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April - 1 
On April 1, joint teams of the Jharkhand Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in an encounter killed eight cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a woman and a ‘sub zonal commander’ of the outfit, at Bandu
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On April 1, joint teams of the Jharkhand Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in an encounter killed eight cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a woman and a ‘sub zonal commander’ of the outfit, at Bandu village under Ranka Police Station in the Garhwa district. The Director General of Police (DGP), V. D. Ram, told Hindustan Times, "We had received a tip off about the movement of Maoists. One SLR, four 303 rifles, three 315 rifles, one sten-gun, one DBBL gun, one country made revolver and large number of live cartridges besides naxal literatures and belongings of the Maoists were recovered." Of the eight slain Maoists, one was identified as Basant Yadav, a ‘sub-zonal commander’, while two others are suspected to be Rajesh Paswan and Lallan Thakur, both ‘area commanders’.
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April - 1 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed four civilians at Poradih-Chenpur village in the Khunti district on April 1, reports The Hindu. Dead bodies of the victims whose throats were slit were recovered on April 2. A hand-writte
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed four civilians at Poradih-Chenpur village in the Khunti district on April 1, reports The Hindu. Dead bodies of the victims whose throats were slit were recovered on April 2. A hand-written note left behind by the Maoists claimed the four persons were being ‘punished’ for indulging in robbery. The Maoists also claimed to have taken away a hand-made pistol and three motorbikes from the slain villagers.
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April - 1 
The security forces also recovered 80 landmines planted on a 1.5-2 kilometre stretch of road in the forest area between DTPS and Nawadih police stations in Bokaro during a subsequent operation. The DGP said the recovery of landmines was the biggest i
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The security forces also recovered 80 landmines planted on a 1.5-2 kilometre stretch of road in the forest area between DTPS and Nawadih police stations in Bokaro during a subsequent operation. The DGP said the recovery of landmines was the biggest in Jharkhand.
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April - 2 
13 security force (SF) personnel and a two-and-a-half-year-old girl were injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in the Banasu village in the Hazaribagh district. The SF personnel were conducting a joint patrolling in the area, abo
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13 security force (SF) personnel and a two-and-a-half-year-old girl were injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in the Banasu village in the Hazaribagh district. The SF personnel were conducting a joint patrolling in the area, about 35-kilometres from the district headquarters.
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April - 2 
A senior leader of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Gajerla Saraiah a.k.a. Azad a.k.a. Bhaskar, was killed in an encounter with the police on April 2 near Kanthanpalli in the Rampur forest area of Warangal district, rep
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A senior leader of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Gajerla Saraiah a.k.a. Azad a.k.a. Bhaskar, was killed in an encounter with the police on April 2 near Kanthanpalli in the Rampur forest area of Warangal district, reports The Hindu. Azad’s wife and another Maoist B. Aruna alias Rama too were killed during the encounter. Azad was a central committee member of the outfit and was in-charge of its central military commission. Four Maoists, however, managed to escape from the incident site fro where a pistol, a revolver, one 30 mm carbine and three kitbags were recovered.
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April - 2 
On April 2, over 200 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked the house of a member of the State Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Kala Pahar village of Aurangabad district, reports Bihar Times. They set ablaze three vehicles bein
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On April 2, over 200 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked the house of a member of the State Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Kala Pahar village of Aurangabad district, reports Bihar Times. They set ablaze three vehicles being used by the MLA’s construction company and abducted four labourers. The MLA, Vijay Kumar Singh alias Dabloo Singh of the Lok Janshakti Party, was not present at his residence during the attack. Police suspect that the Maoist attack is linked to an extortion demand on the construction company.
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April - 2 
On the same day, the Eturu Nagaram Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) ‘commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, Purushotham Tirupathi alias Naresh, surrendered before the Karimnagar district Superintendent of Police Y. Gangadhar. Purushotham, a native of Nandi Medaram
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On the same day, the Eturu Nagaram Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) ‘commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, Purushotham Tirupathi alias Naresh, surrendered before the Karimnagar district Superintendent of Police Y. Gangadhar. Purushotham, a native of Nandi Medaram village, joined the Maoist group in 2001 and had worked in the Peddapalli dalam (squad) and Eturu Nagaram dalam before being promoted as dalam ‘commander’ of Eturu Nagaram LGS in 2005. He was involved in five exchanges of fire and four murders.
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April - 3 
On April 3, six cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including ‘area commander’ Surendra Ganju, were arrested in the Ramgarh district, reports The Hindu. A special poli
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On April 3, six cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including ‘area commander’ Surendra Ganju, were arrested in the Ramgarh district, reports The Hindu. A special police team led by Superintendent of Police Amol Homkar, intercepted a car carrying the extremists near Topa area. Two locally-made revolvers, cartridges, two knives and an unspecified number of cellular phones were recovered from their possession.
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April - 4 
According to The Hindu, 14 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a woman, were arrested in the Nadia district on April 4. Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Raj Kanojia, said, "This is the most important a
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According to The Hindu, 14 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a woman, were arrested in the Nadia district on April 4. Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Raj Kanojia, said, "This is the most important arrest after that of Somen [State secretary of the CPI-Maoist]." Police sources added that the arrest of a ‘commander’ of the outfit’s ‘action squad’ led to the arrest of 13 more cadres from the Kotwali area of Nadia district. Some arms believed to have been earlier snatched from the police were seized from those arrested.
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April - 4 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a villager in the Ragadpali village of Malkangiri district accusing him of being a police informer on April 4, reports IANS. The victim was attending a wedding when four Maoists accosted him
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a villager in the Ragadpali village of Malkangiri district accusing him of being a police informer on April 4, reports IANS. The victim was attending a wedding when four Maoists accosted him and shot him dead, Police sources said.
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April - 5 
IANS reports that 50 police stations in the Maoist-affected areas of Orissa will be fortified within the next six months. Home Secretary T. K. Mishra said on April 5 that the Government has sanctioned INR four million for each of the police stations
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IANS reports that 50 police stations in the Maoist-affected areas of Orissa will be fortified within the next six months. Home Secretary T. K. Mishra said on April 5 that the Government has sanctioned INR four million for each of the police stations which will be fortified and strengthened with the posting of additional police personnel specially trained to counter the Maoists. He added that specially trained police personnel will be posted in sensitive and important installations including hydro-electric project dam at Hirakud in view of threats from the CPI-Maoist. The State Government has also decided to recruit ex-army personnel at the Special Operation Group (SOG) training centre, Chandaka and two of its satellite centres at Malkangiri and Rourkela to provide training to the SOG members on anti-Maoist operation.
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April - 5 
On April 5, the Ranchi police arrested a suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Jeetan Marandi, suspected to have led an attack in October 2007 that led to the killing of 19 people, including the son of former Jharkhand Chief M
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On April 5, the Ranchi police arrested a suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Jeetan Marandi, suspected to have led an attack in October 2007 that led to the killing of 19 people, including the son of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The Maoist was arrested from Sukhdeonagar in Ranchi, reports IANS.
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April - 6 
On April 6, Central Committee member and secretary in-charge of the Janasakthi faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML), Kura Devendar alias Amar alias Shravan, was arrested by a police from his hideout in Pune. Police source
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On April 6, Central Committee member and secretary in-charge of the Janasakthi faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML), Kura Devendar alias Amar alias Shravan, was arrested by a police from his hideout in Pune. Police sources told New Indian Express that with this arrest the outfit has been almost wiped out in the Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. Devender was the party’s representative at the peace talks held with the Andhra Pradesh Government in 2004. He is the younger brother of the arrested Janashakthi Central Committee secretary Kura Rajanna.
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April - 7 
Naxalites (left-wing extremists) of the Praja Prathighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) killed a youth, identified as Enugula Lakhmaiah, at Thummalagudem village in the Palvancha mandal (administrative division)
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Naxalites (left-wing extremists) of the Praja Prathighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) killed a youth, identified as Enugula Lakhmaiah, at Thummalagudem village in the Palvancha mandal (administrative division) of Khammam district on April 7, reports The Hindu. Four armed cadres of the Mohananna dalam (squad) reportedly intruded into his house and subsequently shot him dead a little away from his residence.
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April - 7 
On April 7, Police recovered arms and ammunition stolen by two surrendered Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who were working as informers for the Police, reports IANS. The two Maoists, Arjun and Korcha, had fled on a police motorcy
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On April 7, Police recovered arms and ammunition stolen by two surrendered Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who were working as informers for the Police, reports IANS. The two Maoists, Arjun and Korcha, had fled on a police motorcycle from the Deori sub-divisional office of Gondia district on March 29 carrying the arms and ammunition with them. Working on a tip-off, a joint search team of the Gadchiroli and Gondia district police recovered two AK-47 rifles, a hand-grenade and seven magazines dumped under a paddy stack in Gadchiroli district’s Khursipar village.
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April - 8 
Nine persons were killed and two others injured when the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired on a vehicle and subsequently set it ablaze in the Semra forest area under Palkot police station of Gumla district on April 8, reports
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Nine persons were killed and two others injured when the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired on a vehicle and subsequently set it ablaze in the Semra forest area under Palkot police station of Gumla district on April 8, reports Times of India. Among the victims were Bhado Singh, a member of Shanti Sena (Peace Force), a police backed resistance force, and his family members. Singh and his family members were proceeding to Palkot from Bhagina village.
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April - 9 
On April 9, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a village head at Peta village under Motu police station area in the Malkangiri district, reports The Hindu. The Sub-Divisional Police Officer Sanjiv Arora said Madkami Kanha
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On April 9, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a village head at Peta village under Motu police station area in the Malkangiri district, reports The Hindu. The Sub-Divisional Police Officer Sanjiv Arora said Madkami Kanha was dragged out of his house in dense forest by a group of armed Maoists and shot four bullets from behind as he tried to escape. Kanha died on the way to a local hospital. This was the 10th incident in the last two years where Maoists had killed village chiefs.
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April - 9 
Two Maoists surrendered along with their locally-made guns in the Dhenkanal district. Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar Kaushal said 14-year-old Bajaye Hembram and 12-year-old Babuli Tarai surrendered before the District Collector Jameel Ahmad Kh
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Two Maoists surrendered along with their locally-made guns in the Dhenkanal district. Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar Kaushal said 14-year-old Bajaye Hembram and 12-year-old Babuli Tarai surrendered before the District Collector Jameel Ahmad Khan in the presence of their fathers. The boys had joined the Maoist fold group led by Anna Reddy in January 2006, and had confessed to witnessing the killing of forest guards at Kankadahad forest on January 31, 2007, he said. The boys did menial jobs and were used as informers by the Maoists.
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April - 10 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed six persons belonging to the Sashastra People’s Morcha (SSM) in the Tardih forest of Rohtas district on April 10, reports The Hindu. The slain persons, natives of Barachatti and Mohanpur bloc
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed six persons belonging to the Sashastra People’s Morcha (SSM) in the Tardih forest of Rohtas district on April 10, reports The Hindu. The slain persons, natives of Barachatti and Mohanpur blocks of Gaya district, were former members of the CPI-Maoist and had formed the SSM to assist the police. Maoist pamphlets charging the slain persons with "betraying the parent organisation and serving as police informers", were found at the incident site.
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April - 10 
IANS reports that the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has begun taking over from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) the security of 23 Government-run relief camps for villagers of the Maoist-affected areas in Chhattisgarh. Girdhari Nayak,
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IANS reports that the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has begun taking over from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) the security of 23 Government-run relief camps for villagers of the Maoist-affected areas in Chhattisgarh. Girdhari Nayak, the Inspector General of Police heading the anti-Maoist operations, said that a SSB battalion which reached capital Raipur on April 8 is en route to the southern Bastar region to join another SSB battalion that has taken over from the CRPF. "About 2,000 SSB personnel have begun taking over security of 23 Government-run makeshift relief camps from the CRPF in extreme southern districts of Bijapur and Dantewada to protect about 48,000 camp settlers", Nayak said.
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April - 13 
New Indian Express reports that the Orissa Government has decided to launch a pilot project in the Malkangiri and Rayagada districts to contain the Maoist activity. As per the plan, civic action programme has been taken up in the Maoist-affected area
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New Indian Express reports that the Orissa Government has decided to launch a pilot project in the Malkangiri and Rayagada districts to contain the Maoist activity. As per the plan, civic action programme has been taken up in the Maoist-affected areas of the districts by organising public relations and health camps, sports tournaments and tribal festivals. Publicity material highlighting the futility of extremist activities and its negative impact on the development of the region are being produced and these would be distributed in the tribal dominated areas. The modalities and framework of the inter-State joint task force for Orissa-Andhra Pradesh has been worked out and a number of joint anti-Maoist operations have been conducted. Similarly, modalities for inter-State anti-Maoist operations in the Orissa-Jharkhand border have also been worked out. Official sources said that the scheme will be implemented in other Maoist-affected districts in phases.
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April - 13 
On April 13, six persons, including five security force (SF) personnel, were killed in an attack by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Jhajha railway station in the Jamui district. A group of 200 Maoists blew up the Government
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On April 13, six persons, including five security force (SF) personnel, were killed in an attack by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Jhajha railway station in the Jamui district. A group of 200 Maoists blew up the Government Railway Police office and looted arms and ammunition, reports The Hindu. The SF personnel consisting of the State Armed Police, Special Task Force and the Central Reserve Police Force rushed in to the site following which an encounter ensued, killing five SF personnel and a porter.
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April - 13 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed three activists of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the Salboni area of West Midnapore district on April 13, reports The Hindu. The CPI-M zonal committee later
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed three activists of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the Salboni area of West Midnapore district on April 13, reports The Hindu. The CPI-M zonal committee later said that one of the slain persons was the party’s local leader and the other two were supporters of the party. The killed persons were among the eight persons supervising earth-digging work under the rural employment programme when they were abducted by the Maoists. While five persons were later released, bodies of the three persons were recovered from a nearby forest.
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April - 14 
A group of five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed the brother of a civil contractor at Bamnatora village in the East Singhbhum district on April 14, reports Telegraph. The contractor, Bholanath Mohanty, was not present at the
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A group of five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed the brother of a civil contractor at Bamnatora village in the East Singhbhum district on April 14, reports Telegraph. The contractor, Bholanath Mohanty, was not present at the site of an under-construction check-dam when the Maoists were looking for him. Not finding him, Maoists killed his brother, Sashinath, who was supervising the construction work.
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April - 14 
On April 14, police arrested two suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a woman, who had taken part in the attack on the Jhajha railway station in the Jamui district in which six persons, including five securi
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On April 14, police arrested two suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a woman, who had taken part in the attack on the Jhajha railway station in the Jamui district in which six persons, including five security force personnel, were killed, reports Times of India. Police claimed that contrary to the initial reports, neither the building of the railway station nor the railway tracks were blown up by the Maoists. The Maoists, however, had damaged an ATM of the State Bank of India in an attempt to loot cash, but had failed. They had also made an unsuccessful attempt to loot cash from a locker in the railway station.
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April - 14 
The Chhattisgarh Government has reportedly told the Supreme Court that the left-wing extremist problem has reached alarming proportions in the State and it is not possible to end the Salwa Judum, a people’s resistance movement to counter the Maoists.
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The Chhattisgarh Government has reportedly told the Supreme Court that the left-wing extremist problem has reached alarming proportions in the State and it is not possible to end the Salwa Judum, a people’s resistance movement to counter the Maoists. Economic Times quoting from an affidavit filed by the State Government in the apex court reported, "They (Naxals) destroyed 55 primary school buildings, eight panchayat bhawans (buildings of village level self-government institutions), nine ashram bhawans (buildings of religious institutions), nine hostels, eight anganwadi centres, 18 other buildings in the last three years. There were also cases of destruction of electric towers resulting in blackouts in many parts of the Naxal-affected regions". The affidavit said that the people of Chhattisgarh, due to the fear of the Maoists, were living in the camps. "The state cannot stifle any people’s initiative to resist a patently illegal organisation and its activities", the affidavit said.
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April - 15 
On April 15, the Union Government in a statement in the Supreme Court strongly opposed the disbanding of the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum movement in Chhattisgarh. The Additional Solicitor-General Gopal Subramanium told the apex court, “To assume that the
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On April 15, the Union Government in a statement in the Supreme Court strongly opposed the disbanding of the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum movement in Chhattisgarh. The Additional Solicitor-General Gopal Subramanium told the apex court, “To assume that the Salwa Judum was an army of people with weapons and asking for it to be disbanded will be no more than asking for these people to be pushed out to be killed (by the Naxalites).” "Salwa Judum, activists of which are designated as special police officers, is consciously funded by the Centre to save the tribals, who were displaced from the jungles by Naxalites, and protect people from being killed by Naxalites", Subramaniam added. He further said, “Situation is of considerable concern both to the Centre and state. Policemen are not ready to step into the forests. Though 17,000 posts are sanctioned for anti-naxal force, the state government is finding it very difficult to fill them. That is why the self-defence force was organised to save people from becoming sitting ducks for the Naxals.” He, however, said that the Government has no objection to the National Human Rights Commission examining individual human rights violation cases by the Salwa Judum activists.
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April - 16 
According to New Indpress, the Orissa Government has decided to prepare a holistic plan to combat the increasing Maoist activities in the State. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Home Secretary T. K. Mishra
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According to New Indpress, the Orissa Government has decided to prepare a holistic plan to combat the increasing Maoist activities in the State. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Home Secretary T. K. Mishra on April 16. The meeting decided that developmental activities as well as security preparedness will be given priority in the plan. In the first phase, the plan will be implemented in the Rayagada and Malkangiri districts as a pilot project. This will be executed in the Sambalpur, Deogarh and Gajapati districts in the next phase. The Centre has made a provision of INR 500 crore for implementation of the programme over a period of five years in all the Maoist-affected States. The plan will be implemented in 81 districts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Home Secretary said an empowered committee headed by the Chief Secretary has been constituted for preparation of the action plan. The other members of the committee include the Director General of Police, the Development Commissioner, Agriculture Production Commissioner and the Home Secretary. Mishra said the State Government will submit a report to the Centre in this connection soon seeking financial assistance of INR 25 crore for 2008-09. Other than developmental activities, the plan will include fortification of prisons and police stations. Referring to the decision to fortify all armouries in the State, he said this will be completed within six months. While Malkangiri and Rayagada have been included in category-1 Maoist- affected districts, Deogarh, Gajapati and Sambalpur are in category-2. Ganjam, Koraput, Nabarangpur,Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh are in category-3 districts. Besides, Gajapati, Ganjam,Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Sundargarh districts have been included in the security related expenditure scheme.
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April - 16 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a two-metre stretch of railway track between Hazaribagh Road and Parasnath railway stations in the Giridih district of Jharkhand on April 16, when they called for the 24-hour general str
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a two-metre stretch of railway track between Hazaribagh Road and Parasnath railway stations in the Giridih district of Jharkhand on April 16, when they called for the 24-hour general strike in Jharkhand and Bihar in protest against the killing of eight of their cadres during an encounter in April 2008, reports Press Trust of India. The blast affected rail traffic in the Grand Chord section of Jharkhand, the main line that connects eastern and northern India.
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April - 16 
The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, informed the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) on April 16 that cannabis cultivation and its trade have become a source of finance for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M
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The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, informed the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) on April 16 that cannabis cultivation and its trade have become a source of finance for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa, reports Economic Times. Jaiswal said that Maoists also get protection money from narcotics traders who engage in trafficking and also safe passage money from narcotics smugglers. "In its strongholds, the CPI (Maoist) collects 'levy' from licensee cannabis cultivators who cultivate excess land over and above the permitted limits," he added. The Minister also mentioned that there is no specific evidence available to indicate any nexus between the country's left-wing extremists, the Maoists of Nepal and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
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April - 17 
One Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Kandara Darai, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police Sanjaya Kumar Kausal and District Collector Jamil Ahmed Khan at Kamakhyanagar in the Dhenkanal district on April 17, reports Pionee
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One Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Kandara Darai, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police Sanjaya Kumar Kausal and District Collector Jamil Ahmed Khan at Kamakhyanagar in the Dhenkanal district on April 17, reports Pioneer.
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April - 17 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a railway track near Nathganj railway station on Gaya-Kodrama rail section on April 17-night, reports Asian News International. The blast affected rail traffic for over six hours. Maoist
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a railway track near Nathganj railway station on Gaya-Kodrama rail section on April 17-night, reports Asian News International. The blast affected rail traffic for over six hours. Maoists also abducted six railway staff but released them later.
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April - 18 
At least five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested from Goshma forest located on the border of the Kandhamal and Ganjam districts on April 18, reports Odisha Today.
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At least five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested from Goshma forest located on the border of the Kandhamal and Ganjam districts on April 18, reports Odisha Today.
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April - 18 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a petrol station at Kahudag on National Highway-II in the Gaya district on April 18, reports Press Trust of India. According to police sources, over 200 heavily armed Maoists attacked th
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a petrol station at Kahudag on National Highway-II in the Gaya district on April 18, reports Press Trust of India. According to police sources, over 200 heavily armed Maoists attacked the petrol station, belonging to the former Gaya district board chairman Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav, and abducted its two employees. Later they triggered a dynamite blast, blowing up the pump equipment and the building. Both the employees were released after the blast. Meanwhile, The Hindu reports that the Maoists had demanded money from the petrol station owner who refused to pay.
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April - 18 
The CPI-Maoist are targeting teenaged tribal youths for recruitment in the Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal and Sundargarh districts, according to Pioneer. The Maoists' over-ground supporters are luring th
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The CPI-Maoist are targeting teenaged tribal youths for recruitment in the Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal and Sundargarh districts, according to Pioneer. The Maoists' over-ground supporters are luring the youths for jobs with a monthly payment of INR 3,000. The job of the preliminary recruits is to carry leaflets and distribute them among the innocent public.
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April - 19 
According to delayed reports, on April 19, Maoists had killed the village head of Urubali, 30 year old Raba Suba under Motu police station limits in the Malkangiri district, for his close proximity with the district police.
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According to delayed reports, on April 19, Maoists had killed the village head of Urubali, 30 year old Raba Suba under Motu police station limits in the Malkangiri district, for his close proximity with the district police.
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April - 19 
On April 19, a team of Tamil Nadu Special Task Force (STF) killed a Maoist, identified as Ravin Prasad, in the Kodaikanal forest area of Theni district, reports ANI. Three other Maoists, however, managed to escape. Police sources said that the slain
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On April 19, a team of Tamil Nadu Special Task Force (STF) killed a Maoist, identified as Ravin Prasad, in the Kodaikanal forest area of Theni district, reports ANI. Three other Maoists, however, managed to escape. Police sources said that the slain Maoist had received arms training at Dharmapuri and was an expert in handling various sophisticated arms.
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April - 19 
On April 19, the Andhra Pradesh Police arrested two cadres of the Telangana Jagarana Sena (TJS) from Sircilla in the Karimnagar district, reports New Indian Express. The TJS is an outfit created by some former left-wing extremists. Two 0.9 mm pistols
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On April 19, the Andhra Pradesh Police arrested two cadres of the Telangana Jagarana Sena (TJS) from Sircilla in the Karimnagar district, reports New Indian Express. The TJS is an outfit created by some former left-wing extremists. Two 0.9 mm pistols and 24 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the arrested extremists, identified as Vemula Ramesh a.k.a. Sagar and Chepyala Raju, both natives of Konraopet mandal (administrative division) in the Sircilla division. Superintendent of Police, Y. Gangadhar, claimed that with these arrests the TJS has been neutralised in the Karimnagar district.
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April - 19 
On April 19, two civilians were killed as Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres opened fire on moving trucks at Karamdih under Chandil police station in the Saraikela-Kharswan district, reports The Hindu. The outfit had called for a 24-
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On April 19, two civilians were killed as Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres opened fire on moving trucks at Karamdih under Chandil police station in the Saraikela-Kharswan district, reports The Hindu. The outfit had called for a 24-hour general strike in Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal in protest against price rise. Superintendent of Police Laxman Prasad Singh said that a group of 15 Maoists fired at the trucks plying on the Tata-Ranchi highway killing two persons aboard two separate trucks. Another truck fell into a roadside ditch after its driver, in an attempt to escape the gunfire, lost control over the vehicle. The Maoists subsequently set ablaze the truck.
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April - 20 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two members of the Salwa Judum, an anti-Maoist civilian resistance movement, in the Gayatapara village of Bijapur district on April 20, reports ANI. Ankit Garg, District Superintendent Of Pol
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two members of the Salwa Judum, an anti-Maoist civilian resistance movement, in the Gayatapara village of Bijapur district on April 20, reports ANI. Ankit Garg, District Superintendent Of Police (Bijapur), said that both the Salwa Judum members, settlers of the Gangloor relief camp, had gone back to their village for personal work when they were attacked by a group of 20 armed Maoists.
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April - 21 
On April 21, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said that the Union Government is planning to raise 200-300 battalions of central para-military forces (CPMFs) to enhance internal security in the next five to seven years. Speaking in the Lok Sabha (low
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On April 21, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said that the Union Government is planning to raise 200-300 battalions of central para-military forces (CPMFs) to enhance internal security in the next five to seven years. Speaking in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) during a day-long discussion on the Demands for Grants of the Home Ministry, Patil said that the problem of left-wing extremism has been blown out of proportion as the problem is confined only to about one per cent of the country's area. He further said that a moderate approach, which includes persuasion as well as use of force as and when required, is the right way to tackle Maoist violence in the country. "Some members here said that an iron will is required to deal with Naxalism. Some said we lack will power. On the other hand, one of the members said that bullets would not solve this problem and we need to create the right atmosphere to tackle Naxalism. A middle path is, thus, required," he said.
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April - 22 
On April 22, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the Rajnagar area of Birbhum district, reports Telegraph. The victim, Sridam Das, was a school teache
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On April 22, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the Rajnagar area of Birbhum district, reports Telegraph. The victim, Sridam Das, was a school teacher by profession and was a former secretary of the CPI-M local committee. He was on his way to school when he was shot by a group of three Maoists.
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April - 23 
The Hindu reports that on April 23, 11 persons engaged by a private contractor for construction work in the Koderma-Hazaribagh railway line were assaulted by the cadres of the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT) at Mahagona in the Hazaribagh district.
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The Hindu reports that on April 23, 11 persons engaged by a private contractor for construction work in the Koderma-Hazaribagh railway line were assaulted by the cadres of the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT) at Mahagona in the Hazaribagh district. The JLT cadres, a group of former left-wing extremists, also destroyed the construction material and set ablaze the compressor machine and road rollers.
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April - 23 
The Union Government, in its status paper on Naxalite (left-wing extremism) activities, said that Naxalite violence and casualties in their attacks registered a rise in 2007 compared to the previous year. The status paper, released on April 23, howev
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The Union Government, in its status paper on Naxalite (left-wing extremism) activities, said that Naxalite violence and casualties in their attacks registered a rise in 2007 compared to the previous year. The status paper, released on April 23, however, said that the problem was mainly restricted to four States — Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa — which together accounted for over 80 percent of the cases. A total of 696 fatalities were reported in 1,565 incidents in 2007. In the previous year, 678 deaths had occurred in 1,509 cases of left-wing extremism related violence. The Paper further said that the number of police stations affected by left-wing extremism in 2007 fell to 361 compared to 395 in the previous year.
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April - 24 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set fire to 47 vehicles of a private company, Essar Steels at Korandul in the Dantewada district on April 24 night, reports The Hindu. The vehicles burnt included 33 dumpers, four earth moving equip
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set fire to 47 vehicles of a private company, Essar Steels at Korandul in the Dantewada district on April 24 night, reports The Hindu. The vehicles burnt included 33 dumpers, four earth moving equipment, two diesel tankers and one bus. According to the report, some 400 Maoists including over 100 women stormed into the company premises at Kadampal locality in the town around 11.30 p.m, doused the vehicles with diesel and set them afire by keeping the guards and drivers away at gun point. Maoists subsequently fled the scene leaving behind a pamphlet issued in the name of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal committee of the outfit. The pamphlet warned the Essar Steels and another private company against continuing their operations in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
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April - 24 
Suspected cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a civilian accusing him of being a police informer on April 24 in the Telrai village of Malkangiri district, reports Odisha Today. Police sources said that the victim is yet
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Suspected cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a civilian accusing him of being a police informer on April 24 in the Telrai village of Malkangiri district, reports Odisha Today. Police sources said that the victim is yet to be identified.
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April - 25 
On April 25, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested at Kinchuru in Peda Bayalu mandal (administrative division) in the Visakhapatnam district, reports The Hindu. Identified as Vandalam Chinna (20) and Poibu Machi Raju (
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On April 25, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested at Kinchuru in Peda Bayalu mandal (administrative division) in the Visakhapatnam district, reports The Hindu. Identified as Vandalam Chinna (20) and Poibu Machi Raju (22), the arrested Maoists were planning to plant two land mines. Two land mines and some quantity of explosives were seized from them.
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April - 26 
On April 26, three Maoists were arrested during a combing operation by the Police in the MV-79 area of Malkangiri district, reports The Hindu. Orissa Police sources said that the arrests followed a brief exchange of fire. A gun, some Maoist posters,
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On April 26, three Maoists were arrested during a combing operation by the Police in the MV-79 area of Malkangiri district, reports The Hindu. Orissa Police sources said that the arrests followed a brief exchange of fire. A gun, some Maoist posters, banners and an unspecified quantity of explosives were recovered from the arrested extremists.
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April - 26 
On April 26, two Maoists were arrested during a combing operation near Parasnath in the Giridih district. A landmine and some detonators were recovered from the Maoists, identified as Manoj Chaudhary and H. Singh. The duo was involved in several extr
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On April 26, two Maoists were arrested during a combing operation near Parasnath in the Giridih district. A landmine and some detonators were recovered from the Maoists, identified as Manoj Chaudhary and H. Singh. The duo was involved in several extremist activities, including looting of police weapons in Madhupur.
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April - 26 
The Hindu reports that three policemen and two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an encounter in Dumka on April 26.
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The Hindu reports that three policemen and two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an encounter in Dumka on April 26.
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April - 27 
Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a civilian, working for a contractor who was assigned the job of mining sand close to the embankment of a river, near Roshan Ganj police station in the Gaya district on April 27,
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Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a civilian, working for a contractor who was assigned the job of mining sand close to the embankment of a river, near Roshan Ganj police station in the Gaya district on April 27, reports The Hindu. Police sources said that the contractor had been asked by the Maoists to stop collecting royalty from the people and he had not obeyed the diktat.
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April - 27 
Times of India reports that five cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed during an encounter with the security forces (SFs) near the Dilwa railway station on April 27. Police sources said that a group of 100 Maoists wer
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Times of India reports that five cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed during an encounter with the security forces (SFs) near the Dilwa railway station on April 27. Police sources said that a group of 100 Maoists were planning to blow up the nearby Koderma railway station when the SFs intervened, leading to the encounter. The SF personnel recovered an unspecified number of rifles and cartridges from the incident site.
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April - 28 
A group of Maoists set ablaze five houses in the Nathpur village of Gumla district on April 28. The Superintendent of Police, Baljeet Singh, said that the Maoist action followed after the villagers allegedly continued to give shelter to one Manoj Yad
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A group of Maoists set ablaze five houses in the Nathpur village of Gumla district on April 28. The Superintendent of Police, Baljeet Singh, said that the Maoist action followed after the villagers allegedly continued to give shelter to one Manoj Yadav, who snapped links with the CPI-Maoist to join the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT) a month ago. Household articles of four of the five houses were destroyed in the fire.
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April - 28 
On April 28, a group of armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a civilian in the Dolh Gaon village of the Garwah district branding him a police informer, reports The Hindu.
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On April 28, a group of armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a civilian in the Dolh Gaon village of the Garwah district branding him a police informer, reports The Hindu.
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April - 28 
On April 28, an activist of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was killed by suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Midnapore district, reports The Hindu.
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On April 28, an activist of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was killed by suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Midnapore district, reports The Hindu.
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April - 28 
The Hindu reports that the lone woman member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Central Committee, 54-year old Anuradha Ghandy, also known as Narmada and Rama, died of cerebral malaria on April 12, a release by the outfit’s Central C
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The Hindu reports that the lone woman member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Central Committee, 54-year old Anuradha Ghandy, also known as Narmada and Rama, died of cerebral malaria on April 12, a release by the outfit’s Central Committee spokesman Azad said. Anuradha had joined the Naxalites (left-wing extremists) in the early 1970s and was the founding member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) in Maharashtra. She also served as a member of the Vidarbha regional committee and the Maharashtra State Committee and was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist in January 2007.
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April - 29 
A Naxalite (left-wing extremist), Madnayya alias Karpa Shankar Atram - ‘dalam (squad) commander’ of Permili dalam (squad) and Permili Area Committee member - was arrested from his hideout in the Tondela village under Permili sub-police station jurisd
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A Naxalite (left-wing extremist), Madnayya alias Karpa Shankar Atram - ‘dalam (squad) commander’ of Permili dalam (squad) and Permili Area Committee member - was arrested from his hideout in the Tondela village under Permili sub-police station jurisdiction of Gadchiroli district on April 29, reports Times of India. He was active since 2001 and was wanted in cases of murder and arson.
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April - 29 
Admitting that the rise of Naxalism was a "political movement with a strong base among poor peasantry and adivasis," a high-powered Government committee has ascribed its growth to people’s discontent and complete failure of the system and asked for i
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Admitting that the rise of Naxalism was a "political movement with a strong base among poor peasantry and adivasis," a high-powered Government committee has ascribed its growth to people’s discontent and complete failure of the system and asked for immediate winding up of the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum campaign, according to Times of India. The report, prepared by a panel set up by the Planning Commission, said that measures like Salwa Judum "delegitimizes politics, dehumanizes people, degenerates those engaged in their security and above all, represents abdication of the state itself." While criticising the crude violence practised by the Maoists, the committee asked the Government to first deal with the problem of landlessness, ensure livelihood and have an effective land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement policy. It also asked the Government to hold peace talks with the Maoists. Stating that "dissent or expression of dissatisfaction is a positive feature of democracy", the committee said, "What is surprising is not the fact of unrest, but the failure of the state to draw right conclusions from it." The committee recommended that all debt liabilities of the weaker sections be liquidated where the debtor has paid an amount equivalent to the original principal and where intended benefit for which the loan was taken has not accrued to the borrowers. The committee recommended that the tribal sub-plan be brought under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution and forest produce be provided protection of minimum support price. The committee, set up by the Planning Commission in 2006, is headed by D. Bandopadhyay, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer who played a key role in dealing with the Naxalites in West Bengal in the 1970s. Among the members are Prakash Singh, former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police; Ajit Doval, former director of the Intelligence Bureau; B. D. Sharma, a retired bureaucrat; Sukhdeo Thorat, University Grants Commission chairman and K. Balagopal, human rights lawyer. The committee submitted its report earlier this month.
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April - 29 
In another incident, on April 29, CPI-Maoist cadres triggered an explosion damaging an under-construction Government building at Madhuban in the Giridih district. A group of 20 Maoists reportedly reached the vacant building site and packed it with ex
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In another incident, on April 29, CPI-Maoist cadres triggered an explosion damaging an under-construction Government building at Madhuban in the Giridih district. A group of 20 Maoists reportedly reached the vacant building site and packed it with explosives before triggering the blast. In February 2007, the same building being built for the tourists by the Government had been destroyed by the militants.
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April - 29 
India was among the countries worst affected by terrorism with militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and in the Northeast, attacks by Naxalites and attacks elsewhere in the country taking a toll of more than 2,300 lives in 2007, the US State Departme
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India was among the countries worst affected by terrorism with militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and in the Northeast, attacks by Naxalites and attacks elsewhere in the country taking a toll of more than 2,300 lives in 2007, the US State Department said, according to PTI. The State Department, in its annual report on terrorism, said terrorist activities along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir are on the decline but Pakistan-based militant outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and other terrorist groups continue to plan attacks in the Valley. "Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba and other Kashmir-focused groups continued regional attack planning. In 2007, Kashmir-focused groups continued to support attacks in Afghanistan, and operatives trained by the groups continued to feature in Al-Qaeda transnational attack planning," it said. The report said Indian Government’s counter terrorism efforts remained hampered by outdated and overburdened law enforcement and legal systems. "The Indian court system was slow, laborious, and prone to corruption. Terrorism trials can take years to complete. Many of India’s local police forces were poorly staffed, lacked training, and were ill-equipped to combat terrorism effectively," the report said. Noting about the attack on Samjhauta Express in February 2007, the report said it was carried out by extremists who tried to incite anger among the Hindus and Muslims. "These attacks, which killed and injured both Muslims and Hindus, were probably conducted by extremists hoping to incite anger between the Hindu and Muslim communities. "Indian officials claim that the perpetrators of these attacks have links to groups based in Pakistan and Bangladesh, particularly Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami, among others," the report said. The report also took note of the US-India Joint Working Group on Terrorism (CTJWG) which has so far met nine times since its formation in 2000. India participated in CTJWGS with 15 other countries, and in multilateral CTJWGS with the EU and with the Bay of Bengal initiative for multi-sectoral technical and economic cooperation, an organisation that promotes economic cooperation among Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
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April - 29 
On April 29, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres destroyed houses of four persons whom they described as police informers in the Nawada district, reports The Hindu. Police sources said that an armed squad of nearly 200 Maoists rai
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On April 29, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres destroyed houses of four persons whom they described as police informers in the Nawada district, reports The Hindu. Police sources said that an armed squad of nearly 200 Maoists raided Jamunia village and asked the occupants of the four houses to come out before using dynamites to destroy the houses.
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April - 29 
On April 29, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) State committee member, M.A. Srinivasan, surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission, reports The Hindu. Haling from the Sangareddy district, Srinivasan had joined
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On April 29, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) State committee member, M.A. Srinivasan, surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission, reports The Hindu. Haling from the Sangareddy district, Srinivasan had joined the left-wing extremist movement in 1985 and was operating in north India since 1993.
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April - 30 
A civilian, identified as Bhaskar from the Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh, was killed by the Maoists near MV70 village under Kalimela police station in the Malkangiri district on April 30, reports The Hindu. A letter left near the dead body desc
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A civilian, identified as Bhaskar from the Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh, was killed by the Maoists near MV70 village under Kalimela police station in the Malkangiri district on April 30, reports The Hindu. A letter left near the dead body described the victim as a police informer. Meanwhile, one Central Reserve Police Force personnel, travelling to the area where the dead body was found, was injured after his motorbike hit a landmine at Badijhata village.
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April - 30 
A fast track court in the capital Patna framed charges against the senior CPI-Maoist leader Ajay Kanu and five others on April 30 for their alleged involvement in the killing of a policeman in 2002 at Kandak village in Patna rural district.
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A fast track court in the capital Patna framed charges against the senior CPI-Maoist leader Ajay Kanu and five others on April 30 for their alleged involvement in the killing of a policeman in 2002 at Kandak village in Patna rural district.
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*Data till , June 08, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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