.

Nandi Munda, a married man with two children, applied 'sindoor' on a rock of a hillock known as 'Lakhaisini', with a hope to cease the menace in his village Bhomru in naxal-hit Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district.

Asked for the reason of marrying the hillock, Munda claimed he had dreamt of the hill goddess directing him to marry the hillock to save the village from naxal activities. Read more......................Man weds hillock to curb naxal menace

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Maoist ideologue in jail swallows SIM card

In Chhattisgarh state of India, when Police recovered a mobile phone from the possession of Narayan Sanyal, the highest-ranking Maoist ideologue lodged in Bilaspur Central Prison, he swallowed the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of the mobile in an attempt to destroy the evidence.

Mobile Phone was recovered from Sanyal’s possession after a surprise check by the prison authorities, following a tip off.

“As the raid began, Sanyal took out the SIM and swallowed it and hid the handset in his undergarments,” the Inspector-General said. Read more at Indian Express...........Chhattisgarh: Naxal leader in jail swallows SIM card

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Dead naxalite walks back to life

Hyherabad/Vijaywada:It seems to be a scene straight out of Bollywood potboiler. In July 2006, police handed over a decomposed body of a naxalite to his parents in the city, claiming that their son was ‘killed’ in Prakasam district. The shocked parents without a murmur performed his last rites.

But the joy of the family knew no bounds when they saw their son alive when on Monday, the police brought to the family a person arrested from Jaggaiahpet in Krishna along with an accomplice for establishing their identities. Read more......Dead naxal walks back to life in AP

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