நான் வெகுகாலமாகவே கேட்டுகொண்டிருக்கிறேன்.
மற்றவர்களது ஊழலையும் மற்றவர்களது வருமானத்தையும் பெரிய புடுங்கி மாதிரி கேட்டுகொண்டிருக்கும் வினவு கும்பல் தங்களது வருமானத்தையும் தங்களது செலவினத்தையும் முதலில் பொதுமக்கள் முன்னால் வைக்கவேண்டும்.
இவர்களது அமெரிக்க பாப்டிஸ்ட் கிறிஸ்துவ கும்பல்களிடமிருந்து பணம் வருகிறது என்ப்தனை ம க இ கவில் இருக்கும் என் தனிப்பட்ட ந்ண்பர்கள் மூலம் நான அறிந்திருந்தாலும் அதனை பகிரங்கமாக குற்றம் சாட்ட படிவ ஆதாரங்கள் என்னிடம் இல்லை.
அதே போல இந்த அமைப்பிலிருந்து வெளியே சென்று தொழிற்சாலைகள் நடத்தும் ம க இ க முன்னாள் இன்னாள் ”தோழர்கள்” ஏராளமான பணத்தை ம க் இ கவுக்கு கொடுக்கிறார்கள்.
இது தவிர இவர்களுக்கு பணம் சீனாவிடமிருந்தும், பீகார் மற்றும் சட்டிஸ்கார் ஆகிய மாநிலங்களில் மக்களிடமிருந்து கட்டாய வசூல் செய்யும் மாவோயிஸ்டு நக்ஸலைட்டுகளிடமிருந்து கொஞ்சம் பணம் வரலாம்.
Extortnomics: Maoists raise Rs 2,000 crore every year
TNN, Feb 15, 2011, 03.20am IST
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Tags:Red brigade|Naxals|Maoists|Extortnomics|CPI
The rebels coerce industrialists, illegal miners and even poor villagers to raise close to Rs 2,000 crore every year, say senior police and intelligence officers fighting naxals across the country.Maoists entrenched in large parts of the country run an elaborate extortion network to keep the wheels of 'revolution' turning. Police forces in states where the CPI (Maoist) has a robust presence concede they do not have the exact earnings of the outfit but say the Maoist organisation can rival a mid-size corporate house with an annual turnover upwards of Rs 1,500 crore.
"Our estimates put the all-India annual collection of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) to be between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,600 crore. We suspect 10% of this is collected from Orissa," a senior police officer from the state said.
The Chhattisgarh director general of police Vishwa Ranjan recently said the Maoists make close to Rs 2,000 crore through extortion. He called the figure a "guestimate" based on seized Maoist cashbooks and other vital papers recovered in recent months.
In Bihar's Naxalite-dominated districts, police officers have to deal with the same problem. The Maoists have a sizeable presence in districts such as Gaya, Aurangabad, Rohtas, Kaimur, Arwal, Bhojpur, Munger, Lakhisarai and Sheikhpura. From these areas alone, they make about Rs 200 crore every year, an officer fighting the rebels said. In Maoist terminology, this is not extortion but a collection of levy.
Matters are worse in neighbouring Jharkhand. The Indian Defence Yearbook quotes Union home ministry figures to say Maoists extort nearly Rs 320 crore every year from the state. The yearbook acknowledges the Maoist extortion machinery has been eating into the state's development work. Extortion estimates from Maharashtra are relatively conservative. Maoist earnings from the state swings between Rs 5 crore and Rs 25 crore every year.
The Maoist fund collectors spare none. They arm twist government officials and milk central and state funds for development projects. They terrorise industrialists, small businessmen, big and small contractors, tendu leaf traders and even poor villagers.
It is the same story in Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. In all these states Maoist cadre take away a share of the development funds. In Orissa, they routinely grab 10% of government money earmarked for development and infrastructure work. "It is common knowledge. District collectors know it. Accountants in the blocks have to find ways to balance their books of accounts," a police officer handling anti-Maoist operations said.
A senior Orissa Police officer from the Naxalite-dominated belt recently wrote to the state government complaining about the drain of government money to Maoists. In this, he laid a considerable share of the blame on non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The Naxalites brazenly grab development funds that reach panchayats and NGOs. This also happens because many elected rural body members are complicit. They often win polls with Maoist help. Once that is done, it is payback time. This problem is particularly serious in the state's Malkangiri district where the Red army has quite a hold.
Early last year, the Maoists blasted pipelines of a leading steel company cutting through Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district. Within a month, the company's infrastructure in the same place was targeted again. A guest house was set ablaze. A pump house, control room and property worth several lakhs of rupees were damaged. Then the attacks stopped. Police sources said this happened only after Rs 2 crore went into the Maoist purse.
Illegal mining in states such as Orissa and Jharkhand is a rich source of revenue for the Maoists. The extortion network is so huge and so well-oiled that a couple of years ago when three hardcore cadres in Orissa deserted the Maoist ranks they took away with them Rs 6 crore.
Maoists are active in West Bengal's Birbhum district where stone crushers and the illegal coal business rake in crores. These industries are now extortion targets.
Police believe that the Maoists will soon go all out to bring major coal mining areas of Bengal and the coal mafia under their control. "They are not directly active in this belt. They are not investing here yet but simply treating the region as a revenue source. Most miners have to depend on the Red brigade because the main trading areas lie in Maoist strongholds," a police officer said.
Maharashtra Police officers have a shocking story. Naxalites extract money from daily wagers and have a programme for this called 'work-a-day', deputy inspector-general of police Ravindra Kadam said. "It is nothing but villagers or tribals being asked to donate a day's earning to the party fund. The Maoists justify their levy arguing that they are fighting for the tribals," he said.
Others in the security agencies said paper mills in Maharashtra were a source of funds. "This begins from the lowest level – like the bamboo cutters – and goes up to the contractors and company officials," a state police officer said.
Maharashtra's private inter-state transporters are often easy targets so are civil contractors. "Those who build roads know that they must pay. Or else, they won't be around to make a living," a villager in Maoist-dominated Gadchiroli said.
Extortion is not necessarily in cash. It is in kind as well. "Sometimes they take away grain, pulses and other material. We don't dare ask for payment. Those who disobey get beaten up," a grocer from Bhamragarh tehsil said.
Like in Maharashtra, the inter-state bus operator in Bihar too is in peril. If his buses happen to drive through the so-called liberated zones, he has to pay the Maoist tax. In fact, the naxalites extort a quarter of their levies from Gaya district alone.
Other than organised extortion, lower-level cadre intervene in personal and local disputes for a fee. This money often does not go to the Maoist central fund and there have been cases of the extortionists deserting the organization. Sometimes, such rogue elements are eliminated by Red squad members.
Much of the extorted money goes in buying arms and ammunition, procuring vehicles, purchasing uniforms and medicines, publicity and propaganda, communication equipment, organizing party meetings, boosting their urban networks and fighting court cases for their jailed comrades.
The CPI (Maoist) is also known to pay monthly remuneration to its cadre. Intelligence reports talk of the cadre getting between Rs2,000 and Rs3,000. "We have evidence of Maoists investing heavily in gold and other assets like land," an intelligence source in Maharashtra said.
Reports from Jangalmahal in West Bengal say Maoist squad leaders set aside Rs 8 lakh-10 lakh for emergencies. Apart from this, they are responsible to collect enough to buy ammunition and equipment, which could cost in the range of Rs 12lakh-15 lakh per annum. Also, each area leader spends Rs 1lakh-2 lakh a month on Maoist frontal outfits and their cadres.
The expense sheets suggest that the rebels spend around Rs 1 crore per month in Jangalmahal for various activities, including military operations and financing a political movement. More than 80% of this expense comes from extortion while the rest is met with funds from their city-based shadow establishments and sympathizers.
(Inputs from Soumitra Bose in Nagpur, Joydeep Deoghoria in Ranchi, Caesar Mondal in Kolkata, Sandeep Mishra in Bhubaneswar and Abdul Qadir in Gaya
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இந்த நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் இருப்பதால் அந்த பகுதிகளில் தொழில்துறையோ வேலைவாய்ப்போ அதிகரிக்க முடியவில்லை. அதனால், அந்த பகுதி இளைஞர்கள் மேலும் வேலைவாய்ப்பு இன்றி அவதிப்படுகிறார்கள். அவ்வாறு அவதிப்படும் இளைஞர்களிடம் இதே நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் “பார் அரசாங்கம் உனக்கு வேலை கொடுக்க மாட்டேன் என்கிறது. ஆகவே வா போராடலாம்” என்று கையில் துப்பாக்கியை கொடுத்து வன்முறையை அதிகரிக்கிறது.
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