Maoist Insurgency: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2023

A lower rung Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Ayata Madkam (30), was arrested by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from the forests of Nilvaya village in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 1, reports The Pioneer. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari, said Madkam was a Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) member of Nilvaya Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) of the outlawed Maoist outfit, and was involved in several Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents last year. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres reportedly abducted a youth, identified as Sanjay Tati, and killed him after branding him a ‘police informer’ in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 1, reports The Times of India. Tati (25), was a resident of Tarem Police Station area, was found lying on the Road Rehabilitation Project (RRP)-I Awapalli-Jagargunda road. Bijapur, Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjaneya Varshney said that some Maoists abducted Sanjay from Kursampara village on December 31. The Jagargunda area committee of CPI (Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident, SP, Varshney said, the Maoists also dropped pamphlets near the dead body branding him as a ‘police informer’, adds Hindustan Times. Read less...

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) 32nd Battalion arrested a wanted Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Janaki Koda, during a search operation conducted on the secret information about the presence of Maoists in New Barmasia and Bankura of Kajra Police Station area in Lakhisarai District of Bihar on January 3, reports prabhatkhabar.com. Koda is accused of shooting and killing Chhotu Saav, the driver of Ganesh Rajak, the then head of Bhalui Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) on August 19, 2019, and a case has been registered regarding this in Chanan Police Station. Apart from this, a case has been registered against him in Piribazar Police Station. He is accused of planting Improvised Explosive Device (IED) bombs and firing on the Police force. Koda has been sent to judicial custody. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including two brothers, were arrested from Pannk Narayanpur Police Station limits of Bokaro District of Jharkhand on January 3, reports The Pioneer. About a dozen cases have been registered against them in Pannk-Narayanpur Police Station of Nawadih Block (administrative division) of the district, said Police. Acting on a tip off that two Maoists, Baburam Marandi and Dalo Ram Marandi belonging to Giridih District and another Maoist Futani alias Kuleshwar Kumar Sharma alias Koleshwar Thakur, a resident of Giridih, were arrested while they arrived at place in Nawadih under Pannk-Narayanpur Police Station. The arrested rebels were charged in case number 161/2014 Section-147/148/149/353/307 Bhadvi and 4/5 Explosive Substances Act and 17 Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) Act's First Information Report (FIR) has been registered on December 12, 2014. The Maoists were also accused of planting a bomb in a culvert on the Palamu-Sarubera Road in Nawadih with the intention of killing him. Read less...

Eight prominent Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three women who were part of the CPI-Maoist squad led by Misir Besra, surrendered before the State Police in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 4, reports Ommcom News. Jairam Bodra, Martam Angaria, Sarita Sardar, Tungir Purti, Patar Koda, Kusnu Sirka aka Kartik Sirka and others, surrendered at a programme organised by the State Police. Many cases have been registered against them in different Police Stations of Chaibasa, Jamshedpur, Seraikela-Kharsawan Districts. Read less...

Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a tribal after branding him as a ‘police informer’ in the Chintur Mandal (administrative sub division) area in Alluri Sitarama Raju District of Andhra Pradesh late on January 4, reports The New Indian Express. According to Chintur circle inspector Appala Naidu, about 10 Maoists went to the house of the victim Soyam Subbaiah (40) in Juvvigudem village in Chintur Mandal, later, they rounded up Subbaiah and allegedly thrashed him to death with sticks. Police suspect the Maoists came from the Konta area in Chhattisgarh. According to Police, Maoists killed Subbaiah suspecting him as a ‘police informer’. In the letter purportedly left by the Maoists, it was alleged that Subbaiah was working as a ‘police informer’ for the past five years. The letter read that the Maoists had warned Subbaiah to mend his ways several times, but in vain. Police suspect that Maoists believed Subbaiah passed on crucial information to the Police sometime back leading to the alleged fake encounter of a Maoist cadre. “Subbaiah was an active police informer and we wanted to punish him,’’ the Maoists said in their letter. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, two of them involved in 2017 Burkapal and Bhejji attacks and carrying a total reward of INR 800,000 on their heads, surrendered in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 4, reports The Print. Madvi Budhra, Vetti Joga and Madvi Joga turned themselves in citing disappointment with the “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist ideology, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said, adding that they were also impressed by the state government’s rehabilitation policy and District Police’s ‘Puna Narkom (`new dawn’ in the Gondi language) campaign. Budhra, who carried a reward of INR 500,000, was Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘president’ and Kistaram Area Committee member of Maoist organization. Vetti, who carried a reward of INR 300,000 on his head was active as Kistaram Local Organisation Squad (LOS) ‘deputy commander’, SP said, adding that he was involved in the 2020 Minpa ambush and Tumirpad attack in which one trooper was killed. Madvi Joga was DAKMS ‘vice-president’ under the Palachalma Revolutionary People’s Committee as well as a member of the Naxalites’ platoon number 8, the SP said, adding that Joga was involved in the 2017 Burkapal attack, 2017 Bhejji attack and the Kasalpad attack in which 14 security personnel were killed. Read less...

On January 5, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Chandru Manjhi alias Ramchandra Soren was arrested by the Penk-Narayanpur Police from Jamunia Forest of Uparghat (Nawadih) in Bokaro District of Jharkhand, and sent to jail in connection with the December 6, 2006, land mine blast case in Pulia near Naya Basti of Bokaro Thermal Police Station area in which 13 Security Forces (SF) personnel were killed, reports livehindustan.com. Read less...

Two couriers of the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by a joint squad of Charla Police and the personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) during a vehicle checking drive on the outskirts of the Charla Mandal (administrative sub division) headquarters town in Bhadradri Kothagudem District of Telangana on January 5, reports The Hindu. A bundle of 200-metre cordex wire, 10 pressure cookers, some substances used for making explosive materials, and a tractor-trolley were seized from them. The arrested persons were identified as P Sammaiah (35), and Satyaveni (33), both hailing from Charla. According to the Police, the duo had been working as couriers for the CPI-Maoist Dalam (armed squad) led by the Bhadradri-Kothagudem division ‘secretary’ Azad by providing essential commodities and explosive materials to the ultras operating in the neighbouring Chhattisgarh for the last two years. Read less...

An encounter between Police and cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC/TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist), took place in Angada Forest area under Kunda Police Station limits in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 6, reports prabhatkhabar.com. Seeing the Police dominating, the TSPC cadres were able to escape by taking advantage of the forest while firing. After the encounter, Police recovered a huge quantity of goods from the encounter site. The recoveries included, one walkie talkie, wire, army paternal cloth, two solar plates with two mobile chargers, cooking utensils, steel plates eight, rice 20 kilograms, fresh vegetables, blanket, civil cloth, pithu bag and other daily use items. Following inputs that ‘regional commander’ of the banned Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] organization TSPC, Akraman Ganjhu, carrying a prize of INR 1.5 million, and the ‘regional commander’, Shashikant alias Arif, carrying a prize of INR 1 million, are busy in the forest to carry out the incident, the operation was launched to arrest them. Seeing the Police coming towards them, the cadres started firing on the Police party, and the Police fired in retaliation. After this, the TSPC cadres escaped by taking advantage of the forest. Read less...

Bihar's Special Task Force (STF) arrested 57 Naxals [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs], including the six of the most wanted cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in several operations in 2022, reports Republic World on January 7. The STF also arrested 283 most wanted criminals in the same period of time. Additional Director General (ADG), HQ, Patna, JS Gangwar, on January 6, said, "In 2022, STF arrested 57 Naxals including 6 most wanted Naxals and 283 most wanted criminals." He said the STF also seized arms and ammunition in large quantities. "Many arms and ammunition were recovered including 14 regular weapons, 3 AK-47s, one weapon belonging to the AK-56 series and five weapons that were snatched from police," ADG, Gangwar said. The Bihar Police official also highlighted the arrests of Naxals outside the State saying, "33 Naxals were arrested by Bihar police from other states like Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, and West Bengal." ADG, Gangwar said around 120 country-made weapons and live ammunition were also recovered for them. "118 country-made weapons, 7,870 live cartridges, 1 hand grenade, and 15-gram explosive material were also recovered," he added. Read less...

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, one carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 7, reports The Pioneer. Lekam Gujja and Madkam Hidiya turned themselves in after being impressed with the Government’s rehabilitation policy, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said. Gujja was the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘President’ and carried a bounty of INR 100,000 on his head, while, Hidiya was a ‘Militia Deputy Commander’, Sharma said, adding that they were reportedly involved in several Maoist incidents in Chintagufa and Chintalnar areas in the district. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed supplementary chargesheet before the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand against 14 accused persons in connection with the Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] attack on former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Gurucharan Nayak and the killing of two Police personnel in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand on January 4, 2022, reports lawbeat.in on January 9. The 14 accused charge sheeted persons are: Pradhan Korah @ Mantri, Sriram Tubid @ Sheeram Tubid, Shailendra Bahanda, Pusa Lugun @ Puse Lugun, Sunia Surin, Mangal Singh Diggi, Rangiya Lugun, Kujari, Mangal Singh Lugun @ Vikram, Kishmat Korah, Misir Besra @ Sagar da @ Bhaskar Da @ Diwakar Da @ Sunirmal, Sushant Da @ Anmol @ Samar Ji @ Lalchand Hembrom, Sameer @ Lalu Modiyam, and Ashwin @ Lachhu Korsa. All the accused persons have been charge sheeted under Sections 120B, 121, 121-A, 147, 148, 149, 201, 302, 307, 333, 353, 395, 396, 397 of IPC, Sections 16, 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Section 27 of Arms Act. The NIA press release stated, “Investigations have revealed that the accused persons are CPI (Maoist) [Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)] members and they participated in meetings in which a conspiracy was hatched to target former MLA Gurucharan Nayak. They also participated in the crime which resulted in the injury and death of police personnel and the looting of arms and ammunition. Investigations also revealed that the accused persons were involved in recruiting members for the commission of terrorist acts and organized Training Camps for carrying out terrorist activities.” As per the NIA press release, the case was initially registered on January 5, 2022, at Goilkera, Police Station in West Singhbhum, and later re-registered by the NIA on June 30, 2022. Read less...

On January 9, Palamu Police arrested ‘area commander’ of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC/TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist), Bansat Singh alias Bachchan ji alias Diwakar ji of the Shashikant alias Arif squad, along with his four associates, following information of Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) Police Headquarters Ranchi, from Duruh Pahari area of Sultani Ghati under Chhatarpur Police Station limits in Palamu District of Jharkhand, reports jagran.com. Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandan Sinha informed that first of all Bachchan and his three associates were arrested, and after this, on the statement of the ‘area commander’, a youth named Irfan was arrested from Kutumba of Aurangabad District of Bihar. As per the Police records, the ‘area commander’ Bachchan was absconding for the last three years. A country-made revolver with three live cartridges and a loaded country-made katta, a mobile and a pamphlet with two diaries have been recovered from the captured Naxalite commander and from his associate Aurangabad resident Sonu Kumar. Bachchan, who was arrested by Palamu Police, had earlier escaped from the custody of the Police during the Covid test after being caught in Dumaria Police Station of Bihar State in Case No. 0-29/2020. During the absconding, he was collecting ‘levy’ (extortion money) for the organization from businessmen, public representatives and contractors. Manatu resident Bachchan is accompanied by Pipra resident Deepak Kumar, Aurangabad's Tandwa resident Guddu Kumar Yadav, and Dev resident Sonu Kumar. There are 8 cases registered against Bachchan in Chhatarpur, Naudiha Bazar, Nawabazar, Pipra, Baya's Bankebazar, Dumaria, Kutumba etc. Police Stations. Read less...

Ten Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, one of them carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Pioneer. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari, said they were with the Malanger Area Committee of the outlawed Maoist outfit. Bandi alias Kolla Madkam, who carried the bounty, was a ‘Militia Platoon Commander’. The identity of the remaining cadres is yet to be ascertained. Read less...

The Supreme Court, on January 9, extended till February 17 its interim order placing social activist Gautam Navlakha, accused of having links to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), under house arrest, reports The Pioneer. The top court had on November 18 ordered that Navlakha be placed under house arrest "without fail" within 24 hours and ordered some additional security measures to be put in place at the building where the activist will be kept under house arrest. Alleging that Navlakha's medical report issued by the Jaslok Hospital was "vitiated", the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had said proper treatment was given to him whenever required and his condition was manageable within the premises of Taloja central jail. The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the Police claim triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra city. Read less...

Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed inside tiffin boxes, planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, were defused by the Security Forces (SFs) in Gorra village under Edka Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Print. “Acting on a tip-off regarding a Naxalite pamphlet, thrown on a gravel road leading to village Gorra, a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) Force, accompanied by police personnel reached the spot and carefully inspected the road,” Police said in a statement. During the inspection, security personnel found Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] pamphlets and traced two 25 kilograms IEDs, concealed inside tiffin boxes dumped at around 150 meters before Gorra village and defused them before they went off. The IEDs are believed to be planted by Maoists in the area, with the intent to injure security personnel. A case has been registered at Edka Police Station in Narayanpur against ‘unidentified’ Kiskodo Area Committee of CPI-Maoist under sections of the Explosive Substances Act. Read less...

Police arrested a Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Lalu Yadav who was an expert in making and planting bombs from his village Gere in the Kunda Block (administrative division) in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 10, reports lagatar24.com. Superintendent of Police (SP), Rakesh Ranjan confirmed his arrest and said the Police was behind him since 2015. Notably, Lalu was known as a bomb planner as well as a courier of the Maoists. He was part of the explosive team of the outfit, and was also known as an expert in making bombs for the outfit. He was also an expert in planting bombs and targeting Police parties. In 2015, he planted bombs on the Hesatu-Dundu Road which was to be used by Security Forces (SFs). But timely information had made the Police diffuse bombs foiling the plan of Maoists. Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in an encounter on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 11, reports The New Indian Express. There were reports that top Maoist leader Madvi Hidma (42), was reportedly killed in the encounter, however, CPI-Maoist Bhadradri-Kothagudem- Alluri Sitarama Raju Division Committee (BK-ASR) ‘secretary’ Azad on January 12 rejected reports that Maoist leader Madvi Hidma was killed in an alleged encounter. Though the Police are yet to confirm the death, the office of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chhattisgarh Sector, released a communique saying CRPF’s Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) Battalion personnel were undertaking operations against the militants. Read less...

Six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a search and encounter with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Chaibasa town in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 11, reports ptcnews.tv. "Six personnel of CRPF's elite COBRA [Commando Battalion for Resolute Action] battalion were injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast after an encounter with the outlawed CPI(Maoist) at Tumbahaka forest in Jharkhand's Naxal-affected West Singhbhum district," a senior Police official said. According to the Police, when the Security Forces (SFs) approached, the Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) opened fire. "This prompted the security forces to retaliate and the Naxals were forced to retreat triggering the blast. A massive search operation is on to track down the extremists," the Police added. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in a statement have alleged that security personnel had carried out aerial strikes on villages in Sukma and Bijapur Districts of Chhattisgarh on January 11, reports Hindustan Times. The purported statement was circulated on social media on Wednesday (January 11) night following an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists on Wednesday morning. The statement issued in the name of Ganga, ‘secretary’ of South Bastar Division Committee of Maoists, accused the SFs of conducting airstrikes in several villages of South Bastar on Wednesday. It claimed that Madkanguda, Mettaguda, Bottetong, Sakiler, Madpadulade, Kannemarka, Pottemangum, Bottalanka, Rasapalli, and Errapad villages and forest hills of South Bastar were targeted by drones and helicopters in the border areas of Pamed, Kistaram, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. Certainly, a CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in an encounter on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border in Bijapur District on January 11, the incident has been documented by SATP. Read less...

A gunfight broke out between Security Forces (SFs) and Naxals [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] on the outskirts of Ranchi city on January 12, reports Business Standard. Acting on a tip-off that five members of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were in a forest in the Budmu Police Station area, a search operation was started around 3.30 pm, and seeing the SFs, a gunfight broke out between the Naxals and the forces. "However, the extremists escaped taking advantage of the forest," Superintendent of Police (Ranchi-Rural) Naushad Alam said. A rifle and live bullets were seized from the area, he added. Read less...

Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)’s elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Sarjan Buru Forest area under Tonto Police Station in Chaibasa in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 12, reports The New Indian Express. “Same operation was being continued on Thursday following the blast on Wednesday, during which, an IED triggered by the Maoists injured three of our CoBRA jawans,” said Chaibasa Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar, adding that all the three were airlifted to Ranchi and admitted to Medica Hospital for better treatment. Notably, six personnel of the CoBRA battalion were also injured on January 11, in an IED blast triggered by the Maoists at the same Forest area when a joint team of CRPF’s elite CoBRA battalion, Jharkhand Jaguar of the State Police and the District Armed Police were conducting anti-Maoist operation in the forests. The incident was reported by SATP on January 12. Read less...

Four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three with a cumulative bounty of INR 1.2 million on their heads, surrendered in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 13, reports Devdiscourse. Police identified them as Madded ‘area committee member, (ACM)’ Rakesh Mandvi alias Joga (33), Dula Punem (34) of the PLGA platoon 2 under National Park Area Committee, Bhopalpatnam Local Organising Squad (LOS) 'commander' Somaru alias Kishore Karam (26) and 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) platoon 'section commander' of Gangaloor Area Committee Suresh Madvi alias Sukka (24). Rakesh and Somaru were carrying a cash reward of INR 500,000 each, while Dula had a reward of INR 200,000 against his name. Rakesh was associated with the Maoists since 2005 and was allegedly involved in the murders of security personnel, firing on the camp of forces, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts, encounters, looting of weapons, and arson between 2009 and 2022. Somaru, who joined the outlawed organization in 2006 as Bal Sangham, was allegedly involved in the murder of three security personnel, attack on Bhadrakali Police Station in 2010, and an encounter in which 11 personnel were killed in 2011. Dula and Suresh were also involved in several incidents that took place in the district. Read less...

Jamui Police arrested a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Renuka Koda alias Renu Koda, carrying a reward of INR 50,000, in Jamui District of Bihar on January 13, reports livehindustan.com. More than half a dozen cases are registered against Renu in Munger, and Superintendent of Police (SP), Jagunathreddy Jalareddy said that soon Renu will be taken on remand in Munger cases. Renu, a resident of Saradhi village under Ladaitand Police Station area of Munger District, used to provide food and water to Maoists first and later joined the Naxalites' [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] ‘Marak’ (killing) Squad and was carrying out Naxal activities by staying with wanted Maoist Parvez. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered three Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 13, when Security Forces (SFs) were carrying out search operations but nobody was injured in the explosions, reports Outlook India. Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar said the SFs were carrying out search operations in Tumbahaka Forest when the IEDs exploded, however, all the personnel of law enforcing agencies were safe and no injury was reported in the incident. Read less...

The Police arrested Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ Krishna Hansda aka Avinash aka Saurabh, who was carrying a bounty of INR 1.5 million on his head, and was wanted in several cases in Giridih District of Jharkhand on January 13, reports newsroomodisha.com. Hansda, who hails from Pirtand block, was arrested during a joint operation by the paramilitary forces and the Police at Fatehpur under Dumri Police Station limits in the district, Police said, adding that many weapons were recovered from Hansda. Read less...

A trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sustained critical injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast near Pegdapalli camp under Tarem Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 14, reports The Indian Express. The injured trooper was identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Muhammad Aslam (51) of the CRPF 153 battalion. Aslam along with his troops was out from the Pegdapalli CRPF camp on a Road Security and Area Domination Operation, when he inadvertently stepped on a pressure IED (victim operated mechanism) planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the blast hit his right leg, which got critically injured. “He was treated at the Basaguda field hospital and later, air evacuated to a better medical facility in Raipur. His condition is stable,” said Sundarraj P, Inspector general of Police (IGP), Bastar range. Read less...

A group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres opened fire at Police team when the special Police were carrying out their anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation in Vedampalli Forest in Aheri Tehsil (revenue unit) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on January 15, reports UNI. About 25 outlaws started firing at the security personnel. After a heavy exchange of fire between the two sides, the Naxalites fled into the forest, a press release said, however, no casualties reported from either side. The Police later conducted search and recovered weapons and other Naxal material from the spot, the release said adding that Naxal plan to carry out sabotage during "Bhumkal Week" has been spoiled. Read less...

A large quantity of explosives suspected to have been kept hidden by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were seized by security personnel in Dumka District of Jharkhand on January 15, reports The Print. Superintendent of Police (SP), Ambar Lakra said acting on a tip-off a massive search operation was jointly conducted by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and District Armed Police (DAP) on January 15 and the explosives hidden underneath the soil in Karkatta pahad was seized. The seized explosives included 200 gelatine pieces, 411 pieces of detonators, codex wire, 18 pieces of People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) badges, 31 pieces Mao badges, and 27 number ‘Naya Prabhat’ (naxal book), SP said. Police have registered a case under relevant sections of IPC, UPA Act, and Explosive Substances Act, the SP added. Read less...

Four cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested from Tandwa block under Simaria subdivision in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 15, reports newsnationtv.com. The arrested militants identified as Santosh Ram from Simaria, Shiv Shankar Bharti from Tandwa, Nandlal Bharti from Simaria and Mohammad Noman from Badhar, are residents of Rajpur Police Station area, were trying to collect ‘levy’ (extortion money) by spreading terror in Koyalanchal area in Chatra and Hazaribagh District. A few days ago, the arrested cadres had demanded a ‘levy’ of INR 10 million over the phone from the LNT company operating in Hazaribagh, and the company officials were warned of dire consequences for not paying the ‘levy’. Apart from this, an attempt was also made by these extremists to spread terror by pasting posters of extremist organization TSPC in other areas including Tandwa and Simaria of Chatra and Keredari Police Station area of Hazaribagh District. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakesh Ranjan had formed a special team launched a special campaign against the militants and arrested them red-handed while pasting the poster of the organization. Two motorcycles of the Naxalites used for pasting posters, nine mobile phones of different companies used for demanding ‘levy’, 525 posters of TSPC and laptop of printing press used for designing posters have been recovered from their possession. Read less...

The Jharkhand Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) team arrested a teacher with 150 live bullets on a tip-off from Koderma District of Jharkhand on January 15, reports lagatar24.com. The ATS claimed that he was the man supplying arms to different Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] outfits in the State. The arrested suspect identified as Ravi Prajapati of Barhi in Hazaribagh is a teacher in the area who runs a coaching institute near Hanuman Mandir in Barhi. Police officials said that ATS got a tip-off about a supplier who received a consignment of bullets from Nalanda in Bihar and was coming to Jharkhand via Koderma. The ATS alerted Koderma Police following which Ravi was found and arrested near the Baghitand checkpost in Koderma, along with the consignment of bullets. During interrogation, Ravi admitted to supplying bullets to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). Later, a team also searched his house in Barhidih village in Barhi. Read less...

The Police arrested four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a wanted woman leader from Odisha in Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh on January 15, reports newsriveting.com. The woman leader had been identified as Karuna C. She is reported to be the wife of Maoist ‘commander’ Sangram Singh, the senior most Maoist leader in Odisha. According to Police, Karuna had been diagnosed with a serious cataract in eyes and was suggested to undergo surgery. She along with three others reached a private hospital in Ratnabandha road of Dhamtari. Following, a tip about the arrival of Karuna, the Dhamtari Police arrested all the four from the hospital. The identity of the other three cadres is yet to be ascertained. Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 17, reports The Pioneer. Madvi Pandu was the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘President’ of the outlawed Maoist organization, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said. He joined the Maoist outfit in 2010 and was involved in several Maoist incidents in Phoolbagdi and Gadiras areas in the district. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has announced Jharkhand bandh (general shut down) on 22 January 22, in protest against the arrest of Krishna Hansda alias Saurabh, a ‘regional committee member, (RCM)’ of the Maoist organization and carrying a reward of INR 1.5 million, reports lagatar.in on January 18. The bandh has been announced by the ‘spokesman’ of CPI-Maoist Jharkhand Regional Committee, Azad by issuing a press statement saying that on January 13, CPI-Maoist Jharkhand RCM cum North Chhotanagpur Zonal Committee ‘secretary’ Krishna Hansda was arrested by the Police and paramilitary forces from Fatehpur village of Dumri along with another accomplice, Renuka Murmu, who was arrested from Chaparia village under Jasidih Police Station area of Deoghar. Both of them are being harassed in the name of questioning to know the secrecy of the party. It has been said in the release that hospital, ambulance, milk, water, newspapers, medical services will be kept free from the bandh. Read less...

Cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), set ablaze two vehicles of the contract company engaged in the work of railway doubling near Odga Railway Station in Simdega District of Jharkhand on January 18, reports prabhatkhabar.com. The extremists also left a pamphlet and have warned that the same result will be meted out if the work is done without taking the permission of the outfit. Read less...

An exchange of fire between the Security Forces (SFs) and cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), took place in the Manatu Police Station area in Palamu District of Jharkhand on January 19, reports ommcomnews.com. The Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had received information that a squad of TSPC’s top ‘commander’ Shashikant had been seen in the area, following which they were conducting a search operation there. Police said the Maoists escaped through the forest and there is a possibility of some of them being injured. District Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandan Kumar Sinha said that the clash continued for about 15 to 20 minutes. The Police have recovered many items from the spot, including an air gun. Read less...

A trooper of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), jungle warfare unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), suffered serious injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, suspected to have been triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, in Tumbahaka forest in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 20, reports The New Indian Express. Acting on inputs from the Maoist movement, security personnel, including personnel of the CoBRA battalion and the Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ), along with Policemen, were carrying out a combing operation in Tumbahaka Forest, when the explosive went off, injuring one of them, Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar said. According to the SP, the Police had information about the presence of top Maoist leaders, including Misir Besra alias Sagar da, Patiram Manjhi alias Ramesh Da alias Anal da and Asim Mandal alias Manoj da alias Akash da, in the area, and had accordingly launched an operation to arrest them. The operation was also aimed at inculcating confidence among villagers, ahead of a 24-hour Jharkhand bandh (general shut down) called by Maoists on January 22, in protest against the arrest of Krishna Hansda, a Jharkhand ‘regional committee member (RCM)’ of the CPI-Maoist, from Giridih District, he added. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on her head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 20, reports The Pioneer. Mangli Kawasi (37), involved in several Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents in Katekalyan area in the district, was the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (KAMS) ‘President’ in the Katekalyan Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari said. Read less...

On January 20, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) stuck posters in bus-stand in Koraput District of Odisha, seeking information about the whereabouts of four hardcore inter-State Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, identified as Jalumari Srinu Babu alias Sunil, Khilo Ranju alias Chhati, Gajarala Ravi alias Ganesh alias Uday, and Meturu Jaga Rao, reports The Pioneer. The NIA has also announced INR 1 million prize money on Gajarala Ravi’s head, INR 500,000 prize each on Jalumari Srinu and Meturu Jaga Rao. It has announced INR 300,000 prize money on Khilo Ranju. The NIA has a case registered against the four Maoist in connection with a murder of a Border Security Force (BSF) officer in 2012. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet before the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand on January 20, against two accused, identified as Tarun Kumar and Pradyuman Sharma, in a case related to funding to the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Pioneer. The case relates to a conspiracy hatched by the members of CPI-Maoist for its revival in the Magadh Zone and to raise funds for the organization. The case was suo-moto registered by the NIA on December 30, 2021. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including two women were arrested following an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists in the forest area near Indinar village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 20, reports The Pioneer. The operation was launched on an input about the presence of senior Maoist cadres in Basaguda-Gangaloor-Kirandool areas. Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjaneya Vaishnav said some Maoists escaped, adding that the three who were arrested were Guddu Kusram, Hunga Alwam and Indo. Kusram, who carried a bounty of INR 100,000, was the Gangaloor Local Squad Organization (LOS) member. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Vetti Mangi, carrying a bounty of INR 800,000 on her head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 21, reports The Pioneer. Mangi, a member of the Mad Division Company Number-1 under the Kutul Area Committee of the outlawed Maoist outfit, had joined the Maoist organization in 2017 and was involved in several Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents. Read less...

An encounter took place between the Police and cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), near Bangur Forest near Diki Lata village in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 22, reports prabhatkhabar.com. On the information about the arrival of a group of PLFI ‘area commander’ Rode and Lambu near Diki Lata village, the Police launched a search operation. On seeing the Police, the cadres started firing and in retaliation, the Police also exchanged fire. The PLFI cadres fled towards the forest as soon as the Police overpowered them. After the encounter, the Police recovered a rifle, magazine, four live bullets, torch and items of daily use from the spot. Read less...

Police killed Vishal Sahu, an ‘area commander’ of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in an encounter in Mudla Toli in Thakurgaon in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 23, reports samacharplusjhbr.com. Vishal's squad had reached Thakur village (Thakurgaon) area to collect ‘levy’ (extortion money) from a businessman. Following information, the Police laid siege, then the militants started firing on the Police, and Vishal was killed in retaliatory action, while the rest of Vishal's squad managed to escape. Read less...

The Bihar Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) during a joint operation recovered a huge cache of weapons, including around 3600 rounds of ammunition, allegedly belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from different places in the hilly and forested areas of Madanpur in Aurangabad District of Bihar on January 23, reports The Telegraph. A CRPF statement said, “The troops consisting of multiple teams conducted a search in the targeted area and discovered a cache of arms and ammunition hidden at multiple locations”. The seizures included 3583 bullets of various calibres, four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), an under-barrel grenade launcher, two wireless sets and an interceptor, six detonators, two dozen pressure triggers used in IEDs, and fuse wire. Several mobile phones, Maoist literature and many other articles were also a part of the recovered cache. Read less...

A boy was injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) exploded near Arahasa village under Goilkera Police Station in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 24, reports mid-day.com. The incident occurred when the 13-year-old, boy, who was on his way to a market, came under the impact of the blast triggered by the Maoists near Arahasa village, Officer-in-Charge of Goilkera Police Station, Rahul Singh said. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ Naveen Yadav aka Sarvjit Yadav, accused of killing 48 Police and Security Force (SF) personnel in Jharkhand and Bihar, reportedly surrendered at an undisclosed location and is now in Police custody, reports ommcomnews.com on January 25. Yadav, a resident of Bashutta village in Chatra District of Jharkhand, till recently was active in Buddha Pahad, and the Government had declared a reward of INR 2.5 million on him. Yadav has been a member of the regional committee of the Maoists, and was involved in most of the Maoist attacks in Jharkhand’s Palamu, Latehar, Chatra, and Garhwa and Bihar’s Aurangabad, Gaya Districts, among others in the last decade. More than 60 cases are registered against him in different Police Stations of the States. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) with the help of Odisha Police arrested wanted Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Ranju Khillo aka Chanti aka Bishant aka Bingshanta (40) from Swabhiman Anchal (erstwhile cut-off region) in Malkangiri District of Odisha on January 24, reports sambadenglish.com. Chanti, son of Manju Khillo from Kadaguma village under Chitrakonda Police limits of the District, was suspectedly involved in 2012 Border Security Force (BSF) Commandant JR Kashwan death case. In 2012, NIA had registered a case (No-RC-02/2012/NIA/DLI arising out of Chitrakonda PS case (No-07/2012, dated 10.02.2012 regarding Maoist attack on the BSF officers killing at least four. Earlier, South Asia terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported the Maoist attack on February 10, 2012, in which four personnel of the BSF including a Commandant were killed in an ambush by the cadres of the CPI-Maoist in Malkangiri District. It is pertinent to mention, Chanti was arrested by Police in 2013, and was released on bail in 2018. But he was absconding since then and did not appear before the court in connection with different cases. The NIA had registered a case against him and had launched a manhunt to arrest him, adds Odisha Bytes. A reward of INR 300,000 on Chanti was announced and his posters put up at different places in the district. Acting on reliable information on January 24, the NIA team arrested him with the help of local Police. Read less...

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested by Police from the Hatigaon Forest area under the Raighar Police Station in Nabarangpur District of Odisha on January 24, reports The Pioneer. South-Western Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Rajesh Pandit said the Maoists were identified as Poje Mandavi alias Anita (25), a native of Sukma District in Chhattisgarh, and Samudra Bagh (32), a resident of Nuapada District in Odisha. Both were members of Mainpur Nuapada Division of the CPI-Maoist. DIG, Pandit said the duo was involved in many cases of violence in Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi and neighbouring Chhattisgarh. Anita had joined the Maoist fold in 2010 and was working as a party member of Bodchatia Local Organisation Squad (LOS) before joining the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. She was influenced by Bal Sanghatan under Ungi. She was promoted as ‘area committee member (ACM)’ in 2020 and has been active since 2013. Bagh had joined the Maoists in 2017 and has been active from then as a 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) member of the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. He provided information and other inputs to the ultras. Bagh was also providing medicines and other essential articles to the rebels, Police said. Read less...

‘Sub-zonal commander' of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Tilkeshwar Gop alias Rajesh Gop, a close aide of PLFI ‘supremo’ Dinesh Gop, with INR 1 million head bounty, and another cadre identified as Suraj Gop, has been arrested by the Police from Anagadha area under Tatisilve Police Station area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 25, reports jantaserishta.com. Tilakeshwar, a resident of Kinutoli Bakaspur under Karra Police Station area of Khunti, was wanted by the Police of many districts including Ranchi for a long time. One rifle, 303 country-made gun, including 10 bullets, many things including PLFI's form have been recovered from them. Read less...

A Dalam (armed squad) member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Madavi Bheema alias Dashru, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police (SP) Sangramsingh G Patil in Mulugu District of Telangana on January 25, reports The New Indian Express. Bheema, a native of Komatpally village under Ursuru Tehsil (revenue unit) in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh, joined the party and was a 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) member for two years. In December 2012, he went underground and joined the 1st battalion of Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), military wing of the Maoists, and worked in the second platoon of the 1st Company. He was involved in an exchange of fire in Sukma District in 2014, in which six cadres of the Maoist party were injured and 14 Policemen died. In another exchange of fire in the same district in 2015, six weapons of the Security Forces (SFs) were captured by the Maoist. At Pottongupadu, he was involved in another exchange of fire in which Policemen were injured. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) demanded ‘levy’ (extortion money) by sending pamphlets to the brick kiln operators operating in Karpi and Bansi Police Station limits in Arwal District of Bihar on January 25, reports newsnationtv.com. The brick kiln operator who does not pay the ‘levy’ has also been warned of dire consequences. It has been said in the pamphlet that the money should be deposited in the party fund as soon as possible, otherwise the Maoists will be free to take drastic action. Read less...

The Odisha Police busted an ammunition dump suspected to have been used by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) for illegal manufacturing and repair of weapons in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Malkangiri District, reports The Statesman on January 26. The Police said explosives and arms were seized from the ammunition dump site at Tulsi Pahad under Mathili Police limits in Malkangiri District. The dumped ammunition, including Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), was intended to target civilians and Police forces, said a senior Police official. “On the basis of specific information received, an intensive search and area domination was conducted by Malkangiri Police in Jajbhata area (Tulsi Pahad) between Kirmiti and Katuapadar villages, resulting in uncover of one major Maoist dump”, Police said. Read less...

The Police seized a huge dump belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) in the Alluri Sitarama Raju District in Andhra Pradesh on January 26, reports The Hans India. An air pistol barrel granite launcher, 13 containers of land mines, and one SLR gun along with 113 types of materials, explosive materials, and revolutionary literature were seized from the Maoist dump. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a woman, surrendered before the Police in Swabhiman Anchal in Malkangiri District of Odisha on January 26, reports daijiworld.com. The surrendered Maoists are identified as Manoj alias Mati Madhi (24), Pandu Kabasi (27) and Aite Karttami (21), and each of them carrying a cash reward of INR 100,000 on their heads, were active members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) of the CPI-Maoist. The three surrendered Maoists are residents of Daldali village under the Mathili Police Station of Malkangiri District. "Maoist activities have been reduced substantially in Malkangiri district. Three cadre Maoists surrendered before us today," said Director of Intelligence Sanjeeb Panda. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) led by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) seized more than 160 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during an anti-Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] operation near the Laduiya Pahad area in Aurangabad District of Bihar on January 27, reports rediff.com. The patrol team first found 13 pressure IEDs and later recovered 149 such bombs, weighing about one kilogram each, from a nearby cave in the area, Police said. The operation was jointly conducted by the CRPF and the Bihar Police as part of the task of de-mining LWE-affected areas of the State. Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, has been killed during an encounter that took place between Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists at Kari Mandar village under Kunda Police Station limits in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 28, reports jantaserishta.com. Chatra's Superintendent of Police (SP), Rakesh Ranjan said that the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the District Force personnel, who were on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] operation, had an encounter with the squad of Maoist ‘commander’ Manohar Ganjhu, carrying a reward of INR 1.5 million. After the encounter which lasted for almost an hour, the Maoists fled into the forests. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, wanted in a case related to an attack on a Police party in 2021, was arrested during a raid by the National Investigation Agency (NIA)-Raipur in Bhopalpatanam area of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 29, reports latestly.com. Madkam Ungi alias Kamla, a resident of Muthamadgu in Bijapur District, was arrested and subsequently, produced before the NIA Special Court in Jagdalpur, an NIA spokesperson said. Kamla was arrested by the NIA-Raipur in connection with a case pertaining to the attack by armed CPI-Maoist members on Police and Security Force (SF) personnel near Tekalgudiyam village in Bijapur in 2021, that resulted in death of 22 Policemen and injuries to 30 others, the NIA spokesperson said. Read less...

As many as 26 different types of equipment were recovered after an encounter that broke out between the Chhattisgarh Police and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Useli Forests in the Amabeda area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh on January 29, reports Devdiscourse. After the encounter, the Maoists fled from the site, looking at a much larger number of security personnel, officials said. The District Reserve Guard (DRG) team recovered several types of equipment like batteries, solar plates and jerkins. Read less...

Cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), and Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ) and Ranchi Police exchanged fire in the Sumu Forest of Budhmu area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 29, reports prabhatkhabar.com. 40 rounds of bullets were fired from both sides. It is said that the TSPC squad included ‘zonal commander’ Vikram Mahto, Gurudev, Ramgarh ‘area commander’ Ranjit Mahto and Vinod Mahto alias Murari and other militants, who had come to collect ‘levy’ (extortion money) from the brick kiln operators, were involved in the encounter. However, seeing the Police being overwhelmed, the extremists fled. In the search operation after the encounter, the Police recovered 777 cartridges, seven walkie-talkies, two pouches for keeping cartridges etc., from the encounter site. Read less...

A 35-year-old Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Raju Lekam, a ‘president’ of 'Janatana Sarkar' (Peoples Government of the Maoists) of Hurrepal Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution), surrendered before the Police after being fed up with the ideology of the Maoist organisation, in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 31, reports The Print. Raju, a resident of Bijapur District, was involved in a total of nine cases of violence, arson, murder, and attacks on Police, since 2008. Read less...

A self-styled ‘sub-zonal commander’ of Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Anil Bhuiyan alias Prakash ji alias Jai Prakash ji alias Omprakash, surrendered before the Police in Palamu District of Jharkhand on January 31, reports The Print. Bhuiyan, a resident of Dokra village in Chainpur area, was wanted in three criminal cases, laid down his country-made pistol and two cartridges before Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandan Kumar Sinha, and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Commandants. He was involved in extortion, firing on a Police team and torching vehicles besides possessing firearms illegal, the SP said, adding he had joined the outfit six years ago. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) posters have again surfaced in Sinapalli area of Nuapada District of Odisha on January 31, reports ommcomnews.com. The posters, on white paper written in green ink, which have been pasted on the gate of the Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) office and forest board on the roadside of Nangalboard carry the name of Mainpur-Nuapada Division of the outlawed CPI-Maoist. Read less...