Incidents involving Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) 2007

Andhra Pradesh

2007

December 30: Armed cadres of the Madhu dalam of the Communist Party India-Marxist-Leninist-New Democracy (CPI-ML-New Democracy) shot dead a sympathizer of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Banothu Kolia, in Polaram village of Khammam district. The attack was in retaliation of the killing of Pulusu Venkanna, a village secretary of the CPI-ML-New Democracy, at Polaram in the same district on December 29-night by the CPI-Maoist cadres. Two other CPI-ML-New Democracy cadres, Vankudothu Venkanna and a woman activist, had sustained bullet injuries in the attack.

December 28: Police recovered 429 live rounds, four landmines, each weighing five kilograms, from Thani rivulet in Ootai forest area of Kothaguda mandal in the Warangal district.

Eight landmines, each weighing four kilograms, were recovered from Bhupatipur forest area in Eturunagaram mandal in the Warangal district.

One directional mine from a dump at Pochapur forest area in Narasampet mandal was seized in the Warangal district.

Another landmine was recovered from a dump near Medaram village in Tadvai mandal of Warangal district.

December 27: The CPI-Maoist cadres of Korukonda dalam killed a tribal, identified as Tambeli Beturu Siddhu, branding him as a police informer at Peddagedda junction in Chintapalli mandal of Visakhapatnam district. The Maoists left a letter in the name of Korukonda Area Committee which stated that the tribal was killed as he was passing on information about Maoists to the police after taking training for three months as home-guard.

In the Visakhapatnam district, the Maoists stopped a lorry going to Chintapalli from Narsipatnam and set it ablaze.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as L. Rambabu of Pedabayalu dalam, was arrested at Chodavaram in the Visakhapatnam district.

December 21: Two unidentified women cadres of the CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter with the security forces in the forests near Tiger Camp under Maredumilli police station limits of East Godavari district. The police recovered three .303 guns, two 12 bore guns and nine kit bags from the encounter site.

December 18: Chetti Prameela alias Swarnakka alias Vidya, a commander of the Venkatapuram Special Guerrilla Squad of the CPI-Maoist in the Khammam district, surrendered before the Warangal district Superintendent of Police, Soumya Mishra.

December 16: Two cadres of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Singa Prasad alias Ravi, member of the Prakasam district committee and secretary of Gundlakamma area committee, and Jathavath Ramsingh Naik alias Kesava, the Gundlakamma area committee member, were arrested by police while they were searching for food near the Kurchedu forest area on the border of Guntur-Prakasam district. However, four other Maoists, Ashok, Murali, Vimala and Bharathi, who were camping in the same area, managed to escape. Prasad joined the outfit in August 2000 as a district member in Tiger Project, moved to Palavanka dalam (squad) in 2003 and was elevated as ‘deputy commander’. Police sources said that Prasad was accused in 10 murder cases and was a key member who was monitoring operations in the Prakasam district. Kesava joined the outfit in 2002 and was reportedly involved in four murders.

December 12: About 15 armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist set ablaze road construction machinery and a tractor at Gouraram village in the Khammam district. They also threatened the driver with dire consequences if he continued with the road construction work.

December 9: Police recovered an AK-47, two magazines and 60 live ammunition of the CPI-Maoist from Pamulapadu village of Podili mandal in Prakasam district. According to Superintendent of Police, V. Navinchand, the recovery was done on the basis of information given by the arrested Maoist, N. Panduranga Reddy alias Sagar alias Pratap on December 5. During interrogation, Sagar also revealed that the State secretary of CPI-Maoist had handed over to him the cash and jewels looted in Vemavaram and Morjampadu famine raids in Guntur district, Chaitanya Grameena Bank branch at Pedakonamgundla village also in Guntur district and State Bank of Hyderabad branch at Dondapadu in Nalgonda district for dumping. Police recovered the 9.475-kg gold and INR 741000 in cash, from Chintala Chenchugudem in the Nallamala forest area, in the same district.

Maoists intruded into the house of Midium Balaraju, sarpanch (village head) of Pydigudem village in the Khammam district, and assaulted him holding responsible for the road construction works sanctioned under the Prime Minister Sadak Yojana.

December 8: Police and CPI-Maoists exchanged fire near Yedukalammakonda under Pampa police station limits in the Visakhapatnam district. However, no one was injured in the gun battle. A .303 rifle, and kit bags were recovered from the site of the encounter.

The Maoists' call for an economic blockade has reportedly failed to disrupt life in the State. "The last two days of the formation week of People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) were declared as economic blockade by the CPI Maoists. We have seen that there has been no such effect in common life and the area has been peaceful," said Akun Sabarwal, Superintendent of Police in the Visakhapatnam District.

December 6. The CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a villager, identified as Jinkala Shankar, branding him as a police informant, at Yelimonigudem in the Gurrampode mandal of Nalgonda district. Maoists reportedly held Shankar responsible for an encounter in which four senior cadres had been killed by the police in an operation earlier this year.

CPI-Maoist cadres attacked the police near Vaadamamidi in G.K. Veedhi mandal of Visakhapatnam district, leaving one police constable, M. Venkata Ramana, seriously injured.

At Chintapalli in Visakhapatnam district, the district police arrested Kamalamma, divisional committee member of the Jana Natya Mandali, the CPI-M’s cultural wing, and ‘commander’ of the Korukonda dalam (squad).

December 5: Three suspected CPI-Maoist cadres were killed during an exchange of fire with police near Edupulamma forest area in the Mampa police station limits of Visakhapatnam district.

Mucherla Ramudu, a top ‘platoon commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, carrying head money of INR 20000, surrendered before police in Mahabubnagar. Ramudu, who joined the Pangal dalam (squad) in 2003, was involved in 15 cases, including the killing of Maktal Member of Legislative Assembly C. Narsi Reddy, murder of Charakonda Pandaiah and G. Veeraiah at Vatvarlapally village. He was also involved in the killing of Masaiah at Inole village in the district, according to the police. Ramadu disclosed that he surrendered to the police due to continuous counseling of parents and relatives.

The Warangal district police arrested two persons for allegedly trying to supply arms to the Prathighatana group of Naxalites and seized six revolvers and 20 live rounds of ammunition from them.

December 3: The CPI-Maoist announced a week-long economic blockade in the Maoist-affected areas in the north of the State. According to sources, the Maoists are planning attacks during the week to make their presence felt in the three north coastal districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and East and West Godavari districts. Maoists announced that they would target government properties and warned the tribals against helping the police and acting as informers. Meanwhile, an unnamed senior police official said more security force personnel were being deployed to give special protection to government properties. Some leaders were also warned to avoid staying in their native villages during this week.

December 1: A leader of the Congress party, identified as Panthu Nayak was killed by suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist on the outskirts of Amangal town in the Mahaboobnagar district. Nayak was the president of Amangal mandal in the district. He was about to enter in a temple when the Maoists opened fire on him killing him on the spot.

November 22: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed a tribal man, identified as Gemmili Sanyasi Rao, at Maddilaveedhi in the Chintapalli mandal of Visakhapatnam district.

November 20: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist detonated three landmines and opened fire towards a police party in a remote place in the G.K. Veedhi mandal of Visakhapatnam district. However, no causalities were reported on either side. Police also recovered three kit bags of the Maoists near the incident site.

November 19: The police unearthed two arms dumps, including country made fire arms manufacturing material, of the CPI-Maoist in the Chandampet area of Nalgonda district and recovered a 7.62 SLR, two .410 muskets and one 30-M1 rifle carbine without magazines.

A young CPI-Maoist cadre, M. Koteswara Rao alias Seshu alias Raghu, carrying head money of INR 50000, surrendered before the police at Ongole in the Prakasam district. According to police, he was involved in six offences, including two murder cases and participation in two exchanges of fire with the police. After the surrender, Koteswara Rao revealed that while studying ninth class in a school at Tharigoppula village in the Guntur district, he was attracted by revolutionary songs. He joined the CPI-Maoist outfit in 2005 and held various positions, including as a protection squad member, a platoon committee member and a member of the Gundlakamma dalam.

November 16: Three persons, including two migrant tribals from the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, were killed by cadres of the CPI-Maoist in Narsingpet village of Chintoor mandal in Khammam district. Before the killing, the Maoists reportedly grilled them in the presence of the villagers by organising a panchayati (village level meeting) and branded them as police informants.

November 15: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed a civilian, Pangi Nageswara Rao, in the Dumbriguda mandal of Visakhapatnam district, near the Orissa border. The Maoists had also left a letter near his dead body but its contents were not known yet. The incident occurred after the surrendered Maoists and family members of those killed by Maoists held a demonstration in Visakhapatnam on November 14 criticising the violence and seeking police protection.

November 14: Police recovered two powerful landmines, each weighing about 20-kg, from a stretch of road from Kolluru to Chityala in the Bellamkonda mandal of Guntur district. They were recovered on the basis of information reveled by the recently arrested Maoists. "We have information that the landmines are planted by militants belonging to Krishnapatti dalam and were planted targeting either the public representatives or the police parties traveling on the road enroute Chityala," said an unnamed senior police official.

November 13: The CPI-Maoist reportedly issued a press release at Chintapalli village in the Visakhapatnam district, blaming the police for turning the Girijans (local tribals) into informers by spending huge amounts of money and warned that the properties acquired by the surrendered Maoists, after taking up the job of Home Guard, would be destroyed. The CPI-Maoist east division secretary Jagadeesh said in the press release that surrendered Maoists are helping the police, were not leading a normal life and were always with the police who provided them with all luxuries and used them in combing operations. They wanted that the surrendered Maoists to lead a normal life and not help the police.

November 11: Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist shot dead a home guard, identified as Subhash, at G. Madugula in Visakhapatnam district.

November 6: A top leader and 'commander' of state action team of the CPI-Maoist, Anantha Sivasankar alias Jagan (carrying head money of INR 3,00,000) along with his wife Sujatha surrendered before Superintendent of Police, Sankabratha Bagchi, at Nandyal in Kurnool district. According to police, Sivsankar joined the outfit in 1999 and worked in Kurnool, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam districts in the state and in Orissa in several capacities and took part in many Maoist activities.

November 3: Police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunitions including rifles, revolvers and also some literature, wire bundles and a camera flash from the CPI-Maoist stronghold in a forest area at Andhra Pradesh-Orissa border in Vizianagaram district.

November 1: Two police personnel sustained injuries when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast at Kundrangi village in the Pedabayalu mandal of Visakhapatnam district on No casualties were reported in the simultaneous exchange of fire between the police and the Maoists.

Maoists triggered landmine blast, targeting the police who were engaged in a combing operation near Kunukuru village in Koyyuru mandal in Visakhapatnam district. Subsequent to the blast, an exchange of fire occurred between the two parties but no casualties or injuries were reported.

October 30: The CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine explosion targeting a police party who were engaged in a combing operation near Pedapadu village of GK Veedhi mandal in the Visakhapatnam district. While an unspecified number of police personnel sustained injuries in the incident, the Maoists managed to escape after the subsequent exchange of fire.

October 28: Police recovered two arms dumps, including two .303 rifles, one rifle and over 300 rounds of different weapons, at Gandicheruvu village of Yerragondapalem mandal in Prakasam district.

October 28: Three cadres of the CPI-Maoist, Dasari Madhav, his wife Sandhya (carrying head money of INR 20000 each) and another woman K Erramma alias Aruna (carrying head money of INR 50000), a member of the Nallamala forest division committee of Palavanka dalam, surrendered before police in the Prakasam district. According to police, Erramma worked in the Tiger Project dalam and was involved in several actions, including the attack on Yerragondapalem police station, the killing of two children in Bommalapuram village and the blasting of a crusher and a vehicle at Kunta village. Madhav and his wife Sandhya were involved in providing shelter to several underground Maoists.

October 26: Kokkera Srinu alias Sudhakar, action team member of the Guthikonda Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police in Guntur. The Maoist confessed that he had taken part in 10 offences, including five murders and two incidents of exchange of fire. The SP said that the Maoist joined the movement in July 2004 as an armed platoon member and worked with the Guthikonda Area Committee, Chandravanka dalam, and Pullalacheruvu dalam.

October 24: Two cadres of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Oggu Santosha alias Nagamani and Bomma Govindu alias Azad, surrendered before the police at Nalgonda. According to police, Santosha was allegedly involved in the attack on the then Member of Legislative Assembly, Ragya Naik, at Maddimadugu and Govindu was involved in three murder cases.

October 22: Around 20 cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed a village elder, Vantala Satyanarayana, and a homeguard at Bonangipalli village in the G.K. Veedhi mandal of the Visakhapatnam district. Before leaving, the Maoists left a note saying that Satyanarayana was killed for co-operating with the police and warned that all police informers would meet the same fate. CPI-Maoist cadres are also reported to have assaulted the family members of Satyanarayana.

October 15: Police arrested a top CPI-Maoist leader and Guthikonda ‘area commander’, Mydukuri Raoof alias Rabbani alias Jaheer, carrying head money of INR 300000 at Janapadu village in the Piduguralla mandal of Guntur district. He was reportedly wanted in connection with 58 offences, including six murders and exchange of fire with special police parties. Two other sympathisers, Borra Venkaiah and Lanjapalli Koteswara Rao, were also arrested on charges of providing shelter to the Maoists.

October 12: A top CPI-Maoist leader and Mahabubnagar district secretary, Ramakanth alias Gunduru Sreenu alias Ashok, carrying head money of INR 500000, surrendered before the district police in Mahabubnagar. Ramakanth was involved in several cases, including eight murders and the killing of Congress MLA from Makhtal, C. Narsi Reddy, two years ago. Ramakanth, resident of Ajilapoor village of Veldanda mandal, joined the outfit in 1995. He severed various positions in the outfit as dalam (squad) member of Kalwakurthy, ‘deputy commander’ of upper plateau, ‘commander’ of Nallamala dalam and ‘platoon commander’.

October 7: Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist shot dead a youth, M Venkata Ramana Raju, suspecting him to be a police informer at Nurmati village in the G. Madugula mandal of Visakhapatnam district. Raju was abducted up from his house and later shot dead in the forests.

October 5: Police personnel recovered two powerful landmines planted by the banned CPI-Maoist near Vantala village on the Chintapalli-Jerrela road in Visakhapatnam district. The explosives, weighing 30 kilograms, were packed in two steel vessels and planted at a bend on the road. The Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Chintapalli, Ram Nayak, informed that the landmines were unearthed during a special drive being conducted by the district police to identify and defuse landmines, claymore mines and directional mines planted by the Maoists on the roads being used by people in the agency area.

The police confirmed that the nine tribals, who were taken into custody during a combing operation in Palakonda division of Srikakulam district, were CPI-Maoist cadres. A special police party from Vizianagaram arrested Arika Raja Rao, Govinda, Suresh, Chinna Rao, Baapaiah, Balaiah, Mangu, Uyaka Sarang and Mandangi Bosiyelu. On the basis of information provided by the Maoists, the police also recovered an arms dump near Sankiligudam including explosives, three empty steel carriages, 20 SLR rounds, four cartridges, a pistol and a grenade.

September 30: Five ‘action team’ cadres of the CPI-Maoist were arrested by the police in Vepalagadda forests of Yellandu sub-division in the Khammam district. A 303 rifle, an 8 mm rifle with 15 live rounds, a 9 mm pistol, 8 mm carbine with 15 live rounds and a landmine weighing 18 kilograms were seized from them. Superintendent of Police, D. S. Chouhan, said that the police were on the lookout for the leader of the team, Kommu Ramaswamy, and another member, Avudoddi Sreenu, who managed to escape.

A CPI-Maoist leader of the Gurthedu Area Committee, Kurra Manga alias Sirimi alias Kavithakka, surrendered to the police in Kakinada. Kavithakka was working as secretary of the Andhra-Orissa Border (AOB) committee - East Division - and was wanted in several cases. She carried a reward of INR 200,000 on her head. Her husband, Bhushanam, is working as AOB divisional committee member.

September 26: Police killed four Pedabayalu dalam cadres of the CPI-Maoist, including three women cadres, in an encounter at Amidala village in the G. Madugula mandal of Visakhapatnam district. Police also recovered two .303 rifles, two double barrel breech loading guns, five kit bags and a tapancha from the incident site.

September 25: Four suspected CPI-Maoist cadres killed a civilian, identified as V. Krishna Rao, at Bannavaram village in the Chintapalli mandal of Visakhapatnam district. The Maoists killed Rao suspecting him to be an informer of the police.

September 23: Police arrested one CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as, Tamtenki Ashok, who was reportedly involved in enrolling youths into the outfit, from his residence at Brahmanwada in the Hanamkonda town of Warangal district.

September 20: Police unearthed three landmines and six electrical detonators planted by the CPI-Maoist cadres, on a road between Peepalpahad and Devulamma Nagaram in Choutuppal mandal in the Nalgonda district.

Police recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including six claymore mines, five live cartridges of 12 bore tapancha and 25 electrical detonators at Eddugundubodu area on the outskirts of Chandampet mandal in the Nalgonda district. The Superintendent of Police, Vijay Kumar, said that the mines were planted by Kavali Yadagiri alias Pandu, Divisional Committee member of Nalgonda-Mahabubnager Division and Boda Anjaiah alias Bhaskar, member of Kanagal, to attack the police and other targeted political leaders.

September 17: Condemning the alleged arrest and illegal detention of Santosh, a senior member of the central technical committee of the CPI-Maoist, who was believed to be taken into custody in Mumbai on August 24, Azad, CPI-Maoist spokesperson in Hyderabad demanded that he be produced in a court of law immediately. Apprehending threat to the life of Santosh, Azad, warned of retaliatory attacks if any harm was done to him. He also warned that the ruling party leaders would have to pay a price for any harm done to Santosh.

September 13: Police arrested a former CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Bhaskar alias Munaiah, at Gudur in the Nellore district. Police said that Bhaskar was arrested in connection with the landmine blast at Chendodugutta on September 7.

September 12: A former ‘secretary’ of the Rachakonda Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Bhavanam Sreenivasa Reddy alias Bhaskar alias Prabhakar alias Diwakar, surrendered to the police for the second time due to ill-health in the Nalgonda district. The Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar said that Reddy, who had surrendered and availed of the rehabilitation package on August 9, 2003, went underground after Maoists attacked Atmakur police station in the same district in 2006.

September 11: The CPI-Maoist claimed responsibility for the attack on the former Chief Minister N. Janardhana Reddy and expressed regrets for the death of three other persons in the landmine blast near Vakadu of Nellore district on September 7. In a statement released in Hyderabad, Janardhan, the CPI-Maoist spokesman in the State, said that a special action team of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army had blasted the landmine, but it had missed the target, as Reddy and his wife, N. Rajalakshmi, had moved into another car. A four-paragraph statement in Telugu justified the attack on Reddy saying he was the first to impose a ban on the left-wing extremists in 1992 and was responsible for "killing of over 400 revolutionaries" during his tenure.

September 7: The former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Janardhan Reddy, and his wife, N. Rajyalakshmi, who is also Minister for Women Development and Child Welfare in the Andhra Pradesh cabinet, escaped unhurt while three Congress party workers were killed and five others sustained injuries in a CPI-Maoist-triggered landmine blast near Chitwedu village in the Nellore district. The remote controlled blast targeted the convoy of 21 vehicles of Reddy, who is a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), damaging the bulletproof car in which the couple was traveling. Reddy was the Chief Minister when a ban was imposed on the Maoists (then known as People’s War Group or PWG) for the first time in May 1992. He has been on the Maoist hit-list since then. He had earlier escaped an assassination attempt in 2003.

September 6: Commander of the Telakapally local guerilla squad and area committee secretary of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Lenkala Devendramma alias Rajitha, surrendered before the police at an unspecified place in the Mahububnagar district.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, Uppalapally Yadaiah alias Ramaswamy alias Obulesh and Kodangi Kalamma alias Srujana, surrendered before the police at an unspecified place in the Nalagonda district.

August 20: Four senior cadres of the CPI-Maoist surrendered before the Mahabubnagar district Superintendent of Police Charu Sinha. They were identified as Baddela Balaiah alias Sagar, a dalam (squad) commander, his wife, Chigulla Guruvamma alias Latha, Tokala Lingaiah alias Prasad and Katraju Lingaiah alias Narayana.

August 8: Janardhan, a member of the CPI-Maoist frontal organisations, Virasam (Revolutionary Writers Association) and Human Rights Forum, surrendered before the Prakasham district Superintendent of Police, Vinit Brijlan. Janardhan, who had attended the CPI-Maoist meeting in Mumbai, Guttikonda Bilam and Hyderabad, during the peace talks between the outfit and State government in 2004, surrendered before the police due to ill health and disillusionment with the extremist ideology. He was carrying a reward of INR 20,000 on his head and was absconding since the Maoist attack on Superintendent of Police Mahesh Chandra Laddha.

CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine explosion, injuring Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation security officer Satya Murthy and his assistant Ramage Prasad at Sileru in the Visakhaptnam district. Superintendent of Police A. Sabarwal told that the landmine attack was to protest against the arrest of tribals who were in police custody on the charges of abetting Maoist activities in the agency areas. The Maoists also attacked a check-post at Sileru and burnt the office records. They dropped letters and pamphlets protesting against the arrest of the tribals, he added.

August 7: A member of the Nallamala Forest Division Committee of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Talari Krishna alias Pochaiah of Medak district, was killed in an exchange of fire near Pacharla in the Nallamala forest area of Kurnool district. A police personnel, identified as Bala Ankaiah, was also injured in the exchange of fire. However, some other Maoists, including CPI-Maoist ‘state secretary’ Sambasivudu, escaped from the incident site. The police recovered an SLR and .303 gun from the incident site.

A woman cadre and ‘platoon member’ of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Turlapati Tanuja, surrendered before the Guntur district police. Superintendent of Police, Mahesh Chandra Laddha, said that Tanuja was involved in several incidents, including the attack on the Chilakaluripet police station in December 2005, exchange of fire at Marrivemula in Prakasam district.

August 6: The ‘Andhra-Orissa Border action committee Deputy Commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, A. Chandrashekar, surrendered before the Chittoor district Superintendent of Police Shashidara Reddy.

August 3: A CPI-Maoist couple, Madduri Gattaiah alias Gagnaram and Madduri Madanakka alias Shobha, surrendered before the district police at Nalgonda. Superintendent of Police, Vijay Kumar, informed that Gattaiah served as ‘area committee member’ of the Madded committee and ‘commander’ of 11th platoon while Madanakka worked as ‘deputy commander’ of Bhopalapatnam in the west Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

August 2: During combing operations at Amvrabad Mannanur Vatvarlapally in the Nalamalla forest area of Mahabubnagar district, the police found diaries and some papers that had vital information about the CPI-Maoist.

July 31: A ‘deputy commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Kammula Ilaiah alias Rajesh of Mantoor village, surrendered before the Medak police.

The East Godavari district police arrested seven cadres of the CPI-Maoist and neutralized two arms dumps.

In the Visakhapatnam district, Maoists, observing the ‘martyrs week’, established memorials and hung banners at some villages in the agency area during the last few days. Separately, a mine was planted near the memorial established at Sivarajapuram village.

July 30: A former woman cadre of the Chandravanka dalam of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Gajula Nagamani alias Suneeta, carrying head money of INR 50,000 surrendered to the Ongole police. Suneeta was reportedly involved in two murder cases.

July 29: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up the cabin of a railway signal system at Kuneru railway station in the Vijayanagaram district and damaged railway property worth INR 3,000,000. The Maoists also set ablaze the records of the railway station. They left a note pasted on the wall of the railway station demanding their leader Dharma alias Bhupati, who was arrested on July 23, to be presented before a court immediately.

A pressure mine planted by the CPI-Maoists near the Mallikarjunaswamy temple on the outskirts of Koyyuru exploded accidentally. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.

July 27: A CPI-Maoist couple, M Venkateswarlu alias Balanna alias Naveen and Vengalamba alias Shyamala, former dalam (squad) ‘commanders’ and carrying head money of INR 200000 each, surrendered to the police at Ongole in the Prakasam district.

July 26: Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as P. Dasaradh alias ‘Tech’ Srinu alias Azad, and Anand Kumar alias Shyam, were killed in an encounter with the police in the area between Ravulapalem and Manepalli Thanda of the Bollapalli mandal in Guntur district.

Seven CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman, surrendered before the police at Rajahmundry in the East Godavari district. They were identified as G. Chittibabu, G. Sathibabu, G. Bhupati, Mudu Gopalakrishna alias Gopal, Sema Reddy Pall, K. Kosai and K. Dombe.

July 25: One CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Gopi alia Nageswara Rao, was killed in an exchange of fire with police at Birubulanarva in the Prakasam district. However, five others managed to escape.

July 24: CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a former colleague, 22-year old Nomula Mariadas, at Kallagunta village in the Guntur district accusing him of being a police informer. The killed extremist had joined the Maoist fold four years ago and had surrendered to the police at Veldurthi police station in April 2005.

July 22: A ‘deputy commander’ of the special guerrilla squad of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Kiran, carrying a head money of INR 50000, was killed in a encounter with the police at Rachakonda village in the Prakasam district. The Nallamala Forest Division committee secretary, Nagireddy Panduranga Reddy alias Sagar alias Pratap, was also injured in the incident. Two other woman dalam members were reportedly arrested at the same place. The encounter occurred when 12 Maoists assembled near a stream at Rachakonda and were planning to observe a martyrs week from July 27 to August 3. Police also recovered two .303 rifles and two tapanchas (country made rifles) from the encounter site.

July 14: One tribal was killed and another wounded when cadres of the CPI-Maoist attacked them in the Vizianagaram district. The Maoists suspected them to be police informers.

July 12: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed a local leader of the ruling Congress party, identified as Ram Reddy, at Velerpadu mandal of Khammam district.

Maoists set ablaze a lorry at Pocharam village in the Vararamachandrapuram mandal of Khammam district.

July 11: CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a tower of the Doordarshan, the government television network, using detonators at Chintapalli village in the Visakhapatnam district. The Maoists also blasted a government quarter situated near the tower.

CPI-Maoist cadres blew up an electric sub-station in the Chintapalli mandal (administrative division) of Visakhapatnam district. The incident disrupted the power supply to several villages in Chintapalli and G K Veedhi divisions.

The Maoists blew up the house of a former Member of the State Legislative Assembly, Balaraju, in the Chintapalli mandal. The Maoists also tried to attack the Chintapalli police station but fled after police opened fire. The CPI-Maoist cadres also set ablaze a large number of tyres at a bus complex in Chintapalli and put up red flags, banners and posters all over the area.

Two cadres of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Aluvala Swamy alias Suryam, a leader wanted in Orissa and Chhattisgarh, and P. Ramana alias Uma, a ‘commander’, surrendered before the Warangal police. They were active in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

July 9: Alem Nageswar Rao alias Seshu, the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) fifth platoon ‘commander’ of the CPI-Maoist surrendered to the police in the Warangal district.

CPI-Maoists have reportedly threatened to carry out attacks against the police and ruling party politicians to avenge the killing of two of their important leaders, Sande Rajamouli and Chettiraju Papaiah, in the Anantapur and Warangal districts respectively, claiming the killing as fake encounters.

July 4: A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Pongi Subba Rao, was arrested by a police team during a search operation at Pedavalasa village in the G.K. Veedhi mandal of Visakhapatnam district. Police also recovered a SBBL gun from his possession.

July 1: A member of the North Telangana Special Zonal Committee (NTSZC) secretariat of the CPI-Maoist, Chettiraja Papaiah alias Somanna, carrying head money of INR 1000000, was killed in an encounter with police in the Medaram forest area under Tadavai mandal (administrative division) of Warangal district. Police also recovered an AK-47, a pistol and four kit bags from the incident site.

A member of the Galikonda local organising squad of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Korra Pandanna, was arrested while he along with three others were reportedly fixing landmines on a road near Lanka Pakala village in the G.K.Veedhi mandal (administration division) of Visakhapatnam district. However, the other three managed to escape.

June 29: A claymore mine weighing about 12 kilograms was spotted by farm workers and subsequently defused by the police on the rail track near Gate Karepalli village in the Khammam district. The mine was reportedly planted by the CPI-Maoist as part of their economic blockade programme on June 26-27.

A CPI-Maoist activist, identified as Polam Narasaiah alias Ramanna, carrying head money of INR 50,000, was arrested by police from the Mancherial division of Adilabad district.

June 28: Police personnel recovered eight landmines laid on the Kaluvapally road in the Tadvai mandal of the Warangal district by CPI-Maoist cadres.

June 26: The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a state-run Road Transport Corporation bus at R.V. Nagar in the Visakhaptanam district. Maoists also set ablaze the records of Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation and Coffee Board Research Centre in the same area.

June 25: A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Palaka Raja Rao alias Kiran, a member of Kondabariki dalam of the outfit, surrendered to the police at Palakonda in the Srikakulam district.

June 22: A top CPI-Maoist leader, Sande Rajamouli alias Prasad - the State Committee Secretary of Karnataka, a Central Committee Member and Central Military Commission member of CPI-Maoist - was reportedly killed in an encounter with the police near the railway station at Dharmavaram in the Anantapur district. A statement by the CPI-Maoist Karnataka State committee subsequently said that Rajamouli was in fact arrested near a bus stand at Kollam in the State of Kerala on June 22 and killed later on.

A Salva Judum activist, identified as Srinivas, was shot dead by cadres of the CPI-Maoist at a weekly tribal market at Edugurallapalli in the Khammam district.

June 20: Two CPI-Maoist cadres threatened the husband of Joolakallu Gram Panchayat (local administrative body) Sarpanch (village head) in the Piduguralla area of Guntur district with dire consequences if he did not ‘mend his ways’. The Maoists alleged that he had swindled INR 3,00,000 in a road contract. They also warned five surrendered left-wing extremists for their alleged links with the police to face dire consequences.

June 17: Police arrested a supporter of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Kota Anand alias Kishore, a member of the Bellamkonda Dalam (squad) of the erstwhile People’s War Group (PWG) and a close associate of ‘Tech’ Madhu, who was arrested on the charge of manufacturing rocket launchers under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act, in Vijayawada. The police seized revolutionary literature from Anand and charged him with continuing his association with the Maoists by taking up repair of their weapons.

June 13: A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Konapuri Ramulu, brother of the CPI-Maoist ‘State secretary’ Sambasivudu, surrendered at the office of Deputy Inspector General of Police (Hyderabad Range) in Hyderabad

June 5: Armed CPI-Maoist cadres of the Venkatapuram local guerrilla squad led by their leader Renuka and accompanied by a large number of Gotti Koya tribals, killed K. Satyam, a Congress party leader, at Chinnamidisaleru village in the Khammam district. The same group of extremists attacked the house of a trader, Soyam Somaraju, in the nearby Pedamidisaleru area of Khammam district. They also set a tractor ablaze in the Togugudem forests, on the border with Chhattisgarh.

Police arrested a top CPI-Maoist leader and Mahabubnagar ‘district committee secretary’, Kodavati Kumara Swamy alias Naganna alias Sahu, carrying a head money of INR 300,000 in Warangal. According to police, Swamy is also a member of the South Telangana Zonal Committee and one of the prime accused in the killing of the Indian Police Service officer, Paradeshi Naidu, the then Superintendent of Police of Mahabubnagar district. Warangal Superintendent of Police, Soumya Mishra, said that Swamy was involved in several cases, including the killing of eight police personnel.

The Warangal district police recovered 13 landmines, four claymore mines, 16 detonators and 200 meters of wire bundle which were planted by CPI-Maoist cadres between Kowshettivai and Chowledu villages.

May 29: The CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a bomb blast blowing up the control room of the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation’s 24 Mega Watt mini hydel power station at Donkarai village in the East Godavari district. According to police, about 50 armed Maoists came to the control room and using explosives blasted it and later escaped. An assistant engineer of the plant sustained injuries in the blast.

May 28: CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a tribal leader, S. Ravi Shankar, at Hukumpeta in the Visakhapatnam district. The incident occurred when about ten armed Maoists emerged from the forests and shot at Shankar at close range in the presence of hundreds of devotees during a local festival called Modakondamma Jatara and escaped.

May 26: Five Naxalites belonging to various outfits surrendered before the Superintendent of Police of Warangal district. The surrendered extremists include the CPI-Maoist Gadchiroli divisional committee member of Dandakaranya special zonal committee, K Rajamouli alias Ravi and his wife Sushila alias Naveena, deputy commander of Sironcha dalam.

May 15: Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as E. Gattaiah, ‘central organizer’ of Manthani local guerrilla squad, and E. Narayanaand, and one Praja Prathighatana member, identified as N. Ramlal Nayak, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police Y. Gangadhar in Karimnagar.

May 3: Six left wing–extremists belonging to different outfits surrendered before the Superintendent of Police, Soumya Mishra, in the Warangal district. They were identified as K. Santosh of Buttaigudem at Eturunagaram mandal, who worked as ‘commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, P. Kamala alias Sadhana of Basagudem in the State of Chhattisgarh, who worked as ‘deputy commander’ of 15th platoon of the CPI-Maoist, Midium Suresh of Kondai, who was a dalam member of Damodar squad of the CPI-Maoist, Bathula Suresh alias Srikanth, who was Kishore, dalam member of Prathighatana group, Matte Laxmi alias Anitha and Dobe Sharada , members of the Praja Prathighatana.

May 2: In the Warangal district, police recovered eight landmines, weighing two kilograms each, in steel cans planted by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres targeting the police engaged in combing operations in Kothaguda mandal. According to police sources, four landmines were recovered between Konapur and Potlapur villages on the cart track and other four were recovered from a junction leading to Alligudem, Pochapur and Chouledu villages near Damerathogu.

April 26: A ‘deputy dalam commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, Madari Korke alias Mohan, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar in the Adilabad district.

April 19: A top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Gasikanti Rajamouli alias Shekhar, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police Y. Gangadhar at Karimnagar. He had joined the Naxalite ranks in 1991 and worked in various positions as member in the Vikarabad dalam (squad), Special Action committee member in Tiger project dalam in the Nallamalla forests, Mahanandi dalam and deputy commander of Uravakonda dalam in Anantapur. In 2006, he was shifted to the Dandakaranya special zone committee to work in the Maoists `Kranthi' magazine and went to Chhattisgarh region also.

April 6: Soyam Ansu Bai alias Godavari alias Deepa, deputy commander of the Jimmalgatta dalam of the CPI-Maoist in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, surrendered to the Adilabad district police. The extremist who belonged to the Gangannapet village of Kadem mandal carried a reward of INR 100,000 from Maharashtra government and INR 50,000 from Andhra Pradesh government.

The Warangal district police arrested two civilians, P. V. Kondal Rao and Ch. Prabhakar, and recovered a huge amount of money reportedly belonging to the CPI-Maoist. Police sources said that Maoist leader Gajerla Ravi alias Ganesh had sent INR 5, 00,000 to the arrested persons for procuring items, including party literature.

March 29: Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with the police in the Nalgonda district. A police party was combing areas near Noothankal, on a tip-off that some extremists were forcibly collecting money from building contractors, when the exchange of fire occurred near Mukundapur village.

March 25: A top CPI-Maoist leader, identified as Durgam Ramanaiah, involved in the Koraput jail break in Orissa in 2004, and attacks on other security establishments surrendered in Warangal. Another top leader, the West Bastar division committee secretary and Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) member, Merugu Sambaiah aka Suranna aka Naganna, also surrendered. Another leader, identified as Ramanaiah surrendered along with his wife Bellamkonda Sarakka aka Kala, who is commander of the Chaitanya Natya Manch of the Maoists in DKSZC operating in Chhattisgarh.

March 23: A Police constable was killed and two others were injured when CPI-Maoist cadres opened fire on a combing party after setting off an explosive near Nelajartha village in the Visakhapatnam district.

March 18: A senior CPI-Maoist leader, Merugu Sambaiah alias Naganna alias Suranna surrendered before the Warangal district police. Sambaiah was working as the outfit’s West Bastar division committee secretary and was a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC). Sambaiah carried a reward of INR 2 lakhs on his head.

March 17: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of police was seriously injured in a landmine blast triggered by the CPI-Maoist cadres at Singamkota village of Y Ramavaram mandal in the East Godavari district.

March 16: Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman cadre, surrendered before the Karimnagar Superintendent of Police Y. Gangadhar. The surrendered cadres include Khammam district Charla LOS commander Pitchi Samakka alias Jhansi, her husband and dalam member Bore Lachaiah alias Lakshman and Mahadevpur special guerilla squad deputy commander Kode Shyamsunder alias Shyam.

The Andhra Pradesh Police found a large arms dump belonging to the CPI-Maoist from the Nallamalla forest. The arms and explosives recovered include more than 270 rockets and launchers with equipments to assemble another 100 rockets, grenades and launchers, 112 rocket pipes, which are basic components of rockets, and 101 empty war heads. The dump also had a large number of smaller parts like rocket propeller nuts, propeller caps and fins. In addition the dump contained 47 anti-personnel claymore mines, mine springs and spare parts used for pressure mines. It also had one double barrel gun, a country made pistol, 380 grenade strikers, 360 detonator caps, 0.30 rifle ammunition, as well as walkie-talkies and camera flashes.

March 12: CPI-Maoist cadres detonated an explosion targeting a gram panchayat building in the newly-constructed model housing colony for the Polavaram project-displaced at Rallapudi in Velerpadu mandal of Khammam district. The building, which was constructed at a cost of INR Two lakh a few months ago, collapsed completely.

March 5: A Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) member belonging to the Congress Party, identified as Prem Prakash, was shot dead by CPI-Maoist cadres near Marikal village in Pedda Kothapally mandal of Mahabubnagar district.

March 3: CPI-Maoist cadres detonated an explosion targeting a bridge on route connecting Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh near Rontentha in the Khammam district.

March 2: Three CPI-Maoist cadres including a woman cadre were killed during an encounter with the anti-naxal squad police at a remote place between Marriguda and Thangalkota in the East Godavari district. The slain Maoists are not yet identified and are believed to be top Maoist leaders of Orissa.

February 2: CPI-Maoist cadres killed a former colleague suspecting him to be a police informer at Kukumpudi village in the Visakhapatnam district. The slain extremist, Gemmeli Venkatrao, had surrendered to the police in 2006.

February 1: Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with the police personnel in the forest areas of Peruru in the Khammam district.

January 29: A police constable was killed and two others were injured during an encounter between police personnel and CPI-Maoist cadres near Wajeda forest area in the Khammam district.

Two CPI-Maoist women cadres, working in the Mahbubnagar district, surrendered before the Kurnool district Superintendent of Police, B. Malla Reddy.

January 23: Ranga Reddy, a functionary of the youth wing of the ruling Congress party in Prakasam district, was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres in Laxmipuram village near the Nallamala forest area.

January 16: Two CPI-Maoist cadres, ‘central technical committee’ member Ivvi Mohan Reddy alias Umesh alias Mahesh alias Prakash and Jade Venkati alias Suresh alias Manganna, were arrested by the police from Bhadrachalam in the Khammam district.

January 13: The Nalgonda district police killed four CPI-Maoist cadres in an encounter on the outskirts of Yelamanagudem village in Gurrampodu mandal (administrative division). Unconfirmed sources said that a senior second rung leader, Betharaju Narasimha alias Mukku Ravi alias Janardhan, was among those killed. Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar said that two to four Maoists might have managed to escape.

January 11: Andhra Pradesh Police killed two CPI-Maoist cadres during an encounter in the Kotapalli forest area near the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border in the Khammam district.

January 9: Five Naxalites surrendered and a Maoist courier was arrested in the Khammam district. Of the five surrendered Naxalites, one belonged to the CPI-Maoist, one to the Prajapratighatna and three to Pratighatna factions. Separately, police arrested Bojja Boddaiah, a Maoist courier, near Bodu village and recovered two weapons from his possession.

January 7: Police personnel unearthed a CPI-Maoist arms dump near Koyyuru and recovered a large quantity of material used for making landmines and gadgets to set the mines off along with some medicines.

East Godavari Police unearthed two claymore mines at Gurtedu-Bodlanka road near Irlavada, bordering Visakhapatnam. Even as the Maoists managed to escape, Police arrested two contractors -- Mohammed Rasool and Sreedhar Varma -- in connection with the seizure.

18 Maoists belonging to four different groups surrendered in the Khammam district. Those surrendered belonged to – CPI-Maoist (4), Janasakthi (2), Prathighatna (4) and Prajapratighatna group (8).

January 6: The CPI-Maoist cadres blasted coffee pulping units at Teegalabanda and Pedavalasa villages in G.K. Veedhi mandal and took away nearly 350 bags of graded coffee beans with them. The attack was carried out in protest against the December 27, 2006-killing of its top leaders, Wadkapur Chandramouli and his wife Karuna, in the agency area.

January 4: The CPI-Maoist Manpur Division Committee secretary, Dussa Gouri Shankar alias Prabhakar alias Vikram, and his wife and commander of Madaneveeda in Chhattisgarh, Udutha Laxmi alias Shoba, surrendered before Devendra Singh Chouhan, Superintendent of Police in the Karimnagar district.

January 1: An alleged arms supplier to the CPI-Maoist, identified as Ravi Kumar Chevori, was arrested from Cyberabad near Hyderabad. He had entered into a deal with the Maoists to supply arms and ammunition worth INR 40 lakh, which the city police seized on December 28, 2006, and arrested three persons.

Jharkhand

2007

December 31: Police destroyed 15 Maoist training camps and recovered 10 can bombs and clamymore mines following an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres near Parasnath hills under Pirtand police station in the Giridih district. According to the Inspector General of Police (Bokaro range), B B Pradhan, about 250 Maoists exchanged fire with the police before fleeing into the forests. He added that the tents were being used as training camps by the Maoists. A truck-load of food grains, utensils and other items were also recovered from the camps.

December 29: Two Maoists were killed and a Special Task Force trooper was injured in an encounter between security forces and Maoists in Hazaribag.

December 23: Police arrested Lalan Yadav, an area commander of the CPI-Maoist, from his home at Rahadiya village in the Chatra district. Police recovered one 9-mm loaded pistol and five cartridges from his possession. Subsequently, police also arrested a Maoist supporter, Isteyaq Khan, from the nearby Charka Kala village and recovered one motorcycle without number plate and extremist literature following the information provided by the arrested Maoist.

December 16: Police arrested a woman cadre of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Seema alias Ranjeeta alias Geeta, from a lodge at the district headquarter of Garhwa. Police also arrested Shravan Vishwakarma, an ‘area commander’ of the outfit, from the house of one Vinay Kumar Soni on the basis of information provided by Seema.December 17: .A political activist of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Democratic), identified as Krishna Bhagat, was abducted and killed by suspected JLT cadres at Karanja in the Latehar district.

December 8: The CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a machine at a bridge construction site at Ranpur village in Garhwa district and severely assaulted its operator. Maoists also looted the mobile phones of the supervisor and some other workers present at the site. It is believed that ‘zonal commander’ Mahendra Singh Kharwar and ‘area commander’ Sarita, along with 40 Maoist cadres from Chhattishgarh were involved in the incident.

In Bardari village of Garhwa district, Maoists assaulted the supervisor of a private construction company and stopped the road and bridge construction work there.

December 9: Police arrested a CPI-Maoist leader, Ashoka Nagesia alias Ashokaji who was visiting his sister’s marriage ceremony at Navatoli village under Mahuadand police station limits in Latehar district. During interrogation Ashoka revealed that he was involved in several incidents in the State and in bordering Chhattisgarh.

December 8: A youth was injured when a group of CPI-Maoist cadres opened indiscriminate fire on residents of the Anjan village in Gulma district. Around 15 Maoists raided the village in search of some youths who the extremists suspect were involved in the activities of Shanti Sena, an anti-Maoist force formed by the villagers. While fleeing, the Maoists planted a five kg ‘cane-bomb’ under the culvert of the approach road. A police team on December 9 recovered the ‘cane-bomb’.

In a bid to prevent youth from joining the CPI-Maoist, Jharkhand Police are organising street plays to show the hollowness of the extremist way of life. "Bhatke Rahi (Misguided Traveller)", a 30-minute play written by Superintendent of Police in Ranchi, M S Bhatia, is reportedly aimed at stopping youths from joining the extremists. Bhatia said, "The play shows how Naxalites rob happiness and deny development to common people by illusory dreams." The play directed by Dilip Palwle, a graduate of Delhi School of Drama, will be performed in the Maoist-affected villages till December 20.

November 25: CPI-Maoist cadres killed a civilian, identified as Chhkauri Ganjhu, at Bendi village in the Hazaribagh district. Maoists killed Ganjhu, accusing him to be an informer of the Jharkhand Prastuti Committee, a rival left-wing extremist group. He was also blamed for some recent setbacks the outfit suffered, especially the killing of Binod Dubey in 2006.

CPI-Maoist cadres abducted four persons from Awsane village under Chainpur police station limits in Gumla district. According to the Superintendent of Police, Deepak Verma, all the abducted persons were engaged in contract working in different village level development works and the Maoists abducted them because they have not paid the levy.

November 24: The CPI-Maoist is reportedly making its presence felt at Bengabad block in the Giridih district. Its cadres were seen sticking posters near Chilkkhari where the Maoists had killed 20 people in October 2007. Through the posters, the Maoists have threatened three local Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) leaders, Chintamani Singh, Lilo Singh and Niraj Chaudhari, to keep them away from the party or get punished. The Maoists also asked people to crush the police rule and establish people's liberation army and also save the forests.

November 22: Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed a village head and one security guard at Titlighat village under Gua police station in the West Singhbhum district. The dead bodies of the victims, identified as Ledia Munda and Pandu Champia, were found near a school in the village on November 23. Sources said Munda, who was the village head, and Champia were on the Maoist hit-list for double-crossing. They allegedly worked for both the police and the extremists. The police officer said the Maoists did not leave any leaflets, which they usually do after executing such action, while leaving Tetlighat village but the style of the killers' functioning hints at a Maoist connection.

Around 24 suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed a local Rashtriya Janta Dal party leader, Nand Kishore Singh, at Chatra. The Maoists also reportedly assaulted his brother Binod.

November 20: Police arrested a senior 'zonal commander' of the CPI-Maoist Dhiren Da alias Mahru, at Chaura in the Bokaro district. Wanted by the police of six States for 16 years, he admitted to having killed more than 106 persons, including two dozen police personnel in 47 cases, said police. The cases which he spearheaded include two dozen cases of police killings and arms loot of Kisinda, Naktali Dual, Jujumura, Jamunkira, Charmal and Sambalpur, in which more than two dozen policemen were killed. He also led the Bagodar mass killing in 1998, Churchu policemen blast case in 2000, in which 13 policemen died and dozens of arms were looted, killing of six policemen and loot of rifles at Barhi in 2000 and killing of four persons at Ichak I and several others.

Maoists in the State have reportedly come out with audio and video CDs against the Tata and Mittal Steel Companies. Sources said around 50,000 copies of the video CDs and around 20,000 copies of this audio CD have been prepared. The audio CD has seven songs in Khotha (a local tribal language). The first song calls the steel majors plunderers of the state's resources. Arcelor Mittal has signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a 12 million tonnes steel plant in the State with an investment of INR 400 billion. Tata Steel has been in the State for the last 100 years and is working on an expansion plan.

November 19: CPI-Maoist cadres blew up an office of the Jharkhand Agriculture Marketing Board in the Hussainabad block of Palamau district while enforcing a 48-hour shutdown to protest the violence in West Bengal's Nandigram region. After bombing the building in Hussainabad, Maoists left pamphlets claiming responsibility for the blast, said a police official. Meanwhile, the shutdown evoked a mixed response in the State. While there was no impact on life in the urban areas, rural areas were affected. Long distance buses did not ply and although no train was cancelled, railway stations wore a deserted look. Mining activities were also affected. 'No untoward incidents, except the blowing up of a marketing board building, have been reported in the state. This time Maoists have not damaged railway properties,' said Gauri Shankar Rath, Additional Director General of Police.

November 18: The CPI-Maoist cadres, abducted and shot dead one Mumtaz near an embankment situated 18 kilometers from Panki police station in the Palamu district. The Maoists accused him of being a sympathiser of their splinter group Tritiya Prastuti Committee, said police.

Maoists engaged the police in a fierce encounter in the Saranda forests near Chaibasa in the West Singhbhum district.

The security forces in two separate incidents recovered explosives from Maoists, on the eve of the 48-hour strike called by the insurgents in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh. SFs on patrol duty attacked a group of CPI-Maoist cadres at Hindburu area inside Saranda forests in the West Singhbhum district and recovered explosives, firearms and Maoist literature from the spot. "Two powerful cane bombs, two rifles and a large quantity of cartridges were recovered," an unnamed senior police official added. A police team led by the Hazaribagh district Superintendent of Police, Praveen Kumar Singh, raided six villages in the Keredari block, a stronghold of the CPI-Maoist, and recovered explosives from a bunker. The recovered explosives comprise 100 kg power gel, 100 kg nitric acid, wires and detonators in huge quantities. Singh revealed that the Maoists planned to target at least 20 bridges in Chatra and Hazaribagh by making cane bombs from the explosives. He also confirmed that the power gel was brought from the Indian Explosives Limited at Gomia in Bokaro distict.

November 15: Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist shot dead a contractor, Balram Pal, in Kulapathar village under Ramgarh police station in the Dumka district. The exact cause behind the killing was yet to be ascertained. Earlier, Pal had escaped a Maoist attack three months ago but his motorcycle was burnt in the incident.

November 10: Two CPI-Maoist cadres were injured in an encounter with the security forces near Barunia in the Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district. The encounter occurred after police and CRPF personnel raided a forest area where the CPI-Maoist cadres had gathered. Both the injured Maoists were taken away by their colleagues. A rifle, two pistols, can bombs, detonators, uniform and other articles left by the Maoists were recovered from the site of the encounter.

November 11: The CPI-Maoist have issued a fresh threat to kill former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi and his family members for his campaign against the extremists and also eliminate the eyewitnesses to the Chilkhari village massacre in Giridih district on October 27. "The Maoist rebels are moving from one village to another, asking people not to support Mr Marandis' campaign against them. They have threatened to kill the former chief minister as well as the eye-witnesses to the Chilkhari massacre", police said. Marandi is on the forefront of the anti-Maoist movement in the State.

November 8: A CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested and about three quintals of explosive material were recovered during a combing operation carried out jointly by the police and Central Reserve Police Force from the Maoist-affected Patamda block of the East Singhbhum district. "The seizure was made following the arrest of CPI-Maoist activist Wagambar Singh," Superintendent of Police, Navin Kumar Singh said. Police recovered the three quintals of explosives materials, including pure gelatine sticks, 250 pieces of detonators and 30 live cartridges from two bunkers in the Koira and Kankadosa villages.

November 7: A civilian, Lalmohan Singh, was killed in an attack by around 100 cadres of the CPI-Maoist at Rabedatoil near Ramrekha in the Simdega district. Police subsequently recovered two bombs near the incident site. The Maoist cadres also decamped with 11 rifles and few axes from the houses of one Fuleswar Singh. They also set ablaze eight houses in the village.

November 3: The CPI-Maoist cadres had put up posters seeking second language status for Santhali (local tribal language) in the state. The Maoists put up red-lettered handwritten posters all along the National Highway-33. In some posters, the Maoists alleged that while Hindi, the language of outsiders, was being promoted in every walk of life, language like Ho, Mundari and Santhali (local tribal languages) were neglected and gradually destroyed by the State's apathy. The Maoists have warned against the trend of alien languages on the people at the cost of development of indigenous languages.

November 2: The CPI-Maoist has reportedly threatened villagers in Jharkhand with dire consequences if they join an anti-Maoist campaign launched by former chief minister, Babulal Marandi. "We will destroy the Gramin Surakasha Samiti (GSS). Do not join the GSS otherwise you (villagers) meet the fate of people killed in Chilkhari village," said some posters put up by Maoists in rural areas of Giridih district. GSS is a community policing initiative launched by Marandi two years ago to counter Maoist attacks.

October 30: The CRPF has launched Operation Vikram to flush out CPI-Maoist cadres holed up on either side of the Jharkhand-Bihar border. A combined force of the Jharkhand Armed Police, the CRPF, the India Reserve Battalion and the Jharkhand and Bihar Police of the respective border districts is conducting house searches in the border villages of both the States.

The CPI-Maoist claimed responsibility for the massacre of 18 persons, including the son of former chief minister Babulal Marandi, in the Chilkhari village of Giridih district. Avinash, secretary of Banka, Bhagalpur, Jamui and Munger area committee, in a statement said "Our main target was Nunulal Marandi, the brother of Babulal Marandi. Nunulal was instrumental in the killing of several CPI-Maoist members and he has been raising his voice against our revolutionary movement."

October 28: Five people were killed by the CPI-Maoist cadres in the Boda village of Latehar district. According to police, the five people were abducted from their villages and subsequently killed in the nearby forest. Lathehar Superintendent of Police, Ravikant Dhan, said that the bullet-ridden bodies of the four persons were recovered near a culvert at Boda village. The whereabouts of the fifth one is yet to be ascertained. A hand written note reportedly found near the bodies accused that the victims are supporters of Trititya Prastuti Samiti, the police said.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were killed by the SFs in an encounter when Maoists opened fire on the SFs who were raiding certain areas in the Latehar and Lohardaga districts. Latehar and Lohardaga district Superintendents of Police, Ravikant Dhan and Subodh Prasad respectively, said the bodies of the three slain cadres were recovered from the spot. "The police party stumbled upon the rebels near Bijubaithan hamlet in Lohar-daga this morning. There was a fierce gun battle where the police were able to kill three Maoist rebels," said Deputy Inspector General of Police (personnel), R.K. Mallick. The police also claimed to have recovered one self-loading rifle, one carbine and two rifles from the spot.

October 27: 18 persons, including the son of former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, were killed by armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist at Chilkhadia village in Giridih district. According to the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Arun Kumar Singh, around 25-30 Maoists mingled with the crowd at a cultural programme in the village and later around 1 am, they suddenly opened indiscriminate fire and exploded bombs killing 14 people on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries later. Four people were wounded in the attack. Babulal Marandi disclosed that his son, Anup, was among those killed but his brother had escaped the attack. He stated: "My family has been a target of the naxals... they should be more careful. As per my information the Maoists were in CRPF uniform, sat with the crowd watching the cultural programme and attacked during the closing part."

October 26: Police recovered four firearms, including two rifles, and a huge cache of ammunition and Maoist literature from a forest under Patamda block of East Singhbhum district.

October 25: CPI-Maoist cadres destroyed a school building by exploding landmines at Sobaranpur in Giridih district According to Superintendent of Police, Arun Singh, Maoists blasted the structure as security personnel often used it as rest house during nights.

An encounter was reported between police and CPI-Maoist cadres in the forest under Patamda block of East Singhbhum district. However, no causalities were reported on both side and the Maoists managed to escape.

October 22: Police recovered four quintals of gelatine sticks at Chak village in the Palamau district, following information given by the CPI-Maoist, Vikasji alias Ravi. The police also arrested the owner of the house from where the gelatines were found.

October 10: In the East-Singhbhum district, the police arrested five suspected CPI-Maoists who were suspected to be involved in the October 9 attack at Kashiabera under Ghurabandha police station in which a constable was killed and Shailen Baskey, a leader of anti-Maoist Nagarik Suraksha Samity, was injured.

Two Maoists were caught and handed over to the police by villagers at a stone crusher unit at Rampur in the Lohardaga district, when they came to the unit to collect levy. However, two other Maoists managed to escape.

October 9: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist attacked Shailen Baske, member of the Nagrik Suraksha Samiti (NSS), near Kasiabeda village in the Jamshedpur district in which he sustained injuries and his security guard, Jogeshwar Murmu was killed. The NSS was floated by villagers five years ago with the support of the district police to fight Maoists. Since then the Maoists have been targeting NSS leaders and in March 2007, they killed Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Member of Parliament, Sunil Mahto, as he was also a supporter of the NSS.

Nine suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist were arrested at Kuiani village in the Patamda block of East-Singhbhum district. Police is verifying the identities of some of the arrested Maoist for alleged involvement in murder of Jamshedpur Member of Parliament, Sunil Mahto. "We are interrogating them for involvement in assassination of Sunil Mahto," said East Singhbhum Superintendent of Police, Navin Kumar Singh. He added that the arrested include Saratji alias Mansaji, Isha alias Jayanti, Binay alias Pradeep alias Rahulji, Bappa Devnath, Bijay alias Nishikant and Sureshji, all residents of West Bengal.

October 7: The CPI-Maoist cadres led by ‘area commander’ Krishna Yadav, set ablaze the cellular phone tower of Airtel, a private telecom company, in the Dhotawa area of Hazaribagh district. Consequently, mobile phone connectivity was severely affected in the area. According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Naushad Alam, Maoists had targeted Airtel as the management had reportedly refused to pay them a levy of INR 100000 over the last two years.

October 6: The CPI-Maoist called for a bandh to protest against alleged anti-people policies of the State government. Normal life across the State was partially affected as a result. Several passenger trains passing through Maoist pockets in Barakakhana-Garwah Road under Dhanbad division of East Central railway were either cancelled or diverted. Also, vehicular movement was disrupted as transporters kept their commercial vehicles and long-distance buses off the road anticipating violence in the Maoist strongholds. However, other than the Maoists strongholds in Palamu, Chatra, Latehar, Garwah, East and West Singhbhum districts, where shops also downed their shutters, normal life in other areas of the State remained largely unaffected.

September 12: Cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee abducted four supporters of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Amit Jaiswal, S Sao, Raj Kishore Pareiha and Mahesh Ram and killed them in Barwadih village of Lather district. The bodies were reportedly recovered from Balumath area on September 14.

August 26: The South Chhotanagpur Zonal Committee of the CPI-Maoist called a Jharkhand bandh to protest the arrest of Nibhaya of Giridih, commander of Platoon-22 of the CPI-Maoist, in Chaibasa of West Singhbhum district.

August 24: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist raided and set ablaze the irrigation department guesthouse at Banaso West under Vishnugarh police station area of Hazaribagh district. They also took hostage three persons who were later released on August 25.

August 22: The CPI-Maoist pasted six poll boycott posters on the walls of a public lavatory at Narshighpur under the Dhalbhumgarh police station in the East Singhbhum district. Elections are to be held to fill the vacancy arising out of the death of Sunil Mahto, who was assassinated by the Maoists in March 2007.

August 20: Police recovered four containers of explosive materials, two containers of gun powder, 700 rounds of live cartridges, three chargers and three walkie-talkies from the forest under Manoharpur and Sonua police station areas in the West Singhbhum district. The raids were conducted on the basis of information provided by Akhilesh Mahali, a CPI-Maoist cadre arrested in the Bokaro district recently. The police also recovered 236 pieces of detonators, gelatin and a large quantity of wire. Two persons were arrested on charges of illegal possession of the explosives.

August 17: CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a jeep belonging to security personnel of the Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) while they were on patrol duty at the Swang coalmines in the Bokaro district. The security personnel reportedly surrendered to the Maoists and handed over their rifles to save their lives. The Maoists then set ablaze the jeep before escaping. According to official sources, non-payment of extortion money was the reason behind the attack.

August 12: Police in Jharkhand said that they have arrested five CPI-Maoist leaders including the prime accused in the killing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) Member of Legislative Assembly Mahendra Singh, Jayant alias Kunal alias Tuddu, who was arrested along with his accomplice Prakash while receiving treatment at Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu. Others were identified as Prayag Mahto alias Prahlad of Nawadih in Bokaro, Basudev Mahto of Madhupur in Girdih and Arup Tuddu of Degagaddha in Nawadih. Pappu Jain, an arms supplier-cum-businessman from Madhupur in the Girdih district, besides two youths of Patna, who are arms dealers, were also arrested during separate raids. Without specifying the circumstances or dates of these arrests, police said that more than INR 950,000 in currency notes, 250 cartridges, two laptops, few cell-phones, Maoist literature and training materials were recovered from Ranchi, Giridih, Patna and bordering areas of Jharkhand and Bihar. The laptops reportedly contained names of the donors which include several top politicians of Jharkhand and Bihar.

August 10: ANI reports that the CPI-Maoist is collecting INR 10,000 from each farmer as ‘tax’ in the Jamatara district. The farmers are being forced either to pay up or to stop tilling their fields. Mani Mandal, a farmer, said "They have been demanding for money, if that did not happen, they threaten. They would not let us work in the farms."

August 7: Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Karlos alias Ashish and his female associate Varsha, were arrested by police in the Ranchi district. Police said that Karlos was a CPI-Maoist ‘commander’ in charge of five districts.

August 6: Two civilians, identified as Hero Singh Munda and Rajesh Singh, were killed by CPI-Maoist cadres at Arki village in the Ranchi district. Both were killed after Maoists held a jan adalat (people’s court) in the village and declared them guilty of rape and of extorting money in the name of the CPI-Maoist. Both had been picked up from their homes on August 5 and their throats were slit as the jan adalat gave them death sentence for their crimes. The Maoist court also ‘punished’ four people charged with petty crimes like theft but they were freed after being assaulted.

About 100 Maoists attacked the Chainpur police station in the Gumla district late August 6-night. However, security forces retaliated and foiled the attack forcing the Maoists to retreat without any damage.

August 6: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a forest guest house in the Chainpur village of Daltanganj district and left behind leaflets threatening more such attacks.

August 3: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist attacked a goods train between Demo and Richugta railway stations in the Latehar district and set ablaze the engine of the train. They also set ablaze another engine, stationed nearby. The incident led to disruption of train movement on this section.

CPI-Maoists attacked a police team at Amjharia Ghati in the Latehar district. Maoists also laid an ambush on a police patrol party, who were escorting private vehicles near Siskaria under the Chandwa police station area. However, no one was reportedly injured in the exchange of fire between the two sides.

CPI-Maoists blew up a forest department guesthouse and damaged a transmission tower of the Reliance Communications in different Maoist-affected areas of the State.

August 1: CPI-Maoists detonated explosions in two railway stations- Demo railway station between Latehar and Richuguta and Bendi railway station between Barwadih-Barkakana- in the Latehar district.

The CPI-Maoist called for a 24-hour bandh to protest against the arrest of three of their cadres on July 28.

Two bauxite loaded trucks on their way to Garwah from Chhattisgarh were attacked by the CPI-Maoist cadres near Bhaduaghati in the Garwah district. In the indiscriminate firing, the driver of one of the trucks, identified as Anuj Paswan, was killed.

CPI-Maoists opened fire from both sides of the road targeting two buses coming to Daltonganj from Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh. Around 25 passengers of the two buses were injured in the incident. The driver of one of the buses, identified as Arvind Pandey, sustained bullet injuries, but managed to drive the vehicle up to Ranka police station. Later, the bus driver succumbed to his injuries later.

July 19: Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including a ‘sub-zonal commander’, were arrested from Dandua village of Chatra district. Police also recovered one 9 mm pistol, live cartridges, Maoist literature, explosives and others materials from the arrested Maoists cadres.

July 17: CPI-Maoist cadres blew up the office of the Block Development Officer in Gomia block of Bokaro district. Maoists also called for a strike on July 18 in the district to protest against police repression. Maoists alleged that some policemen raped a tribal girl, Phulmani Devi, last month, after officials branded the girl and her father as Maoist.

July 10: Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres, armed with modern firearms and hand grenades, attacked the Goelkera police station in the West Singhbhum district. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Singhbhum-Kolhan region), Ram Lakhan Prasad, while confirming the attack said, "About 20 armed rebels attacked the police station last night but the timely assistance of the special task force forced them to retreat. The Maoists were not able to reach even close to the police station’s boundary."

July 6: CPI-Maoist cadres attacked the Railway Protection Force barrack at Manoharpur railway station in the West Singhbuhm district. However, no causalities were reported.

July 4: A split is reported in the CPI-Maoist in the Saranda forest area of West Singhbhum district. Senior Maoist ‘commander’, Masi Charan Purty, reportedly has deserted the organisation along with several cadres to join the Jharkhand Liberation Tiger (JLT). The split follows the formation of JLT in the Palamu, Daltonganj and Latehar districts. According to sources, the JLT is now making inroads into Maoist strongholds inside the Saranda forest and adjoining areas stretching up to the State capital Ranchi.

June 28: A truck driver was killed and two others sustained injuries when cadres of the CPI-Maoist opened fire towards three trucks on the Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway under Tamar Police Station area in the Ranchi district.

June 26: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up railway tracks between Gomia and Dania in the Bokaro district.

June 25: CPI-Maoist cadres abducted the driver and guard of a goods train after blowing up railway tracks and subsequently damaging the train at Latehar. However, no casualties were reported. Another length of the track was blasted between Mangra and Barwadih near Latehar.

Maoists set ablaze six vehicles in the Dumka area.

Maoists parked a heavy truck across the rail track and deflated its tyres, leading to traffic disruption in the Giridh district.

June 22: Two police personnel, identified as Christopher Minz and Ram Uday Mahto, and four others, three of them identified as Prakash Khalkho, Prakash Minz and Dwarka Prasad, sustained injuries in an ambush by CPI-Maoist cadres near Milmili river in the Gumla district. The police personnel were carrying one Mohammad Juluk, arrested on charges of being a CPI-Maoist activist and on their way to the Raidih police station in a jeep when the Maoists opened fire and freed Juluk.

June 16-17: Four cadres of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Diwakarji alias Dinakarji alias Biseshwar Yadav, ‘sub-zonal commander’, Nirmalji alias Magan Singh ‘area commander’, Vimal Singh, a member of the CPI-Maoist’s Bal-Dasta (child wing) and a squad member were arrested by a joint team of of Manika police and CRPF personnel in the Latehar district.

June 8: The CPI-Maoist cadres attacked the house of a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader in the East Singhbhum district, injuring a family member.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested by the police from Baghima village in the Gumla district. The police also seized eight rifles, two pistols and more than 300 cartridges and Maoist literature. One of the seized rifles was a .303 police rifle, stolen earlier by the Ma