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Two Maoists killed, one nabbed in joint Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh Police action

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Two dreaded Maoists, including a woman, were killed and one caught alive in a joint security operation of the Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh Police commandos on Friday, a senior police official said.

The combined action by the commandos of the two neighbours was the first when the Maharashtra Police entered inside Chhattisgarh, during a combing operation, said Gadchiroli’s Superintendent of Police, Neelotpal.

During the search operations in Tekameta forests, around 10 kms from the Maharashtra boundary this morning, some hidden Maoists suddenly opened fire at the security forces.

Exercising restraint, the commandos appealed to the Maoists to stop the firing and surrender peacefully, but the rebels retaliated with increased intensity.

Countering the attack, the security forces fired in the direction where the Maoists were suspected to be hiding and the gun battle continued for over 30 minutes.

The firing stopped as the Maoists had apparently run away into the thick jungles, and the security forces carried out a search of the vicinity.

They stumbled across the bullet-ridden bodies of two Maoists, an unidentified male and a most wanted female, besides two SLRs, a country-made rifle, ammunition and a cache of Maoist belongings, said SP Neelotpal.

The woman has been identified as Kanthi Lingavva, 41, of Nirmal District in Telangana who carried a combined booty of Rs 20 lakh on her head – Rs 15 lakhs by Maharashtra and Rs 5 lakh by Telangana.

She is the wife of Mailarappu Adellu, member of the Telangana State Committee and Secretary of KB Division Committee of the Maoist organisations.

A further distance away, the commandos came across an injured rebel, Lachhmayya Kuchha Weladi, 28, of Chhattisgarh, who has been arrested and taken into custody.

The entire operation was guided by Neelotpal, Additional SPs Anuj Tare, Kumar Chintha, Yatish Deshmukh and the C-60 Commandos force.

Since the encounter took place in the neighbouring state, the Maharashtra Police is completing the relevant formalities to transfer the case to Chhattisgarh Police for further investigations and action.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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