Left-wing Extremist group

People’s War Group (PWG)

Official name: The Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) (People’s War) -- CPI-ML (PW)

1. Formation

The People’s War Group was formed in Southern Indian State of Andhra Pradesh on April 22, 1980 by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, one of the most influential Naxalite leaders in the State and a member of the erstwhile Central Organising Committee of the Communist Party of India––Marxist-Leninist, (CPI-ML). Seetharamaiah was later expelled from the group. He died unsung on April 12, 2002. The PWG’s operations commenced in Karimnagar district, in the North Telengana region of Andhra Pradesh, and subsequently spread to other parts of the State as well as in other States.

2. Objectives

The PWG traces its ideology to the Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung’s theory of organised peasant insurrection. It rejects parliamentary democracy and believes in capturing political power through protracted armed struggle based on guerrilla warfare. This strategy entails building up of bases in rural and remote areas and transforming them first into guerrilla zones and then as liberated zones, besides the area-wise seizure and encircling cities. The eventual objective is to install a "people’s government" through the "people’s war". In short, as the PWG claims, it wishes to usher in a New Democratic revolution (NDR).

3. Leadership and Command Structure

Muppala Lakshman Rao, alias Ganapathi is the General Secretary of the outfit. The Central Committee (CC) leads the PWG, and is the highest policy making body of the group. Elections to the CC were last held in March 2001, at which its strength was expanded as well as vacancies filled in, following the death in an encounter, in 1999, of three CC members in the Koyyuru forests, Karinmagar, Andhra Pradesh.

The CC of the PWG comprises 21 permanent members and six alternate members, reportedly referred to by the PWG as 21 plus six. Alternate members are those who stand in for the permanent members at meetings during their absence. It is believed that the following 21 persons are the permanent members of the CC; Their name/ designation/ identity is listed here:

1 Muppala Lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathi––General Secretary.

2 Cherukuri Rajkumkar alias Devanna alias Uday alias Madhu.

3 Mallojula Koteswara Rao.

4 Naveen Prasad, of Party Unity that had merged with the PWG.

5 Nambala Keshava Rao @ Ganganna, also a member of the Central Military Commission.

6. Katakam Sudarshan alias Anand.

7. Former Karnataka State Committee Secretary.

8. Mallojula Venugopal @ Bhupathi.

9. Jingu Narasimha Reddy @Jampanna, Secretary of the North Telengana Special Zone Committee (NTSZC).

10. Sande Rajamouli @ Prasad, earlier Andhra Pradesh State Committee Secretary, Full Timer in the Central Committee.

11 Lanka Papi Reddy @ Lachchanna, Secretary, Dandakaranya Special Zone Committee (DSZC).

12. Akkiraju Harahopla alias Rama Krishna, Andhra Pradesh State Committee Secretary.

13. Wadkapoor Chandra Mohan @ Devanna, Secretary, Andhra Orissa Border Special Zone Committee and member of the Central Military Commission.

14. Central Committee Member belonging to Karnataka, Full Timer.

Ramesh alias Balaji

15. The Bihar State Committee Secretary.

16 The West Bengal State Committee Secretary.

17. Tippadi Tirupati @Devuji, Secretary, Dandakaranya Area Committee.

18. Sumit, of Party Unity that had merged with the PWG.

19. Surjit, of Party Unity that had merged with the PWG.

20. The Maharashtra State Committee Secretary

21. The Tamil Nadu State Committee Secretary

Dr. P Vara Vara Rao is another influential leader, and is often projected as the PWG’s principal ‘ideologue’. Yet another leader is balladeer Gadar.

The PWG draws a clear distinction between the political and military wings of the outfit. On the political side the organisational hierarchy of the PWG consists of the Central Committee at the apex, Regional Bureaus, Zonal or State Committees, District or Division Committees and Squad Area Committees. In the military sphere, the Central Military Commission (CMC) headed by the General Secretary Ganapathi stands at the top. And there are military commissions parallel to the political committees at each level. At the bottom is the Village Defence Squad, consisting of a handful of people in a village, organised as a people’s militia, and possessing basic training in handling small arms. At the political level, the Village Governance Committee is the mirror committee.

The main fighting force of the outfit is a platoon comprising 25 to 30 highly trained guerrillas organised into sections and sub-sections. There are two types of paltoons––the military platoon and the protection platoon. The outfit organises its platoons as military platoons and protection platoons and fields them in the guerrilla zones. The dalam or armed squad comprising 5-7 cadres is a secondary-fighting unit. The strength of a squad is varied, as is its type. Mostly, it is in the form of a local guerrilla squad (LGS) and in some areas it functions as a central guerrilla squad (CGS).

The fighting force of the PWG is organised as the People’s Guerrilla Army (PGA). It has a flag and an insignia, too. The PGA was formed in December 2000.

Estimates on the fire-power of the PWG suggest that the group has about 60 highly mobile and motivated squads of 40 persons each. In about 125 villages they run parallel administration. According to police estimate, the PWG has around 1000 to 1050 underground cadres. Besides the outfit has about 5,000 overground activists.

The PWG also has a string of front organisations of students, youth, industrial workers, miners, farm hands, women, poets, writers and cultural artists. Some among these are listed below:

Andhra Pradesh

Rythu Coolie Sangham (Agricultural labourers association)

Singareni Karmika Samakhya (Singareni collieries workers federation)

Viplava Karmika Samakhya (Revolutionary workers federation)

Radical Students Union

Radical Youth League

All India Revolutionary Students Federation

Bihar

Lok Sangram Morcha (People’s Struggle Front)

Mazddor Kisam Mukti Morcha (Workers-Peasants Liberation Front)

Jan Mukti Parishad (People’s Liberation Council)

Mazdoor Kisan Ekta Morcha (Workers-Peasants Unity Front)

Bharat Navjawan Sabha (Indian Youth Association)

Mazdoor Kisan Sangrami Parishad (Workers-Peasants Struggle Council)

Shramik Sangram Manch (Workers Struggle Platform)

Nari Mukti Sangharsh Samiti (Women’s Liberation Struggle Association)

Sangharsha Jana Mukti Morcha (People’s Liberation Struggle Front)

Democratic Students Union

All India People’s Resistance Forum

Madhya Pradesh

Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (Tribal Peasants-Workers Association)

Krantikari Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (Revolutionary Peasants-Workers Association)

Krantikari Balak Sangh (Revolutionary Children’s Association)

Gram Raksha Dal (Village Defence Force)

Gram Rajya Samiti (Village governance council)

4. Area of Operation

The PWG maintains a string of bases in remote and inaccessible areas and currently runs virtual parallel government in some ‘liberated zones’, particularly in the tribal areas in the Dandakaranya belt.

The outfit, at present is active in parts of, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar. The outfit has been making attempts to establish and expand its presence in several other States such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in Southern India, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan in Northern India.

Andhra Pradesh

North Telangana—Khammam, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts

South Telangana—Mehboobnagar, Nalgonda and Medak districts

Rayalseema Region—Anantpur and Kurnool districts

North Coastal Andhra—East Godavari, Visakhapatanam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam

South Coastal Andhra—Guntur district

Bihar

In Bihar, the PWG established its presence with the merger with the Communist Party of India, Marxist-Leninist, CPI-ML (Party Unity) in 1998. Since then the outfit has expanded and consolidated its area of operations in many districts. At present, the PWG is active in Patna, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jehanabad, Rohtas, Buxur, Saharsha, Khagaria, Banka and Jamui districts.

Jharkhand

Palamau, Garhwah, Latehar, Gumla, Chatra Hazaribag and Koderma districts.

Orissa

Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati, Rayagada and Nowrangpur in Southern Orssia, and Mayurbhanj district in Northern Orissa.

Maharashtra

Gadchiroli, Bhandara and Chandrapur districts.

Chhattisgarh

Jagdalpur, Bastar, Kanker, Rajnadgaon, Dantewada, Sarguja, Kawardha and Jashpur districts.

Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat, Dhindoli and Mandla districts.

West Bengal

Midnapore, Purulia and Bakura districts.

5. External Linkages

The PWG is believed to have links with left-wing extremist groups in other parts of the World. The outfit has fraternal relations with the Liberation Army of Peru and the Kurdistan Workers Party. The PWG has also been trying to internationalise its appeal. It attended an international Seminar organised by the Workers Party of Belgium in May 1995, along with 60 other organisations from 40 countries. The group is believed to have links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka, and some of its cadres are reported to have received arms training from LTTE rebels.

The PWG maintains active links with other Maoist outfits in South Asia. On July 1, 2001, nine left wing extremist outfits active in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh formed an umbrella organisation, the Coordination Committes of Maoist Parties and Orgainsations (CCOMPOSA) with a purpose to unify and coordinate the activities of the Maoist parties and organisations in South Asia. The CCOMPOSA comprises

India: People's War Group (PWG),

Maoist Communist Centre (MCC),

Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (MLM),

Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist) from India,

Bangladesh: Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party (Maoist Punargathan Kendra)

Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party

Bangladesh Samaywadi Party (ML)

Nepal: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Sri Lanka: Communist Party of Ceylon (Maoist)

The PWG along with the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) and the Maoist insurgents in Nepal is believed to be instrumental in the formation of the CCOMPOSA for greater cooperation and understanding among the left wing extremist groups in India and Nepal. The real significance of the consolidated of linkages between the PWG and Maoists in Nepal needs to be assessed within the context of the larger strategy to set up a "Compact Revolutionary Zone" (CRZ) extending from Nepal through Bihar and the Dandakaranya region to Andhra Pradesh. For some time now, the PWG with other left wing extremists groups active in the sub-continent has been trying to achieve the objective of the CRZ to further unifiy, expand and consolidate left wing extremist movement in different parts of India and its neighbourhood

6. Major Incidents

2004

August 2: PWG cadres kill a surrendered Naxalite, namely Bukya Raghavulu, who was with the Kothaguda-Manuguru Local Guerrilla Squad near Gundala in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh.

July 30: Armed Naxalites of the outlawed PWG kill one person at Padriya village in the Rohtas district of Bihar.

July 21: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister, K. Jana Reddy, announces that the ban on the PWG and its six frontal organizations has been allowed to lapse.

July 11: Two Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an exchange of fire between two groups in the forest area near Oddugudem village in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.

June 30: PWG names a team of six mediators for holding peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh Government.

June 22: PWG reciprocates the Andhra Pradesh Government’s goodwill gesture and announces a cease-fire for three months, paving the way for peace talks.

June 16: Andhra Pradesh Government declares a three-month ceasefire with the PWG.

June 12: The Jharkhand State Home Department says the MCC and PWG are being provided with sophisticated arms by terrorist groups operating in India’s northeast.

May 17: Andhra Pradesh Government decides to stop combing operations against left-wing extremist outfits operating in the State.

May 11: Four persons are killed and six others sustain injuries during an attack by the PWG at Chakri village in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
May 4: Police kill four PWG cadres, including two women, of the Guttikonda area dalam (squad) and Bollapalli ‘special guerrilla squad’ during an encounter at Jayanthipuram village in the Guntur district.

May 1: PWG cadres kill a former Naxalite, identified as Venkatadri alias Murali, at Chinnamandem in the Cuddapah district.

April 29: The United States adds PWG and Maoist Communist Centre in its Terrorist Exclusion List.

April 26: Armed activists of the Ranvir Sena, a private militia of landlords, kill three PWG Naxalites near the Karpi police station area of Arwal district in Bihar.

April 25: Three villagers are shot dead and 11 others sustain injuries in a PWG attack at Adai village in the Gaya district of Bihar.

April 24: Naxalites of the PWG kill an independent candidate, Daku Majhi, from Gunpur Assembly constituency and injure his two brothers at Muniguda forests in the Raygada district of Orissa.

April 20: Two PWG cadres, including a woman, are killed during an encounter near Bandlamottu village in the Guntur district.

April 18: Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Kinjarapu Yerrannaidu escapes an assassination bid by the PWG in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.

April 14: Eight armed PWG cadres, including three women, suspected to be members of the Achampet dalam kill a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, Sugunakar Rao, at Vattipalli village of Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.

April 11: Two PWG Naxalites are killed in an encounter with security forces at Kondaparthi in the Warangal district.

April 2: Police kill three Naxalites of the PWG during an encounter in the Guntur district.

March 28: Three PWG Naxalites are killed in an exchange of fire with the police at Pullayapallipenta in the Mahabubnagar district.

January 14: Around 60-65 PWG Naxalites kill four persons at Mirjapur village in the Jehanabad district of Bihar.

January 12: Three PWG cadres are killed in an encounter with the police at Sukhnadi village in the Garwah district of Jharkhand.

2003

December 29: A Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader is allegedly shot dead by the PWG Naxalites at Oppicherla village in the Guntur district.
December 25: Announcing at a press conference in Tirupati, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief D T Nayak says nine PWG members allegedly carried out the assassination attempt on the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu at Alipiri in Chittor district on October 1, 2003.
December 20: Two PWG cadres kill a ruling TDP activist of Chintakuntla village in Andhra Pradesh's Nalgonda district.
December 19: Naxalites of the proscribed Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) belonging to the Guttikonda Bilam dalam (squad) kill two villagers of Vemagiri village in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, while branding them as police informers.
December 12: Two PWG cadres are killed in an encounter with the security forces at Durgam village in the Vishakapatanam district of Andhra Pradesh.
December 9: PWG Naxalites kill a ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and chairman of Maisamma Temple Development Committee at Dandumalkapuram in Andhra Pradesh's Nalgonda district.
December 4: A former left wing extremist-Naxalite-belonging to the Janasakthi group, is killed at Ghanpur village in Andhra Pradesh's Dubbaka mandal (division).
November 29: Seven police personnel are killed in a landmine attack by the People's War Group between Guddipal and Modypal in the south Bastar district of Chhattisgarh State.
November 23: Naxalites of the PWG kill two persons after branding them as 'back-stabbers' in Andhra Pradesh.
November 22: PWG Naxalites kill three civilians in separate incidents in Andhra Pradesh.
November 21: Naxalites of the PWG kill two civilians at Hanumapuram Thanda in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, suspecting them to be police informers.
November 17: Four PWG Naxalites, including two women cadres, are killed in two separate encounters with the police in the Visakhapatanam and Mehbubnagar districts of Andhra Pradesh.
November 17: Police kill two women Naxalites of the PWG at Bollottu Forests near Eedu village in the Udupi district of Karnataka State.
November 15: Four PWG cadres are killed in two separate encounters in Andhra Pradesh.
November 12: Ten-armed PWG Naxalites kill a TDP leader accusing him to be a police informer at Miryala in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur District.
November 11: Two woman Naxalites of the PWG, including an 'area committee secretary', are killed in an encounter near Bongulagunta tribal hamlet in Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar district.
October 24: Security forces kill two top leaders of the PWG in an encounter near Venkatreddypuram forests in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.
October 17: A special combing operation team kills one of the top leaders of Banswada-Yellareddy Dalam of the PWG in an encounter at Gargul village in the Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh.
October 17: Naxalites of the People's War Group kill a civilian and abduct a government schoolteacher at gun-point under Latehar's town police station in the Latehar district of Jharkhand State.
October 6: PWG kills a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party at Hajipur village in the Mehboobnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.
October 5: A Dalam member and two hardcore Naxalites belonging to the Ramagiri Dalam of the PWG are killed in an encounter at the Gangampalli hillocks in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.
October 3: PWG claims responsibility for the October 1-attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
October 1: Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandra Babu Naidu, escapes a PWG assassination attempt when a powerful landmine ripped through his motorcade on a forest road between Tirupati and Tirumala in Chittoor district. Five persons, including the State's Information Technology Minister B. Gopalakrishna Reddy, are injured.
September 22: Police arrests a woman Naxalite of the PWG from the Latehar railway station in Jharkhand for her alleged involvement in the killing of Lohardaga district police chief Ajai Kumar Singh on October 4, 2000.

September 21: PWG Naxalites kill the village head of Ganthimarri in Anantpur district at his native village Penubolu in Andhra Pradesh.

September 20: PWG Naxalites kill a Samata Party leader at Lodhki village in the Garwah district of Jharkhand.
In Andhra Pradesh, a special police party during a combing operation kills three PWG Naxalites.

September 19: Two Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter at Chityal reserve forest in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

September 16: Three PWG Naxalites are killed in an encounter in the forest area near Mulguvenkatpur village of Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh.

September 15: Orissa Police arrests an ‘area commander’ of the PWG during a combing operation inside the Lupang forests in Mayurbhanj district.

September 13: One police personnel is killed and seven others injured when PWG Naxalites attack and loot Gidham police station in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.

September 12: PWG Naxalites attack the Dantewada district police chief’s convoy near Dodari close to the Orissa-Andhra Pradesh border. A police personnel is killed in the incident.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar Police arrests a top PWG Naxalite from an area under the Gandhi Maidan police station jurisdiction in the State capital Patna. The arrested Naxalite leader Ram Badan Tanti alias Pankajji alias Navinji is said to be among the five top PWG leaders in the State.

September 11: PWG Naxalites kill the ruling TDP Devalamma Nagaram unit president, Bingi Anjaiah Goud, in the Choutuppal area of Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh.
Separately, three PWG Naxalites are killed in an encounter near Bhatrupalem in Guntur district.

September 9: Naxalites of the PWG attack the ancestral house of a BJP legislator, Praveen Singh, in the Hesway village of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.
In Andhra Pradesh, 22 Naxalites of the PWG surrender before the district police chief in Visakhapatnam.

September 8: 11 police personnel and a civilian are killed in a landmine blast triggered by Naxalites of the PWG and the MCC, in a joint operation, in the dense forests of Kaimur range in Rohtas district of Bihar.
In Jharkhand, three PWG Naxalites surrender before villagers at Kasiabera under the Ghorabandha police station-limits in East Singhbhum district.

September 3: Two PWG Naxalites are killed in an encounter in the Nallamala forests near Mallapur village of Mahboobnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.

September 2: PWG Naxalites kill a former headman of Akkapally village in the Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.

August 30: Two PWG Naxalites, including a former ‘commander’ of the special guerrilla squad, Nalgonda, surrender before the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad Range.

August 29: Five police personnel are killed and two others injured in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG near Tadgaon village in Bhamragar taluka (administrative unit) of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.

August 21: Residents of Asthakuwale village under the Ghorabandha police station-limits in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand lynch a PWG Naxalite.
In Andhra Pradesh, 13 PWG Naxalites surrender before the Warangal range Deputy Inspector General of Police, Krishna Prasad, at the district police headquarters in Karimnagar.

August 18: Seven PWG Naxalites surrender before the district police chief in Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh.

August 17: Thirteen PWG Naxalites, including three key functionaries of the Chandravanka dalam (squad) surrender at a health camp organized by the police at Tangeda village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

August 15: PWG Naxalites kill a local leader of the BJP at Nizampalle in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.

August 14: PWG Naxalites kill a local leader of the ruling TDP in the Maidambanda village of Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.

August 9: Residents of Chirugoda village in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand lynch a PWG Naxalite.

In Andhra Pradesh, six PWG Naxalites surrender before the State police chief, S R Sukumara in Hyderabad.

August 8: Nine Naxalites of the PWG, including two women and an ‘area commander’, are lynched by residents of the Lango village in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

August 7: PWG Naxalites kill a landlord in the Paramaturu village in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.

August 4: A police personnel is killed and three others injured in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG in Palamu district of Jharkhand.

August 2: Three PWG Naxalites are killed during an encounter at Koushettyyai in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.

July 31: Naxalites of the PWG kill a panchayat samiti (local body) member of Teleraj panchayat, in the Malkangiri district of Orissa.

July 30: Five personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and five personnel of the Orissa State police are killed and eight others injured in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG near Vejingiwada forest in the Malkangiri district of Orissa. The Naxalites also attack the Motu police station in the same district.

July 23: 17 PWG Naxalites are arrested during a combing operation by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and State police in the Malkangiri and Rayagada districts of Orissa.

Andhra Pradesh Government extends ban on the PWG and six of its frontal organizations by another year.

July 21: Naxalites of the PWG kill a local level group leader of the Government-sponsored Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) scheme, Annamma, at her residence at Adigoppula village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

July 17: PWG Naxalites blast the house of Samata Party Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Water Resource Minister, Ramchandra Kesri, at Paraspanikala village, Garhwa district, in Jharkhand. This is the second time that Kesri house has been attacked by the PWG.

July 18: PWG Naxalites kill a local leader of the ruling TDP at Mellavagu village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

July 15: The Warangal-Khammam ‘divisional committee member’ of the PWG, S Chandrakala alias Bharatakka, surrenders before the State Police Chief P Ramulu in Hyderabad.

July 7: Naxalites of the PWG kill a civilian in Karkatta village under the Rehla police station-limits, Daltonganj district.

July 4: Three ‘action team’ members, including two Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) ‘commanders’ of the PWG and two police personnel are killed in an encounter in Bellampalli town, Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh.

July 1: Two Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter between Krosuru and Anantavaram villages, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.

The PWG Naxalites kill a local leader of the ruling TDP, Atmakuri Suribabu, in his medical shop at Venkatapuram, Khammam district.

June 29: Naxalites of the PWG blast the district forest officer’s quarters near Achampet, Mahboobnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. Property worth Rs 800,000 is destroyed in the blast.

In Guntur district, 10 PWG Naxalites surrender along with 55 sympathisers.

June 27: Naxalites of the PWG kill the Kollapur Major village Sarpanch (headman) in Mahboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh.

June 26: A fast-track court in Garhwa, Jharkhand sentences four Naxalites of the PWG to death for killing three persons in Meraal village in the same district on October 10, 1999.

June 24: Four Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter at the Chintalamudipi village, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh.
A PWG Naxalite, involved in the June 23-attempt to abduct a Member of Andhra Pradesh’s Legislative Assembly (MLA), is killed in Kanaganapalli mandal (administrative unit), Anantpur district.

June 23: A person is killed when PWG Naxalites open fire on villagers who resist their attempt to abduct an MLA of the ruling Telegu Desam Party (TDP), Sharadamba, at Ralla Anantpur village of Anantpur district in Andhra Pradesh.

June 22: Two PWG Naxalites are killed in an encounter near Ayinapur village on the border of Warangal and Medak districts in Andhra Pradesh.

June 19: PWG Naxalites kill the founder of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Vivekananda Youth Association, Depa Janardhan Reddy, near Devarakonda town, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh.

June 17: Two SF personnel are killed and another injured in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG on the road between Porulamilla and Bandamamidi villages under the Duscharthy police station-limits of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.

June 16: Three police personnel are killed and another is injured in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG at Nemalipuri village, Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.
In Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites blast a mini hydel plant owned by family members of the Minor Irrigation Minister, KE Prabhakar, near Guntakandala.
In Chhattisgarh, PWG abducts four police personnel from Togugudem, a forest village on the border with Andhra Pradesh.

June 13: PWG Naxalites kill a former Kalwa Srirampur mandal president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Pegadapalli village, Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh.

June 11: Bihar unit chief of PWG, Dev Kumar Singh alias Arvindji, is arrested along with three other associates in Patna.
In Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites blast a police station at Addanki in the Prakasam district.

June 10: PWG Naxalites kill three local leaders of the TDP and BJP in separate incidents in Andhra Pradesh.

June 6: In Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites set ablaze a telephone exchange in Medipur village, Mahboobnagar district.

June 5: Naxalites of the PWG blast a police station at Roddam mandal, Anantpur district.

June 4: PWG Naxalites loot Rupees 4,03,850 in cash and nine kilograms of gold worth Rupees five million from the State Bank of Hyderabad’s branch in Dondapadu village, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh.

June 1: Naxalites of the PWG blast the Chigicherla railway station at Anantpur district, Andhra Pradesh.

May 30: Two PWG Naxalites are killed during an encounter at Anadugula in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.
In Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagarm district, a police personnel is killed and another injured in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG.

May 28: PWG Naxalites set ablaze a telephone exchange office at Rayavaram village, Cuddapah district in Andhra Pradesh.

May 27: A woman is killed when PWG Naxalites attack the Gudabanda police station, East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

May 26: Thirty PWG Naxalites and their sympathisers surrender in Anantpur district, Andhra Pradesh.

May 25: Naxalites of the PWG kill a local leader of the ruling TDP in Arigoppala village, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.

May 24: Naxalites of the PWG blast the house of a former Sarpanch (village council head) and local leader of the ruling TDP in Nadimpalli village, Mahboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh.

May 23: Four Naxalites of the PWG, including the Palakonda dalam (squad) area committee secretary, Bharathakka alias Jyoti, are killed in an encounter at Akkamulamma hillocks near Appalavantenavandlapalle village of Cuddappah district in Andhra Pradesh.

May 22: Naxalites of the PWG set ablaze the Mandal Revenue Office (MRO) at Dahegaon, Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh.

May 20: Naxalites of the PWG kill a local Congress leader in Taduvayi village, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.

In Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh, Naxalite kill a local TDP leader.

May 19: Naxalites of the PWG raid a private rice mill and loot approximately 150 bags of rice in Khairagarh Nagar, Rajnadgaon district in Chhattisgarh.
In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG attack Singareni Collieries Company at Chetlapur village, Adilabad district and decamp with 216 kg of gelatine sticks and 1,900 detonators.

May 15: Twenty Seven PWG Naxalites surrender at Banupratap Pur, Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

May 14: Three PWG women Naxalites are killed in an encounter near Agarguda village, Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh.

May 13: Naxalites of the PWG kill their former colleague near Yellampet of Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh.
In Chhattisgarh, Naxalites of the PWG abduct and later kill a tribal youth in Hatlanar village, Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.

May 11: PWG Naxalites kill an activist of the ruling TDP at Pulipadu in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
In the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites kill an alleged police informer.
May 7: PWG Naxalites kill two persons alleging them to be police informers at Pamidipadu in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
May 5: A security force personnel is killed during an encounter with PWG Naxalites in the Malkangiri district of Orissa.
In Andhra Pradesh, PWG triggers a blast at the Pullampet railway station in Cuddapah district causing loss of property estimated to be Rupees 1.8 million.

May 4: A police personnel is killed during an encounter with PWG Naxalites at Chitrakonda on the Andhra-Orissa border in Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

Six Naxalites of the PWG, including an Area Committee Secretary (ACS) and a ‘commander’ of the Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS), surrender before the district police chief in Karimnagar.

May 2: The central organizer of Talakonda dalam (squad), Chittoor district, of the PWG - Bhupathi alias Kishta, is killed in an encounter in the Batrapalli forest area of Talupula mandal (administrative unit), Anantpur district in Andhra Pradesh.

PWG Naxalites kill two persons at Jalakallu village, Guntur district.

April 29: PWG Naxalites set ablaze heavy machinery belonging to the Associated Cement Companies (ACC) at Sarvailoddi, Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh. The loss is estimated at approximately Rupees 20 million.

April 26: PWG Naxalites two fair price shops and a Girijan Cooperative Corporation outlet and loot ration in Balmuru mandal, Mahboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh

A top leader of the PWG, carrying a reward of Rupees one million on his head, is killed in an encounter near Khansaipet forest under Manthani sub-division, Karimnagar district.

In Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites kill the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lingampet mandal president, Shiv Kumar.

April 24: Three PWG Naxalites and two security force personnel are killed in an encounter in Takilod village, south Bastar district in the State of Chhattisgarh.

April 23: PWG Naxalites blow up unmanned communication towers of private cellular phone companies near Batasingaram village, Cyberabad police commissionerate-limits in Andhra Pradesh.

PWG Naxalites and sympathizers conduct a ‘famine raid’ and loot three houses in M Bandameedipalli village, Rapthadu mandal, Anantpur district, Andhra Pradesh.

April 22: Eight PWG Naxalites and two security force personnel are killed in an encounter in Talikod area, south Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

April 20: Two PWG leaders, including Hyderabad ‘District Committee Secretary’ Ramana Reddy, are killed and a police personnel is injured during an encounter near the Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad suburbs.

April 18: Suspected PWG Naxalites from Andhra Pradesh loot a jewel shop and kill a civilian in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

In Orissa, 17 PWG Naxalites, including three front ranking leaders, wanted for criminal offences such as blasts, arson and looting, are arrested in Kesada and Kedarpur forests, on the Andhra Pradesh-Orissa border.

April 16: PWG Naxalites blow up the Nauhatta police station building, which was under construction in Rohtas district, Bihar.

In Andhra Pradesh, 11 Naxalites of the PWG surrender to State police chief, P Ramulu, in Hyderabad.

April 15: Naxalites of the PWG set ablaze a Road Transport Corporation bus and damage two more buses in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.

April 13: Naxalites of the PWG kill four persons in Karpi police station area, Jehanabad district in Bihar.

April 14: Angry passengers of a Road Transport Corporation bus lynch a PWG Naxalite when a group of Naxalites attempt to loot them and set ablaze the bus, between Gamalapadu and Sankarapur villages, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.

April 11: Naxalites of the PWG release three police personnel whom they had abducted in Prakasam district on April 2.

April 9: PWG Naxalites kill two villagers in Karongha under the Kusmi police station-limits, Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh.

In Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites blast a ticketing counter at Gudipudi railway station, between Pedakurapadu and Sathenapalli, Guntur district.

In the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites assault three local leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Parkal sub-division.

April 6: In Andhra Pradesh, PWG Naxalites kill Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader Vosa Bakkanna at Mogilpet village, Karimnagar district.

In Anantpur district, Andhra Pradesh police arrest three local-level leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam Party for allegedly passing over the weapons of their security guards to PWG Naxalites.

PWG Naxalites destroy four cold drink shops at Tagarakunta village, Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh.

April 3: Three PWG Naxalites are killed in an encounter near Tiganpalli village, Kostaram police station limits, Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG kill a former Naxalite and a leader of the TDP in separate incidents in Mahbubnagar and Khammam districts.

April 2: Naxalites of the PWG abduct four police personnel from Peddaraveedu, in Nallamala forests, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.

In protest against the killing of their leader Polam Sudarshan Reddy alias Ramakrishna alias RK in an encounter on March 25, PWG Naxalites attack a private company at Suddapally village, Dichpally mandal, and set ablaze 11 vehicles.

April 1: In Bihar, Naxalites of the PWG blast the building of the Nadaul railway station, 37km away from Patna, on the Patna-Gaya section, Danapur division during the bandh (strike) called by the PWG and the MCC to protest the US-led military action in Iraq.

In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG blow up a government building at Ykkala village, Eeturunagaram, Warangal

March 31: Naxalites of the PWG storm a godown of soft drink multinational Pepsi at Piduguralla, Guntur district, and destroy approximately 200 cases of the soft drink.

March 30: Three PWG Naxalites are killed in an encounter near Gudena village, Rayagada district in the State of Orissa

March 27: Police unearth three arms dump belonging to the PWG and seize a huge quantity of explosives in Murtholi and Laharidaga villages, Chandili police stations-limits, Rayagada district in Orissa.

March 26: Naxalites of the PWG attack a group of police personnel on guard duty and kill one, at a weekly market in Kolibeda village, Jagadalpur district in Chhattisgarh.
March 25: Five Naxalites of the PWG, including senior leader and member of the North Telengana Special Zone Committee (NTSZC) Polam Sudharshan Reddy ‘Ramakrishna’, are killed in an encounter in Lakshmipur forest, Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh.
March 23: Condemning the US attack on Iraq, Naxalites of the PWG blast a godown belonging to the multinational Pepsi soft drink company, on the outskirts of Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh. They also destroy a cold drink shop at Kondamallepally, Nalgonda district, and at many other places.
In Mahbubnagar district, Naxalites of the PWG attack a forest resort and blast the restaurant, dormitory and other structures of the state-owned Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department at Farhabad, in the Nallamala forests, under Mannanur police station-limits. They also set ablaze buses belonging to Ushakiron Movies in the same area.
March 21: Naxalites of the PWG conduct a karuvu dadi, famine raid and loot approximately 90 bags of rice from a fair price shop and the house of a village secretary, at Chintapatla village, Rangareddy district, on March 21.
March 20: Naxalites of the PWG kill a former Naxalite at Akkannagudem village, Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh.
March 17: Naxalites of the PWG stab to death a police constable 300 yards away from the police station, in Gollapalli village, Bijapur district, Chattisgarh.
March 16: Naxalites of the PWG kill Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Gundala mandal (administrative unit) convenor Vagaboina Jaggaiah, in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
March 15: Naxalites of the PWG kill a mandal (administrative unit) convenor of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Yerrapahad village of Karimnagar district Andhra Pradesh.
March 13: Naxalites of the PWG blast a Forest Development Corporation shed in Adivikamalapur village of Bhupalpalli mandal (administrative unit), Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh.
March 12: A Naxalite of the PWG is killed in an encounter near Banakacharla, Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh.
March 8: Naxalites of the PWG blast the house of a local-level Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and set fire to a telephone exchange in Muthanakaluva village, under KV Palli police station-limits, Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.
March 5: Five Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Guntur district police chief in Andhra Pradesh.
March 1: Naxalites of the PWG blast a cinema in Cuddapah and attack a Mandal Parishad Territorial Council (MPTC) member and a sarpanch (village headman) in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh.
February 24: Naxalites of the PWG kill a person near Nimmagudem village, Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh branding him a police informer.
February 23: Naxalites of the PWG fire at a Communist Party of India--Marxist-Leninist [CPI-ML] public meeting at Karso village, Palamu district, Jharkhand. A CPI-ML activist is killed in the incident.
February 19: Naxalites of the PWG blast the house of a ruling TDP leader at Reddyvaripalle in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
February 14: A Naxalite of the PWG is killed in an encounter at Pandikunta village, Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.
February 13: A PWG Naxalite of a group of eight is killed in an encounter at Varsalapalli, Chittoor district.
February 12: Two Naxalites of the PWG are arrested from different locations in Jharkhand’s Daltonganj district.
February 11: Naxalites of the PWG kill a local-level leader of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) at Venkatapuram village, Adilabad district.
February 9: A senior activist of the TDP is beaten to death by Naxalites of the PWG at Kambalapalli, Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh.
February 8: Six Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Guntur district police chief.
February 7: An ‘area commander’ of the PWG is arrested from Komarada mandal, Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.
February 2: Four police personnel and five civilians are killed in an attack by PWG Naxalites on a private bus, near Basagura, Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
February 1: Approximately 40 Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
January 31: Naxalites of the PWG loot Rs two lakh from the Bheemaram branch of State Bank of Hyderabad, in Adilabad district.
January 29: Naxalites of the PWG abduct a Circle Inspector, a Sub-Inspector and a mandal (administrative unit) president near Siddapuram village, Atmakur mandal, Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh.
January 25: Naxalites of the PWG blast a cinema and the house of a local-level TDP leader in separate incidents in Kurnool and Karimnagar districts.
January 24: Naxalites of the PWG beat to death a local-level leader of the TDP in Akulavari Ganaparam village, Warangal district.
January 21: Maharashtra police sources say two police personnel, including a Sub-Inspector, were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Naxalites of the PWG at Singhandoh, under Chichgarh police station-limits, Bhandara district in Vidarbha region, a few days ago.
In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG kill a former colleague in Narsapuram forest, Warangal district, accusing him of being a police informer.
January 20: Three Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter in the dense forests near Manala village, under Kammarpalli police station-limits, Nizamabad district in Andhra Pradesh.
In Warangal district, police unearth a huge arms dump of the PWG in Kukkamadugu forest, Kothuaguda mandal.
January 18: Naxalites of the PWG blast a cinema belonging to a local-level TDP leader at Timmapuram village, Kurnool district, during the Statewide bandh (general strike) in Andhra Pradesh to protest alleged fake encounters. Separately, Naxalites blast the residence of a close associate of State Minister for Higher Education N Mahammed Farooq at Santajutur village, Bandi Atmakur mandal (administrative unit).
January 17: Naxalites of the PWG blow up the newly constructed Polleru police post, Malkangiri district in Orissa.
In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG set ablaze a private bus bound for Hyderabad from Guntur at Gamalapadu, Dachepalli mandal (administrative unit), Guntur district.
January 15: Responding to the PWG’s offer of conditional talks with the Orissa government, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik says his government is not averse to talks, but the Naxal group should first stop violence.
January 13: Naxalites of the PWG kill two police personnel in Nistoor village, Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.
In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG set fire to a telephone exchange in Dodleru village, Guntur district.
January 11: A police personnel is killed in an encounter with Naxalites of the PWG near Lusam village, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.
Separately, in Warangal district, the ‘commander’ of the PWG’s Champaka Hills Local Guerilla Squad (LGS) is killed in an encounter.
January 10: Naxalites of the PWG kill a sarpanch (village headman), belonging to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and a relative of the then Union Minister of State for Home Ch Vidyasagar Rao, in Madimalla village, Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.
In Warangal district, 21 Naxalites of various outfits––including three ‘commanders’ and two ‘deputy commanders’ of the PWG––surrendered to State police chief P Ramulu.
January 8: In a statement issued in Bhubneshwar, the Andhra-Orissa Border Special Zone Committee of the PWG says it is prepared for talks with the Orissa government. However, the PWG demands withdrawal of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel from the southern districts and the immediate release of arrested PWG activists and innocent people.
January 7: Naxalites of the PWG blast a culvert between Pocharalapadu and Goruntla villages, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
A division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court directs a group of experts to conduct postmortem on the bodies of six Naxalites of the PWG killed in two encounters on January 5 and 6, in Guntur district.
In Anantpur district, Naxalites of the PWG blast a telephone exchange at Mamillapalli village.
In Karimnagar district, a District Committee member of the CPI-ML (Janasakthi) is arrested in Korutla.
January 6: Three Naxalites of the PWG are killed in a second encounter in a span of 24 hours in the forests near Remidicherla village, Guntur district. The encounter occurs during combing operation to track down the perpetrators of the January 5-landmine blast. In Maharashtra, Naxalites of the PWG kill a youth in Gadchiroli district.
January 5: Three police personnel are killed in a landmine blast triggered by Naxalites of the PWG. Three Naxalites are killed in the subsequent encounter, in between Kothur and Dachepalli villages, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
January 3: Naxalites of the PWG blast a telephone exchange in Kakarpally village, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh.
January 2: On the opening day of the 10-day 18th Janmbhoomi (community development) programme, Naxalites kill Kathalapur mandal (local administration) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) convenor Katta Narayana, who was returning home from a village meeting, in Gambhirpur.
In Guntur district, four government officials are abducted and later released.
Naxalites blow up the house of Ganapuram Mandala Praja Parishad chief and TDP leader Yerrabelli Rameshwar Rao in Rangaraopally village, Warangal district.

2002

December 30: Naxalites of the PWG kill two persons in Kakaria village, Kalpa police station limits, Jehanabad district in Bihar.
December 29: Two Naxalites of the PWG are killed by CPI-ML-Liberation activists, in Rasalpur village, Jehanabad district in Bihar.
December 28: Naxalites of the PWG set-off a blast and extensively damage a forest guesthouse on Guvvalacheruvu road, Ramapuram mandal (administrative unit), near Cuddapa.
December 27: Naxalites of the PWG blast Khanpur Mandal Parishad (administrative unit) Development Office (MDPO) in Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh. In Orissa, police foil an attempt by the PWG to attack Pattangi police station in Koraput district.
December 26: Naxalites of the PWG blast a telephone exchange in Madhapur village, Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.
December 25: Seven persons, including three children, are killed by a breakaway group of the PWG at Baraichak, rural Patna in Bihar.
In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG blast the house of a ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) local-level leader and Mulugu Agricultural Marketing Committee chairman, in Turimpeta village of Eturuagaram mandal (administrative unit) in Warangal district.
December 24: Naxalites of the PWG blast the engines of a goods train at Pandurangapuram railway station, Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh.
December 23: Naxalites of the PWG blow up the office-cum-residence of a range officer of the forest department at Mahuatand, Latehar district in Jharkhand.
December 22: Naxalites of the PWG attack a passenger bus near Chanan river at Santoshinagar in Balrampur police district, Chhattisgarh, and kill a civilian.
December 19: Naxalites of the PWG abduct two police constables attached to the Dachepally police station, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
December 18: Naxalites of the PWG blow up a telephone exchange at Nirupalla village, Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh. Eight Naxalites of the PWG are arrested from different places in Karimnagar district.
December 17: Khamman district police chief V V Srinivasa Rao says three persons have been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for supplying arms to Naxalites.
December 16: Naxalites of the PWG loot approximately 100 quintals of rice from a government godown (storehouse) in Malayaram village, Kalimela block, Malkangiri district in Orissa.
December 15: Naxalites of the PWG blow up a telephone exchange in Guntur district and a railway engine in Nizamabad district, Andhra Pradesh.
December 12: The Bijapur Superintendent of Police (SP) and Additional SP have a narrow escape when Naxalites of the PWG ambush their convoy between Nukanpal and Cheramungi, Bastar division in Chhattisgarh. In the subsequent combing operation, police arrest 31 Naxalites.
December 11: Naxalites of the PWG blow up the office-cum-residence of a forest ranger and the official residence of a forest official at Kundri village, Palamu district in Jharkhand.
December 8: Naxalites of the PWG blast the office of the Block Development Officer (BDO), under Bishrampur police station-limits, Palamu district in Jharkhand.
December 6: Naxalites of the PWG blast an abandoned police station in Veldurthi, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
December 5: An estimated 18 police personnel belonging to the Orissa Special Armed Police (OSAP) are injured in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG, under a culvert near Kolnara, on the Rayagada-Behrampur State highway, Orissa. Bihar police arrest a self-styled ‘area commander’ of the PWG.
In Andhra Pradesh, Warangal district police arrest four Naxalites of the PWG and recover 300 gelatine sticks, 49 detonators and a bundle of electric wire.
Two Naxalites of the PWG are killed in separate encounters in Dantewada and Bijapur police districts, Chhattisgarh.
December 3: Andhra Pradesh police repulse an attempt by the PWG to attack Balmoor police station, Mahboobnagar district. In the same district, PWG Naxalites blast a telephone exchange in Velturu village.
December 2: Police in the States of Orissa and Chhattisgarh foil an attempt by the PWG to attack four police stations in the two States.
December 1: Naxalites of the PWG blast four private buildings in two separate incidents in Ranga Reddy and Nalgonda districts, Andhra Pradesh.
November 28: Naxalites of the PWG kill a police personnel and injure another in Upper Sileru, Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh.
November 27: Andhra Pradesh police arrest two Naxalites and seize approximately 1,000 gelatin sticks and 1,200 detonators during a vehicle inspection drive taken up following the bandh (general strike) call given by the PWG.
November 26: Naxalites of the PWG kill the District Secretary of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Jajati Sahu, in Naira villageunder, Gunupur subdivision, Rayagada district, Orissa. In Andhra Pradesh, Naxalites of the PWG set afire a telephone exchange at Yerraguntapalli, Anantpur district.
November 24: An ‘area commander’ of the PWG is killed by another ‘area commander’ of the same group at Tura village, Nauhatta police station-limits, Rohtas district, Bihar. According to media reports, both the ‘area commanders’ had differences over levy collection in the district.
A suspected leader of the PWG is killed while a police personnel is injured in an encounter in Chinnakanakampatti, near Uthangkari, Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu.
November 22: Jharkhand police arrest six Naxalites of the PWG in Magdgari village, Garwah district. PWG Naxalites blast a forest office-guest house at Mellavagu village, Bollapalli mandal (administrative unit), Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
November 20: Naxalites of the PWG kill eight security force personnel in a landmine blast near Lamarnaka, Latehar district,in Jharkhand.
November 19: Naxalites of the PWG set-off an explosion at Tummalacheruvu railway station, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
November 21: Residents of Pedakodamagundla village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, foil an attempt by PWG Naxalites to blast the telephone exchange in the village.
November 18: An estimated 20 persons are killed and 16 injured in a landmine explosion set-off by Naxalites of the PWG under a moving bus at Chintagudem village, in Andhra Pradesh’s Warangal district.
November 17: Five Naxalites of the PGA, the armed wing of the PWG, are killed in an encounter in the jungles of Ilapuram village, in Andhra Pradesh’s Warangal district.
Local residents of Nadikoda village, in Andhra Pradesh’s Karimnagar district, foil an attempt by Naxalites of the PWG to abduct village council headman (sarpanch) Rajender Reddy.
November 12: Three Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter in Chandrajupalem village, in Andhra Prtadesh’s Guntur district.
November 11: Six Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Nalagonda district police chief, in Andhra Pradesh.
November 9: West Bengal police arrest two Naxalites of the PWG from their hideout in Contai, East Midnapore.
November 4: Four persons are arrested with a huge consignment of arms and ammunition from Patiala district, Punjab. The consignment was reportedly being supplied to the PWG and Ranvir Sena.
November 3: Two PWG Naxalites are killed and four others injured in an encounter in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.
November 1: The PWG calls a bandh (general strike) in Bastar and Dantwada districts, on the second anniversary of the formation of Chhattisgarh State.
October 30: PWG Naxalites kill a former ‘commander’ of the Chityal Local Guerrilla Squad, who had surrendered several years ago, in Nainpak village, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh.
October 28: Naxalites of the PWG loot the Pentlavalli branch of the Andhra Bank, in Mehboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, and decamp with Rs 1.3 million in cash. Eight Naxalites of the PWG surrender in Visakhapatnam district.
October 27: West Bengal police arrest three Naxalites of the PWG from Tulsihata village, Malda district
October 21: Two women Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter in Manglitanda village, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh
October 20 Naxalites of the PWG kill three persons in Nadauli village, Patna district, in Bihar, on the suspicion of they being police informers.
October 19: PWG Naxalites kill three activists of the CPI-ML (Liberation) in Sevnam village, Jehanabad district, Bihar.
October 15: Naxalites of the PWG kill a leader of the ruling TDP in Adigoppula village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
October 14: Five police personnel are killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Naxalites of the PWG near Vemavaram village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
October 12: Three police personnel and a civilian are killed in a landmine blast triggered by PWG Naxals near Charpalli village, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.
October 9: Seven police personnel are killed and two more injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected PWG Naxalites in Kanda Ghati, Palamu district, Jharkhand.
Naxalites of the PWG set ablaze a Road Transport Corporation bus at Medipalli village, Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh.
October 6: Suspected PWG Naxalites loot approximately nine tonnes of explosives being transported in a truck from Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur to a copper project in Malajkhand, near Laungur Udghati, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh.
October 3: Naxalites of the PWG blow-up the building housing the Mandal Revenue Office (MRO) in Addavedu village, Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh.
October 1-2: An estimated 70 members of the 'peoples militia' of the PWG surrender at the G K Veedhi police station in the agency area of Visakhapatnam