internal terror
Source: DNA INDIA For some time now, attacks by Maoist groups have been limited to parts of Central India -- Maharashtra, where Naxalites are known to operate has been quiet. This changed on Sunday and in a most brutal manner when a large group of well armed Naxalites stormed a village and massacred a posse of 15 policemen who had come to the village. window.google_render_ad(); Eyewitness accounts of the incident are chilling -- the Naxalites fired indiscriminately on the policemen and killed them; the bodies found were mutiliated with their eyes pierced and hand or legs chopped off. Some reports have claimed that women Maoists led the group. Chief minister Ashok Chavan has bravely claimed that the state will retaliate and that the army need not be called to manage the situation, but his words mean little if his police department finds itself without the weapons or strategy to fight back. Experts have talked about a 'Red Corridor' extending from Andhra Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh.