Read this article from the BBC about a group of Maoist rebels who grabbed a passenger train in eastern India and are holding 500 passengers hostage. This isn't the first time a train has been taken. The rebels operate in several provinces of central and eastern India.
The article fails to mention that the Maoist rebels are called Naxalites, named for the village of Naxalbari where the movement more or less started. You might guess the rebels are supported by China, but there seems to be little evidence of outside support.
It isn't clear is why India doesn't commit major troops and energy into the suppression of these rebels. It is possible the rebels have enough local support that government suppression would turn into an asymmetric civil war, which India's leaders would rather avoid. Or, such action might be perceived as "making war on the rural poor," which could be political suicide in a largely rural and poor nation.
Current slang for this putting-it-off behavior is "kicking the can down the road."
