Maoists train guns on big businesses, SEZ sites

NEW DELHI: Documents seized recently from Maoist guerrillas show that they had drawn up plans to target top business houses, which have opened shop in states in the so-called red corridor.

The hit list includes the House of Jindal in Andhra Pradesh, Tatas in Chhattisgarh, Essar and POSCO in Orissa, and Reliance and Mittal in Jharkhand. The Maoists also planned to hit new railway lines and amenities set up by state governments.

The documents say the new ventures by industrial houses give the guerrillas an ideal opportunity “to firm up our base and motivate people to act against business houses”.

“They decided to zero in on businesses during the 6th anniversary meet of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army,” said an  officer heading anti-Naxalite operations.

Maoists also planned to intensify activity in states that have given land to business houses under SEZ.