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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.
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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.
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December 20:
Two PWG cadres kill a ruling TDP activist of Chintakuntla village
in Andhra Pradesh's Nalgonda district.
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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.
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December 12:
Two PWG cadres are killed in an encounter with the security forces
at Durgam village in the Vishakapatanam district of Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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November 23:
Naxalites of the PWG kill two persons after branding them as 'back-stabbers'
in Andhra Pradesh.
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November 22:
PWG Naxalites kill three civilians in separate incidents in Andhra
Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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November 17:
Police kill two women Naxalites of the PWG at Bollottu Forests near
Eedu village in the Udupi district of Karnataka State.
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November 15:
Four PWG cadres are killed in two separate encounters in Andhra
Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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October 24:
Security forces kill two top leaders of the PWG in an encounter
near Venkatreddypuram forests in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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October 6: PWG
kills a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party at Hajipur village
in the Mehboobnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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October 3: PWG
claims responsibility for the October 1-attack on Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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August 14: PWG
Naxalites kill a local leader of the ruling TDP in the Maidambanda
village of Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
Andhra
Pradesh Government extends ban on the PWG and six of its frontal organizations
by another year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The
PWG Naxalites kill a local leader of the ruling TDP, Atmakuri Suribabu,
in his medical shop at Venkatapuram, Khammam district.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
In
Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh, Naxalite kill a local TDP leader.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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May 7: PWG Naxalites
kill two persons alleging them to be police informers at Pamidipadu
in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
PWG
Naxalites and sympathizers conduct a ‘famine raid’ and loot three
houses in M Bandameedipalli village, Rapthadu mandal, Anantpur
district, Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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.
In
Andhra Pradesh, 11 Naxalites of the PWG surrender to State police
chief, P Ramulu, in Hyderabad.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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March
20: Naxalites of the PWG kill a former Naxalite at Akkannagudem
village, Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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March
16: Naxalites of the PWG kill Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Gundala mandal
(administrative unit) convenor Vagaboina Jaggaiah, in Guntur district
in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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March
12: A Naxalite of the PWG is killed in an encounter near Banakacharla,
Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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March
5: Five Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Guntur district police
chief in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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February
24: Naxalites of the PWG kill a person near Nimmagudem village,
Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh branding him a police informer.
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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.
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February
19: Naxalites of the PWG blast the house of a ruling TDP leader
at Reddyvaripalle in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
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February
14: A Naxalite of the PWG is killed in an encounter at Pandikunta
village, Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.
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February
13: A PWG Naxalite of a group of eight is killed in an encounter
at Varsalapalli, Chittoor district.
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February
12: Two Naxalites of the PWG are arrested from different locations
in Jharkhand’s Daltonganj district.
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February
11: Naxalites of the PWG kill a local-level leader of the ruling
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) at Venkatapuram village, Adilabad district.
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February
9: A senior activist of the TDP is beaten to death by Naxalites
of the PWG at Kambalapalli, Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh.
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February
8: Six Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Guntur district police
chief.
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February
7: An ‘area commander’ of the PWG is arrested from Komarada mandal,
Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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February
1: Approximately 40 Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Superintendent
of Police (SP) in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
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January
31: Naxalites of the PWG loot Rs two lakh from the Bheemaram branch
of State Bank of Hyderabad, in Adilabad district.
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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.
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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.
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January
24: Naxalites of the PWG beat to death a local-level leader of the
TDP in Akulavari Ganaparam village, Warangal district.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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January
3: Naxalites of the PWG blast a telephone exchange in Kakarpally
village, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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December
30: Naxalites of the PWG kill two persons in Kakaria village, Kalpa
police station limits, Jehanabad district in Bihar.
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December
29: Two Naxalites of the PWG are killed by CPI-ML-Liberation activists,
in Rasalpur village, Jehanabad district in Bihar.
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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.
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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.
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December
26: Naxalites of the PWG blast a telephone exchange in Madhapur
village, Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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December
24: Naxalites of the PWG blast the engines of a goods train at Pandurangapuram
railway station, Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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December
22: Naxalites of the PWG attack a passenger bus near Chanan river
at Santoshinagar in Balrampur police district, Chhattisgarh, and
kill a civilian.
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December
19: Naxalites of the PWG abduct two police constables attached to
the Dachepally police station, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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December
15: Naxalites of the PWG blow up a telephone exchange in Guntur
district and a railway engine in Nizamabad district, Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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December
8: Naxalites of the PWG blast the office of the Block Development
Officer (BDO), under Bishrampur police station-limits, Palamu district
in Jharkhand.
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December
6: Naxalites of the PWG blast an abandoned police station in Veldurthi,
Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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December 1:
Naxalites of the PWG blast four private buildings in two separate
incidents in Ranga Reddy and Nalgonda districts, Andhra Pradesh.
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November 28:
Naxalites of the PWG kill a police personnel and injure another
in Upper Sileru, Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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November 20:
Naxalites of the PWG kill eight security force personnel in a landmine
blast near Lamarnaka, Latehar district,in Jharkhand.
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November 19:
Naxalites of the PWG set-off an explosion at Tummalacheruvu railway
station, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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November 21:
Residents of Pedakodamagundla village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh,
foil an attempt by PWG Naxalites to blast the telephone exchange
in the village.
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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.
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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.
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November
12: Three Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter in Chandrajupalem
village, in Andhra Prtadesh’s Guntur district.
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November 11: Six Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the Nalagonda
district police chief, in Andhra Pradesh.
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November 9:
West Bengal police arrest two Naxalites of the PWG from their hideout
in Contai, East Midnapore.
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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.
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November 3:
Two PWG Naxalites are killed and four others injured in an encounter
in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.
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November 1:
The PWG calls a bandh (general strike) in Bastar and Dantwada districts,
on the second anniversary of the formation of Chhattisgarh State.
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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.
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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.
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October 27:
West Bengal police arrest three Naxalites of the PWG from Tulsihata
village, Malda district
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October 21:
Two women Naxalites of the PWG are killed in an encounter in Manglitanda
village, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh
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October 20 Naxalites
of the PWG kill three persons in Nadauli village, Patna district,
in Bihar, on the suspicion of they being police informers.
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October 19:
PWG Naxalites kill three activists of the CPI-ML (Liberation) in
Sevnam village, Jehanabad district, Bihar.
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October 15:
Naxalites of the PWG kill a leader of the ruling TDP in Adigoppula
village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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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.
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October 12:
Three police personnel and a civilian are killed in a landmine blast
triggered by PWG Naxals near Charpalli village, Dantewada district,
Chhattisgarh.
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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.
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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.
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October 3: Naxalites
of the PWG blow-up the building housing the Mandal Revenue Office
(MRO) in Addavedu village, Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh.
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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
district, Andhra Pradesh.
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September 30:
Five Naxalites of the PWG, involved in blasting the Anakapalle police
station, Visakhapatnam district, on August 23, 2002, are arrested
near the Mallikarjunaswami temple, Koyyuru village, Visakhapatnam
district, Andhra Pradesh.
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September 29:
PWG Naxals blast a forest department guesthouse on the Hyderabad-Srisailam
road, Mahbubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh.
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September 28:
Naxalites of the PWG kill a local leader of the ruling TDP, Y Ravindra
Reddy, between Etigattu Rachapalle and Pedda Balijepalle villages,
near Rayachoti, Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh.
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September 26:
PWG Naxalites beat to death an activist of the Bhartiya Janata Party
(BJP) in Malyamkunda village, Orissa.
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September 25:
An unidentified Naxalite of the PWG is killed and some arms and
ammunition recovered after an encounter in Dammannapet and Gandi
Gopalpur forests, Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh.
Naxalites of the PWG kill a contractor and also set ablaze his lorry
near Manamkunda village, Motu police station-limits, Malkangiri
district, Orissa.
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September 23:
Four Naxalites of the PWG are killed by allegedly activists of the
Ranvir Sena (private army of landowners) in Majidpur village, Kinjer
police station-limits, Jehanabad district, Bihar.
Three Naxalites of the PWG surrender to Andhra Pradesh police chief
P Ramulu, in the State capital Hyderabad.
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September 20:
Naxalites of the PWG attack the house of Janga Krishna Murthy, Member
of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Gurazala, in Gamalapadu
vilage, Dachepalli mandal (administrative unit), Guntur district,
Andhra Pradesh.
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September 19:
Two excise head constables and a private jeep driver killed in a
landmine explosion triggered by Naxalites of the PWG in the forest
area between Buchchaiahgaripalli and Siddarampuram villages of Bukkapatnam
mandal (administrative unit), Anantpur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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September 18:
Five police personnel are injured in a landmine blast triggered
by PWG Naxalites at Koti, near Bhamgarh, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.
Three police personnel are injured in an encounter with PWG Naxals
in the Uparturia forests, Senah police station-limits, Loherdaga
district, Jharkhand.
Naxalites of the PWG kill a supporter of the Communist Party of
India--Marxist-Leninist [CPI-ML] (Liberation) in Bahadurganj village,
under Singauri police station limits, Patna district, Bihar.
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September 17:
Naxalites of the PWG kill three local-level leaders of the ruling
TDP in two separate incidents in Prakasam and Kurnool districts,
Andhra Pradesh.
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September 12:
Andhra Pradesh police arrest 10 Naxalites of the PWG at Kulwakurthi,
Mahboobnagar district.
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September 4:
Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh, police arrest six Naxalites of
the PWG responsible for blasting the Hanamkonda police station on
December 24, 2001.
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August 29: PWG
Naxalites kill the Anantagiri mandal (local unit of governance)
unit president of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), at his house
in Anantagiri, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.
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August 27: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a police personnel of the Gudipalli police station,
at Chitrala village, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh.
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August 25: PWG
release three of the four police personnel and a Home Guard, abducted
earlier on August 23, in Visakhapatnam district.
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August 23: Naxalites
of the PWG blast two police stations in Vishakhapatnam district,
Andhra Pradesh --one at Ankapalle and another at Chodavaram, and
the treasury office in Chodavaram, besides abducting four police
personnel.
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August 18: Seven
PWG Naxalites surrender to Warangal district police chief Nalin
Prabhat.
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August 13: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a former Naxalite cadre who had joined the Home
Guards after his surrender in Guralagondi village, Vishakhapatnam
district, Andhra Pradesh.
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August 12: PWG
Naxalites kill a farmer and seriously injure two others in Vemavaram
village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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August 11: Seven
security force personnel killed and five more injured in a landmine
blast set off by PWG Naxalites near a culvert in the Gunupur sub-division,
Rayagada district in Orissa.
In Bihar, Naxalites of the MCC kill three police personnel and a
government employee in Lohradih village, Rohtas district.
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August 10: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a fair price shop dealer in Gundaram village, Nizamabad
district, Andhra Pradesh.
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August 8: Andhra
Pradesh police unearth 10 landmines in Ghanapur area, Warangal district,
and say they suspect Naxalites of the PWG planted them. They also
say those could have been planted to target Major Irrigation Minister
Kadyam Srihari who represents the Station Ghanapur Assembly constituency.
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August 7: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a person at Chelpur, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh.
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August 6: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a police personnel in Mannanur, Mahboobnagar district,
Andhra Pradesh.
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August 5: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a local-level leader of the ruling Telugu Desam
party (TDP)--also a former Sarpanch (village headman), at his residence
in Bellamkonda mandal, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, branding
him as police informer.
Police arrest 45 sympathiser of the PWG in Guntur district.
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August 4: In
a statement issued in Kolkata, the PWG says it is willing to hold
talks with the West Bengal government, provided police action against
all PWG activists is stopped and all police and paramilitary forces
are withdrawn from the PWG's areas of influence.
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August 3: Naxalites
of the PWG killed two killed two of the 10 activists of the CPI-ML
(Liberation) abducted by them in Jehanabad district on August 3,
in retaliation to the killing of their four supporters by the CPI-ML
(Liberation) on August 2.
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August 2: Four
Naxalites of the PWG killed by the cadres of the Communist Party
of India (Marxist-Leninist) [CPI-ML] [Liberation], in Mahuagoan
village, Jehanabad district, Bihar. In retaliation the PWG Naxalites
abduct 10 activists of the CPI-ML (Liberation).
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July 30: PWG
conduit arrested in Midnapore, West Bengal.
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July 29: PWG
Naxalites blows up the police station in Sauna village, Bhojpur
district, Bihar.
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July 28: A PWG
Naxalite is killed in an encounter in the hillocks near Chandra
Rajupalem village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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July 27: Eight
Naxalites of the PWG, including two ‘commanders’ and a ‘deputy commander’,
surrender before Andhra Pradesh police chief P Ramulu in Hyderabad,.
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July 26: PWG
Naxals kill a Telugu Desam activist in Birsaipet village, Kurnool
district, Andhra Pradesh.
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July 26: Five
PWG Naxalites, including three women, are killed in an encounter
with Police in Dameru village, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh.
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July 25: Three
PWG men are arrested in Birbhum district, West Bengal.
Andhra Pradesh government extends ban on PWG and its affiliates
and declares it as an unlawful association for a further period
of one year with effect from July 23.
A ‘military platoon commander’ of PWG is killed in an encounter
in Maharashtra.
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July 23: PWG
Naxals kill four police personnel and injure eight more by setting-off
a landmine blast between Karampudi and Adigoppula villages, Guntur
district.
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July 24: The
West Bengal unit of the ruling Communist Party of India–Marxist
(CPI-M), rules out any conditional talks with PWG.
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July 22: PWG
makes an abortive attempt on the life of a local leader of the ruling
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) near Mutyalampadu village in Khammam district,
Andhra Pradesh.
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July 22: PWG
Naxal surrenders in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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July 20: PWG
kills a former ‘dalam (squad) commander’ of the Communist Party
of India–– Marxist-Leninist [CPI-ML (Janasakthi)] at Lakkepur village,
Manthani mandal, Karimnagar district, alleging that he is a police
informer.
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July 19: PWG
withdraws from peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh government, accusing
the State government of being insincere.
Two Naxalites of the PWG surrender in Adilabad district, Andhra
Pradesh.
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July 17: A PWG
Naxalite surrenders in Sangareddy, Medak district, Andhra Pradesh.
A ‘zonal commander’ of PWG, surrenders before a court in Bhagalpur,
Bihar, in connection with a murder.
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July 15: Andhra
Pradesh State Cabinet decides to further extend the ban on the PWG
by another year. The ban, originally imposed in May 1992 would have
expired on July 22.
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July 11: The
two-day Andhra Pradesh bandh (general strike) called by PWG begins.
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July 10: At
least five PWG Naxals and a policeman are killed in an encounter
in Maranpur village, Bhojpur district in Bihar.
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July 9: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a Communist Party of India--Marxist (CPI-M) local-level
leader and his bodyguard near Bolanpur, Midnapore district in West
Bengal.
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July 7: A State
technical committee member of the PWG, Sudhakar alias Raghu, killed
in an encounter in Guntur district.
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July 6: PWG
emissaries-Gaddar and Vara Vara Rao-withdraw from the ongoing peace
talks with Andhra Pradesh government. PWG protests 'fake encounters'
and 'police repression'.
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July 4: PWG
Gudur Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) commander killed in an encounter
in Warangal district.
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July 2: Peace
talks in Andhra Pradesh suffer a jolt as four PWG Naxalites, including
a woman cadre, are killed in an encounter at Narella village, Karimnagar
district. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu says the police cannot
keep quiet if PWG cadres went about visiting villages armed with
guns.
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June 27: Mallaiah,
the 'Khammam district military services activities in-charge' of
the PWG arrested in Krishnasagar village, Andhra Pradesh.
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June 24: Two
women Naxalites of the PWG killed in an encounter in the Aswapuram
Reserve Forest area, Paloncha mandal, Khammam district, in Andhra
Pradesh. Five PWG Naxalites arrested in North 24 Parganas and West
Midnapore districts in West Bengal.
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June 20: At
the end of the third round of discussions between PWG emissaries
and Andhra Pradesh government, the PWG express readiness to hold
direct talks with the government.
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June 17: PWG
Naxals blast the house of ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politburo
member and Narsarampet Legislator R Prakash Reddy in Kesavapur,
Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh
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June 11: A Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP) and his colleague are killed while
five more are injured in a landmine blast set-off by PWG Naxalites,
near Kalapahar, Palamu district, Jharkhand.
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June 5: Nine
Naxalites of the PWG surrender to the police in Hyderabad. Andhra
Pradesh government and PWG emissaries hold first round of talks
in Hyderabad. They ecide to meet again on June 9 to discuss the
modalities of direct talks. At the meeting, the PWG representatives
submit a note asking de-proscription of the PWG.
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May 31: PWG
nominates two persons-Vara Vara Rao and Gaddar, as representatives
at the talks to determine the modalities of holding direct talks
with Andhra Pradesh government and suggests that the Committee of
Concerned Citizens (CCC) should function as an observer at the talks.
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May 27: Four
Naxalites of the PWG, including a 'sub-zonal commander', are killed
in an encounter near Gatiarwa village, Palamu district in Jharkhand.
Madhya Pradesh government bans PWG and its six front organisations.
They include the Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (AKMS), the Krantikari
Adivasi Mahila Sanghathan (KAMS), the Krantikari Kisan Mazdoor Sangh
(KKMS), the Krantikari Balak Sangh (KBS), the Gram Raksha Dal (GRD)
and the Gram Rajya Samiti (GRS).
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May 18: Naxalites
of the PWG kill a local-level leader of the Congress party in Kothapullareddipuram,
Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
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May 17: Bihar
Police arrest 12 Naxalites of the PWG from Paliganj and Dulhinbazar
areas in Patna district and seize firearms from their possession.
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May 12: Elders
of 18 tribal villages under Asifabad police station limits, Nizamabad
district, Andhra Pradesh, pass a resolution banning the entry of
the PWG into the villages.
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May 8: PWG Naxals
kill five Rajasthani dalits (downtrodden) in Bhadaura village, Patna
district in Bihar.
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May 7: On the
second day of the two-day economic blockade in Jharkhand, PWG and
MCC Naxals set-off a land-mine blast killing some 15 police personnel
in Mathadih village, Koderma district.
PWG declare unilateral, one month-long cease-fire beginning May
10 in Andhra Pradesh.
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May 6: The PWG
and the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) jointly call a two-day economic
blockade in Jharkhand to protest the Prevention of Terrorism Act
(POTA).
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May 5: Police
arrest 16 Naxalites of the PWG Lathar district in Jharkhand.
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May 3: A 'Special
Guerrilla Squad commander' and Adilabad district 'action team leader'
of the PWG killed in an encounter in the forest area near Mandamarri,
Adilabad district.
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May 1: PWG 'Zonal
Commander' killed in an encounter in Nagauli village, Patna district,
Bihar.
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April 30: Five
PWG Naxals, including a 'squad commander', surrender in Adilabad,
Andhra Pradesh.
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April 25: Naxalites
of the PWG strike at the Hindalco's bauxite open caste mine near
Raipur in Chhattisgarh and set fire to property worth Rs one crore.
The PWG Naxalites attack the Hindalco bauxite open cast mine near
Raipur and set fire to eight dumpers of the company.
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April 12: Founder
of the PWG Kondapalli Seetharamaiah died in his grand daughter’s
house at Vijaywada on April 12.
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March 22: PWG
calls for general strike in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa to protest against the Prevention
of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).
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March 21: 22
Naxalites of the PWG surrender before the State Director General
of Police in Hyderabad.
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Reports from
West Bengal said that more than 100 PWG Naxalites had been arrested
over the weeks from the border areas of Bankura and Midnapore.
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March 18: A
PWG Naxalite killed and three police personnel injured in an encounter
in Paralakhemundi, Gajapati district in Orissa. The East Divisional
Committee of the PWG calls for Orissa bandh on March 22 to protest
the proposed Prevention of Terrorism Act.
In Andhra Pradesh, the PWG Naxalites blast the Tirumala Engineering
College building in Karimnagar district.
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March 15: A
Deputy Superintendent of Police, two other police personnel and
the driver of the vehicle seriously injured in a landmine blast
triggered by the PWG in Ghanasar village, Srikakulam district in
Andhra Pradesh.
The PWG rejects the offer of talks by the Andhra Pradesh State government.
In a statement released in Warangal, State PWG secretary Ramakrishna,
Andhra-Orissa Border Special Zone Committee secretary Balakrishna
and North Telangana Special Zone Committee secretary Jampanna declares
that they would resort to guerrilla warfare in retaliation to ‘bloody
encounters’. The PWG also gives a call for a Statewide bandh (general
strike) in protest against the killing of 11 Naxalites in the March
11-encounter in Warangal district.
The Bihar-Jharkhand State Committee of the PWG calls for a protest
day in Bihar against the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) decision
to conduct symbolic worship in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
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March 11: Eleven
PWG Naxalites and police personnel killed in an encounter near Tupakulapalli
village, Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh. The police also recover
10 weapons, including a light machine gun, three self-loading rifles
(SLRs), a .9 mm carbine, a .303 rifle and four double-bore guns
from the encounter site.
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February 24:
Naxalites belonging to the Peddapalli Local Guerrilla Squad of the
PWG blast a police station under construction at Potkapalli village,
Karminagar district in Andhra Pradesh.
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February 11:
The PWG Naxalites kill the district president of the Congress party
at Bhamragarh, Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.
In Andhra Pradesh, the PWG Naxalites blow up the engine of a goods
train and a building of the railway station in the forests in Nallamala
range, Kurnool district.
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January 27:
Eleven persons, including nine Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) personnel,
killed in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG in the Chainpur
police station limits in Gumla district, Jharkhand.
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January 17:
28 sympathisers of the PWG surrender before the police in Nizamabad,
Andhra Pradesh.
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January 11:
Eight PWG Naxalites surrender before the police in Karimnagar, Andhra
Pradesh.
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January 10:
Six Naxalites of the PWG arrested in combing operation in Midnapore
district West Bengal.
2001
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December 29:
PWG Naxalites kill a Congress Member of the Legislative Assembly
(MLA), D Raghya Naik, near Maddimadugula village, Mahboobnagar district
in Andhra Pradesh.
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December 25:
Four Naxalites of the PWG, killed in an encounter near Padmakshigutta
in Hamumakonda town, Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh.
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December 10:
15 Naxalites of the PWG and the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist
(Janasakthi), CPI-ML (Janasakthi) group surrenders before the police
in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh.
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December 8:
The PWG Naxalites blast a guest house of the Singareni Collieries
on the banks of Kinnerasani river, near Palvancha in Khammam district
in Andhra Pradesh.
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December 7:
Nine PWG Naxalites arrested in Garhwa district in Jharkhand.
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December 5:
Union government bans PWG under the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance
(POTO).
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December 1:
To commemorate the first anniversary of the People’s Guerrilla Army
(PGA), the PWG unleash a fresh wave of violence. They attack the
Koyyuru police station, telephone exchange, house of a MLA and office
of the Mandal Revenue Officer in Visakhapatnam district. The PWG
attack Y Ramavaram police station in East Godavari district in Andhra
Pradesh. In Orissa, the Naxalites blast the house of State Cooperation
Minister at Poteru Market in Malkangiri district. In Chhattisgarh,
the Naxalites attack two police stations in Dantewada district.
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November 29:
The PWG blasted a milk processing plant owned by Chief Minister
N Chandrababu Naidu’s wife, on the Tirupati-Pileru road in Chittoor
district in Andhra Pradesh.
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November 21:
Six persons including five personnel of the Bihar Military Police
(BMP) were killed in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG in Koiribigha
Harijan Tolla, Gaya district in Bihar.
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October 21:
The PWG Naxalites blew up Coca Cola bottling plant in at Atmakaru
in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
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October 19:
Seven persons including six police personnel were killed in a landmine
blast triggered by the PWG in Jagpura village, Patna district in
Bihar.
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October 17:
Four persons including two police personnel were killed in a PWG
landmine blast in Gorkhagaon village, Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.
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September 9:
Five personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed
in a PWG ambush at Sunnampalli, East Godavari district in Andhra
Pradesh
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August 20: Ten
police personnel were killed in a landmine blast triggered by the
PWG in Remidicherla village, Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
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August 9: Six
police personnel were killed and an estimated 22 seriously injured
when the PWG launched simultaneous attacks on Kalimela and Motu
police stations in Malkangiri district in Orissa. Two Naxalites
were also killed in the incident. The Naxalites also took away huge
quantity of arms and ammunition.
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July 9: The
PWG sent a threatening letter to the Tribal Development Minister
of Maharashtra demanding that all government schools, teachers who
are not from Gadchiroli district should be replaced with local educated
youths by July 20, 2001. The letter threatened that if the State
government fails to agree to its demand, it will trigger large scale
arson in the district.
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June 14: An
estimated nine personnel of the Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP)
were seriously injured when the PWG Naxalites attacked the Yerragondapalem
police station, Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh.
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April 19: Four
police personnel were killed and three more seriously injured in
a landmine blast triggered by the PWG in Chintakarrapalem village,
East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.
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April 9: The
PWG Naxalites attacked and destroyed the Hindalco mine office in
Sarguja district, Chhattisgarh.
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March 22: In
two separate incidents, the Naxalites of the PWG raid and blast
two police stations at Srisailam, Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh
and looted some weapons and communication equipment.
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February 12:
The District Collector of Warangal and his driver injured in an
attack by Naxalites of the PWG in an unspecified location in Warrangal
distrtict.
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May 27: The
PWG blow up the house of former Union Minister and Congress leader
Jaipal Reddy in Mahboobnagar district, in Andhra Pradesh.
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May 25: The
PWG Naxalites blast the house of Andhra Pradesh Minister for Higher
Education in Medak district.
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March 7: Andhra
Pradesh Panchayat Raj Minister A Madhav Reddy was killed in a landmine
blast set-off by the PWG Naxalites on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
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February 20:
Twenty two police personnel, including an Additional Superintendent
of Police killed in a landmine blast triggered by the PWG Naxalites
in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.
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February 19:
Seven police personnel were killed in an attack by the PWG Naxalites
near Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
1999
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December 16:
The PWG Naxalites killed Madhya Pradesh State Transport Minister
Likhiram Kavre in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.
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September 13:
The PWG Naxalites PWG blew up police station and kill five police
personnel in Medak district in Andhra Pradesh.
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September 4:
The PWG Naxalites killed Assistant Inspector General of Andhra Pradesh
Police, Umesh Chandra in Hyderabad
1998
1997
1993
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November 28:
Ten personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed
by the PWG Naxalites in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
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November 14:
Nine police personnel including a Superintendent of Police, were
killed by the PWG in a landmine blast in Mahboobnagar district in
Andhra Pradesh.
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January 27:
Deputy Inspector General of Police, K. S. Vyas, who had earlier
led the Grey Hounds, anti-Naxal elite police force in Andhra Pradesh
, killed the PWG Naxalites in Hyderabad.
1992
1991
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November 10:
Ten personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed
and 13 others injured in a landmine blast in Etapalli tehsil of
Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.
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May 11: P. Sudhir
Kumar, Andhra Pradesh State youth Congress (I) president and son
of former Union External Affairs Minister P. Shivshankar, abducted
by the PWG, from his residence.
1989
1987
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December 27:
Six Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including Principal
Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh government abducted by the PWG in
the Agency area in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.
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July 29: Six
police personnel killed by the PWG on the border of East Godavari
and Vishakhapattanam districts in Andhra Pradesh.
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