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Chhattisgarh Timeline 2015
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Incidents
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January 1
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A heavily armed group of CPI-Maoist
cadres killed a former intelligence unit 'chief' of the Maoists,
identified as Shivaji Korsa at Kottapal village in Bijapur District,
who had surrendered before Police in 2012.
Maoists torched a road roller
and a motorcycle at Sarhandi Sihari village under Tadoki Police
Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
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January 2 |
A Policeman, identified as Assistant
Constable Somlu Hemla (30), was killed by suspected CPI-Maoist
cadres with bow and arrow at Patliguda village in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh.
A person named as Anup Kumar who
claims himself to be a 'senior Maoist leader' operating in Sukma
District has threatened to abduct Mungeli District Collector Sanjay
Alang in the State within 24 hours if he failed to cancel the
drive to recruit Revenue Inspectors in the area.
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January 3 |
Two troopers belonging to 206
Combat CoBRA unit were injured when a pressure bomb planted by
CPI-Maoist exploded, during a combing operation by the CoBRA troopers,
in the forests under Chintagufa Police Station limits in Sukma
District.
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January 5 |
CPI-Maoist cadres stormed the
residence of Chhattisgarh Congress leader Manturam Pawar and attacked
his guards, injuring two of them at Pakhanjur in Kanker District.
Manturam Pawar who is in Raipur confirmed the incident saying
that he and his family were safe as Maoists couldn't barge inside
the home.
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January 6 |
A first-of-its kind 'battle field
hospital' is being set up in Chintalnar area of Dantewada District
which will provide immediate first aid to the injured CRPF and
other SFs officials undertaking anti-CPI-Maoist operations.
Bhima Rao (40), a tribal of Rewali
village in Dantewada District, was killed by 'unidentified persons.'
Police had registered a case against "unknown, uniformed and armed
Maoists" for killing Bhima on suspicion that he was a 'Police
informer'.
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January 8 |
After taking over as Chief of
IB, Dineshwar Sharma has reached Chhattisgarh to work out strategies
for containing Naxalism.
The ongoing probe into the 2013
killing of 27 Congressmen by CPI-Maoist at Jiram Ghati in Bastar
District seems to have made a significant headway with the Police
identifying the owner of the SIM card allegedly used by Maoists
to track the movement of the Congress convoy in the area before
targeting it.
Four Maoists, including a woman,
identified as Sunita (27), Jagdish Potai (25), Sukhlal Potai (30)
and Sona Singh surrendered in Kondagaon District while another
Maoist identified as Kosa Kunjam (21) surrendered in Dantewada
District.
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January 9 |
A Police Constable, identified
as Shankar Joshi, was hacked to death by CPI-Maoist cadres near
a busy market place in Katekalyan town of Dantewada District.
Chhattisgarh Police have recovered
a rare video footage of the Maoists purportedly showing their
cadres conducting a 'commando-style' training to gun down helicopters,
used to ferry security personnel and VIPs in Bastar region.
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January 10 |
A Police constable was killed
and three others were grievously injured in an encounter with
the CPI-Maoist near Botha village under Hawrai Police Station
in Narayanpur District.
The CPI-Maoist allegedly threatened
sarpanches and panches of different villages near Badesetty
village in Sukma District against participating in panchayat
elections scheduled for January-end and February, 2015.
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January 13 |
The Union Minister of Road Transport,
Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has convened a Chief Ministers'
conference in Raipur of eight Naxal-hit States to resolve
the bottlenecks in construction of road networks in worst-affected
Districts. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had taken
up improvement of road connectivity in the 34 worst LWE--affected
Districts, covering a total length of 5,477 km.
Congress leader Mahendra Karma,
who spearheaded the anti-CPI-Maoist movement in Bastar region
of Chhattisgarh, was the main target of Maoists during the massive
attack unleashed by them at Jheeram Valley that killed frontline
Congress leaders in May 25, 2013, NIA stated in its final charge-sheet.
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January 15 |
Around 130 Sarpanch aspirants
were taken hostage by the Maoists on January 9 and released them
in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. The candidates were set free
with a warning not to contest the ensuing rural local bodies elections.
In the morning, CPI-Maoist 'divisional committee' member Jaggu,
along with Kerlapal 'area committee 'commander' Bhime alias Reena,
and armed cadres, reached there to warn them against participating
in the elections before they were set free.
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January 16 |
Seven CPI-Maoist sympathisers
surrendered before authorities in Chhattisgarh.
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January 17 |
According to a report, the Centre
had lauded the increase in the number of surrenders by CPI-Maoist
cadres in Chhattisgarh and termed it a major achievement but recent
intelligence reports have revealed that several of them were not
genuine. Sources said the Intelligence Bureau is unhappy with
the manner in which the surrenders are taking place and has discussed
the same with the CRPF, the force entrusted with the mandate of
combating Maoist insurgency.
A jawan of the STF, identified
as constable Mahendra Singh was killed in an encounter with Maoists
in Sukma District. Sukma ASP Santosh Singh said that "A team of
the STF and district police came under fire from the Maoists near
Kondare village under Gadiras police station at around 3 p.m.
when they were returning from a routine patrolling. The firing
continued for next one hour. One STF constable died in the incident."
There was no report of casualty on the Maoists' side.
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January 17 |
CPI-Maoist cadres killed two villagers
in a Kangaroo court after branding them as police informers in
Narayanpur District.
Kin of frontline Congress leaders
killed in May 25, 2013 Maoist attack have described the NIA probe
as 'pedestrian' saying that the premier agency overlooked all
aspects pertaining to security lapses that led to the massacre
in tribal Bastar region.
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January 19 |
A Maoist was killed in a gunbattle
with Police in Bijapur District.
The Maoists have dropped pamphlets
in several areas of Bastar region, opposing US President Barack
Obama's upcoming visit to India. The Maoists have called for boycott
of President Obama's visit and a nationwide bandh on January 26.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman
Singh has sought an additional fund from Centre for modernisation
of Police in the Naxal-hit State and also demanded a special category
status for the State.
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January 20 |
Pankuj Thakur, a Constable with
the 13th battalion of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force, was injured
when a pressure bomb exploded near Murdonda village of Bijapur
District.
Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres attacked
a "Sahayak Arakshak" identified as Kichche Soya with sharp weapons
at a marketplace at Pollamapalli area in Sukma District.
A joint team of Dantewada and
Bijapur Police busted a Maoist camp in Hurrepal forests of Dantewada
District.
Three Maoists surrendered before
the Police in Dornapal town of Sukma District.
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January 22 |
The CPI-Maoist has called a 'Dandakaranya
bandh' on January 26 to protest US President Barak Obama's visit
to India as the chief guest of the Republic Day function. In posters
and pamphlets posted in different parts of Bastar in Chhattisgarh,
the Maoists termed the US the "biggest expansionist force" and
"enemy of people all over the world."
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January 23 |
The Maoists have appealed to the
people to observe 'Virodh Diwas' on January 26 against US President
Barack Obama's visit to India. Gadchiroli Police have recovered
an anti-Obama banner at Kamlapur near Repanpalli last week. A
press release, issued by the Maoist's DKSZC, also slammed Prime
Minister Narendra Modi for inviting the US President.
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January 24 |
The CPI-Maoist hijacked two buses
and one pick up van carrying about 50 passengers and held them
captive for two to three hours before releasing them near Katekalyan
in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. The incident took place
between Paknaar and Katekalyan where the Maoists took these vehicles
to an undisclosed destination in the forest. However, the vehicles
were later found near Katekalyan Police Station. Sources said
the Maoists had pasted posters in the area opposing US President
Barack Obama`s India visit.
A Sarpanch candidate who
was abducted along with more than a dozen other villagers by CPI-Maoist
cadres on January 22 was killed in Parcheli village under Katekalyan
Police Station area in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. The
victim was identified as Somadu Markam. The other villagers were
released by the Maoists.
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January 25 - 26 |
The insurgency-hit Bastar region
of Chhattisgarh witnessed intensified CPI-Maoist activities. The
Maoists felled trees and dug up roads leading to traffic disruption.
They damaged drill machine of the NMDC's Kirandul plant in Dantewada
District and damaged National Highway 30 in the previous evening.
The Maoists also abducted two passenger buses in Katekalyan area
of Dantewada on January 24. The Maoists also damaged railway track
between Kirandul and Bacheli town and opened fire on Chintagufa
and Timilwada Police camps in Sukma District on January 26.
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January 26 |
Terming Naxalism as a "disease"
which is standing in way of development, Chhattisgarh Governor
Balramjidas Tandon said the State would soon get rid of the Maoist
menace completely. Addressing the 66th Republic Day function at
Police line grounds, the Governor said "Some areas of Chhattisgarh
are Naxalaffected. It is like a disease which is a hindrance to
the development of the State." He said the State Government has
accepted Naxalism as a challenge and with the coordinated efforts
of Centre the menace will be wiped out soon. "I assure you, the
day is not far when the state will be completely free of Naxal
problem," he added.
A 50-ft tall Maoist memorial constructed
in the dense forest of Machanar in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh
has been demolished by SF personnel.
Marking the Republic day, the
CRPF inaugurated two first of their kind 'battlefield' hospitals
(One in Bijapur and the other at Chintalnar in Dantewada) in the
Maoist hotbeds of Bastar in Chhattisgarh which will provide immediate
first aid to injured security forces personnel undertaking anti-Maoist
operations as well as locals in the area. The mini combat support
hospital, aided with life sustaining and resuscitation gadgets,
are the first operational medical facility for security troops
operating in various Maoist affected states.
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January 27 |
The first phase of panchayat
polls will be held in Chhattisgarh amid tight security on January
28. "The preparations have been made for the first phase of polling
for posts of 145 zilla panchayat members, 1,134 janpad panchayat
members, 4,163 sarpanch and 36,745 panch," said secretary, state
election commission, I R Dehari. "The polling parties are on the
way to destination amid tight security," he said. The elections
would decide the fate of 1,22,384 candidates. Of the total 55,53,149
registered voters, 27,99,756 are males and 27,53,393 females while
there are 11,884 polling stations for the first phase, he said.
While 3,916 polling stations have been identified as sensitive,
1,670 have been identified as hyper sensitive. Helicopters will
be used to ferry polling staff to some hypersensitive stations.
The polling time in the insurgency-hit Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur
and Jagdalpur, Lohandiguda, Bastanar and Darbha blocks of Bastar
district, Antagarh, Koyalibeda, Bhanupratappur and Durgkondal
blocks of Kanker District, will be from 6.45 AM to 2 PM because
of Naxal threat, and from 7 AM to 3 PM elsewhere.
The next phase is scheduled for
February 2. Paper ballot will be used for the voting.
Maoists have asked the villagers
to either support their candidates or boycott the elections. According
to Police, the Maoists recently held meetings in the interior
areas of Sukma, Dantewada, Bijapur and Narayanpur Districts.
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January 28 |
Maoists went on a rampage in Chhattisgarh
during the first phase of panchayat polls which have already
seen around 50% of the candidates elected unopposed in rebel-dominated
Bastar, officials said. Rebels looted ballot boxes from around
30 booths in Sukma, Dantewada and Kanker in Bastar region. Besides,
rebels also fired at a polling party in Kanker District. "No injury
or causality was reported in the incident," IG (intelligence wing)
Deepanshu Kabra said. According to state election commission sources,
12,524 panch, sarpanch and janpad panchayat members
have been elected unopposed out of 24,611 posts in the seven Districts
of Bastar.
The CPI-Maoist cadres disrupted
polling at many places during the first phase of the Chhattisgarh
Panchayat elections, plundering ballot boxes and targeting
poling parties and security personnel. The Maoists plundered ballot
boxes at 13 polling booths in Sukma District, two in Kanker District
and six in Dantewada District of the Bastar region. The Police
and Maoists exchanged fire near Chilparas and Markanar in Kanker
District. The Police recovered two guns from the spot of the gunfight.
Voting was peaceful in other parts of the State. Overall, 70 per
cent polling was recorded.
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January 29 |
Two Maoists were arrested by a
joint contingent of CRPF and CAF during a search operation carried
in the jungles of Purugudu under Awapalli Police Station limits
in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The arrested Maoists were
involved in triggering a blast in Murdunda on January 21 wherein
two CRPF personnel were injured, Police sources said adding they
were lower member of the Naxal cadre.
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January 31 |
A newly elected Sarpanch has reportedly
been killed by the CPI-Maoist cadres in Dantewada District of
Chhattisgarh. SP, Dantewada Kamal Lochan Kashyap said that according
to the information, Maoists have killed the Sarpanch Lakhma Siri
at Toyalanka village. Lakhma had been elected unopposed in the
recently-held panchayat elections, which had incurred him the
wrath of the ultras, who had asked for boycott of polls.
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February 1 |
Over 70 per cent of 3.37 million
voters across 22 Districts of Chhattisgarh exercised their franchise
in the second phase of panchayat polls. Though no major
violence was reported, Maoists did manage to loot ballot boxes
at some booths and disrupted voting at 24 polling stations.
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February 2 |
A station house officer and an
assistant constable of Chhattisgarh Police were killed and six
other SF personnel, including an assistant commandant of BSF,
injured when CPI-Maoist cadres ambushed a joint patrolling team
in Kanker District.
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February 3 |
Four persons, including a woman,
were injured as a private passenger bus they were travelling in
was hit by a landmine blast triggered by the CPI-Maoist in Narayanpur
District. Some Police personnel were also on board, but they were
not harmed.
A CRPF trooper was injured in
a blast of 'pressure bomb' planted by the Maoists in the neighbouring
Bijapur District. The incident took place near Cheramangi village
under Awapalli Police Station limits while the CRPF was conducting
anti-Maoist operation.
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February 6 |
A six kilogram pressure bomb,
planted by the CPI-Maoist to target SF personnel was recovered
in Rajnandgaon District.
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February 7 |
Six CPI-Maoist cadres including
three female cadres were arrested by the BSF personnel during
an operation conducted in forested patch near Prokal and Manhakal
villages of Kanker District. The operation was conducted on specific
intelligence input. The Maoists were identified as Sarita alias
Sanoti (26), Rajeshwari (21), Kumari Santo (22), Mangatu alias
Jay Singh (25), Raju Upendi and Shaniram.
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February 8 |
Three CRPF personnel, including
an assistant sub-inspector, were injured when a pressure bomb
laid by CPI-Maoist cadres exploded near Dubaiguda village under
Awapalli Police Station area in Bijapur District.
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February 9 |
Three CPI-Maoist cadres, one of
them carrying a cash reward on his head, were arrested during
an area domination exercise by security personnel in Bijapur District.
The cadres were arrested by the district force from a forested
patch under Bangapal Police Station limits, Bijapur SP KL Dhruv
said. Those apprehended were identified as Barsa Sudru (38), Korsa
Sudru (42) and Baisu Jurri (40), working as 'sangham' (lower rung
cadres) members in Indravati 'area committee' of the CPI- Maoist.
Korsa was carrying a reward of INR 5,000 on his head.
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February 10 |
The four-phase panchayat
elections in Chhattisgarh, which concluded on February 10, recorded
an overall voter turnout of 77.71 per cent. "Voting was peaceful,
free and fair, barring a few minor incidents. The overall percentage
was better than expected. The Maoist-affected Bastar region witnessed
60 per cent polling," Chief Election Commissioner P.C. Dalai said.
Re-polling was held at 109 places.
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February 11 |
SFs have busted a CPI-Maoist training
camp and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition besides material
used for making explosives in forested Gonderas hills under Aranpur
Police Station limits in Dantewada District. The cache included
thirty seven gelatin rods, eleven detonators, two hand grenades,
a country-made gun, a tiffin bomb, a pipe bomb, explosives, gun
powder and materials used in making bombs, he said.
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February 12 |
The CPI-Maoist called for a bandh
in five states, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, on February
20 to protest the anti-people's activities of the State and Central
governments. In a press release, the Maoists' Central Regional
Bureau 'spokesperson' Pratap accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana
CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao as well as the CMs of Chhattisgarh, Odisha
and Maharashtra of implementing destructive and anti-people policies.
He said the bandh would be observed for 24 hours but emergency
services would be exempted.
Acting on a tip off a joint team
of DF and STF destroyed a CPI-Maoist training camp on the hills
of Sopiras and Gonderas regions falling under Aranpur Police Station
limits of Dantewada District. After receiving a tip off, a joint
team of DF and STF raided the spot when the Maoists opened indiscriminate
fire on them. The security personnel retaliated. Finally, the
Maoists ran into the deep jungles.
The ITBP deputed to combat Maoists
has taken up the task of teaching school children at a village
in Rajnandgaon District. The children of the Madanwada village
have got a new ray of hope with the initiative taken by the 'education
cadres' of ITBP.
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February 13 |
A Maoist 'section commander' identified
as Sukhnath alias Oyami Chaitu was arrested by District
Force in Dantewada District. He was carrying a cash reward of
INR 800000 on his head and was involved in Tadmetla incident in
which 75 CRPF personnel and a Chhattisgarh Policeman were killed
in April 6, 2010.
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February 16 |
A Chhattisgarh Armed Force Constable
- Ram Prasad Negi - was killed while Shyam Kumar was injured when
a pressure bomb went off allegedly set by CPI-Maoist cadres near
Temelwada village under Jagargunda Police Station limits in Sukma
District. The incident occurred when a Road Opening Patrol of
SFs was returning after carrying out an operation in the region.
Acting on a tip off, a Maoist,
identified as Chandraiya (35), carrying a reward of INR 5000 on
his head was arrested from Old Bus Stand in Bijapur town of Bijapur
District.
Around a thousand tribals, most
of them armed with bows and arrows, gheraoed Tongpal Police Station
in Sukma District demanding the release of a Maoist cadre. The
villagers, including women and children, have been agitating in
front of the Police Station since afternoon seeking the release
of Maoist Hadma Deva, who was arrested last week, Tongpal's SHO
Keshav Narayan Aditya said. Deva, carrying a reward of INR 2,000
on his head, was wanted in several Maoist incidents in the region
and was arrested on February 13 from his native place at Jaimer.
Assistant constable Nehru Punem
(40) was killed by the CPI-Maoist cadres in Bijapur District.
Bijapur SP KL Dhruv said Punem was posted with Bodli outpost and
while he was heading towards his workplace under Bandapal Police
Station limits he was shot dead.
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February 18 |
In a bid to roll out the NDA Government's
new anti-Maoist policy, Chhattisgarh will hold its first Unified
Command meet with focus on the Maoist bastion of Bastar where
PM Narendra Modi Government has decided to launch a series of
development initiatives and operations by SFs to flush out the
Maoists. Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh will chair the meeting of
the Unified Command which will be attended by the top brass of
the Central and State police forces as well as representatives
of the UMHA.
Government-run telecom major BSNL
would be installing 246 mobile towers in two phases in the CPI-Maoist-affected
areas of Chhattisgarh to improve phone connectivity there. The
decision was announced at a meeting of unified command for anti-Maoist
operations, chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh. "It was informed
in the meeting that BSNL has a target of installing 146 mobile
towers in the first phase. Around 80 towers will be erected by
March this year and 40 of them will start operating soon thereafter,"
an official said. The remaining towers will be installed by August-end.
In the next phase, 100 towers would be installed.
Five Maoists, three of them carrying
cash reward, surrendered in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh citing
disappointment over exploitation of lower rank cadres and women
by senior leaders. Among the surrendered Maoists, Somdu Ram Poyam
(30), a 'divisional commander' rank cadre, was handling the 'communication
wing' in Western Bastar division of Maoists. He was carrying a
reward of INR 800,000 on his head. Lacchuram Bhaskar (27) and
Somaru Podiyami (22), who were carrying rewards of INR 300,000
and INR 100,000 respectively, are two other important rebels among
the surrendered cadres. While Bhaskar was a 'deputy commander'
of platoon number 2, Podyami was a local operation squad member
(LOS). The rest - Lachhu Hemla (18) and Sukhram Podiyami (19)
- were lower rung cadres and active in the region.
Three of worst Maoist-affected
Districts in the country - Sukma, Bijapur and Dantewada - in Chhattisgarh
have only 44 bank and regional rural bank branches in total. Sukma
and Bijapur have only 10 ATMs. Over 100 post office branches are
non-functional. In Sukma, 13 mobile towers are non-functional,
a Union home ministry data reveals. The data has been culled by
Union home ministry after consulting the district magistrates
of the three districts. "To make the benefits of an innovative
financially inclusive scheme like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna
reach the targeted people in these three districts, we need to
have more bank branches there. All post offices need to be functional
for their financial inclusion. The data showed Sukma has only
four sub-post offices and all 61 branch post offices are non-functional.
Bijapur has five sub post offices and 53 branch post offices but
only two of them are functional. Dantewada has six sub post offices
and 59 branch post offices. Nine of them don't have a single employee.
In total 50% posts are lying vacant. In Sukma, out of five telephone
exchanges, one is non-functional. In Bijapur, 14 mobile towers
are functional but 14 new sanctioned towers are yet to be installed.
In Dantewada, three out of 20 mobile towers are non-functional.
A civilian, identified as Boodu
Ramesh, was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres in Konta town under Konta
Police Station limits of Sukma District, Chhattisgarh. He was
killed on the charges of being a Police informer.
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February 19 |
A STF trooper was killed in an
encounter between SFs and Maoists at Dudhiras village under Gadiras
Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists damaged a railway
track near Kamalur Station in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh
leading to the derailment of a goods train engine. The driver
and helper of the engine suffered minor injuries in the accident.
The Maoists have called for 'Dandakaranya Bandh' in five States
across eastern and central India on February 20 in protest against
the Polavaram Dam project and the "All-out war" by the Government
of India to "flush out Maoists from Bastar region of Chhattisgarh."
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh said
that due to the efforts of SFs, Maoist violence was close to its
end in the State. He also lauded the efforts of the Police personnel,
saying that they were fighting Maoists in difficult conditions.
Singh said on Twitter "Our gallant police jawans and their sacrifice
has brought us closer to the end of Naxalism."
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February 20 |
Two Policemen - head constable
Rajesh Sen and assistant constable Asharam Netam - were injured
in a pressure bomb blast triggered by CPI-Maoist cadres near Emargunda
village under Gangaloor Police Station limits in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh. The blast occurred when the security personnel
were carrying out a combing operation in the area.
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February 22 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre identified
as Roop Singh (35), a militia cadre, carrying cash reward of INR
6000 on his head, was arrested under Bhairamgarh Police Station
limits in Bijapur District. He was arrested by a joint team of
SFs during an area domination exercise, Bijapur SP KL Dhruv said.
The CPI-Maoist has accused the
Bastar Police of killing 26 "civilians" and three "political workers"
in fake encounters in the last one year in different parts of
Bastar. In a press statement, the South Regional Committee 'secretary'
of the CPI-Maoist, Ganesh Uike, alleged that 20 "civilians" were
killed by the Police and paramilitary forces in Bijapur District
of Bastar between January 2014 and January 2015. "Five civilians
were killed in fake encounters in Sukma District, and one villager
was killed by the Police in Dantewada District. All of them were
later declared Maoists." He said three of his party workers -
Jamali, Rambatti, Lakshmi - were also killed in staged encounters.
"In the name of containing Maoism, security men are violating
human rights of Bastar tribals," he added. However, Bijapur SP
KL Dhruv termed the allegations "baseless and part of Maoist propaganda."
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February 23 |
In a crucial meeting to combat
CPI-Maoist menace, Police, CRPF and intelligence officials of
five States have decided to launch an intensified joint operation
on the border areas of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh and Maharashtra. Official sources said the meeting held
at Jagdalpur, the divisional headquarters of Bastar, reviewed
and analyzed incidents and Maoist strategies and decided to make
smooth and well connected co-ordination between inter-state Police
and Security Forces, State Police and para-military forces against
Maoist operations. It was indicated that anti-Maoist operations
would begin on bordering regions targeting Khammam at Telangana,
Koraput at Odisha, East Godavari region in Andhra Pradesh, Gadchiroli
in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh's areas of Kanker, Bijapur, Sukma
and Dantewada and those connecting to Abujhmad in Narayanpur region.
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February 25 |
Two women CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Gadwa Masa and Masi Madavi, carrying rewards of INR 100000
each on their heads, surrendered before Bijapur SP KL Dhruv and
199th Battalion CRPF Commandant SS Upadhyay. They belonged to
the Kiskodo area Local Guerrilla Squad of Kanker District.
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February 26 |
Two hardcore CPI-Maoist cadres,
identified as Midiyam Badaru and Madkam Dula surrendered before
Police at Dharmapenta camp in Sukma District. Badaru and Dula
carried rewards of INR 800, 000 and 300, 000 each on their heads
respectively. Badaru joined the movement in 2001, and worked for
Bal Chetna Natya Mancha, LGS and Military Platoon-9 before
becoming Platoon-2 'commander' of Military Company-2, Police said.
He also worked with top Maoist cadres Ramanna, Paparao, Ganesh
Uike Venkatesh, Hidama and Madhu and was active in Jagargunda,
Kistaram, Golapalli in Sukma and Basaguda, Gangalur, Bhairamgarh
areas of Bijapur. Dula joined the movement as Gram Raksha Dal
member. He became Jonaguda Dandkaranya Kisan Majdoor Sangh
President in 2004-05, Jan Militia member in 2008, and Basaguda
'deputy commander' in 2013-14. Dula worked with Maoist leaders
Paparao, Jagdish, Arjun, and Hidma and was active in Jagargunda
area of Sukma and Basaguda area of Bijapur.
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February 27 |
Seven cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
including two women, were arrested from separate places of the
densely forested Gadiras Police Station limits in Sukma District.
Based on specific inputs about the presence of the Maoists, a
police team raided different villages in Gadiras region and rounded
up. All of them were involved in an incident of firing at a police
camp and looting polling materials during the recent panchayat
(local body) polls in the region.
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February 28 |
The government has hired two helicopters
from a private firm to provide air support to SFs deployed in
the jungles of Chhattisgarh and its border areas which are hotbeds
of CPI-Maoist activities. A team of two Bell choppers has been
based at Jagdalpur in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, which
is among the worst Maoist violence-affected areas, for operations
under the command of the Central Reserve Police Force
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March 1 |
In a boost to the anti- CPI-Maoist
operations, the base of UAV has been set up in Chhattisgarh. The
aerial vehicle quietly made its first test-reconnaissance from
an airstrip in the Bhilai Steel Plant campus on February 27. The
UAV will have its base station at a location in Nandini village
of Bhilai, as a joint team of NTRO and IAF will handle its operations.
The UAV makes sorties over the forested zone of Dandakaranya and
takes images useful in security operations. Now, the UAV's inputs
will be streamed live at certain strategic locations, including
Raipur Police Headquarters, offices of Police Superintendents
of Maoist-hit districts and office of Bastar IG, among others.
The UAV is likely to be connected with these offices within months.
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March 2 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Madvi Bheema (30) and Hemla Aaytu, were arrested and cache
of explosives were recovered from them during a combing operation
at Budgicheru Nayapara village under Basaguda Police Station limits
of Bijapur District. Pipe bombs and gelatin packets were seized
from their possession. A contingent of DF and CAF arrested a hardcore
Maoist from his house at Chatapalli village under Awapalli Police
Station limits of Bijapur District. The insurgent was a SPO in
the past and had run away with a SLR rifle in 2007. A woman CPI-Maoist
cadre was shot dead in a gun-battle with SFs in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh. "The rebel-- who is yet to be identified-- was
killed in an exchange of fire between a joint team of security
personnel and ultras in the restive Gadiras police station limits
late last night," Sukma ASP Santosh Singh said. "A group of armed
insurgents opened indiscriminate firing on them in a hilly area
of Gadgad village last night following which security personnel
retaliated," he said. Later, during search of the spot in the
wee hours, the body of a woman Naxal in uniform was recovered
along with a 12 bore gun, a pipe bomb, cartridges and other material,
the ASP said.
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March 4 |
Four cadres of the CPI-Maoist
were arrested from Dantewada District. The arrested Maoists were
identified as Bhansi Local Operating Squad 'commander' of Maoists
military wing PLGA Hunga alias Sonaru, Motu alias
Guddu Telam, the organiser of Bhansi LOS, Punem Kallu, who was
a member of Maoists' military company no.2 and Ramesh Yadav. Dantewada
Police in a press statement said that "Hunga was sent by senior
Maoist leader Ganesh Uike to kill Badaru, a former Maoist and
now a police constable in Dantewada." Punem Kallu carried a reward
of INR 8,00,000 on his head and Hunga carried a reward of INR
5,00,000.
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March 6 |
Intelligence inputs coming from
CRPF and IB have suggested that the growing alienation among tribal
population in various CPI-Maoist strongholds in Odisha, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh and parts of Bihar and Maharashtra has forced CPI-Maoist
to order a study of socioeconomic impact of the central development
schemes. The study has been ordered by the Eastern Regional Bureau
of CPI-Maoist that supervises Maoist activities in Bihar, Jharkhand,
West Bengal, Assam, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and North Chhattisgarh,
sources said. The ERB has asked various state committees to undertake
detailed study in villages and circulated a 19 column detailed
pro-forma to be duly filled up by the surveyors. "The CPI (Maoist)
has noted that if it has to spread and further revolution in the
agrarian areas, it has to review its tactics in the light of socio-political
and economic impact of the development schemes that have been
there in the rural and tribal areas for the last two decades,"
said sources. In their internal communications, the Maoist's have
blamed these programmes for weaning away village level activists
as they got involved in various contractual works associated with
these schemes. Besides initiatives like Rs. 2 per kg rice for
poor and Saranda action plan succeeded in misguiding some of its
active cadres and sowed seeds of discord among them, the intelligence
inputs note. The confiscated documents also suggest that some
Maoist leaders lament the lack of maturity on part of some of
its senior leadership for being unaware of changing ground realities
and need for a comprehensive survey from a Marxist perspective.
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March 8 |
The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze
two vehicles of a construction company deployed for construction
of a road near Punnoor village in Bijapur District. A road-roller
and a Hyva tipper were set on fire by insurgents during the evening
hours while the labourers were engaged in construction of road
located on Awapalli-Basaguda road.
Eight Maoists including two women
insurgents surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District.
The insurgents were identified as Shankar Poyam (30) of Bhairamgarh,
Prakash Podiyami (20) of Nelsanar, Ramsu Tamo alias Katav
(21) of Bhairamgarh, Munni Podiyami (30), Malti (20) from Dantewada,
Vetti Aytu (42) and Mohan Vatti (27) both from Awapalli and Sukhram
Hemla (29) hailing from Gangalur. SP, Bijapur, KL Dhruv informed
that Shankar Poyam was member of Maoist military platoon number
16 and also President of Chetna Natya Mandali, one of the offshoots
of the CPI-Maoist. "Shankar was appointed Naxal 'Militia Commander'
active in Belnar in 2005. He was involved in triggering IED near
village Bodli under Nelsanar Police Station in 2010 where two
personnel of Naga Battalion had lost their lives. The insurgent
had also killed Salwa Judum leaders," the SP said, adding, reward
of INR 100,000 was declared on his head. Prakash Podyami, 'deputy
commander' of Section-A of Maoist Military platoon number 1 was
trained in handling automatic weapons and planting IED. The insurgent
along with other Naxals had carried out ambush attack on a Police
party in Bhatpal under Orcha Police Station wherein 3 Police personnel
died. The State Government had declared reward of INR 300,000
on his head, he said. Ramsu Tamo who was 'Janmilitia Commander'
active in Bhairamgarh was part of Naxal team which had attacked
Police party in Farsegarh in 2012. Two Police personnel had martyred
in the attack, he said adding Ramsu carried reward of INR 100,000
on his head. The other surrendered ultras used to support insurgents
in operating Naxal activities in the region, the SP said.
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March 10 |
Three suspected CPI-Maoist cadres
were arrested during a joint search operation by SFs from dense
Lingagiri forests close to Dharmapur village under Basaguda Police
Station limits in Bijapur District. Those arrested were identified
as Uika Hunga (25), Uika Soma (37) and Uika Sudaru (20). During
interrogation they "admitted being involved in the Maoist movement
as "sangham" members".
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March 11 |
A newly elected sarpanch and a
villager were hacked to death by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in
Sukma District. "Suchcham Hidma, sarpanch of Gollapalli,
and Punem Pandu of Pollampalli were allegedly abducted by Maoists
on March 7 along with six other villagers from different parts
of the District. Hidma and Pandu were killed while the others
were released after some warning," Sukma District Additional Superintendent
of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh said.
CPI-Maoist perpetrated violence
has declined in the country from 1,000 killings during 2008, 2009
and 2010 to about 300-odd now, K. Vijay Kumar, Special Security
Adviser, the UMHA, said in VIT University in Vellore. "This is
a sign that two-third violence has come down. But that does not
mean that they (Maoists) are incapable of causing hiccups and
giving surprises," he said. He further said there were two to
three Maoist-affected States that were being concentrated upon.
"Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand contribute about 30 per cent each
that is two-third in the country. The Governments are trying to
tighten efforts here," he pointed out.
SFs arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres
and seized a cache of arms and explosives after busting a temporary
camp of Maoists close to Chipurbhatti village under Basaguda Police
Station limits in Bijapur District.
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March 14 |
Eleven CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
before the Police in Bijapur District. They were identified as
Kursum Sankar (30), Kursum Aayti (28), Jaysingh Netam (28), Punem
Mangu alias Mallesh (28), Madvi Nanda alias Rajesh
(30), Korsa Mangu alias Budram (27), Modiam Badru (22),
Modiam Ramu alias Rakesh (22), Kursum Soma (35), Avlam
Soma alias Sunil (35) and Oyam Sukku (26).
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March 16 |
CPI-Maoist cadres brutally thrashed
a Police officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector Maheshwar Dewangan,
posted at Polampalli Police Station in Sukma District. ASP Harish
Rathore said Dewangan was heading for the Police Station in a
taxi from Dornapal to rejoin the duty after a vacation. He was
in civil dress and unarmed. About a dozen armed Maoists stopped
the taxi near Gorguda village, asked Dewangan to get down, and
beat him with sticks before leaving him bleeding at the spot,
Rathore said.
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March 23
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Suspected Maoists attacked a vehicle
carrying rations for CRPF personnel posted in Sukma District near
Burkapal area of the District, The Maoists took away the entire
rations.
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March 24
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Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres killed
a person, identified as Yalam Abaiya (45), near the Pujaripara
area of Anganpalli village in Bijapur District.
Maoists killed Constable Krishnalal
Dhurtlahare in Dantewada District.
A CRPF Constable was injured in
a pressure bomb blast engineered by CPI-Maoist cadres near Mordunda
village in Bijapur District. The incident occurred when a road
opening party was working under the Awapalli Police Station area,
Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
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March 27
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Two personnel of the CRPF were
injured in a bomb blast during a combing operation near Fundari
village in the Bairamgad block in Bijapur District. Sub-Inspector
Debi Ray and constable Ram Hari Patil of the CRPF's 199 battalion
were injured when they came in contact with the pressure bomb
planted by the CPI-Maoist cadres, the Bijapur Police said.
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March 30 |
A section of top guerrilla leaders
of Western regional committee of the CPI-Maoist, during a marathon
meeting with the scribes at an undisclosed location on Chhattisgarh
border last week, claimed that exploitation of iron ore in Surjagarh
hills of Gadchiroli District in Maharashtra would bring irreparable
adverse consequences on the adjoining villages.
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March 31 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
and a CoBRA commando, identified as Satpal, was injured in a face-off
between the SFs and the Maoists near Chintagufa village in Sukma
District of Chhattisgarh. The CoBRA team recovered a dead body
and a SLR with two magazines from the encounter spot.
A Maoist, identified as Suklu
Ram Tulawi, was arrested and weapons were recovered from him at
Aampayali hills under Aundhi Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon
District of Chhattisgarh.
CAG raised doubts over the veracity
of Chhattisgarh forestry and wildlife department's claim of executing
works worth INR 21.1 million relating to harvesting of bamboo,
in Maoist affected Districts of Bijapur, Narayanpur, Sukma and
Dantewada. In its report, CAG questioned how the work of harvesting
bamboo was undertaken between 2008-09 and 2012-13 when villagers
of some of these areas had refused to enter the forests to work
due to fear of Maoists. The report states that the expenditure
of INR 21.1 million incurred on the RDBF, soil and water conservation
was doubtful.
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April 1 |
Five employees of Jayaswal's Neco
Company and few locals including drivers and machine operators
were abducted and later released by about 10 armed CPI-Maoist
cadres from Chargaon, Metabodli iron ore mines in Kanker District
of Chhattisgarh. One of them was released soon after abduction
while others were released in evening. Maoists had targeted to
abduct important and senior officers but didn't succeed therefore
released all of them. Maoists apparently opposed construction
of roads and mining in the region and the supervisors and managers
were out on inspection when the incident took place.
The villagers of Chintagufa from
Sukma District of Chhattisgarh have claimed that the person killed
in an encounter with the CRPF's CoBRA team on March 31 was "an
innocent villager" and not a "Maoist".
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze ten
vehicles - eight tractors, a truck and a JCB machine - near Iragaon
under Dhanora Police Station limits in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh,
in a bid to disrupt road construction work. Around 12-15 armed
Maoists, clad in black uniforms, stormed the place with kerosene
and asked construction workers to leave the site and set ablaze
the vehicles. While six tractors belong to locals, the rest of
them were belonged to a construction firm.
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April 2 |
Two personnel of the DF were injured
as CPI-Maoist cadres opened fire on a Police team following a
blast in a forested patch under Antagarh Police Station limits
in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
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April 3 |
A team of CRPF detected and defused
seven bombs, suspected to be planted by the Maoists, during demining
exercise from Gangloor Police Station limits in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh. The bombs were immediately diffused.
In a separate action a joint team
of CRPF and District Police which had started on an Anti-Naxal
operation got information about presence of Maoists in Karrepara
village under Bhairamgarh Police Station limits in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh and arrested four Maoists. Materials used in making
pressure bombs were seized from their possession.
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April 4 |
After over six-month delay, two
new advanced military choppers have landed in India to be inducted
into the elite air wing of the BSF, which is tasked to carry air
support missions for troops along the borders and in the hinterland
for anti-Naxal operations. The Russian-made Mi-17 V5 choppers
will boost the flying capability of CPMF that are deployed for
a variety of internal security tasks in some of the most arduous
and inhospitable conditions at numerous locations. The official
said the choppers have been initially based at the BSF hangar
at Safdarjung airport in New Delhi, and are expected to be formally
inducted into the fleet by UHM Rajnath Singh on April 9. The new
pair, sources said, is expected to be tasked for anti-Naxal operations
and with their new bases in Chhattisgarh (Jagdalpur) and Odisha
(Koraput).
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April 5 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
during an exchange of fire with SFs in the jungles of Sargipal
in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh. After the gun battle, the
body of a Maoist, yet to be identified, was recovered. A 303 rifle,
live ammunition, Tiffin bomb, wire, pipe bomb, medicines and daily
use items were also recovered.
Three Maoists, identified as Lachin
alias Ramesh Poyam (30), Budhram Vadhda alias Ratti
(22) and Somaru Poyam alias Sukhlal (40) - all residents
of Narayanpur, surrendered before the Police in Narayanpur District
of Chhattisgarh. Ramesh and Budhram carried cash reward of INR
800,000 each on their heads, ASP, Narayanpur, O P Sharma said.
Ramesh was the 'deputy commander' of Maoist Military Company-6
and 'commander' of Platoon-1 under Company-6. Budhram was active
member of Section-B under Platoon-2 of Company-1. The ASP further
informed that Somaru Poyam was working as President of Ikmeta
Jantana Sarkar.
CPI-Maoist claimed that a Police
constable has 'surrendered' before it. "Michche Vadda, 37, a Police
constable posted in the Farasgav Police Station in Narayanpur
District of Chhattisgarh, has surrendered before the Kutul area
Janatana Sarkar of the CPI (Maoist). He worked for the Police
for more than 10 years since 2005. He was being harassed by his
senior officers and was pained over the continuous atrocities
by security forces on the tribal people in Bastar," said a statement
issued by Rajmand Mandavi, secretary of the Mad divisional committee
of the outlawed CPI-Maoist. Vadda went missing on March 13 on
a visit to his village Kutul. The Police believed that he had
been "abducted." However, the Maoists claimed that he had surrendered
"willingly" with his wife Manju on March 29.
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April 6 |
The Maoists dug several pits at
various places on the roads between Burkapal and Chintalnar near
Dornapal and Jagargunda in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh and
blocked the road traffic for several hours until Police cleared
the way filling the pits.
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April 7 |
A group of heavily armed cadres
of the CPI-Maoist abducted a Police constable at gunpoint from
his official vehicle while he was on his way to district headquarters
at a stretch between Bijapur and Bhopalpatnam. The abducted constable
has been identified as Veera Basant, a DF personnel who is posted
with Awapalli Police Station in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
Six Maoists, including two carrying
reward money of INR 800,000 and INR 500,000, were arrested from
separate places in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District. One of the
arrested Maoists, identified as Baman, who worked as an active
member in platoon number 2 of military company 2 of the CPI-Maoist,
was nabbed from Kawadgaon village under Katekalyan Police Station
limits. He was carrying a reward of INR 800,000 on his head. Another
cadre Aaytu alias Linga nabbed from Metapal village, was deployed
as Bhairmagarh LGS of CPI-Maoist. He was carrying a reward of
INR 500,000. Besides, Ghasiya alias Joga and Sodhi Sanna, who
were carrying rewards of INR 100,000 each on their heads, were
nabbed from Kuwakonda Police Station limits. Two janmilitia members
- Bheema Kunjam and Hurra Kunjam are others among arrested.
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April 9 |
The District Police arrested five
cadres of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Pinesh, Somaram, Dashrath,
Maniram and Ramprasad, from the forest of Badrangi in Antagrah
block in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. Police seized arms and
ammunition, muzzle gun, two single barrel gun, three mobile batteries,
LED connector wire, crackers, a 7-kg LED container, 500 gram lime
stone, a plastic carry bag, pamphlets among other things from
the arrested Maoists.
Hundreds of villagers in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh carried out a "silent march" and appealed
to the Maoists to release the abducted Police constable Bira Basant.
The farmers having their land
near rivers and nullahs in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh
would get power lines near their farms to enable them run their
irrigation pumps. Power connections would make the farmers able
to run their irrigation pumps to enhance farm productivity in
the region, said District Collector K C Devsenapati in a meeting.
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April 10 |
Maoist rebels torched an under
construction police station in Mudhia Mohara village in Dongargarh
are in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh. According to the
Police, about 30-40 armed Maoists reached the under construction
site at around 11:30 pm and poured kerosene in the building and
set it on fire. They also assaulted the watchman who was guarding
the building and took away his cell phone. They also put up banners
and pasted posters on the spot protesting against the Security
Forces and policies of the State Government.
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April 11 |
Seven members of a STF, including
its Commandant, were killed and 10 others injured when their platoon,
on a routine search operation in the interiors of Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh was ambushed by CPI-Maoist. ADGP anti-Naxalite
operations, R.K. Vij said that the Maoists ambushed the STF Platoon
of 100 men, led by Commandant Shankar Rao, near Pidmal village.
The STF men killed have been identified as Constables Rohit Sori,
Manoj Baghel and Mohan Uike; and Constables Rajkumar Markam, Kiran
Deshmukh and Rajman Netam.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman
Singh strongly condemned the Maoist attack. "The security personnel
have laid down their lives to free Bastar from violence and Maoist
terror. Their sacrifice will not go in vain," the Chief Minister
said. "Maoists are frustrated due to increasing pressure of security
forces in the region and fear that they will lose ground. This
cowardly act is the outcome of their frustration," he said.
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April 12 |
Cadres of the CPI-Maoist attacked
a BSF team killing a trooper in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District,
striking for the third time since April 11. Maoists fired indiscriminately
on BSF personnel who were patrolling in the proximity of Chhote
Baithiya BSF camp under Bande Police Station area.
The Maoists set ablaze at least
17 vehicles engaged in mining work in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
Armed Maoists attacked the Barbaspur iron ore mining site under
the limits of Korar Police Station and after threatening the labourers,
torched 17 trucks deployed for mining work. They then fled into
the forest.
More than 24 hours after the attack,
Police retrieved the bodies of seven STF personnel killed on April
11 in a Maoist ambush in Polampalli forests in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh.
The team of 49 STF men which got
ambushed in Polampalli on April 11, had reportedly not informed
senior police officers based in Bastar and Sukma before embarking
on an operation which eventually proved "suicidal." Bastar range
IG of Police, S.R. Kalluri was on leave and had gone out of Chhattisgarh
because of a death in his family. Kalluri maintained that it was
"a standalone STF operation" without any participation of the
District police or the CRPF. "Platoon Commander Shankar Rao had
called SDPO Dornapal that night, who asked him to speak to the
SP. The SP did not have any discussion with Shankar Rao before
he left for the operation," claimed Kalluri.
ADGP, R.K. Vij who is in charge
of the STF, however said that there was "some discussion" between
Sukma SP D. Srawan and Shankar Rao before the operation. "But
there will be an inquiry into this and we will look into it,"
Vij added.
Speaking to a local TV channel
at a Jagdalpur hospital, Ranjeet Kumar, a trooper who was wounded
in the encounter, said, "We were attacked thrice even after running
for over two kilometres. They [Maoists] must have been more than
400 and the ambush was spread over three kilometres."
SFs recovered a 10 kg IED, suspected
to be planted by the Maoists, from Kutrunala near Cholnar area
in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Terming the Pidmal ambush - in
which the Chhattisgarh STF lost its seven personnel - among the
"greatest battle" it ever fought, the Police claimed to have "killed
at least 20 Maoists in retaliation". The Police also defended
the action of the platoon commander, Shankar Rao, who had left
at around 2.30 am on April 11 with a team of 49 personnel from
Polampalli police station in Sukma, and said he did what was needed
at that moment. The forces, however, could not recover any Maoist
body. The STF team also retreated leaving the bodies of its personnel
behind, which could be recovered only 30 hours later.
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April 13 |
The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up
an Anti-Landmine Vehicle of the Chhattisgarh Police, killing five
personnel in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. "Maoists targeted
an Anti-Landmine Vehicle which was on a search operation near
Khudiyapara village of Dantewada around 2.30 p.m. on Monday. The
vehicle was carrying 12 jawans of the CAF and the District Police,
including the driver. Dantewada SP reached the spot immediately
after the encounter and rushed the injured jawans to Kirandul
hospital. However, four jawans died in the hospital," said a statement
issued by the Chhattisgarh Police headquarters in Raipur. Another
jawan succumbed to injuries while being taken to Jagdalpur for
treatment, taking the toll to five. Seven jawans were injured,
an officer posted in Bastar said.
Dantewada District SP Kamal Lochan
Kashyap said, "Guerrillas triggered a powerful blast near a culvert,
targeting the mine-protected vehicle. Rebels used 100 kg of explosives.
Magnitude of explosion was so intense that the 50-tonne anti-landmine
vehicle was tossed in the air and fell upside down." The blast
left an 18-foot deep crater on the ground and rifles, guns and
explosives lay strewn around. It seemed the trap was laid afresh
as connecting wire that connected explosives at a distance of
150 metres looked new. "After the blast, Maoists resorted to indiscriminate
firing to inflict heavy casualties on security forces," he said.
Explosions and subsequent gunshots alerted security forces at
nearby Cholnar camp, who rushed to the site.
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April 14 |
Police arrested two CPI-Maoist
cadres from the forest near Kalepal village in Dantewada District
of Chhattisgarh and seized a Tiffin bomb weighing 3 kilograms
from their possession. The arrested have been identified as Deva
Kunjam and Joga Markam, both residents of village Arve. Kunjam
is DAKMS President and Markam is Sangham member.
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April 15 |
Continuing their offensive against
SFs in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, the CPI-Maoist cadres killed
auxiliary constable Bira Basant in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
His body was found on Gangaloor-Bijapur road with Maoists' pamphlets
strewn around.
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April 20 |
Three cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
including a woman cadre, surrendered in Malkangiri District of
Odisha. The rebels, identified as Irma Kabasi, Era Madkami and
Radhika, were carrying a reward of INR 100,000 each on their heads.
They are allegedly involved in over 29 cases related to murder,
landmine blasts, attacks on Police and other offences. Kabasi
was allegedly involved in the attack on a convoy of Congress leaders
at Darbha Valley in Chhattisgarh in 2013, while the other two
were active in Kalimela area of Malkangiri.
The CPI-Maoist took responsibility
for the attack on the STF in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on
April 11, which resulted in the killing of seven STF men and left
10 grievously wounded. In a press release from its South Bastar
Divisional Committee, it refuted Chhattisgarh police’s claims
that 20 Maoists were killed in the encounter.
A press release from Sukhdev Konde,
the secretary of the North Bastar Divisional Committee of the
CPI-Maoist, termed the strike on the BSF camp on April 12 in Chhote
Betiya village of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh as an “audacious
attack.” “The attack was in response to the government’s plan
to put up a carpet of camps across Bastar. Sixteen new camps have
come up in Bastar in the last six months. But the main aim of
this plan is to snatch water, land and forests from the tribals,”
said Konde while admitting that Maoist leader Dasmen Salam alias
Vikas was killed in the attack which also resulted in the death
of a BSF head constable.
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April 21 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre, who had surrendered
soon after the April 11 gun battle between STF and Maoists at
Pidmal village in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, claimed that
35 Maoists were killed and 15 injured in the retaliatory gun-battle.
Janmilitia Commander of CPI-Maoist Sori Rama alias Kanna
Karigundam said in a statement to Police that the dead Maoists
included battalion ‘deputy commander’ Situ and Konta ‘area committee
secretary’ Arjun. The duo was among the three seniors who planned
the attack. Sori's job was to patrol between Pidmal and Dabbakonta
camps along with seven other members. "There were around
250 Maoists including 20-25 women comrades," he added. Sori
said that Maoist ‘commander’ Nagesh, who was among leaders of
the operation, was heard saying that 35 comrades were killed and
it was a big loss. Sori added that Nagesh had also mentioned that
this information shouldn't be leaked before Police, public or
government. A day earlier, Maoists, through a press statement,
condemned Police's claim of killing more than 20 rebels. South
Bastar divisional committee of the rebels had taken responsibility
of the attack. "Police officers had to run for their lives
for more than 10km till Kankerlanka," the release stated.
The Dantewada Police arrested
a person, identified as Pukhraj Chandak, a resident of Geedam
in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, who was allegedly carrying
fabric to be used for uniforms of the CPI-Maoist cadres. Around
220 metre of Raymond fabric was seized from Chandak. Police said
Chandak had been acting as a Maoist courier and had earlier supplied
them medicines, ration, uniforms and other material.
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April 22 |
Four members of the CPI-Maoist
surrendered before Police in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
The surrendered Maoists are identified as Veko Moti alias
Poyam Sarita, the LGS ‘commander’, Poyam Bomda alias Anil,
the LOS ‘commander’ of Maoists in Telangana and Kurham Pandu and
Arjun Voyami, who worked for Maoists in Chhattisgarh, surrendered
before Bastar range IG of Police S.R. Kalluri.
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April 23 |
Dharmu Yadav (26), ‘section commander’
of military company-6 of the CPI-Maoist, was killed in an encounter
between Maoists and the Police in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.
The gun-battle took place in the forests near Matwal village under
Mardapal Police Station limits when a team of District Police
was carrying out a search operation. On sensing Police near the
village, a group of armed rebels indiscriminately fired at them
following which the SF personnel retaliated. However, the ultras
soon fled to the dense forest on finding SF personnel zeroing-in
on them. During a search, the body of Yadav in uniform along with
a pistol and four live cartridges were recovered. Yadav, carrying
reward of INR 800,000 on his head, was active in Narayanpur and
Kondagaon Districts.
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April 24 |
A Darbha janpad panchayat
member, who was abducted by CPI-Maoist on April 21, was found
dead in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh. The body of Panduram
(42) was found at Chingur Nullah in Tulsi Dongri area under Darbha
Police Station limits. Panduram was abducted along with his assistant
Sanat Sethiya on April 21 from his native place Koleng by a group
of armed Maoist cadres. However, Sethiya was later released on
April 23. Condemning the incident strongly, Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Raman Singh said that it was a "cowardly" act
by Maoists. "Panduram used to work for the development of
villages and people with great dedication. He was an active and
hard working representative," Singh said in his condolence
message.
A woman Maoist ‘deputy commander’,
carrying a reward of INR 300,000 on her head, was arrested from
the forests in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh. The arrested
rebel has been identified as Shanti Kovachi, ‘deputy-commander’
of LOS active in Madanwada-Kodekhurse region on Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra
border. Based on specific inputs that Kovachi was hiding in Amakodo-Pitameta
forests under Sitagaon Police Station limits, a joint squad of
District Force, STF and ITBP, was sent to the spot and arrested
Kovachi. One walkie talkie, Naxal literature, a bag, medicines
and other commodities of daily use were also recovered from her
possession.
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April 25 |
The CPI-Maoist appealed
to the masses in their strongholds of Central India's hinterlands
to observe 'protest week' between April 26 and May 1 against the
land acquisition bill. The rebels have claimed that there would
be violent opposition if government compels farmers to surrender
land. The CPI-Maoist has appealed for agitation issuing a press
note. DKSZC of the CPI-Maoist in Central India' Gadchiroli and
parts of Chhattisgarh, has urged the people to organize various
forms of protests including road blockade and agitating at government
offices against the land acquisition bill. The rebels, in their
press release, have lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
his government for trying to enforce an anti-peasant enactment
to usurp their ancestral properties on the pretext of development.
The Maoist rebels have also stated that Modi is trying to hand
over country's resources to the foreign corporate companies under
various schemes.
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze vehicles
and machines deployed in construction of road from Godalbay to
Kamar Bhaudi village under Piparchedi Police Station limits in
Gariaband District of Chhattisgarh. According to Police, the incident
happened under Piparchedi Police Station limits when some armed
ultras reached the spot and set ablaze a JCB machine, water tanker
and road roller deployed in the construction work. Soon after
the incident the Maoists ran away from the spot threatening not
to resume construction work, Police said. No casualty or injury
incident was reported and a case was registered with Piparchedi
Police Station in this connection.
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April 27 |
The CPI-Maoist warned lower rung
Policemen working in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh to leave their
jobs or "get killed at the hands of PLGA guerrillas." In a press
statement issued by Madhavi, secretary of the West Bastar Divisional
Committee of the Maoists, the CPI-Maoist took responsibility for
the killing of Constable Bira Basant, who was abducted on April
7 and found dead two weeks later in Bijapur District. Blaming
the State government and the Bijapur Police for the death of Bira,
the Maoist leader claimed that the District Police did not initiate
a dialogue for his release. "Instead, the police pressured locals
and schoolchildren to organise protest rallies against us. Our
party's policy does not allow us to kill unarmed policemen. We
have freed many jawans, who did not carry weapons. However, we
cannot spare those who knowingly take part in inflicting atrocities
on the people. Bira was one such policeman," said Madhavi. "Bira's
killing should serve as a warning to all local and lower rung
policemen working in Bastar. Stop fighting for corporates who
are here to snatch tribal land. Take up any other job other than
policing if you want to stay in Bastar. Otherwise be ready to
die at the hands of the PLGA," warned the Maoist leader.
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April 29 |
CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a
passenger bus near Chingavaram village under Gadiras Police Station
limits in Sukma District. No passenger was hurt in the incident
as the Maoists asked passengers to get off the bus before setting
it on fire. According to Police sources, around 30 to 40 'armed'
Maoists stopped the bus of RBMT Travels Company, asked all the
passengers to vacate the bus and smashed the diesel tank of the
vehicle. The Maoists also left some banners nearby after setting
the bus on fire, warning owners of passenger vehicles in the area
against providing vehicles to the Police.
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May 1 |
A hardcore CPI-Maoist 'commander',
identified as Phool Singh, carrying reward of INR 500,000 on his
head was killed while another was arrested following an encounter
between Maoists and Police in forests under Ghanora Police Station
limits in Kondagaon District. Singh was the 'commander' of Barda
dalam of the CPI-Maoist. The arrested Maoist was identified
as Rakesh, 'commander' of Antagarh dalam. SFs recovered
body of the Maoist along with two hand grenades, Maoist literature,
documents, diaries, medicines and commodities of daily use from
the spot. State Government had declared reward of INR 500,000
on the head of killed Maoist Phool Singh and Rakesh also carried
reward of INR 500,000 on his arrest. However, according to The
Hindu, the reward Phool Singh carried was INR 1.5 million.
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May 2 |
A senior woman cadre of the CPI-Maoist,
identified as Kamla Dhruv alias Santoshi (22), who carried
a reward of INR 200,000 on her head, was arrested near Mugaltola
village in Kanker District. Police officials claimed that Santoshi
was involved in major insurgency-related incidents including killing,
loot, kidnapping, arson, damage to public property and deadly
attack on para-military troopers as well as on Chhattisgarh Police
personnel. Santoshi was earlier working as an active member of
Korar Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist and later she was promoted
to the rank of 'Deputy Commander' Kiskoda LOS.
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May 4 |
Two brothers, identified as Kunja
Brahmaiah and Kunja Seetaramaiah, native of Burakanakota village
falling in limits of Chituru Police Station [East Godavari District]
of Andhra Pradesh, were brutally hacked to death by CPI-Maoist
cadres in Sukma District. “Branding the duo as police informers,
rebels brutally killed them in a Jan Adalat held at Durma village
under Konta police limits,” ASP Sukma, Santosh Singh said. Preliminary
investigation revealed that both were kidnapped on May 1 from
their village which is near Chhattisgarh-Andhra Pradesh border.
Prima-facie it seems that the victims may have subjected to severe
torture before they were killed, the ASP added.
A suspected Maoist, identified
as Raje Singh, was arrested during a search operation carried
out by SFs at Davdi Salhebhata village near Udanpur base camp
of BSF in Kanker District.
Salwa Judum (anti-Maoist
vigilante group) founder Mahendra Karma’s son Chhavindra Karma
and former leaders of the anti-Maoist militia formed “Vikas Sangharsh
Samiti” in Dantewada District, which will carry forward the work
of Salwa Judum in Bastar.
A 17-layer security will cover
Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he will address a public meeting
at the District headquarters town of Dantewada in south Bastar
region, scheduled on May 9.
The CPI-Maoist has called for
a boycott of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Chhattisgarh visit.
In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Gudsa Usendi, the party
has asked the locals to intensify its “militant” struggle against
the BJP-led governments at the State and the Centre.
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May 5 |
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist triggered
four back-to-back explosions in Bijapur District, injuring one
CRPF personnel. According to the Bijapur Police, the explosions
took place when a joint team of the CRPF and District Police from
the Matawada Police camp was going towards Jangala village on
an area domination exercise.
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May 6 |
Two top CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Rajman Korram (26) of Padeli under Mardapal Police Station
limits and Govind Netam (30) of Madanaar under Bayanaar Police
Station limits, wanted in several Naxal violence cases, surrendered
before the Police in Kondagaon District. Korram, Company Number-6
member and Netam, Bayanaar Local Operating Squad and Kuanaar Area
Committee member were wanted in several cases including murder,
attacks on Police, loot, arson, attempt to murder and other crimes,
said Kondagaon SP Abhishek Meena. While Korram was carrying a
reward of INR 800,000 on his head, Netam was carrying a reward
of INR 500,000 on his head.
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May 7 |
The PUDR has condemned Chhattisgarh
Police’s “threat” of taking severe action against “certain” NGOs
in Chhattisgarh for allegedly aiding and abetting the CPI-Maoist
cadres under the guise of helping tribal people. At a recent press
conference in Bastar, Inspector General of Police S.R. Kalluri
said that many such organisations were under surveillance. The
IGP’s list of suspicions activities included providing legal assistance
to Naxalites — a thinly veiled reference to the Jagdalpur Legal
Aid group, a small NGO working in Bastar to provide free legal
aid to the Tribal people, many of whom are falsely implicated
in cases of Naxal activities,” a PUDR statement said.
A day before PM Narendra Modi's
Dantewada visit, the Maoists have yet again marked their presence
in protest against the PM's visit by putting up banners and pasting
pamphlets appealing people to observe two-day 'Mahabandh' (great
shutdown strike) in Sukma District. In the pamphlets pasted in
large numbers in Jagardunga-Dornapal region, the Maoists have
boycotted the PM's visit and Chhattisgarh Government's ongoing
‘Loksuraj Abhiyan’ (public meeting campaign). Sukma SP D Shravan
said that lots of pamphlets and posters were found in Jagargunda-Dornapal
region against PM's visit to Bastar but it was a common practice
that Maoists follow to mark their presence during such grand events.
"But roads in my jurisdiction are all clear without hindrance,"
he added. Many trees were also felled at Pakhanjur-Bhanupratappur
route in Kanker District, to disrupt traffic and movement of vehicles.
A multi-layered security blanket
has been put in place in Dantewada District before the PM’s visit.
“Around 10,000 paramilitary forces apart from State's armed and
Special Forces, involved in anti-Naxal operations, are part of
the watertight security measures for the PM's visit in Dantewada,"
a senior State Police official monitoring security arrangement
said.
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May 9 |
PM Narendra Modi will visit CPI-Maoist
affected Dantewada District on May 9 to take stock of socio-economic
development initiatives being taken there. Two mega projects for
setting up of ultra mega steel plant and second phase of Rowghat-Jagdalpur
railway line will be inaugurated during the visit, state government
officials said. The PM will be visiting an education city, aimed
at providing education to under-privileged children living in
the area.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed one person
and released 300 others held hostage by them in Sukma District.
The Maoists had rounded up hundreds of residents of Morenga village
in Sukma District on May 8, ahead of a visit by Prime Minister
(PM) Narendra Modi on May 9 to launch several development projects
in nearby Dantewada District, another hotbed of Maoist insurgency.
“The rebels killed one villager identified as Sadaram who used
to coordinate the construction activities of a bridge. He was
killed in a “Jan Adalat” (kangaroo court) held by Maoists. Around
300 tribals returned to their village at around 9 pm”, Sukma District
Superintendent of Police (SP) D Sharawan said. Maoists in Dantewada
had called a two-day bandh (shut down strike) and asked
villagers to boycott PM Modi’s visit.
Eearlier in the day, addressing
a rally in Dantewada District, PM Modi said “The macabre drama
of death will end," referring to violence by Moaists in the
mineral-rich state. A lot of people were killed by "mad men
on the path of violence", he added.
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May 10 |
The CPI-Maoist has threatened
a violent backlash against any attempt to re-launch the controversial
Salwa Judum campaign — arming villagers to take on the
Maoists.
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May 11 |
Chhattisgarh Government has written
to UMHA seeking Nagaland's Indian Reserve Battalions, especially
for the worst-hit Bastar region. Chief Minister Raman Singh said,
"Experience shows that Nagaland battalions were very useful in
fighting the Naxalites. They are very good at jungle warfare."
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman
Singh has said "The Constitution does not allow deployment [Army]
against our own people, and neither does my heart. For the sake
of argument, if the Army is deployed, the issue [Communist Party
of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) insurgency] can be solved in four
hours. But this should never happen".
Reacting to suggestions made
by some local leaders about the revival of the Salwa Judum,
albeit under a different avatar, Singh said the issue - of local
villagers being brought to the forefront in the fight against
Maoists - was a "highly sensitive" one. If villagers, alongside
Security Forces, were to tackle Maoists head-on in the open, the
Government would have to ensure their protection, Singh told.
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May 12 |
Two 'commanders' of the CPI-Maoist
belonging to the PLGA, who were declared "shot dead" in Sukma
encounter on April 11, have issued a press statement refuting
Police claims about the encounter and claimed that both of them
are "safe and healthy". "We are absolutely fine and healthy. We
are working with the revolutionary public in Sukma as usual. Neither
of us were injured nor dead in Pidmed encounter (in Sukma) last
month," said PLGA Battalion No.1 'commander' Situ and Konta 'area
committee secretary' Arjun in a joint press statement.
A Maoist identified as Baman Kunjan
(25), working as 'militia commander' of Tikanpal village, was
arrested by the Police during a search operation in Dantewada
District. Kunjan was allegedly involved in the attack on anti-landmine
vehicle on Cholnar-Kirandul road in Dantewada on April 13, thereby
leaving five Policemen killed and eight others injured, SDOP Kirandul
MZ Baig informed. Naxal pamphlets were recovered from his possession.
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May 13 |
A tiffin bomb, planted by the
cadres of the CPI-Maoist to target the SFs, was recovered on a
road under the Kondagaon Police Station limits in Kondagaon District.
The steel container packed with 10-kilograms of explosive was
found under a pile of gravel on the road connecting Hangwa Tiraha
to Totar.
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May 14 |
Para-military troopers during
a search operation conducted at Hatkarra forest village in Kanker
District, arrested a tribal woman, identified as Amita Dhruv alias
Amit (22), for her alleged links with CPI-Maoist. On receiving
a specific input that Maoists have taken refuge in the forest
areas of the village, a Police patrol party was heading towards
Hatkarra, when it came across Amita, daughter of Tulsi Ram, a
resident of Katholi Mangrutola under Korar Police Station limits.
According to the Police, on spotting the patrol party, Amita had
run for cover which made the Police personnel suspicious and they
arrested her. Amita was allegedly involved in various serious
crimes, including arson, attacks and several other unlawful activities,
Police said.
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May 17 |
Three Policemen and two CPI-Maoist
cadres were killed in an encounter in Bijapur District. The encounter
took place early in the morning near Ponjed at Mirjur in Gangaloor
Police Station area where a team of STF and District Police Force
was conducting an anti-Maoist operation. STF Constable Sitaram
Kunjam and Assistant Constable of the District Force Moti Ram
were killed on the spot. Another Constable Payku Ram Poyam succumbed
to his injuries while he was being taken to Jagdalpur. Among the
Maoist killed was a senior guerilla fighter Hemla Masa alias Vijay,
'commander of Company 2' of West Bastar Division of CPI-Maoist.
ADG (Naxal Operations), R K Vij, said: "Fifteen rounds of AK-47,
nine shells of Under Barrel Grenade Launcher, a 12 bore rifle
and a wireless set were recovered from him." Speaking on rebel
presence in the area, Vij said the area was "highly-affected".
"Our team had gone for an operation when the Maoists opened fire
at them. Our jawans retaliated. We have recovered bodies of two
uniformed Maoists," he added.
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May 18 |
Five cadres of the CPI-Maoist
surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District of South Chhattisgarh.
Maoists’ Bangapal platoon no.2 ‘commander’ Mantu Gonde alias
Motu, ‘section commander’ Savita Sodhi, Military ‘platoon commander’
Ramsingh, Kondagav Military ‘platoon commander’ Fuldev and Kanker
Sangham member Rajeshwari laid down their arms in presence of
Bastar IG of Police and other senior Police and CRPF officials
in Bijapur, claimed the Police. Mantu Gonde and his wife Savita
Sodhi carried a reward of INR 800,000 each whereas Fuldev and
Ramsingh carried a reward of INR 200,000 each.
The UMH Rajnath Singh may soon
visit Sukma District on the invitation of Chhattisgarh CM Raman
Singh to inaugurate a newly established 'fortified Police Station.
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh met the UMH in New Delhi. The Union
Minister Singh accepted the invitation and lauded his government's
efforts in the field of development and security in Maoist-affected
districts of Bastar region. The CM also informed the Home Minister
that after Dantewada District, the Government has plans to develop
an education city that will be spread across over 130 acres of
land in Sukma District with an aim to providing education to children.
Chhattisgarh Government has decided
to outsource doctors, teachers and para-medical staff to work
in the pockets that had been infested with the activities of the
Naxalites
Development works with an estimated
cost of INR 2.25 billion have been sanctioned for seven Districts,
across Bastar region, which are Naxal affected. "A master
plan has been drafted to provide intensive employment to the youth
in the seven Naxal-affected districts of Bastar division,"
a State Government spokesperson said.
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May 19 |
A woman cadre of CPI-Maoist, identified
as Devatti Mandavi (25), was arrested by a joint squad of BSF
and District Force during a search operation in Durgukondul region
in Kanker District. Acting on a specific input, Mandavi, involved
in several Maoist incidents in the region, was arrested from Enhur
village under Siksod Police Station limits, Police official said.
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May 20 |
A top CPI-Maoist ‘commander’,
identified as Kiran alias Sannu Potam (26), carrying reward
of INR 500,000 and allegedly involved in Jeeram attack on May
2013 that killed top Congress leaders, surrendered with weapon
before IG of Police Bastar range and SP in Dantewada District.
Potam was active in Malangir area committee surrendered with his
SLR, two magazine and 47 live cartridges, following which he will
be given INR 800,000 including the reward amount on him and as
part of Surrender cum Rehabilitation Scheme of State government.
During interrogation, Potam revealed
that Maoists are planning a major strike in the mould of the 2013
Jeeram Ghati ambush, by end of the current month. Potam disclosed
before the Police that a blueprint of the ambush on SFs was prepared
at a meeting of CPI-Maoist’ military wing leaders in Darbha in
Bastar recently. “The attack may come by May 25, coinciding the
second anniversary of the deadly ambush on a Congress convoy at
Jiram Ghati leading to killing of at least a dozen top leaders
of Chhattisgarh Congress,” a senior Bastar Police officer quoted
Kiran, as saying. According to Potam, Maoists’ Darbha division
‘secretary’ Surndra, dreaded Maoist ‘combat commander’ Deva and
Maoist ‘commander’ Jailal had attended the meeting.
Two Maoists who were killed in
an encounter in Bijapur District on May 17, along with three Policemen,
Chhattisgarh Police said Hemla Masa alias Vijay, was the
top-most cadre whose body they have recovered in the entire history
of the Maoist conflict. “It was among our best battle. The Maoists
were completely overpowered by police and left the body of even
their commander,” said DGP A N Upadhyaya. Significantly, Police
also recovered as many as nine UBGL shells, highly lethal ammunition
the Maoists had earlier snatched from the forces.
Opposition Congress party has
disassociated with the move to re-launch Salwa Judum in
tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, saying that it was the responsibility
of the centre and the state governments to work out and implement
strategies to deal with Maoist menace. AICC General Secretary
BK Hariprasad, who is in charge of party affairs in Chhattisgarh,
clarified his party position on May 20, after Chhavindra Karma,
son of slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma, made a public announcement
for re-launch of Salwa Judum from May 25--the third anniversary
of Maoist attack that killed frontline state Congress leaders.
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May 21 |
Six vehicles, engaged in the doubling
of railway tracks at Tudaparas Camp, six km from Dantewada District
headquarters in Chhattisgarh, were set ablaze by CPI-Maoist cadres.
The Maoists first drove away labourers engaged in doubling tracks
and then set ablaze a JCB machine, a poclain machine, a dozer
and three other vehicles after breaking their tanks.
Congress party in Chhattisgarh
has distanced itself from the decision by Chhavindra Karma, a
Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) secretary, to launch Salwa
Judum-2, saying the junior Karma has not intimated the party
about his move.
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May 22 |
Maoists threatened to “eliminate”
slain Mahendra Karma’s two sons — Chhavindra and Deepak — for
initiating the move to revive anti-Maoist vigilante force Salwa
Judum, founded by their late father in Bastar division of
Chhattisgarh. In a press release issued by West Bastar division
of CPI-Maoist, the Maoists said, “We will kill Chhavindra Karma
and Deepak Karma in ‘jan yudhh’ (people’s war) if they revived
Salwa Judum in Bastar”. Maoist leaflets threatening to kill the
junior Karmas were circulated in remote Bastar region, including
in areas close to the home of Karma family in the village of Farsapal
in south Bastar District of Dantewada, a senior Police officer
posted in Bastar told.
Amid opposition from political
parties, the move to revive a “Salwa Judum” like people’s movement
against the CPI-Maoist in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has fizzled
out with organizers now saying that they would organize a meeting
to pay homage to the victims of Maoist attack that killed frontline
Congress leaders of the state in May 2013. Slain Congress leader
Mahendra Karma’s son Chhavindra Karma and other leaders had announced
on May 5 that they would convene a meeting at Faraspal in Dantewada
District on May 25 — the third anniversary of Bastar massacre
— to chalk out strategies to re-launch a peoples’ movement against
Maoist rebels.
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May 24 |
The CPI-Maoist cadres shot at
and seriously injured a couple with suspected links with Salwa
Judum, near Konta village in Sukma District. The injured couple
were taken to the Government area hospital in Bhadrachalam in
Khammam District of Telangana late in the night. According to
sources, the injured were identified as Podium Chukkalu and his
wife Podium Payaki of Konta block in Sukma District. The condition
of Chukkalu, who sustained two bullet injuries including one in
abdomen, was stated to be critical. Sources said that the Maoists
fired at the couple in Konta by branding them ‘Police informers’.
The cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed
two relatives of Salwa Judum founder Mahendra Karma near
Faraspal village in Dantewada District, on the eve of his second
death anniversary on May 25. “They have killed two of my relatives.
Sukku Oyami of Kesapur village and Chitranjan Barse from Gondapal
village were hacked to death on Sunday night,” Mahendra Karma’s
son Chhavindra Karma told reporters at his home in Faraspal.
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May 25 |
The Bastar IGP declared his support
for anti-Maoist front Vikas Sangharsh Samiti, which has been formed
by Chhavindra Karma, son of slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma.
Speaking at Karma’s second death anniversary in his native village
of Faraspal in Dantewada, S R P Kalluri, Bastar IGP, said that
he supported the front and lashed out at those who have compared
it with Salwa Judum.
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May 27 |
Four security personnel were injured
when a group of CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a Police camp in Narayanpur
District. "A large group of armed Naxals hurled crude bombs
at Basing Police camp under Kurusnar Police Station limits shortly
after the midnight following which a gunbattle broke out between
security forces and rebels," a senior Police official said.
The intermittent firing lasted for about two hours following which
the Maoists disappeared into dense forests, he added. "Two
jawans each of Special Task Force and Chhattisgarh Armed Force
sustained injuries in the crude bomb explosion," he further
said.
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May 29 |
Day before Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh's visit to Chhattisgarh, one trooper of CAF was
killed and two others were injured in an IED blast triggered by
CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District. The CAF personnel were deployed
on duty for protection of workers at a construction site near
Dharampenta village at Kistaram. Condition of both injured troopers
is said to be critical. Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to
arrive in Chhattisgarh on May 30 and would visit Sukma in Bastar
on May 31.
SFs have recovered two powerful
tiffin bombs from Sukma District's Dornapal region. "The
explosives, planted by Naxals, were recovered by a joint team
of security personnel near Misma village on Sukma-Dornapal route
under Dornapal Police Station limits yesterday," Sukma sub-divisional
officer of Police, Prafulla Kispotta, said.
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May 30 |
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
at a press conference in Raipur said that a strong strategy would
be devised to deal with the Naxalism. He said "The Centre
is serious over the issue. We will put in maximum efforts to ensure
internal security. Strong strategy will be devised on Naxalism."
The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze
a bus carrying supplies for SFs after asking passengers to get
down near Dugaiguda village under Awapalli Police Station limits
in Bijapur District. The private bus was on its way to Basaguda
from Jagdalpur, Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela informed. However,
no harm to any passengers has been reported in the incident.
The 2013 Maoist attack in Jeeram
Ghati, which wiped out almost the entire Congress leadership in
Chhattisgarh, was meant to target only former State Minister Mahendra
Karma, but “warriors of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army”
ended up killing many others, documents seized after the arrest
of top Maoist leader Dilip alias Guha Uike from Balaghat
(Madhya Pradesh) have revealed. The documents also revealed that
the CPI-Maoist leadership considered the attack a “magnificent
ambush” for the choice of terrain, the recovery of 23 weapons
and the successful execution. But the leadership also felt the
attack came with a heavy cost as it allowed “political parties
and corporate media” to equate the Maoist movement with terrorism.
“We could have won sympathy by letting Patel, his son, Shukla
and others go but the unintentional killings of the innocent allowed
political parties and the corporate media to label us terrorists,”
the document stated.
Two Maoists, including a woman,
were arrested from separate places in Kanker District.
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May 31 |
Speaking at a public meeting in
Sukma District, UHM Rajnath Singh, urged CPI-Maoist cadres to
drop their weapons and come back to the mainstream. He said “The
Maoist challenge is a big challenge. They want to stop development.
But we have taken a vow that we will establish peace in the region.”
He added “I am glad that I am the first Home Minister to visit
Sukma. I will also visit in the future.” On May 31, the last day
of his two-day Chhattisgarh visit, Rajnath visited Sukma and inaugurated
the first fortified Police Station of the State in Dornapal. It
is among 75 such stations being constructed in the State from
the central funds. He also flew to the Chintagufa Police camp,
located near Tadmetla, where Maoists had killed 76 personnel in
2010. Rajnath was accompanied by Chief Minister Raman Singh and
other senior officers. On May 30, the Home Minister had inaugurated
the new Police Headquarters in Naya Raipur and a Police sports
complex in Raipur.
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May 30-31 |
New mobile phone towers and post
offices will soon come up in worst Naxal-hit Districts in Chhattisgarh
with UHM Rajnath Singh ordering expeditious completion of work.
The instructions were given at a high-level meeting held in Raipur
during his two day-visit to Chhattisgarh on May 30–31.
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June 1 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Virendra Darro (32), was arrested during a search operation
carried out by SFs in Kanker District. Police had declared cash
reward of INR 2000 on his arrest.
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June 2 |
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
in an exchange of fire between a joint team of SF personnel and
Maoists in the restive Mirtoor Police Station limits in Bijapur
District. One wireless set, two hand grenades, one 315 bore rifle
and other materials were also seized from the spot.
Police arrested three Maoists
from Kirandul town in Dantewada District.
Chhattisgarh Government is soon
going to raise a tribal battalion to take on the Maoists in Bastar
region. The UHM Rajnath Singh has agreed “in principle” to a proposal
to this effect given by Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh when the former
was on a two-day visit to the State last week, a senior Police
officer said. Modalities for forming the battalion will soon be
worked out jointly by the Centre and the State Government.
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh has
complained to UHM Rajnath Singh that there is "no cooperation"
from the Telangana Government in the fight against Maoists in
Bastar region. The UHM has now asked the Chhattisgarh CM to convene
an urgent meeting with the DGP Telangana. Officials said CM Raman
Singh described Odisha's cooperation also as ‘moderate’ while
he praised the "active participation" of Maharashtra.
The CM also had a host of complaints against Information and Broadcasting
Ministry, Road Transport and Highways Ministry, Telecom Department
and Environment Ministry. He said there had been "no progress"
in increasing the capacity and reach of radio network in Bastar
— even Prime Minister’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme was hardly reaching
remote areas of Bastar. The CM also complained of "slow progress"
in installation of mobile towers, especially in Sukma District
near CRPF camps and asked for supply of more helicopters and UAVs
by the Centre.
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June 3 |
The CPI-Maoist has expressed its
solidarity with the indigenous people of Australia in their struggle
against Indian industrial house Adani Group which has signed a
deal with Australian Government to develop a coal mines in Queens
Land with an investment of more than INR 19 trillion. In a statement
e-mailed to media in Raipur the CPI-Maoist Dandakaranya Special
Zonal Committee spokesman Gudsa Usendi said the people have already
knocked the doors of court and Maoists were very much enthusiastic
and inspired with the Australian indigenous peoples' struggle.
The mail further said "Since Modi took oath as prime minister
he has been working overtime to make his nearest and dearest capitalist
friends get lands, mines, contracts, leases and opportunities
to invest in India and abroad." The statement alleged adding
that Coal mine and Adani Group in Queens Land of Australia should
be seen in this context only.
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June 4 |
Chhattisgarh Police have claimed
to have intensified the process of setting-up 'fortified police
stations' in Bastar region in order to strengthen security apparatus
in the Maoist-hit area. The UMH Rajnath Singh had visited Sukma
District on May 31, 2015 to inaugurate the first fortified police
station of the State erected at Dornapal. "Apart from Dornapal,
constructions of FPS have been completed in Konta of Sukma District
and at Bhairamgarh in Bijapur District," an unnamed senior
Police official said.
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June 5 |
Two troopers, one from the CRPF
and the other from the DF, were grievously injured when CPI-Maoist
cadres ambushed SFs at two different places in Bastar region.
The first explosion took place when the Maoists triggered a landmine
targetting a search party of the DF personnel at Belkagunda under
Kistaram Police Station limits in Sukma District. The Maoists
also fired at the SFs. The Maoists ambushed a search party comprising
the CRPF and the DF at Murdanda of Bijapur District inuring a
trooper of the Central Paramilitary Force.
The woman Maoist cadre who was
killed in an encounter with SFs at Belchar in Bijapur District
has been identified as Lingo Parvati, a member of platoon number
13 of the CPI- Maoist.
A jewellery trader, identified
as Manoj Soni, was seriously injured when the CPI-Maoist cadres
attacked him at Palnar village under Kuwakonda Police Station
limits in Dantewada District. The incident occurred on the first
day of the 'Jan Pituri Saptah' (5-11 June) observed by the Maoists
in memory of their lost cadres.
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June 6 |
At least two cadres of the CPI-Maoist
were killed in an encounter in Kondagaon District. A Maoist camp
was also neutralised during the encounter and three 12-bore rifles,
around 15 backpacks and other material were recovered from the
spot, said IG of Police, Bastar Range, S.R. Kalluri. “An encounter
took place between a team of the District Reserve Guard of the
Kondagaon District Police and the Maoists near Timdi village of
Kondagaon this evening...”, added S.R. Kalluri.
A STF personnel of Chhattisgarh
Police was injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in a
forest near Palamdagu under Dornapal Police Station limits in
Sukma District.
A senior Maoist cadre, identified
as Fulsingh Korram (32), carrying a reward of INR 800,000 on his
head and a woman Maoist cadre, Ramoli Netam (25), surrendered
before Kondagaon Police.
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June 8 |
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a villager,
identified as Sodi Chandra Singh, on suspicion of being a 'Police
informer' in Sukma District. Singh's body was found near Polamapalli.
Chhattisgarh State Police deployed
a chopper to rescue an injured Maoist cadre, identified as Hemchand
Maravi, for treatment. The Maoist would be airlifted from Kondagaon
to Raipur. The Maoist was injured in an encounter with Police
near Timdi village in Kondagaon District on June 6, 2015.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Fuleshwari Pudo alias Mayawati (27), carrying a reward
of INR 100,000 on her head, was arrested by a joint team of SFs
from Iragaon village under Bhanupratappur region in Kanker District.
She was a cadre of Pallemari Local Operation Squad.
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June 12 |
Three cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
including two women, were killed in an exchange of fire between
the Maoists and the SFs near Jinipa under Tarlaguda Police Station
limits in Bijapur District. Apart from the bodies, Police recovered
five weapons from the spot and the dead Maoists were yet to be
identified, a senior Police officer said.
One Maoist was killed and three
others were arrested after an encounter between the Sukma District
Reserve Guard and Maoists near Tumma Vaagu village in Sukma District.
Apka Pandu (27), a member of Maoist battalion, Madvi Bheema (28),
a member of Bhejji Maoist militia and Madvi Somlu of Kistaram
Maoist militia were arrested during the encounter.
A CRPF trooper was injured in
an IED blast during a routine patrol in the Chintalnar-Burkapalli
axis in Sukma District. "The incident occurred near Gadgadmeta
village when a ROP of paramilitary forces was carrying out its
operation on Jagargunda-Dornapal road", Sukma ASP Santosh Singh
said.
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June 15 |
Santram Soni, a Police SI, was
injured in an exchange of fire between the SFs and cadres of the
CPI-Maoist in forests under Bakarkatta Police Station limits in
Rajnandgaon District.
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was
arrested after a gun battle with the Police at Khadka village
forests under Kanker Police Station limits in Kanker District.
A rifle and a country-made gun were seized from her.
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June 18 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
during a search operation carried out in Amabeda area in Kanker
District. Both the Maoists were members of a Maoist Janmilitia
and used to provide logistic support to guerrillas.
A woman Maoist cadre who was
allegedly involved in an attack on a Police anti-landmine vehicle
in Dantewada District was arrested. The woman cadre identified
as Bheme Muchaki, was arrested by a joint team of SFs from a forested
patch under Aranpur Police Station limits. Muchaki was active
as a member of Malangir LOS and security guard of a prominent
Maoist leader in the area.
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June 19 |
Chhattisgarh Police in collaboration
with Central Paramilitary Forces are carrying out small surgical
operations against CPI-Maoist cadres in Bastar region in a prelude
to a major exercise. The operation is based on specific intelligence
inputs and Police are planning to continue the same during monsoon
too. "As of now we are carrying out small (anti-Maoist) operations
in different districts while gearing up for major operations (which
are) in the offing," Bastar Range Inspector IG SRP Kalluri said.
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June 20 |
A CAF personnel - Mangdu Takka
- was killed in a CPI-Maoist attack in Dantewada District. The
CAF personnel had gone to a local weekly market when the Maoist
cadres opened fire on him. Takka died on the spot and four other
villagers sustained minor bullet injuries, said the Police.
Police arrested two cadres of
the CPI-Maoist, identified as Kartami Mukesh alias Mukka
and Kawasi Deva, during a search operation carried out in a village
under Gadiras Police Station limits in Sukma District. The arrested
Maoist duo were members of Maoist Janmilitia team active in Gadiras
region and were involved in incidents like damaging roads and
helping Naxals.
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June 23 |
Four suspected CPI-Maoist "sympathisers",
identified as Sunaram Teta (30), Dharam Singh Korche (36), Atmaram
Korram (30) and Baliram Korche (30), were arrested under Korar
Police Station limits in Kanker District for their alleged involvement
in torching of vehicles at a mining site in Korar region.
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June 24 |
In a major haul of CPI-Maoist
weaponry, three improvised rocket launchers and two detonators
have been seized from a dense forest under Madanwada Police Station
limits in Rajnandgaon District.
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June 25 |
Police arrested a Maoist, identified
as Jugnu alias Jagmohan, during a search operation carried
out in a village under the limits of Badgaon Police Station limits
in Kanker District.
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June 27 |
CPI-Maoist cadres killed their
own colleague, identified as Bhagat, a Naxal area committee member
in a 'Jan Adalat' at Gunderas village under Gadiras Police Station
limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh who was preparing to
lay down arms before Police. Bhagat was planning to desert the
organization, along with his wife, Sukma, SP, D. Shravan, informed.
The wife of killed Maoist cadre is still under Naxals' captivity,
the Police officer informed.
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June 28 |
Three Maoists, including a couple
were arrested from separate locations in Dantewada District, Police
informed.
The Maoist couple was arrested
by a joint team of 195th battalion CRPF and District Police from
Korlapal village forests under Geedam Police Station limits, Dantewada
SP, Kamlochan Kashyap informed. The couple identified as Mallesh
alias Dhansingh and his wife Sukay Vetti were arrested
during a combing operation based on intelligence inputs from the
village. According to SP, Mallesh was a prominent Naxal leader
of the region and was active as 'Commander' of Section 'A' of
Maoist Military Platoon Number 1 of Military Company No. 6 of
the CPI-Maoist. Mallesh's wife Sukay was active member of the
same group and assisted her husband in several Naxal incidents,
the SP said, adding, the duo were carrying a reward of INR 800,000
each on their heads. A 2-kg tiffin bomb, four detonators, wire,
Naxal banners were also recovered from their possession, he said.
A Militia Member- Sanu Kadti,
who was involved in attack on a Police Anti-landmine vehicle in
Dantewada's Kirandul region was arrested by the team of District
Force and STF on the input that he was on his way to his native
village Kutrem, from a jungle between Kutrem and Hiroli villages
in Dantewada District. A reward of INR 35,000 was announced for
his arrest, the SP informed.
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June 29 |
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre identified,
as Murra Vedga alias Murra Usendi, who was involved in
looting of arms from guards at the residence of BJP leader and
former MLA Manturam Pawar was arrested during a search operation
carried out in Durgkondal region of Kanker District. Usendi was
the 'president' of the Jantana Sarkar of the CPI-Maoist
in Chhindpadar region.
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June 30 |
The Chhattisgarh State Government
has decided to hike the allowances for Police personnel including
Constable, Assistant Constable and secret troops posted in CPI-Maoist-affected
areas of Bastar division, Gariyaband and Rajnandgaon.
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July 1 |
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman
Singh has demanded a special package of INR 30 billion from the
Centre for overall development of Chhattisgarh's Naxal hit Bastar
region. The Chief Minister, who met Union Finance Minister, Arun
Jaitley in New Delhi, said the special package would strengthen
the efforts of the state government to ensure employment and development
in the area, thus pave the way for peace and development of Bastar
region.
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July 2 |
Rajnandgaon SP P. Sundarraj informed
that during the past two months, Police have achieved notable
success through different anti-Maoist operations carried out in
the District. In the month of May this year, Police had busted
a CPI-Maoist camp in the jungles of Nagur and seized arms and
ammunition in huge quantity.
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July 3 |
One CPI-Maoist cadre has reportedly
been killed by their own Maoist cadres in Sukma District. "Charred
body of the cadre, identified as Badru alias Masa, who
was a Section Commander of military platoon number-24 of Maoist
outfit was recovered from Permpara village forests under Gadiras
Police Station limits," ASP, Anti-Maoist operations, Sukma, Santosh
Singh said.
Three Maoist cadres were reportedly
killed by their colleagues in Sukma during the past one week,
the ASP said adding, their bodies are yet to be recovered. "Our
sources informed that a senior-level cadre from Maoist military
wing Hemla Bhagat and his wife Kosi, chief of Dandakaranya Kisan
Majdoor Sangathan, figured among the rebels reportedly killed
by their colleagues early this week," Singh said. Badru was murdered
after being labeled as 'Police informer', he said.
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July 8 |
Five CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
in Bastar District. "The cadres turned themselves in before senior
Police officials at Jagdalpur District Headquarters," IGP, Bastar
Range, S.R.P. Kalluri said. Of the surrendered Maoists, Mahesh
Tati alias Hurra, the 'deputy commander' of the Malangir
LOS was reportedly held hostage by his colleagues after branding
him as 'cheater' not loyal to the banned movement, he added. "As
per his statement, Tati had managed to flee from the captivity
of Naxals before he surrendered," the officer said. He was an
expert in imparting training to Maoist recruits in guerrilla warfare
and was carrying a reward of INR 300,000 on his head.
A transit camp of Maoists was
neutralised by SFs following a gun battle with insurgents in Kondagaon
District, Police said. The SF personnel recovered a cache of materials
used in making explosives.
As many as 11 Police informers
were killed by CPI-Maoist in the first six months of this year
in Chhattisgarh which witnessed 245 incidents of Maoist violence.
According to Union Home Ministry statistics, informers were killed
mostly in rural areas of Chhattisgarh where Maoists continue to
have dominance. However, there have been improvement in the security
situation in Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra where incidents
of Maoist violence has come down significantly. A total of 562
incidents of Naxal violence were reported across the country from
January 1 to June 15, 2015, of which 155 were reported in Jharkhand
(188 incidents in corresponding period in 2014), 55 incidents
in Bihar (55 in 2014), 31 in Odisha (61 in 2014) and 25 in Maharashtra
(43 in 2014. Similarly, there has been a fall in casualties in
Naxal violence -- from 177 in first six months of 2014 to 111
in 2015. 184 Naxals have surrendered till June 15 this year while
176 extremists surrendered in the same period last year. In Chhattisgarh,
82 Maoists have surrendered so far this year while last year only
35 extremists had given up arms. In Jharkhand, security forces
killed 19 Maoists till June 15 this year in comparison to just
two in the corresponding period in 2014. As many as 177 Maoists
were arrested by security forces in Jharkhand in comparison to
142 in the same period last year.
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July 12 |
A STF trooper was injured in a
gun-battle with CPI-Maoist cadres in the forests under Kukanar
Police Station limits in Sukma District. The gun-battle took place
while a joint team of security personnel was carrying out an anti-Maoist
operation.
The CPI-Maoist has owned up to
killing two of its senior cadres in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
Four senior Maoists - Badru, Hemla Bhagat, Kosi and Hinge - active
in Bastar were killed by their own party men in the last few days.
One Maoist leader has been "detained" and another Maoist leader
managed to escape from the captivity of his own comrades and surrendered
to the Police.
"Our party held a people's court
which awarded death penalty to Badru [a DVC member of the Darbha
area] and Hemla Bhagat [another Darbha DVC member and chief of
Maoists' military intelligence wing in the area]. Both of them
have been killed for indulging in anti-people, anti-party activities.
They were in contact with the police and were planning to kill
some senior leaders of the party. They were also conspiring to
surrender with weapons before the enemy [the police]," said Surinder,
secretary of the Darbha Division of the CPI-Maoist, in a press
statement. However, the statement did not mention anything about
two other leaders - Hinge and Kosi - who have been killed by the
rebels in the last week of June. "Our party never executed any
of its cadres who wanted to go home. We only punish those who
indulge in treachery and damage our party and the movement. We
appeal to the people to continue this struggle," said the Maoist
leader.
Ayatu, secretary of the Malangir
area committee of the CPI-Maoist, has been 'detained' by his own
party men and has been kept in captivity in the Katekalyan forest
in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District reliable sources have told.
Ayatu has been accused of facilitating the surrender of Maoist
leader Kiran alias Sannu Potam on May 24 before the Dantewada
Police. Sources told that Ayatu reportedly uttered some "unpleasant
words" against the highhandedness of Darbha DVC member and Malangir
area committee in charge Nirmala.
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July 13 |
Two personnel of the CRPF were
injured in an IED blast triggered by CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma
District.
Four Assistant Constables, recruited
by Chhattisgarh Police as Auxiliary Personnel, were abducted by
suspected Maoist cadres in Bijapur District. The four have been
identified as Jaydev Yadav, Mangal Sodhi, Raju Tela and Rama Majji.
A member of Maoist LOS, identified
as Saybo Halami (25), was arrested during a search operation carried
out by a joint team of CRPF, STF and District Police, under Mardum
Police Station limits in Bastar District.
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July 15 |
Four auxiliary Constables belonging
to Chhattisgarh Police were killed by the CPI-Maoist cadres in
Bijapur District. The SPO-turned-Auxiliary Constables, identified
as Jaydev Yadav, Mangal Sori, Raju Tela and Rama Majji, were abducted
in the afternoon of July 13, by the rebels. Three of them were
posted in Kutru Police Station, another was in Bedre. Their bodies
were found near Kutru.
Two hardcore CPI-Maoist cadres,
identified as Moti Ram (25) and Dinesh (23), who were members
of Maoist LOS active in Kiskod area in Kondagaon District surrendered
before the Police in the District.
Maoists warned saying, Policemen
would be killed if they harassed villagers or participated in
Salwa Judum or 'Operation Green Hunt'. ADG. Anti-Naxal
Operations, R.K. Vij said Police and SFs would intensify operations
against Maoists. Locals have declared a 'bandh' at Kutru, Bedre,
Farsegarh, Gudma and Saknapalli against the killings.
CM Raman Singh who is in New Delhi
to attend a meeting of Niti Aayog to be chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, condemned the killing of four Policemen in Bijapur
District, and said it is an "act of cowardice" and shows the frustration
of Naxals.
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July 16 |
Maoists released an Auxiliary
Constable of Chhattisgarh Police, who was abducted from Sukma
District of the State on July 10. Madvi Soma, a SPO turned Auxiliary
Constable posted in Polampalli Police Station of Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh, was abducted by the Maoists when he was travelling
to Dornapal town in a local transport vehicle for some personal
work.
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July 17 |
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
in an encounter with Police in Narayanpur District. "The body
of the woman has been recovered after an encounter between Police
teams and the Maoists in Pirampal forest of Narayanpur," said
S.R.P. Kalluri, the IGP, Bastar range. "The deceased has been
identified as Janki, a resident of Edangpal village under Benur
Police Station. She was a member of the Bayanar Local Guerrilla
Squad of the Maoists and also worked as the doctor in the group.
A group of security personnel
had a close save as Maoists detonated a powerful IED on the Awapalli-Mordunda
road in Bijapur District. No one was injured in the explosion.
The Maoists exploded the landmine, planted beneath the soil near
Tekri village under Bijapur Police Station limits when a team
of CRPF was patrolling in the region to ensure security to an
under construction road, Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
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July 20 |
A top CPI-Maoist cadre carrying
cash reward of INR 800,000 on his head, identified as Sodi Ganpat
(22), was arrested from his native place Punnur village under
Awapalli Police Station limits in Bijapur District. The arrested
Maoist was a prominent member of section-1 under military company-2
of battalion-1 of the CPI-Maoist.
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July 23 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified
as Maan Singh alias Arjun (45) and Sanker Salam (30), active
at different capacities under Partapur area committee of the outfit,
were arrested from Pakhanjore area of Kanker District.
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July 25 |
Soon after disrupting a goods
wagon at Kaklur Railway Station in Bastar, Maoists announced to
observe 'martyrs week' from July 28 to August 3. Leaving posters
and banners in large numbers in villages of Bijapur, Kondagaon
including NH 16, NH 30 and other neighbouring districts, the Maoists
have asked locals to observe the week and make it a success.
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July 26 |
Chhattisgarh Police busted an
alleged CPI-Maoist urban support network, with the arrest of five
people including a Raipur-based scrap businessman, from separate
places. Dantewada SP Kamlochan Kashyap said that based on intelligence
inputs, businessman Arun Agrawal and his accountant Balaram were
arrested from Raipur airport on July 25 night when they were trying
to flee, while three Maoist cadres were apprehended from Bhansi
Police Station limits in Dantewada District. "Agarwal is said
to be in close contact with a prominent Maoist of the Western
Bastar Division Committee called Commander Sanjay alias
Mohan Kadti. He often supplied detonators, explosives, generators,
welding machines and other materials to the Maoists," the Police
officer said.
The latest CAG report released
reveals that in Chhattisgarh as only 31 percent of the road construction
work undertaken between 2009-14 has been completed. According
to the report, while Centre had approved a special programme for
improving connectivity in LWE areas in 2009 by constructing 2021.73
km of road, a mere 618.34 km (31 percent) was completed in five
years. The task for constructing the road network was handed over
to Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through state
public works department and INR Rs 28.9709 billion was sanctioned
for Chhattisgarh during 2009-14. While physical progress on the
53 sanctioned projects was only 31 percent, fund utilisation was
Rs 805.04 crore (27 percent). CAG reviewed the records of eight
divisions (of nine divisions including Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada,
Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja and Sukma
executing LWE works) and examined 32 works out of total 39 for
which agreements were signed. Of these, work on 11 roads could
not be started due to non-participation bidders and no process
was initiated in case of three road works. In some cases finalisation
of tender could be done only after 12 bids.
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July 27 |
10 cadres of the CPI-Maoist, including
a woman, surrendered in Kondagaon District, on the eve of the
Martyrs' Week. Kondagaon SP J. S. Watti said that Maoist people's
militia cadres turned themselves in to the Police citing "disappointment
with exploitation of lower rung members by senior Maoist leaders"
from Andhra Pradesh.
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July 29 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed
in as many encounters with the Police in the Bastar region. One
of the Maoists was killed and four women cadres were arrested
near Nihadi village in Dantewada District when the Maoists were
observing Martyrs' Week, IG of Police, Bastar, S.R. Kalluri said.
The other Maoist was killed near Dabba village in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh, where the encounter between the Maoists and a
STF team is still on, he said. "We have recovered the body of
a Maoist in uniform, along with a weapon, from the spot of the
Dantewada encounter. In the second encounter, the body of a Maoist
in uniform and one 3.3 rifle have been recovered," Kalluri said.
The identity of killed ultras is yet to be established.
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July 30 |
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Modiyam Bojji (26), was arrested during a search operation
by SFs in Chilnar, Gorna Mankeli village under Bijapur Police
Station limits in Bijapur District. Bojji, President of Dandakaranya
Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangh, one of the frontal organizations
of CPI-Maoist, and resident of Chilnar village under Bijapur Police
Station circle, carried a reward of INR 100,000 on his head.
A joint team of STF and District
Force seized arms, mobile phone and other items following a gun
battle with Maoists in a forested patch near Aalparas village
under Koilebeda Police Station limits in Kanker District. A muzzle
gun, mobile phones, radio, bullets, gunpowder, medicines were
recovered from the spot.
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August 1 |
CPI-Maoist cadres stabbed to death
a local businessman during a weekly market in Tumnar village under
Geedam Police Station limits in Dantewada District.
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August 2 |
SFs busted a transit Maoist camp
following a gun-battle with Maoists and recovered two firearms
in Rajnandgaon District. The skirmish between a joint team of
SF personnel and rebels took place in Kundakaal hills under Madanwada
Police Station limits, Rajnandgaon SP P Sundarraj said.
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August 2-3 |
A group of armed CPI-Maoist cadres
stormed into a mine operated by NMDC Ltd on Bailadila hills mining
area under Bacheli Police Station limits in Dantewada District
and set afire dumpers and drilling machine involved in mining
work, SP Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap informed.
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August 3 |
In order to give a boost to anti-Maoist
operations in Chhattisgarh's worst affected areas, Centre has
sanctioned additional deployment of 5,000 troops of mountain-warfare
trained ITBP in the State. Officials said five battalions of the
Sino-India border guarding force will soon take positions in Bastar,
Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon and Kondagaon Districts of the state.
With this, the total deployment of central security forces including
CRPF and BSF will come to about 40,000 personnel in the central
Indian state.
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August 4 |
CPI-Maoist cadres went on rampage
in all four Districts of south Bastar during the South Bastar
Bandh called by the banned outfit in protest against the
Land Acquisition bill.
Ganesh Uike, 'secretary' of the
SRC, CPI-Maoist, lashed out at the Government, the Police and
the media for "fuelling speculation and indulging in propaganda"
about the alleged rift between Telugu leaders and Bastar tribal
cadres of the party. In a press statement Uike said, "The media
is being misled [by the police and the government] to spread rumours
about a rift between Telugu-speaking leaders of the party and
the tribals of Bastar. Are the people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,
who are working for the party, not the citizens of India?"
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August 5 |
26 CPI-Maoist cadres have been
arrested from different places in Bijapur District over past three
days, Police said.
Three Maoists, carrying cash
reward of INR 100000 on their heads surrendered in Kondagaon District.
The surrendered cadres were working as members of Kiskodo Local
Operation Squad.
CPI-Maoist called for Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and Bihar bandh on August 6 in protest against
an alleged fake encounter of their regional member, identified
as Dr. Shivnandan Bhagat alias Sylvester Minz in Jharkhand
on July 25, 2015.
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August 6 |
Maoists in Chhattisgarh have taken
to social media websites to propagate their ideology. The Maoists
in Chhattisgarh have allegedly created several pages on social
networking website Facebook to spread their message. Lal Salaam,
Lal Atank, Naxalwari Zindabad, Naxal Movement of India and Naxalwari
are among the Facebook pages that are believed to be run by the
Maoists.
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August 7 |
Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
during a joint search operation in Bijapur District. While three
cadres were apprehended from Basaguda Police Station limits, another
was held from Usoor Police Station area by a joint team of SFs,
Bijapur SP K.L. Dhruv said. The arrested cadres were identified
as Punem Suresh (30), Punem Shankar (30), Korsa Hunga (25) and
Renga Ramlu (35).
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman
Singh admitted in Ahmedabad that the problem of Naxalism
is putting a huge dent into the GDP of the State, as the government
has to spend huge amount of money towards rebuilding infrastructure
and inducting Police personnel.
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August 8 |
A team of District Police acting
on specific intelligence input arrested Pappu Khan, a prime accused
wanted for supplying lathe machine and welding machine to CPI-Maoist
cadres, from Nerli Ghat area in Dantewada District.
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August 10 |
Seven CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The Maoists were arrested from
Bhairamgad and Gangaloor areas of Bijapur District in a joint
operation Bijapur SP K.L. Dhruv said. "We have arrested Punem
Sukku, who worked for the CPI (Maoist) in Gangaloor block of Bijapur.
Sitaram Bhaskar, Budhram Vako, Salaki Sodhi, Payaku Mandavi, Pardeshi
Ram and Ganesh Bhaskar have been arrested from Bhairamgad block
of the district," the SP added.
Maoists torched five vehicles
of a construction company near Orcha town of Narayanpur District.
No one was injured as the Maoists asked the labourers to move
away from the vehicles.
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August 11 |
Five hardcore Maoists, including
two women, carrying cash reward of INR 1.9 million in all, surrendered
with weapons before Kanker SP. Maoists cited exploitation of lower
rank cadres by senior Maoists leaders of Andhra Pradesh as the
reason for surrendering. Kanker SP Jitendra Meena said Basantin
alias Juri Gawde surrendered with an INSAS rifle, Ramsai
Dugga 'commander', platoon number 5 under North Bastar division
surrendered with AK-47, Nilap Usendi alias Milap surrendered
with an AK-47, Manki who was working as a 'commander' of East
Charagaon LOS surrendered with 12 bore rifle, and Juru Salam surrendered
as 'chief' of Jantana Sarkar.
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August 13 |
A Sarpanch and a deputy
Sarpanch were killed by the CPI-Maoist cadres in Bijapur District.
"Sukhdev Negi, the Sarpanch of Gudsakal village and Asaram Modiyami,
the deputy Sarpanch of Bhatwada village in Bijapur district were
murdered by the Maoists today. Kisuram, a resident of neighbouring
Chihka village, was also attacked by the ultras. He was grievously
injured in the attack and has been taken to a hospital," informed
SRP Kalluri, the IG of Police, Bastar range.
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August 14 |
SFs busted a CPI-Maoist camp after
a fierce gun battle in Kanker District. "The skirmish between
a joint team of security personnel and Maoist rebels took place
at Rampur village forests under Partapur Police Station limits,"
said Kanker SP Jitendra Singh Meena. The SFs also recovered a
12-bore gun, a revolver, self loading rifle's live magazines,
tiffin bombs, wire, polythene sheets, Maoist literature, medicines
and commodities of daily use.
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August 16 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
from separate places under Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon
District. The arrested cadres were identified as Sunil (32) and
Balram Kashyap (26). Sunil a 'deputy commander' carried reward
of INR 100000 while Balaram worked as a 'Janmilitia' member.
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August 18 |
One CRPF trooper was killed and
three others were grievously injured when the CPI-Maoist cadres
ambushed a team of the CRPF near Guttam village under Basaguda
Police Station limits in Bijapur District. Confirming the incident,
DP Upadhyay, the CRPF DIG of Dantewada range said that the troops
belonged to 168th battalion of the CRPF based in Timmapur base
camp of Bijapur District.
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August 19 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed
in encounter with SFs under Basaguda Police Station limits of
Bijapur District. A press statement of the Bastar Police said
"A search operation was launched near Chinnagelur area under Basaguda
Police Station limits of Bijapur District on Wednesday after the
killing of the CRPF jawan. A District Reserve Guard (DRG) team
led by Basaguda Police Inspector and a team of CRPF's 168th battalion
participated in it. The Maoists attacked the Security Forces from
the eastern side of Kottaguda village. However, Security Forces
repulsed the Maoists." The statement further added "Forces recovered
the bodies of two Maoists. Bloodstains on the spot suggest that
some more Maoists may have been killed or many of them grievously
injured."
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August 20 |
Four Maoists, including a couple
carrying a reward of INR 800000 each, were arrested from separate
villages in Kanker District. "The cadres were rounded up from
two different places under Koyalibeda Police Station limits,"
said Kanker SP Jitendra Singh Meena. Acting on a tip-off that
'zonal action team commander' of CPI- Maoist, Santu Bui, was staying
with his wife, Jainee Komra, at Hetarkasa village, a team of BSF,
STF and district force raided the place, Meena added.
Further, when SFs reached Jugda
village forest while cordoning off the region, they spotted two
suspects and arrested them up after a short chase. They were identified
as lower rung cadres, Lakashman Potai and Rainu Navgo.
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August 21 |
Four Maoists, identified as Hunga
Uike (23), Midiyami Kosa, Bheema Kuanjam and Assu alias Panta
(25), were arrested while another one, identified as Kalmesh Markami,
a 'commander' of Dabha division, surrendered in Dantewada District.
Hunga was a 'member' of the Machkot Maoist local operation squad
while Aasu a people's militia 'section commander'. The duo carried
a reward of INR 100000 each on their head.
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August 22 |
A STF official, APC Krishna Pal
Singh was killed and a trooper, Constable Santosh Yadav, injured
when CPI-Maoist cadres ambushed a team of SFs in Bastar District.
The attack occurred at 2 am when a contingent of STF was out for
an operational task on NH-30 in Darbha region.
SFs seized a huge cache of CPI-Maoist-related
materials after a half-an-hour gun-battle with them in Bijapur
District. Bijapur SP K.L. Dhruv said that the skirmish took place
in the forests of Bijapur Police Station area while a joint team
of security personnel was out on a search operation.
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August 25 |
A 45-year-old man, identified
as Pidu Korsa, who was an active member of the Salwa Judum
was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres at the Nayapara relief camp in
Bijapur District. Villagers said that a group of armed Maoists
stormed the Nayapara relief camp and pumped bullets into Korsa,
killing him on the spot.
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August 27 |
Hundreds of people surrounded
a Police Station in Sukma District in protest against the arrest
of five villagers on suspicion of being CPI-Maoist cadres. Residents
of Kukanar and nearby villages of Sukma also blocked the National
Highway No.30 for a brief period.
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August 29 |
To strengthen the security apparatus
in Maoist-affected tribal areas, Chhattisgarh is set to complete
the process of setting up 75 'fortified' Police Stations in Bastar
region by December, 2015. State Police Housing Corporation Managing
Director D.M. Awasthy said works on 25 fortified Police Stations
have been completed while 15 Police Stations are nearing completion.
He was speaking at a high-level meeting, chaired by Home Minister
Ramswak Paikra.
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August 30 |
A gun-battle has taken place between
the CoBRA forces and the CPI-Maoist cadres at Regargatta village
under Bhejji Police Station area of Sukma District. Sukma SP D.
Shrawan said the exchange of fire continued for around half an
hour. Some Maoist-related materials were reported to be recovered
after the encounter.
18 months after the Chhattisgarh
Police arrested 13 persons for providing support to the Maoists
in urban areas, a Special Court last week convicted all of them
in various Maoist-related cases.
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August 31 |
Auxiliary Constable of Chhattisgarh
Police, Pila Das, was abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres while he was
travelling to Pollampalli from Dornapal town in Sukma District.
A Maoist, Budhram Madkami, carrying
reward money of INR 30,000 was arrested from Kapanar village forests
under Darbha Police Station limits in Bastar District. An IED
was also seized from him.
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September 1 |
Six CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
by Chhattisgarh Police from different parts of Dantewada District.
The Maoists include a couple, identified as Madavi Joga and Madavi
Gangi, who worked for Maoists' military company no. 2 and carried
a reward of INR 800000 each. The others have been identified as
Bhima Kunjam, Jayram Raut, Madkam Bhima and Pillu Madavi alias
Podia from Bacheli area of the District.
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September 3 |
Two villagers who were allegedly
abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres last week were found dead in forests
of Bastar District. The bodies of Manglu Korram (40) and Pandu
(39) were found in forests under Pakhnar Police outpost of Darbha
region, said Bastar ASP Vijay Pandey. The duo was reportedly abducted
along with another villager Raju from their native place Toyanar
in Pakhnar area. Raju, who was set free by Maoists, told villagers
that Manglu and Pandu were killed by abductors with sharp-edged
weapons.
Four pipe bombs, planted by Maoists
to target SFs, were recovered in Bijapur District. A joint Road
Opening Party of CRPF and district force detected the explosives
in the forests along a road between Basaguda and Tarrem villages
while conducting its operation in Basaguda Police Station limits,
Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela. The explosives were later destroyed
by the bomb disposal squad.
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September 4 |
An Assistant Commandant of the
CRPF, identified as B. K. Malik, was critically injured in an
attack by the CPI-Maoist cadres at a market place at Palnar village
in Dantewada District where the CRPF's 111th battalion was stationed.
The injured officer is the Company Commander of the battalion.
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September 5 |
Auxiliary Constable of Chhattisgarh
Police, identified as Pila Das, who was abducted by the CPI-Maoist
cadres on August 31, was found dead in Sukma District. Das had
joined the ant-Maoist militia Salwa Judum as a Special
Police Officer in 2006 and was active in anti-Maoist operations
in Bastar.
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September 6 |
Five CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
and weapons recovered from them after a brief exchange of fire
near Sonhat village under Raghunathnagar Police Station limits
in Balrampur District.
A Maoist, identified as Somaru
Kadti, was arrested at Cherli village under Mirtur Police Station
limits in Bijapur District. A muzzle loading gun, an arrow bomb,
a pair of bow-arrow, axe and other Maoist-related materials were
recovered from his possession.
Five Maoists, including two women,
surrendered in Bijapur District. The cadres were identified as
Ramesh Wacham (25), Pidoram Wekko (19), Raju Lekam (22), Laxmi
Madkam (22) and Chinni Oyam (25). Pidoram was a member military
platoon no 13 and carried a reward of INR 200000 on his head.
Ramesh was the 'commander' of Toynar 'Janmilitia' group, Raju
was deployed a local guerrilla squad 'member' in Andwada of Narayanpur
District. Similarly, Laxmi was part of the national park LGS after
joining the movement last year. The trio were carrying a reward
of INR 100000 each on their heads.
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September 7 |
SFs recovered three powerful IEDs
suspected to have been planted by the CPI-Maoist in Sukma District.
The explosives, packed in steel containers, were found stealthily
placed beneath the Kottacheru-Bhejji Road under Behjji Police
Station. While one IED weighed 8 kg, the two others were around
5kg each.
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September 8 |
SFs recovered a powerful IED,
planted by CP-Maoist cadres, from a village route on the Himoda-Gadra
road under Antagarh Police Station limits in Kanker District.
Kanker DSP Jayant Vaishnav said the explosive which was packed
in a steel container weighed 20 kg.
Five Maoists were arrested in
Sukma District. Acting on a tip-off, the cadres were arrested
by a joint team of CRPF and District Force from a mobile check
post at Gadiras village. Those arrested have been identified as
Bajju Mandavi, Sannu Mandavi, Kamlu Mandavi, Joga Mandavi and
Panna Mandavi, all aged between 30 to 50 years, residents of Surnar
village in Dantewada District.
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September 10 |
CPI-Maoist cadres killed a former
Janpad Panchayat member, identified as Uika Lakhma (45),
under Jagargunda Police Station limits in Sukma District.
A Police Constable - Hariram Patra
- was injured when a pressure bomb laid by Maoists exploded at
Bijapur valley area of Bijapur District. The incident occurred
around five km from Bijapur town towards Bhopalpattanam, when
a squad of security personnel was patrolling an under-construction
road, Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela said. Following the blast,
the Maoists also opened fire on security personnel.
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September 11 |
CPI-Maoist cadres set a tanker
carrying diesel on fire in Bijapur District. Thereafter, traffic
movement on the Bijapur-Bhopalpattanm road was affected for several
hours. The tanker belonging to one Patil Construction was heading
towards Awapalli.
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September 12 |
Police unearthed a CPI-Maoist
explosive dump and recovered as many as eight IEDs in Kawardha
District. Senior police officials claimed that it was the first
ever recovery of any Maoist dump explosives in Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister's home District Kawardha which has never witnessed any
Maoist incidents. The IEDs were packed in containers and were
recovered from a dense forest stretch falling in limits of Rengakhar
Police Station, Kawardha SP Rahul Bhagat said.
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September 14 |
Pictures of the anti-Naxal operation,
generated by an UAV deployed in Bastar region in Chhattisgarh,
have found their way to the social media, creating a ripple in
security circle. The MHA has issued a circular to the Central
Para Military Forces to restrain from uploading sensitive security
related information and photographs in the social media after
the intelligence wing of the Chhattisgarh Police brought the matter
to notice of the MHA as well as Central intelligence.
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September 15 |
A former village sarpanch,
identified as Somlu Tati, who was abducted by the CPI-Maoist,
was found dead in Bijapur District. The body of the former sarpanch
of Todka village panchayat was found lying in a pool of blood
on a road near his native place Todka under Gangaloor Police Station
limits, Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela said. Tati was reportedly
abducted by Maoists last week from his village, after he was suspected
to be a 'Police informer'.
A Maoist Jan Militia 'commander',
identified as Madkam Kanna alias Kanna Rao, skilled in
assembling and planting IEDs surrendered before senior CRPF and
State Police officials, citing disappointment with the ideology
of the Maoist movement in Dantewada District. Until recently,
he was active in Konta area committee.
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September 16 |
A Police team arrested a CPI-Maoist
cadre, identified as Ajit Netam alias Sondhar Netam (20)
who carries a cash reward of INR 200,000 on his head, from a weekly
market falling under limits of Dhanora Police Station in Kondagaon
District. According to Police, Netam was an active member of platoon
number-17 of the CPI-Maoist under North Bastar Division.
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September 17 |
Acting on a tip off, a joint squad
of BSF and District Force arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Mangal Ram Mandavi (40), carrying cash reward of INR 1000 on
his head at Kotul village under Koyelibeda Police Station limits
in Kanker District.
In the past three months, 795
mobile-phone towers have been set up in CPI-Maoist-affected districts
of the country. The plan to provide a channel of communication
in these remote areas has taken off after remaining on paper for
the past five years. Chhattisgarh has installed 465 of the 497
towers proposed. The CRPF has been asked to install 170 mobile
towers in its camps. Of these camps, the process for installation
has been initiated on 107 sites, and 49 are fully functional.
In Jharkhand only 175 of the 782 proposed towers have been installed
in the State.
The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze
two mixture machines deployed for developmental work at Murki
village in Dantewada District. A group of armed Maoists stormed
into the construction site of a poultry farm being developed by
the State Government and set afire two mixture machines, said
Dantewada ASP G.L. Baghel. They also dropped some pamphlets and
banner at the spot.
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September 18 |
A Maoist, identified as Shashikant
Tekam (39), was arrested by a joint squad of BSF and District
Force in Kanker District.
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September 19 |
A joint team of Police and BSF
personnel discovered a 10 kg 'tiffin bomb' near Charre-Marre valley
under Antagarh Police Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
A Police official said that while patrolling under Antagarh Police
Station limits, the security personnel spotted a wire along the
road and discovered the bomb upon a closer search.
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September 20 |
A gun-fight broke out between
SF and the CPI-Maoist cadres near Halanjur forests in Rajnandgaon
District of Chhattisgarh following which a powerful IED was also
recovered. The skirmish took place when a joint team of ITBP and
District Force were out on an anti-Maoist operation under Sitagaon
Police Station limits. On sensing Police near Halanjur forest,
a group of Maoists opened fire on them. Later, a 10 kg IED, electric
wire, Maoist posters and banners and other related materials were
recovered.
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September 21 |
A powerful IED weighing 50 kg,
suspected to have been planted by CPI-Maoist, was unearthed by
SFs from a road in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh. Narayanpur
ASP OP Sharma said the IED was unearthed when the CRPF's 139th
battalion was on an anti-Maoist operation on Narayanpur-Antagarh
road under Narayanpur Police Station limits.
A 15-kg IED, allegedly planted
by the CPI-Maoist, was unearthed by Police in a forest area under
Katekalyan Police Station limits in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District.
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September 23 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres, carrying
cash rewards on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit
Sukma District, citing disappointment with the alleged exploitation
of lower rank cadres by senior Maoist leaders and violence, reports
ptinews.com. The cadres have been identified as Sushil Korsa alias
Deva (23) and Ashok Tati (22). Ashok was a member of section 'A'
of military platoon no. 26 of the CPI-Maoist active in Darbha
region, and has been instrumental in executing several violent
incidents in the region. He carried a reward of INR 200,000. Similarly,
Sushil who was working as head of Chetna Natya Mandli (CNM)- a
cultural wing of Maoists in Jagargunda area, was part of guerrilla
squads that executed various deadly incidents in south Bastar.
He carried a reward of INR 100,000.
Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Mahesh
Gagda said, "Under patronage of Maoists, smuggling of timber,
wild animal skins and their body parts is taking place in Chhattisgarh
and its bordering States". The Minister was interacting with media
persons at the Raipur Press Club.
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September 24 |
A COBRA trooper was critically
injured in a bomb explosion near Timilwada village of Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh. "Devraj Cherpa of the 206 COBRA battalion accidentally
put his foot on a pressure bomb planted by Maoists near Timilwada
village. He was rushed to Dornapal for treatment of multiple injuries,"
said Santosh Singh, ASP, Sukma District.
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September 25 |
Bastar District Police of Chhattisgarh
arrested seven persons and seized 1,750 kg of explosives from
them. The Police said the explosives were sent to the CPI-Maoist.
"We have seized 750 kg of Gelatin, 1,000 kg of Ammonium Nitrate,
a big bundle of cardex wire, eight fake number plates of four-wheelers
and three cars being used to supply the material to Maoists,"
S.R.P. Kalluri, IGP, Bastar Range, said in a statement. Gourishankar
Mohanty, Anil Kumar Jena, Bhushan Kumar Gonda, Rajendra, Uttam
Swain and Sujit Pani were arrested along with Kamalakanta Swain,
a mining engineer. All are from Odisha.
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September 26 |
Two cadres including a female
cadre, of the CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter with a joint
team of District Reserve Guard, DF and STF in Gangaloor area in
Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The joint squad of SF personnel
engaged in anti-Naxal exercise had gunfight with insurgents in
restive forest patch close to Pushnar village falling under limits
of Gangaloor Police Station during morning hours, said Bijapur
ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela. Two rebels were gunned down in the
encounter and Police personnel have also recovered the bodies
of slain Naxals, said Elesela, adding that two firearms and some
other articles were also recovered from the encounter spot.
A group of armed Maoists set ablaze
a JCB machine heading towards Kongupalli to undertake some work
for installation of a mobile tower in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
The incident took place around six kilometers from the District
headquarters during morning hours, said Police. After being informed
about the incident, Police and fire tenders rushed to the spot
to douse the fire.
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September 27 |
SFs unearthed a CPI-Maoist camp
after a gun-battle with them in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.
"The face-off between a joint team of security personnel and rebels
took place in restive Chalechur hills under Korar Police Station
limits on Saturday," Kanker SP, Jitendra Singh Meena, said.
The CRPF DG Prakash Mishra has
said Maoists' writ runs in large swathes of south Chhattisgarh,
posing the "biggest challenge" for SFs deployed for anti-Maoist
operations. He said "South Chhattisgarh continues to pose the
biggest challenge for Security Forces where almost 11,000 sq kms
has no presence of Security Forces which gives Maoists the liberty
to unleash their free reign. However, it is only a matter of time
before the void is filled."
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September 28 |
As many as 24 CPI-Maoist cadres,
four of them women and a dozen carrying rewards ranging from INR
1000,00 to INR 5000,00 on their head, surrendered before Kondagaon
District Police. Bastar IGP S.R.P. Kalluri was present on the
occasion. Some of them were identified as Somori alias
Kunti (28), carrying a reward of INR 5000,00, Badru Korram alias
Jairam Korram (22), Sunita Nag (28) carrying INR 3000,00 reward
each, and Dashru Koreti, Sajontin alias Dashri Kumeti,
Dashru Ram Hidko alias Sandeep (25), Bijnu alias
Baijan Singh (28), Jhitku, Vedram alias Sanjay (26), Laddi
alias Santer Badde (25), Raj Bedia (50) and Ramji Ram (27),
all carrying INR 1000,00 reward each.
An Auxiliary Constable of Chhattisgarh
Police was abducted by the CPI-Maoist cadres in Bijapur District.
The incident took place when Kudium Pandu (30), who was posted
in Farsegad Police camp of Bijapur, was returning to his base
camp after attending funeral of his mother-in-law in Talmendri
village. "Kudium Pandu was returning to his base camp on a motorcycle
along with two students from Talmendri village. Some Maoists stopped
him a few kilometres away from Talmendri, tied his hands and took
him along with them. The ultras did not abduct the students but
asked them to take away Kudium Pandu's motorcycle. The students
came to Farsegad and informed Police about the abduction," said
Bijapur SP K.L. Dhruv. Earlier Kudium Pandu worked as a Special
Police Officer (SPO) during Salwa Judum (anti-Maoist vigilante
force) days before joining Chhattisgarh Police as an Auxiliary
Constable in 2011.
To swiftly provide medical aid
to troops undertaking anti-Maoist operations, the CRPF has set
up four field hospitals deep inside Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
A local journalist, Santosh Yadav,
working in Bastar region was arrested and booked under the Chhattisgarh
Public Safety Act by the Bastar Police. He writes for two vernacular
dailies and is a popular journalist for his fearless reporting.
However, Bastar SP Ajay Yadav refused to consider him a journalist.
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September 30 |
An Auxiliary Constable of Chhattisgarh
Police - Kudium Pandu (30) - abducted by the CPI-Maoist on September
28 from Bijapur District was found dead. His body was discovered
on the Talmendri-Farsegad Road. However, the Maoists had not left
behind any note. According to some sources, Pandu's brother-in-law
Dilip Bedja heads a Maoist squad in Farsegad area.
An active member of Maoists' small
action team, identified as Hidma Podiyami (30), carrying cash
reward of INR 2000,00, on his head was arrested by Police from
Padarpara village under Nelasnar Police Station limits in Bijapur
District.
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October 1 |
A Constable - Manaru Ram Banjam
- was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres in Bastar District. The incident
took place at Burgum village under Burgum Police Station limits
during evening hours when the victim was attending prayer in a
temple.
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October 3 |
A constable of CRPF was injured
in an explosion that took place in Gorgunda village under Polampalli
Police Station in Sukma District. The constable identified as
Devendra Kumar suffered multiple injuries in the blast, said Sukma
ASP.
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October 4 |
SFs recovered two IEDs, allegedly
planted by CPI-Maoist cadres, from separate places in Chhattisgarh's
Kanker District. While an explosive weighing 10 kg was unearthed
from Bande Police Station area, another of 5 kg was recovered
from Siksod Police Station limits, Kanker SP Jitendra Singh Meena
told.
A 36-year-old CPI-Maoist cadre
who was allegedly involved in the May 25, 2013 Darbha valley attack
on Congress leaders, has been arrested in Dantewada District,
a senior Police officer said. The rebel identified as Joga Madkami
was apprehended by a joint team of security forces from Chikanpal
Patelpara village under Katekalyan Police Station limits.
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October 6 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Harish Mandavi (22), carrying INR 1000,00 cash reward on his
head surrendered before the Police in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
He was a member of Malangir local guerrilla squad.
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October 7 |
A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
in an encounter with SFs at Chandameta village forest under Darbha
Police Station limits in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh. The
gun battle also led to the rescue of some villagers held hostage
by the Maoists. Bastar's ASP Vijay Pandey said acting on a specific
input about some people from Kandanar village being held hostage
by the Maoists inside the forest, the joint squad of State Police's
District Reserve Group and CRPF was dispatched to carry out searches.
While they were cordoning off the forest area near Chandameta
the exchange of fire took place. Thereafter, during a search at
the spot, the body of a woman Maoist was found. A .315 bore and
some .12 bore guns were also recovered. The slain Maoist has been
identified as Piso.
A joint squad of SFs arrested
three Maoists in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. A team of DF
and CoBRA arrested the three cadres, identified as Kawasi Somdu
(30), Banjam Bheema (25) and Mandavi Rama (30), from Bhadrachalam
region, said Sukma SP D. Shravan, adding that Somdu carried cash
reward of INR 300,000 on his head while Bheema was carrying a
reward of INR 100,000. Somdu was active in the region as a 'commander'
of section-A under platoon number-4 and Bheema worked as 'militia
commander' while Rama operated as a lower rank cadre.
Two Maoists were arrested from
a passenger train in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. Following
a tip-off about the presence of two Maoists in a passenger train
running between Visakhapatnam and Kirandul, Police swung into
action and arrested the duo, said Dantewada SP Kamlochan Kashyap,
adding that the State Government had declared cash reward of INR
1000,00 each on them. The arrested Maoists were identified as
Rajesh Bhaskar (20) and Mangal (22).
Two Maoists surrendered before
Sukma District Police of Chhattisgarh. The Maoists were identified
as Padam Raju (20) and Tati Masa (30). Raju a 'deputy commander'
of Badesetti LOS carried a reward of INR 300,000 while Palachalma
LOS member Tati carried a reward of INR 100,000 on his head.
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October 8 |
Four troopers of the CoBRA were
injured in separate incidents in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
While three personnel were hurt during a gunbattle between SFs
and CPI-Maoist cadres in Tetri forests under Bhejji Police Station
area, another sustained injuries in an IED blast in Chintagufa
area, Sukma ASP Santosh Singh said. A constable identified as
Mohan Patil, of the CoBRA's 206 battalion, accidently came in
contact of the IED hidden beneath the soil that exploded injuring
his legs, he said.
SFs recovered two powerful IEDs
- suspected to have been planted by Maoists- from Injram-Bhejji
road under the Bhejji police station limits in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh. The explosives were packed in steel containers.
While one IED weighed 30 kilograms, another was around 20 kilograms,
he added.
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October 10 |
Two constables of CRPF sustained
injuries in an IED blast in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
The blast took place in Murdandha village falling in Awapalli
Police Station limits in the morning, said Bijapur's ASP Indira
Kalyan Elesela.
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October 11 |
A villager, identified as Podiyami
Kanna, was killed by suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist at Errabor
weekly market under Errabor Police Station limits in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh. Maoists had killed Kanna's father two years ago.
Maoists set ablaze a truck and
allegedly abducted its helper in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur District,
Police said.
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October 13 |
A CRPF trooper was injured in
an IED blast in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. Officials said
the incident occurred along the forested Chintagufa-Burkapal axis
when Constable D. Mani of the 74th battalion of the CRPF deployed
in the south Bastar area for anti- CPI-Maoist duties and his team
was out to sanitise a helipad for the landing of a chopper.
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October 14 |
A powerful IED was recovered by
SFs at National Highway No. 30 in Chhattisgarh's Sukma District.
SFs undertaking combing operation
arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District, Police said.
The arrested insurgents were identified as Madkami Dotel (28)
and Madkami Somaru (20), said Sukma ASP Santosh Singh, elaborating
that Dotel was carrying cash reward of INR 2,000 on his head.
From their possession, SFs seized some conventional arms, added
Singh.
The Chhattisgarh Police and central
security agencies are gearing up for a major anti-Maoist offensive
in restive Bastar region of the State in the coming weeks. According
to sources, a major anti-Maoist operation might be launched anytime
now, but the CRPF and the State Police remain divided on who would
lead it. "Inspector-General of Police, Bastar range, S.R.P. Kalluri
is keen on operating with the DRG (District Reserve Guard) which
consists of mostly local Koya boys. However, the CPRF wants to
operate with the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action)
with some help from the DRG," said a senior police officer based
in Bastar. Another source informed, "...this time the operations
would be properly planned and coordinated. All districts of Bastar
would witness operations against the rebels but the main target
is the Battalion area in Sukma and its chief Hidma."
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October 16 |
Two labourers were injured in
a pressure bomb explosion suspected to have been planted by the
CPI-Maoist cadres near an under construction road in Bijapur District
of Chhattisgarh.
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October 18 |
CPI-Maoist cadres abducted two
vendors in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The incident took
place at weekly market place of Yampur village under Pamed Police
Station limits during morning hours, said Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan
Elesela. The two vendors were identified as Jetti Ramkrishna (45)
and Vemula Sathish (25).
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October 19 |
Two troopers of CoBRA were injured
when they stepped on a pressure bomb planted by CPI-Maoist cadres
in the forest under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur
District. Earlier in the morning, a fierce gun fight broke out
between SF personnel and Maoists when the former were cordoning
off a forested patch near Chhote Tarrem village during their operation
in Basaguda area. Later, 6-8 pipe bombs, pitthu (bags),
Naxal posters, banners and other related materials were recovered.
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October 20 |
SFs recovered three powerful IEDs,
planted by CPI-Maoist cadres from Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
A joint team of SFs recovered the explosives, weighing 20 kg each,
while carrying out an anti-Maoist operation under Kistaram Police
Station area of the District.
A joint team of STF and District
Reserve Group arrested three Maoists from a forest close to Jaggavaram
village falling under Bhejji Police Station limits in Sukma District.
The arrested were identified as Kalmu Joga (20), Kalmu Sanna (45)
and Sodi Hinga (35). During the course of interrogation, the trio
admitted of being active in the outfit as Janmilitia members.
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October 21 |
MI-17 helicopters of the IAF,
deployed in Bastar region, would now open fire in self-defence
when attacked by the Maoists. MI-17s are primarily used in rescue
operations. "During some of these operations, the Maoists fired
on the helicopters. To deal with this situation, senior police
and IAF officers have decided to evolve a new strategy," said
a statement from the Chhattisgarh Police Headquarters. According
to an unnamed officer in Bastar, the choppers have been authorised
to fire in retaliation for a long time.
A photograph of a senior Congress
party leader in Bastar allegedly with two Maoist leaders has led
to a storm in Chhattisgarh, triggering rumours that he is "trying
to hatch a conspiracy to eliminate Bijapur MLA and State Minister
for Forests Mahesh Gagda" with the help of militants.
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October 22 |
Chhattisgarh Police arrested a
woman CPI-Maoist cadre carrying a reward of INR 3000,00 on her
head from Dantewada District. Acting on a specific input, the
cadre was apprehended from Dhurli village under Bhansi Police
Station limits. She was later identified as Somli Telam (27),
'deputy commander' of Mirtur LOS.
A Maoist couple carrying cash
reward on their heads, surrendered along with weapons citing disappointment
with the "anti-people" activities by the CPI-Maoist in Bastar.
"Sannnu Poyam (40) and his wife Maini Majji (22), turned themselves
at the police headquarters, Naya Raipur, expressing their desire
to join the mainstream," ADGP (anti-Naxal operations) R.K. Vij
said. The 'commander' of military platoon No. 13, Sannu, a native
of Jangla in Bijapur district, has been involved in several Maoist
incidents in south Chhattisgarh for over a decade, Vij added.
He surrendered along with an AK-47 rifle. He was carrying a reward
of INR 8000,00 on his head. Similarly, Maini was also a crucial
member of the outfit who was delivering the role of a doctor for
Bhairamgarh LGS in Bijapur. She carried a reward of 1000,00. Talking
to reporters, surrendered cadre Sannu said, "I was disappointed
with the activities of my colleagues like destroying school buildings,
halting development works and snatching ration and ration card
of villagers. People were both afraid and troubled with the activities
of Maoists which prompted me to quit the movement."
CPI-Maoist cadres have killed
a civilian, identified as Md Asim Ansari (48), at Chunchuna village
under Samri Police Station limits in Balrampur District. The Maoists
while taking Ansari along with them kept on beating him up saying
that he was a police informer. They shot him twice a little further
from the village and fled into jungles.
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October 23 |
The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze
35 vehicles deployed for road construction work at Tarlaguda in
Bijapur District.
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October 24 |
Police arrested as many as eight
CPI-Maoist cadres including two senior leaders carrying cash rewards
in Bijapur District. A police team undertaking anti-Naxal operation
in the District arrested eight Maoists identified as Ayatu Modiyami,
Kamlu Lekaam, Budhram Poyam, Sukhman Poyam, Maada Kunjami, Mangu
Aayami, Rayalu Madkami and Sukhram Madkami, Police said. Ayatu
was carrying a cash reward of INR 300,000 and working as 'Deputy
Commander' of a LGS and the Government had declared cash reward
INR 200,000 on head of Kamlu who was active in the region as member
of platoon number-2 whereas other arrested Maoists were active
in the organisation as lower rank cadres, Police further informed.
A Maoist cadre identified as president
of Dandakaranya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (DKMS) Raghunath Gavde, surrendered
before the Police in Bijapur District along with a country-made
pistol and 13 live cartridges. During preliminary investigation,
it came to light that Gavde was associated with the Maoist movement
since last 15 years and has worked on various capabilities, added
Police.
A wanted Maoist, carrying a reward
of INR 200,000 on his head, identified as Shivcharan Uike (25),
has been arrested from Bajarpara area under Koyalibeda Police
Station limits in Kanker District. During interrogation, Uike
admitted to his involvement with the Maoist movement as an active
member of platoon No 25 of Rowghat 'area committee' of the Maoists
in north Bastar region.
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October 27 |
Chhattisgarh State Government
upgraded the security cover of State Forest Minister Mahesh Gagada
to Z+ category after some rumours of "conspiracies" by the CPI-Maoist
to target him appeared.
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October 28 |
Three Constables of the CRPF were
injured in an IED blast in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh. A pressure
IED, planted by the Maoists, exploded near Burkapal CRPF camp
of Sukma when a team of CRPF's 74th battalion was out as a road
opening party. Three CRPF men suffered injuries in the incident.
The explosion took place when one trooper accidentally put his
foot on the pressure IED.
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October 29 |
A Constable of the CAF, Samund
Dewangan, succumbed to injuries, after he was critically injured
in a CPI-Maoist orchestrated IED blast in a forest patch close
to Pandemurga village under Nelasnar Police Station limits in
Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. While combing in the forest
patch, Dewangan accidentally stepped over an IED leading to the
blast.
A group of heavily-armed Maoists
set ablaze at least five vehicles at Gumda village under Geedam
Police Station limits in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
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October 30 |
The CPI-Maoist cadres killed two
persons, identified as Brujlal Tulavi (27) and Anil Kalko (30)
of Kergatta village in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh and
threw their bodies near Sawargaon village on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh
border. The Maoists left a handwritten note near the bodies accusing
Tulavi and Kalko of running a "secret network of police informers"
in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists set ablaze 29 vehicles
near Chargaon mines in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. A group
of 60 to 70 Maoists thrashed some drivers and cleaners of these
vehicles resulting in injuries to many of them.
The Maoists set ablaze a passenger
bus in Bhopalpatnam block of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
No one was hurt in the incident as the Maoists asked the passenger
to alight before setting it on fire. The incident took place on
Dedheda-Gorella road of Bhopalpatnam and the Maoists also left
pamphlets appealing for 'Bhopalpatnam Bandh' in protest of the
arrest of Maoist leader Bhima Singh.
The Dantewada District Police
of Chhattisgarh arrested two Maoists from Jhiraka area of the
District. "Bhima alias Somaru Telami and Ayata alias Budhu
Barasa were arrested by the DRG on Friday. Both the Maoists were
active between Bhansi and Kamalur area of Dantewada," said a press
statement issued by Dantewada Police.
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October 31 |
A joint squad of DF and DRG arrested
two cadres of the CPI-Maoist in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
The arrested Maoists were identified as Bheema Telami (25) and
Ayatu, and the duo was active as 'jan militia' members. During
interrogation it was learnt that Bheema was involved in various
Naxal incidents including six killings, loot, damaging
Railway property and others. Ayatu was involved in incidents which
took place in the region during the recent past. The arrested
Maoists were allegedly involved in setting ablaze OHE wagon on
October 29, between Bhansi and Kamaloor in Dantewada District.
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November 1 |
A joint squad of DF and DRG arrested
two Maoists, identified as Lachunu Kashyap (35) and Kuldhar Kashyap
(35), in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. The arrested Maoists
were active members of Bedma Jan militia. A team of SF
personnel while undertaking anti-Naxal exercise in the forest
patches close to village Bedma under Mardapal Police Station,
arrested the two Maoists. During interrogation, the duo revealed
themselves as members of Bedma jan militia and admitted
of being involved in various Naxal incidents.
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November 2 |
A CPI-Maoist 'commander', identified
as Rigu Muriya (25), carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head,
was arrested in Kondagaon District. Muriya was arrested from the
forests of Chema village under Mardapal Police Station limits,
Kondagaon SP J. S .Watti said.
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November 3 |
Three CPI-Maoist cadres were killed
by the SFs in Sukma District. The gun battle ensued when a group
of armed Maoists opened indiscriminate fire on a joint team of
CoBRA, STF and the state's DRG, who were conducting anti-Maoist
operation in the region. SFs retaliated and the gunfight lasted
for around two hours. The Police recovered bodies of three Maoists
along with two rifles from the spot.
After gunning down the three
Maoists in an encounter in Sukma, Chhattisgarh Police said the
SFs would continue its operation with an aim to hunt down top
Maoist leaders. Talking to reporters at Jagdalpur, the divisional
headquarters of Bastar, IGP, Bastar range, S.R.P. Kalluri said
senior Maoist leaders, who hail from the neighbouring states,
usually push the local dalam members in the forefront. "Our aim
is to cordon the area and strike against the Maoist leadership",
he added.
Eight Maoists were arrested from
different places in Bijapur District by a joint team of CRPF and
DF. Eight Maoists identified as Santu Kuhrami, Bheema Singh, Madvi
Lakhmu, Podiyami Boli, Podiyami Kumma, Badru Telam, Aaytu Kudiyam
and Vijja Kudiyam were arrested from separate places falling under
limits of Toynar, Awapalli and Madded Police Station.
SF personnel undertaking combing
operation in Madded region arrested Santu and Bheema after an
encounter and also recovered two muzzle loading guns from their
possession, informed Police. Santu was active member of platoon
number-11 while Bheema was working as Bhadrakali 'jan (people's)
militia' Commander, Police said, adding that Santu was carrying
cash reward of INR 200,000 while the Government has declared INR
100,000 reward on Bheema. The duo was involved in the incident
of setting as many as 37 vehicles on fire in Bijapur on October
30, added Police. Lakhmu who was active in the banned organization
as head of Nukanpal Jantana Sarkar, was also arrested after an
encounter, Police said and informed that a muzzle loading gun,
two country-made pistols and other articles were recovered from
his possession. Other arrested cadres were working in lower ranks,
added Police.
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November 4 |
SFs, recovered two IEDs, planted
allegedly by CPI-Maoist cadres near a Police Station in Sukma
District. A joint team of SF personnel found the IEDs while carrying
out a demining exercise near Fulbagdi Police Station on Kerlapal-Fulbagdi
road, Sukma ASP Santosh Singh said. While one IED weighed 10 kilograms,
another was of two kilograms, he said.
Police recovered a five-kilogram
tiffin bomb and a pipe bomb from Mardapal Police Station area
of Kondagaon District. While carrying out a demining exercise
between Khodsanar- Ranapal villages following a tip-off, a Police
team spotted the tiffin bomb planted at an under-construction
bridge, a Police official said. A detonator and 200 metres of
wire were also seized from the spot. Subsequently, SF personnel
recovered a pipe bomb between Mundipadar and Handapal village
on the same route, he said, adding that the bombs were immediately
diffused by Bomb Disposal Squad.
Maoist leader Vinod, who played
a key role in the 2013 Maoist ambush on the Congress convoy at
Jiram Ghati in Bastar District on May 25, 2013, in which 31 people
were killed, is believed to have been taken hostage by his colleagues.
Vinod, who heads Kanger valley area committee, an unit of CPI-Maoist
functioning in Darbha region in Bastar District, has been kept
under 24-hour-vigil by Maoist cadres in a Maoist camp in forest
area under Darbha area, when the local Maoist leadership got to
know about his apparent bid to surrender before the Police to
get medical treatment, intelligence sources said.
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November 5 |
Five CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered
before Police in Sukma District. Three surrendered cadres identified
as Podia (25), Muiya (25) and Kosa (18) were active members of
DKMS of the CPI-Maoist, while two others were Maoist militia members,
who were identified as Deva (35) and Deva (40).
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November 6 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
in a fierce gun-battle with SFs in Bijapur District. The exchange
of fire took place in the restive area under the Basaguda Police
Station limits, Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela said. After
the face-off, the SFs found the body of the Maoist in uniform,
a gun and two pipe bombs.
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November 9 |
Seven cadres of CPI-Maoist, four
of them carrying reward on their heads, surrendered in Sukma District
of Chhattisgarh. "One of them, identified as Joga (20), had worked
as a 'section deputy commander' of platoon no. 8 and was one of
the most dreaded cadres in the region," the ASP Santosh Singh
said, adding that he was carrying a reward of INR 3000,00 on his
head. Joga surrendered along with a muzzle-loading gun. Three
more cadres, identified as Hidma, Bandi and Muda - all members
of Jan Militia - were also carrying reward worth INR 3000,
INR 2000 and INR 5000, respectively. Among others who also joined
mainstream are Lachha, Raja and Vaga, all members of DAKMS.
A villager, said to be mentally
disturbed, was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres on the suspicion of
being a 'Police informer' in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.
The body of Fagu Markaam was found in the forests of Orchha Police
Station limits with his throat slit, Narayanpur SP Abhishek Meena
said.
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November 12 |
Panic prevailed in Narayanpur
District of Chhattisgarh when a tiffin bomb was found on a main
road leading to the office of the District Collector. The bomb
was kept on a CPI-Maoist banner which appealed to the people "not
to surrender to the police."
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November 13 |
Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including
the 'intelligence chief' of Bhairamgarh unit of the party were
killed in an encounter with the SFs in the forested terrain of
Hallur in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. "Acting on a specific
tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) about the possible major
attack planned by Maoists in the region, a joint team of Bijapur
District Police force and specially trained District Reserve Guards
(DRG) launched the search operation. Close to Hallur, the rebels
opened fire on the forces. In the ensuing gun-battle, four Maoists,
including the head of intelligence wing of Bhairamgarh unit, identified
as Rainu, were killed," the ASP of Bijapur, Indira Kalyan Elesela
said. There is no report of any injury sustained by the forces.
Following an hour-long gunfight, the bodies of four rebels were
recovered from the encounter site along with their weapons. "The
police found a pistol, two rifles and a 12 bore gun from the spot,"
Elesela, who planned the operation, further said.
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November 13 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested
in a joint operation by local Police and BSF from Siksod Police
Station area in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District. The Maoists were
identified as Shatruram (39) and Saradu Ram Dhruv (31).
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November 16 |
Two PLFI cadres, identified as
Baijnath (19) and Ramkeshwar (19), were arrested from Jagbadi
village forests in Balrampur District. They were close aides of
Bokha, 'commander' of PLFI, who is trying to expand its group
on the Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand border.
A senior CPI-Maoist leader, arrested
for his involvement in some major attacks, allegedly committed
suicide in Police custody in Narayanpur District. Baman alias
Dinesh, a resident of Tondbeda village in Narayanpur and member
of the Maoist Military Company No.2, was found dead in the interrogation
cell in the Police lines.
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November 18 |
A joint squad of CRPF and DF arrested
two CPI-Maoist cadres from Bater village falling under Konta Police
Station limits in Sukma District. The duo was identified as Madvi
Mada alias Ramesh (22) and Kawasi Hinga (40).
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November 19 |
Two cadres, including a woman
'commander', of the CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter with
a joint team of CRPF and the District Police in Sukma District.
Around 8 a.m. on, the Maoists opened indiscriminate fire at the
team near the Kolayiguda forest. The security personnel retaliated,
forcing the Maoists to flee into the forest. The dead bodies of
two Maoists were recovered from the encounter spot, a press release
issued by Sukma Police said. The woman Maoist carried a reward
of INR 500,000 on her head.
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November 22
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Four women cadres of the CPI-Maoist
were killed in an encounter with SFs in Sukma District. "A team,
comprising Dantewada District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task
Force (STF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), conducted
a joint operation under Gadisras police station limits on the
Sukma-Dantewada border. An encounter took place between the joint
team and the Maoists at Nagalguda hills in the morning and a camp
of Maoists' Malangir area committee was busted. Bastar police
have recovered four bodies of uniformed Maoists, along with a
303 service rifle and two 12-bore rifles. They are all women,"
S.R.P. Kalluri, IG of Police, Bastar range, said. The IG claimed
that Ayatu, the divisional committee member of Darbha division
of the CPI-Maoist, was shot from close range and sustained multiple
bullet injuries during the encounter. "However, he managed to
flee leaving behind a truck load of camp items of the Maoists
on the spot. This is second such success of our composite team,"
added Kalluri. One of the Maoists killed on November 22 was identified
as Rame, the Malangir area committee member of CPI-Maoist. Other
three have been identified as Sanni, Mase and Pandy, all members
of Maoists LOS.
A government-run passenger bus
was set ablaze by the Maoists in Dantewada District.
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November 23 |
A team of CRPF undertaking anti-Maoist
operation on Jagargunda-Dornapal route falling under Polampalli
Police Station limits in Sukma District recovered two IEDs near
Kankerlanka hills. The IEDs could be around 10 kg each.
The personnel of District Force
recovered an IED weighing around 15 kg placed by Maoists close
to village Dharampenta falling under Kistaram Police Station limits
in Sukma District.
Maoists torched a private passenger
bus in Sukma District after asking passengers to alight from the
bus. The bus was heading towards Hyderabad from Jagdalpur when
about 50 armed Maoists surrounded the bus near Tahakwada dense
forest on NH-30. Subsequently, SFs were rushed to the spot in
a MPV keeping in view the sensitivity of the region. Near Tahakwada,
Maoists fired few rounds on the MPV but soon fled from the spot
as the back-up forces reached there and launched retaliatory action.
Two Maoists, including a woman,
who were active on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border and carried
a reward of INR 500,000 on their head, were arrested from the
forests of Bortalav Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon District.
The cadres were identified as Manisha alias Jani Kovachi
(29) and Manglu Sori (21).
Three Maoists including a female
cadre surrendered before the Police in Dantewada District. The
surrendered Maoists include a 'deputy commander' of Local Operating
Squad.
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November 24 |
A CPI-Maoist 'commander', identified
as Padia, was killed by the DRG in Dantewada District. Acting
on a tip off, 10 personnel of the DRG launched an operation at
a weekly market at Faraspal near Tongpal in Dantewada region.
Spotting Padia, the Maoist 'commander' of military "Platoon Number
13", the SFs tried to nab him when indiscriminate firing broke
out from all sides. He was killed in retaliatory attack, leading
to other Maoists fleeing into the nearby forest. His body was
recovered along with a 303 rifle, nine rounds, 315 bore revolver
and six live rounds from the spot, Dantewada SP Kamalochan Kashyap
said.
Four Maoists including a woman
cadre were arrested in Kanker District who were involved in torching
26 vehicles engaged in mining work at Chargaon-Metabodli mines
on October 30. The Maoists were identified as Faguram Mandavi,
Panchlal Usendi, Sumitra Darro and Ramesh Vetti.
Two security personnel, one of
them belonging to CRPF's specialised unit of CoBRA, were injured
in a pressure bomb blast triggered by the Maoists in Bijapur District.
The incident took place in the forests near Lenda village under
Basaguda Police Station limits when a joint team of CRPF and District
Force was carrying out an anti-Maoist operation, a CRPF official
said.
The Maoists set ablaze 22 heavy
vehicles deployed for transporting iron ore in Kanker District.
Kanker Police said the Maoists thrashed the drivers before setting
the vehicles on fire, which were engaged in the Hahaladdi mines.
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November 25 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
by SFs in Bijapur District. The skirmish occurred at around 5
p.m. between a joint team of SFs and Maoists in Kurcholi village
forests under Basaguda Police Station limits of the district,
said Bijapur ASP, Indira Kalyan Elesela.
Five cadres of the CPI-Maoist,
allegedly involved in setting ablaze a government-run bus recently,
were arrested in Dantewada District. The cadres - Deuram (25),
Bhura (30), Sondhar (20), Sakharam (25) and Nilesh (32) were apprehended
from a forested hill near their native place Marjum village under
Katekalyan Police Station limits, SHO Katekalyan Police Station
Vijay Patel said. They were allegedly involved in torching a Jan
Suvidha Express Bus while it was heading towards Dantewada from
Katekalyan on November 23 after asking the passengers to alight.
Besides they were also allegedly involved in cutting roads affecting
vehicular movement during Maoist bandh call, the SHO said.
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November 26 |
As many as 140 remote villages
and hamlets in Maoist-affected areas of Chhattisgarh which have
no electricity supply even 68 years after the country's independence
will soon be illuminated with solar power. The villages, mostly
located in the dense forests of Bastar division and some in Sarguja
division, will soon have solar power through a project being executed
by the state-run Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development
Agency under the Remote Village Electrification Programme.
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November 27 |
Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed
in a fierce encounter with SFs in the forest of Tumnar under Dhanora
Police Station limits in Abhujmad area of Narayanpur District.
IG, Bastar Range, S.R.P. Kalluri said keeping in view the PLGA
week, starting from December 2-8, during which the Maoists step
up their activities, Narayanpur SP Abhishek Meena had launched
a series of operations in Abhujmad area, considered a key base
of CPI-Maoist. While they were cordoning off a forest axis between
Bedmameta and Gattakal villages, a huge group of military company
no 1 of CPI-Maoist opened indiscriminate firing on them after
which a heavy gun-battle broke out between the two sides that
lasted for around two hours, the IG added. Later, when searching
was carried at spot, bodies of two Maoists clad in 'uniforms'
were found and their weapons recovered, he said.
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November 28 |
A CRPF trooper was injured in
a pressure bomb blast triggered by the CPI-Maoist in Sukma District.
The incident occurred this morning when a team of 74th battalion
of CRPF was on its way for security duty at Chintalnar weekly
market, Sukma SP D. Shrawan said. Ahead of the weekly market,
a Constable accidentally came in contact with a pressure bomb
planted by the Maoists that exploded injuring him, he added. "The
jawan sustained minor injuries on his legs in the incident," the
SP added.
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November 30 |
A CPI-Maoist 'section commander',
carrying a reward of INR 800,000 on his head, was arrested in
Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh. The commander, identified
as Pungar Mandavi (30) Raghu was arrested from Dantewada town
by a small action team of DRG, Dantewada, SP, Kamlochan Kashyap
said. He was serving as a 'section commander' of military platoon-II
and headed the west Bastar division action team of Maoists. Acting
on a tip-off about his arrival in Dantewada to keep an eye on
the recently surrendered cadres, a team of DRG, dressed as civilians,
laid a trap in the area.
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December 1 |
Security in the CPI-Maoist-hit
parts of Chhattisgarh, especially Bastar region, has been intensified
as Maoists are observing the PLGA Week from December 2.
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December 2 |
Two Police personnel were injured
in a landmine blast triggered by the CPI-Maoist cadres in Kanker
District of Chhattisgarh as the rebels struck on the first day
of the PLGA week. The explosion occurred in the morning when a
joint team of BSF and District Police Force were cordoning off
a forested patch near Markanar village under Koyalibeda Police
Station limits.
Three Maoists including two female
cadres surrendered before the Police in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh.
They were identified as Kosi Markam alias Shanti, Rambati
Korram alias Irpa and Sanatram Nag alias Mahesh alias
Medha. The State Government had declared cash reward of INR 200,000
on Kosi Markam. Rambati Korram was the 'deputy commander' of Barsur
Janmilita and a member of Maoist front organization Chetna Natya
Mandali. She carried a reward of INR 100,000 on her.
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December 4 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Kawasi Pandu (40), who had escaped from jail in Dantewada District
in 2007, was arrested from Jhadipara at Jiram village under Darbha
Police Station limits in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh.
A cache of explosives and weapons
were recovered from the forest area under Tadoki Police Station
limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. Senior Police officials
said teams of SSB and local Police were sent to patrolling in
the area on December 4. They received information about explosives
and weapons being hidden allegedly by Maoists in the area, they
said. A .32 mm pistol, one round, 11 pistols, 20 detonators, 15
SLR rounds, 25 Insas rifle rounds, 6 gelatin tube, 2.6 kg gelatin
liquid, 18 kg iron pieces, 2 packets of 'sutali' bomb, 1 SLR,
insas magazine, 52 pencil cells and an IED remote were recovered,
Police said.
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December 6 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Ludru Tamo (26), was arrested from Geedam town of Dantewada
District, Chhattisgarh. He carried a reward of INR 500,000 on
his head. Tamo, who was a 'deputy commander' of a LOS was spotted
by Police informers in Geedam market where he had arrived to procure
commodities of daily use and publicity items for ongoing PLGA
week.
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified
as Aayta Madkami, with a reward of INR 500,000 on his head and
accused of major attacks including killing of a journalist and
massacre of 11 CRPF troopers, was arrested along with his rifle
and eight kilogram tiffin bombs from the forests of Darbha region
in Bastar District. He was a member of Kaanger Valley 'area committee'
and was the 'president' of DKMS.
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December 7 |
A four-month-old baby boy was
killed and his mother injured when the CPI-Maoist cadres allegedly
attacked them with sticks at Todka village under Gangaloor Police
Station limits in Bijapur District. Bijapur ASP Indira Kalyan
Elesela said "As per the preliminary information, a villager Tati
Ayitu and his wife were allegedly kidnapped by the rebels along
with their child on December 7 for some unknown reason. Ayitu
managed to flee from their clutches soon, leaving behind his wife
and child." After his escape, Maoists beat up Ayitu's wife, who
was holding her infant in her arms, with sticks. The child was
fatally hit during the attack and died on the spot, the ASP said
quoting the complaint. The Maoists then buried the child and fled
from the spot leaving the woman injured, he added.
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December 8 |
Five security personnel, including
two STF troopers, were injured when the CPI-Maoist cadres ambushed
a team of SFs around Kistaram area in Sukma District. Police also
claimed to have gunned down at least 15 Maoists in the encounter
although no bodies were recovered from the spot.
Chhattisgarh Police arrested a
hardcore Maoist, identified as Ramadhar Korram alias Raisingh
alias Manu (29), carrying cash reward of INR 800,000 on
his head, from a forested patch under Mardapal Police Station
limits in Kondagaon District. He also worked as 'deputy commander'
of Section Number 2 of Maoist Platoon Number 1.
26 Maoists have surrendered in
Sukma District. Altogether 26 Maoists, five of them carrying cash
rewards on their heads, turned themselves in before Sukma Collector
Neeraj Bansod, senior police and CRPF officials at Polamapalli
Police Station citing disappointment with the Maoist ideology.
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December 10 |
A CAF trooper - Ashwini Singh
Rajput - was killed when the CPI-Maoist cadres attacked him near
a Police camp in Narayanpur District. As per preliminary information,
a group of armed Maoists opened fire on a team of security personnel
while they were patrolling outside the CAF's camp at Amdai village
coming under Chhotedongar Police Station limits. The firing by
Maoists led to a gun-battle between the two sides, according to
Narayanpur SP Abhishek Meena.
Five security personnel were injured
when Maoists ambushed a team of SFs in Sukma District. "The exchange
of fire took place between a joint team of STF, state's DRG and
rebels when security forces were out on an anti-Naxal operation
in Kistaram area," IGP, (anti-Naxal operations) Deepanshu Kabra
said.
To improve the banking facilities
in the Maoist-affected areas, 150 branches of nationalised banks
will be opened in eight insurgency-hit Districts of Chhattisgarh.
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December 11 |
Two Maoists carrying cash reward
of INR 100,000 each on their heads, were arrested from separate
places in Dantewada District. While a cadre identified as Madvi
Mangu (23) was apprehended from Surnar forest under Katekalyan
Police Station limits, another Maoist Hapka Raju was arrested
from Dantewada town, Dantewada SP Kamlochan Kashyap said.
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December 13 |
As many as 19 CPI-Maoist cadres,
two of them senior rank cadres who were carrying cash reward on
their heads, surrendered in Kondagaon District. The two dreaded
cadres have been identified as Hemchand Mandavi alias Ballu
(35), who was 'deputy commander' of Chargaon LOS of Maoists and
Jairam Korram (36), who was heading Mandoda Chetna Natya Manch
- a cultural wing of the Maoists.
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December 15 |
A CRPF trooper, identified Srinivas
belonging to 229th battalion, was injured in a pressure-bomb blast
in Bijapur District. The incident took place at a bridge on a
rivulet under Awapalli Police Station limits when a ROP of SFs
was conducting its task, Bijapur DySP K.C. Toppo said.
The South Bastar Divisional Committee
of the CPI-Maoist termed the recent surrender of 26 of its cadres
in Bastar on December 8, 2015 as fake. A poster found in Sukma
District said that 26 common men were picked form a weekly market
at Pollampalli and labeled as Maoists. The Maoists also refuted
the Police claim of the death of Papa Rao.
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December 16 |
The CPI-Maoist allegedly killed
two youths, including a school student, suspecting them to be
'Police informers' in Rajnandgaon District. The bodies of the
youths, identified as Manish Yadav and Pakhel Gond, bearing bullet
injuries were found near Kumharwada village under Bakarkatta Police
Station limits, Rajnandgaon SP Sundarraj. P said. A group of armed
cadres dragged out both Yadav and Gond from their native villages
and allegedly shot them dead.
Five Maoists, three of them carrying
cash rewards, surrendered in Narayanpur District citing disappointment
with the "violent" activities of the Maoists, Police said. The
cadres turned themselves in before senior Police officials saying
that they were frustrated with violent activities of Maoists and
at the same time were impressed with Chhattisgarh Government's
surrender policy, Narayanpur ASP O.P. Sharma said. The ASP said
of them, Dhananjay Dhruva alias Ajay (28) was the most
dreaded one and was deployed as 'section commander' of military
platoon no. 5 of military company - 1 of Maoists. He was carrying
a reward of INR 800,000, the ASP added. Bhagat Kowachi alias
Vilas (23), who was the 'section commander' of military platoon
no. 17, was a prominent cadre in the region and carried INR 300,000
reward. Another key cadre, Mansingh (40), was active as member
of Partapur area committee and carried a reward of INR 100,000.
The two other cadres - Rasiya Padda (25) and Sannu Dhruva (29)
- were involved in supplying commodities of daily use to Maoists
and spreading their propaganda.
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December 17 |
Five CPI-Maoist cadres including
Jan militia range committee members were arrested by SFs in Dantewada
District. They were identified as Sonaram Madvi (22), Bodma Madvi
(30), Guddu alias Mangal alias Guddi (25), Sunil
(22) and Jaminath (26).
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December 18 |
A CPI-Maoist 'commander' was killed
in an exchange of fire with Police in Kondagaon District. The
body of Ranader clad in "uniform" was recovered after the skirmish
took place between a team of DRG and Maoists in forests under
Bayanar Police Station limits, IGP Bastar Range, S.R.P. Kalluri
said.
A wanted woman CPI-Maoist leader,
identified as Sukmati alias Basanti, surrendered before
the Police in Bijapur District. Sukmati worked as the head of
the National Park 'area committee' of the Maoists and had a bounty
of INR.800, 000 on her head. She was wanted for her involvement
in an attack which killed three civilians.
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December 21 |
Kanker District recorded 179 incidents
of Maoist violence, while witnessing 14 deaths and loss of property
of over INR 90.08 million between 2013-14 and November 15, 2015,
informed State Home Minister Ramsevak Paikra in the Chhattisgarh
Assembly.
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December 23 |
A former village sarpanch,
identified as Hadma Ram (45), was abducted and killed by the CPI-Maoist
cadres on the suspicion of being a 'Police informer' in Dantewada
District. The former sarpanch of Nilawaya village panchayat,
was found lying in a pool of blood on Aranpur-Sameli road near
his native place under Aranpur Police Station limits. "The victim
had been abducted by some armed Naxals from his house at Armebandi
Para in Nilawaya last night and his body was found this morning
on the road, located around 450 kms away from the state capital,
following which police were informed," a Police official said.
Two Maoists including a woman
surrendered in Bastar District. They were identified as Haldhar
Korram (20), 'deputy commander' of LGS in East Bastar Division
and Madkam Mukke alias Geeta Konta, an LGS member. While
Haldhar was carrying a reward of INR 3000,00, INR 1000,00 was
announced for Geeta's arrest, the IG said.
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December 24 |
The Bastar Police claimed that
around "1,500 villagers" from the Chintalnar area of Sukma District
"arranged" the surrender of 70 alleged Maoists in the "biggest
event of Maoist surrender till date." "Seventy Maoists surrendered
before the Police at the Chintalnar Police camp in Sukma in the
presence of Bastar Inspector-General of Police S.R.P. Kalluri,"
said a statement issued by the Sukma District Police.
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed
by SFs personnel during an encounter in Kapnar village under Pakhnar
Police outpost of Darbha area in Bastar District. A joint squad
of CAF, DRG and District Police had launched a combing operation
in the area surrounding Pakhnar since December 25 early morning.
As they were cordoning-off a forested hill between Kapnar and
Toynar, a group of armed cadres opened indiscriminate fire on
them, prompting the SF personnel to retaliate. However, the Maoists
soon fled the spot as the SFs zeroed in on them. Later, during
a search, the body of a Maoist clad in 'uniform' and a weapon
were recovered from the spot.
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December 26 |
Acting on intelligence inputs,
Chhattisgarh Police arrested four CPI-Maoist cadres from Bhansi
Police Station area in Dantewada District. Those arrested were
identified as Sai alias Sahi (30), Kama Telami (27), Laxman
(30) and Rajesh (35).
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December 27 |
Eight Maoists were arrested from different places
in Sukma District. Three Maoists were arrested from the forests
of Jagargunda Police Station area while five others were nabbed
from Chintalanar Police Station limits, Sukma ASP Santosh Singh
said.
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December 28 |
A suspected woman Maoist cadre, identified as
Mangoti Korram, who was allegedly involved in violence during
panchayat elections early this year (2015), was arrested
under Amabeda Police Station area in Kanker District. She was
carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on her head. Korram was a member
of Kiskodo LOS and allegedly involved in looting of EVMs at Alanar
village during panchayat polls held in 2015.
A high voter turnout of over 75 per cent was
recorded in eleven urban bodies election in Chhattisgarh where
polling was held amid tight security. The polling was held in
one municipal corporation, four municipal councils and six nagar
panchayats to elect a mayor, ten presidents of municipal councils
and nagar panchayats, and 241 corporators.
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December 29 |
CPI-Maoist cadres have killed a postmaster - Sujit
Modiymi - in Dantewada District. Sujit was found dead near his
village Fulfad. He was abducted on December 25 on suspicion of
being a "Police informer." The Maoists also left a handwritten
note near the body of the postmaster. 23 Maoists including three
women cadres surrendered before the Chhattisgarh Police in Bastar
District. As per the statement of the Maoists, they were largely
influenced by the messages spread in the recent anti-Maoist rallies
in Bastar region besides provisions of the surrender policy that
prompted them to quit arms, Bastar SP R.N. Dash said.
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December 30 |
A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Sudan Korram,
wanted in connection with murder of a Police Constable and several
other crimes, was arrested from his house at Erandarwal village
under Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon District.
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December 30 |
A number of arms and ammunition were recovered
from a forested patch near Bhusapur in Dantewada District following
a gun battle between the Police and the CPI-Maoist. According
to the Police, based on intelligence inputs regarding presence
of insurgents in the jungles of Awapalli, a contingent of District
Police and District Reserve Group was sent to the area. Seven
muzzle guns, country made gun, pipe bomb, wire, detonators, live
rounds of 315 bore gun, Maoist literature and other items of daily
use were seized from the spot.
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Source:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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