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Maoist Major Incidents 2012


STATES OF INDIA


INDIA

January 2: Three top CPI-Maoist cadres identified as 'area commander' Kashi Kaul (28) of Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Guddu Singh alias Prasadji (30) of Chandauli District in UP and Santosh Yadav (28) of Garhwa District in Jharkhand, were killed and another injured Maoist identified as Sushil Choudhury, a resident of Madhukutia village under the Nauhatta Police Station area in Rohtas District, was arrested during the encounter with STF personnel assisted by CoBRA near Matiyaon village under Chutia Police Station in Rohtas District in Bihar. Police recovered one SLR, one looted Police rifle, one automatic semi-rifle, one 315 bore rifle, one walkie-talkie, several detonators and live cartridges from the encounter site.

January 5: Three constables of the Odisha Police were killed and as many injured when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast at Badarpanga village in the Kotagarh area in Kandhamal District in Odisha.

January 21: 13 troopers of VII battalion of JAP were killed when as many as 50 - 60 armed CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast and blew up an armoured vehicle, in a forest of Garhwa District in Jharkhand. The Maoists took away 11 INSAS rifles, one SLR and two AK 47 rifles from the Security Forces.

February 1: Three Policemen, including an ASI, were killed and five others got injured when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast near an under-construction diversion on National Highway-99 close to Balumath Police Station in Latehar District in Jharkhand.

February 10: Four BSF personnel, including a commandant were killed in an ambush by the CPI-Maoist cadres in Malkangiri District in Odisha. Two other BSF personnel and two officials of the Irrigation Department were also injured in the attack.

March 27: Twelve CRPF troopers belonging to the CRPF's 192nd Battalion were killed and 28 injured when suspected CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast at Pushtola village under Dhanora Police Station in Gadchiroli District in Maharashtra.

April 20: Three persons, including two BJP local leaders, were killed when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a powerful landmine blast on the convoy of BJP MLA Mahesh Gagda in Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh. The Maoists blew up one of the eight vehicles of the convoy in a forested area in Pegrapalli in the District resulting in the killing of Purshottam Thakur, the BJP District unit vice president, Mahesh Pujari, another key local BJP leader and Ashwani Sharma, the vehicle driver. One person is also reported to be seriously injured in the attack.

April 30: The CPI-Maoist cadres killed three villagers whom they had abducted a week back from Tadkoli village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The Maoists accused them of being Salwa Judum members.

May 9: Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including Siddhartha Buragohain, the 'second-in-command' of the armed wing of the CPI-Maoist in the State, were killed and one Police commando got injured in an encounter at Deupani Borgura Mising Baskati gaon (Village) in Sadiya Sub-division in Tinsukia District. Two other Maoists managed to escape. The Police recovered two AK-47 rifles, an AK-57 rifle, three hand grenades, five mobile handsets, several SIM cards and a huge amount of ammunition from the encounter site.

May 13: Six CISF troopers and a civilian driver were killed near the NMDC iron ore mine at Kirandul town in Dantewada District in Chhattisgarh when Maoists attacked their vehicle. The Maoists decamped with five INSAS rifles and a Kalashnikov.

June 4: Three abducted villagers were killed by Maoists at Rampur village under Haveli-Kharagpur subdivision of Munger District of Bihar in the night. Sources said a group of armed Maoists had abducted five villagers near Basudeopur village on June 2 and soon after, killed two of them by slitting their throats on the same day.

June 10: CRPF trooper Shachindra Sharma died in the landmine blast while another died due to heart attack during an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres in Chakarbandha forest under the Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District of Bihar. Six CRPF troopers also received injuries. All of them were out of danger. The Policemen recovered the body of the two Maoists and overpowered an injured Maoist. The two killed Maoists have been identified as Kailu Manjhi and Phoolchand Manjhi, both residents of the area.

August 10: At least three Naxalites are reported to have been killed in a gun battle between CPI-Maoist cadres and the JPC in Arabhusai forest of Katkamsandi, Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. Unconfirmed sources said that among those killed in the turf war was JPC supremo Kaljit. The gun battle might have been spurred by the death of a Maoist cadre who was killed by JPC in an encounter in Panki forest area of Palamau District in the night of August 9, Police said.

September 10: Six cadres of the CPI-Maoist were killed and 70 landmines destroyed in an encounter with SFs in Panchrukhiya forests bordering Gaya and Aurangabad Districts of Bihar, CRPF DIG Umesh Kumar said.

September 22: The Police claimed to have shot dead four CPI-Maoist cadres during an hour-long encounter near Gurdag village in Latehar District of Jharkhand. Acting on a tip-off that some extremists had assembled near the village, CRPF personnel and the District Police cornered them and in the ensuring encounter four of them were killed. Three rifles, 33 cartridges, INR 2,500 and some other materials were recovered from the encounter spot.

October 18: Six troopers of the 159 battalion of the CRPF were reportedly killed and eight CRPF personnel, including a deputy commandant were injured, when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered an IED blast blowing an anti-landmine vehicle near Chakarbandha forests in Barha village under the Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District of Bihar. The CRPF troopers were reportedly returning after conducting a raid on a Maoist hideout.

November 9: Three Policemen and a prisoner were killed when about 100 armed CPI-Maoist cadres, including women cadres, attacked a Police van carrying 32 prisoners from Giridih court to the divisional jail at Mahadev Chauk in Giridih District. The Maoists succeeded in freeing eight of their comrades from the prison van. One prisoner, Sanjay Mahto, who refused to alight from the van, was gunned down by the Maoists. Six Policemen and three prisoners were injured in the attack. The Maoists triggered blasts on a truck to disrupt traffic and hurled bombs on the Police van. The eight Maoists who escaped after the attack have been identified as Baijnath Tiwari, Mithilesh Mandal, Nemchand Mahto, Sahdeo Soren, Chotaka Marandi, Bipin Mandal, Pantosh Hembrom and Rampravesh alias Ramesh Mandal. Later, two of the eight CPI-Maoist cadres, who had fled were found. While one of the Maoists returned on his own, another was found admitted to a nursing home. Three of the ten weapons looted during the attack were also recovered.

November 12: Four Maoists were killed in the Tarlaguda forest in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh in a Joint Operation by Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh Police.

November 14: Three months after Sabyasachi Panda was expelled from the CPI-Maoist, five cadres of the Panda-led OMP were killed and a few others were injured during an encounter at Bhaliagada forest in Gobindpur Panchayat area under Mohana Police Station limits in Gajapati District of Odisha.

November 28: CPI-Maoist cadres killed three members of the JPC, a breakaway faction of CPI-Maoist, in a gun-battle in Palamau District of Jharkhand. The dead bodies of the trio identified as Babulal Bhuiyan alias Avinash, the local JPC 'zonal commander', and 'area commanders' Pradip Bhuiyan alias Prashant and Butan alias Vikram, were recovered the next day, from a dense forest near Tal village under Panki Police Station in the District.

December 14: Eight Maoist cadres were killed by SFs in a gun battle during a raid on a Maoists' training camp in Bande forest area of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.


STATES OF INDIA

Assam

May 9: Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including Siddhartha Buragohain, the 'second-in-command' of the armed wing of the CPI-Maoist in the State, were killed and one Police commando got injured in an encounter at Deupani Borgura Mising Baskati gaon (Village) in Sadiya Sub-division in Tinsukia District. Two other Maoists managed to escape. The Police recovered two AK-47 rifles, an AK-57 rifle, three hand grenades, five mobile handsets, several SIM cards and a huge amount of ammunition from the encounter site.


Bihar

October 18: Six troopers of the 159 battalion of the CRPF were reportedly killed and eight CRPF personnel, including a deputy commandant were injured, when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered an IED blast blowing an anti-landmine vehicle near Chakarbandha forests in Barha village under the Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District of Bihar. The CRPF troopers were reportedly returning after conducting a raid on a Maoist hideout.

September 10: Six cadres of the CPI-Maoist were killed and 70 landmines destroyed in an encounter with SFs in Panchrukhiya forests bordering Gaya and Aurangabad Districts of Bihar, CRPF DIG Umesh Kumar said.

June 10: CRPF trooper Shachindra Sharma died in the landmine blast while another died due to heart attack during an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres in Chakarbandha forest under the Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District of Bihar. Six CRPF troopers also received injuries. All of them were out of danger. The Policemen recovered the body of the two Maoists and overpowered an injured Maoist. The two killed Maoists have been identified as Kailu Manjhi and Phoolchand Manjhi, both residents of the area.

June 4: Three abducted villagers were killed by Maoists at Rampur village under Haveli-Kharagpur subdivision of Munger District of Bihar in the night. Sources said a group of armed Maoists had abducted five villagers near Basudeopur village on June 2 and soon after, killed two of them by slitting their throats on the same day.

January 2: Three top CPI-Maoist cadres were killed and another got injured in an encounter with STF personnel assisted by CoBRA near Matiyaon village under Chutia Police Station in Rohtas District in Bihar. The recovered dead bodies of the slain Maoists were identified as 'area commander' Kashi Kaul (28) of Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Guddu Singh alias Prasadji (30) of Chandauli District in UP and Santosh Yadav (28) of Garhwa District in Jharkhand. The injured Maoist, identified as Sushil Choudhury, a resident of Madhukutia village under the Nauhatta Police Station area in Rohtas District, was arrested during the encounter. Police recovered one SLR, one looted Police rifle, one automatic semi-rifle, one 315 bore rifle, one walkie-talkie, several detonators and live cartridges from the encounter site.


Chhattisgarh

April 20: Three persons, including two BJP local leaders, were killed when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a powerful landmine blast on the convoy of BJP MLA Mahesh Gagda in Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh. The Maoists blew up one of the eight vehicles of the convoy in a forested area in Pegrapalli in the District resulting in the killing of Purshottam Thakur, the BJP District unit vice president, Mahesh Pujari, another key local BJP leader and Ashwani Sharma, the vehicle driver. One person is also reported to be seriously injured in the attack.

April 30: The CPI-Maoist cadres killed three villagers whom they had abducted a week back from Tadkoli village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. The Maoists accused them of being Salwa Judum members.

May 13: Six CISF troopers and a civilian driver were killed near the NMDC iron ore mine at Kirandul town in Dantewada District in Chhattisgarh when Maoists attacked their vehicle. The Maoists decamped with five INSAS rifles and a Kalashnikov.

November 12: Four Maoists were killed in the Tarlaguda forest in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh in a Joint Operation by Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh Police.

December 14: Eight Maoist cadres were killed by SFs in a gun battle during a raid on a Maoists' training camp in Bande forest area of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.


Jharkhand

January 21: As many as 50 - 60 armed CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast and blew up an armoured vehicle, killing 13 Police personnel on board in a forest of Garhwa District in Jharkhand. Led by OIC of Bhandaria Police Station Rajbali Chowdhary, troopers of VII battalion of JAP were accompanying local BDO Vasudev Prasad and Garhwa zilla parishad chairperson Shushma Mehta, who were on way to Bargarh village in separate cars to resolve a dispute over a health centre due to which villagers were observing a shutdown. Vasudev, whose vehicle was ahead of the armoured van carrying the Policemen, survived the attack. "Thirteen Policemen, including Officer-in Charge of Bhandaria Police Station, have died. The rebels took away 11 INSAS rifles, one SLR and two AK 47 rifles from the Security Forces," said State Police spokesperson and IG (Provision) RK Mallick. According to information as many as 50 - 60 armed Maoists were involved in the attack that lasted for nearly 30 minutes. CM Arjun Munda, who was in Gumla, said the Maoists attack was an act of cowardice. "They killed innocent Policemen by planning an ambush. So far reports of 13 deaths have been confirmed," he said.

February 1: Three Policemen, including an ASI, were killed and five others got injured when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast near an under-construction diversion on National Highway-99 close to Balumath Police Station in Latehar District in Jharkhand. The Policemen were going in two jeeps from Chandwa to Balumath, around 75 kilometres from Ranchi. Since it was dark and the Maoists continued to fire at regular intervals it was difficult for the SFs to launch a rescue operation. The condition of one of the injured is said to be serious.

August 10: At least three Naxalites are reported to have been killed in a gun battle between CPI-Maoist cadres and the JPC in Arabhusai forest of Katkamsandi, Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. Unconfirmed sources said that among those killed in the turf war was JPC supremo Kaljit. The gun battle might have been spurred by the death of a Maoist cadre who was killed by JPC in an encounter in Panki forest area of Palamau District in the night of August 9, Police said.

September 22: The Police claimed to have shot dead four CPI-Maoist cadres during an hour-long encounter near Gurdag village in Latehar District of Jharkhand. Acting on a tip-off that some extremists had assembled near the village, CRPF personnel and the District Police cornered them and in the ensuring encounter four of them were killed. Three rifles, 33 cartridges, INR 2,500 and some other materials were recovered from the encounter spot.

November 9: Three Policemen and a prisoner were killed when about 100 armed CPI-Maoist cadres, including women cadres, attacked a Police van carrying 32 prisoners from Giridih court to the divisional jail at Mahadev Chauk in Giridih District. The Maoists succeeded in freeing eight of their comrades from the prison van. One prisoner, Sanjay Mahto, who refused to alight from the van, was gunned down by the Maoists. Six Policemen and three prisoners were injured in the attack. The Maoists triggered blasts on a truck to disrupt traffic and hurled bombs on the Police van. The eight Maoists who escaped after the attack have been identified as Baijnath Tiwari, Mithilesh Mandal, Nemchand Mahto, Sahdeo Soren, Chotaka Marandi, Bipin Mandal, Pantosh Hembrom and Rampravesh alias Ramesh Mandal. Later, two of the eight CPI-Maoist cadres, who had fled were found. While one of the Maoists returned on his own, another was found admitted to a nursing home. Three of the ten weapons looted during the attack were also recovered.

November 28: CPI-Maoist cadres killed three members of the JPC, a breakaway faction of CPI-Maoist, in a gun-battle in Palamau District of Jharkhand. The dead bodies of the trio identified as Babulal Bhuiyan alias Avinash, the local JPC 'zonal commander', and 'area commanders' Pradip Bhuiyan alias Prashant and Butan alias Vikram, were recovered the next day, from a dense forest near Tal village under Panki Police Station in the District.


Maharashtra

March 27: Twelve CRPF troopers belonging to the CRPF's 192nd Battalion were killed and 28 injured when suspected CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast at Pushtola village under Dhanora Police Station in Gadchiroli District in Maharashtra.


Odisha

January 5: Three constables of the Odisha Police were killed and as many injured when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast at Badarpanga village in the Kotagarh area in Kandhamal District in Odisha. The landmine went off when the team with two trained dogs was proceeding in a vehicle on Kotagarh-Srirampur road to the site of the blast that had taken place on January 4 in the area, State Home Secretary UN Behera said. The blast came on the second day of the two-day bandh called by the Maoists to protest the recent Police arrests and attacks on Maoists during Operation Saranda to flush them out of the forests on the Odisha-Jharkhand border. The deceased are identified as Sunasir Mohanty, Umakant Jani and Sangram Lenka. The three injured were identified as Noha Panda, Basanta Behera and Padmanav Dehuri.

February 10: Four personnel of the BSF including a commandant were killed in an ambush by the cadres of the CPI-Maoist in Malkangiri District in Odisha. Two other BSF personnel and two officials of the Irrigation Department were also injured in the attack, which came a day before the first phase polls of the panchayat elections. According to the District Police, the BSF personnel were on their way to Chitrakonda from the BSF camp at Balimela. They were travelling in a SUV to oversee security arrangements for the polls. At 1 p.m., their vehicle overturned in a landmine blast about nine kilometres from Balimela. No one was seriously injured or killed, but the personnel fell victim to indiscriminate firing by Maoists hiding in the nearby dense forest.

November 14: Three months after Sabyasachi Panda was expelled from the CPI-Maoist, five cadres of the Panda-led OMP were killed and a few others were injured during an encounter at Bhaliagada forest in Gobindpur Panchayat area under Mohana Police Station limits in Gajapati District of Odisha.


Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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