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April - 1 
According to Intelligence shared by high ranking Delhi intelligence officials at a meeting with the State and City Police Officers on April 1, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief, Mamata Banerjee is on the Communist Party of India-Maoist (C
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According to Intelligence shared by high ranking Delhi intelligence officials at a meeting with the State and City Police Officers on April 1, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief, Mamata Banerjee is on the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hit list, reports Hindustan Times. The meeting at the Bodyguards Line in Alipore also discussed VVIP security arrangement during the Assembly polls. The security tip-off was based on various interceptions and evidence collated in the last few months and contravenes the Left Front's claim that Banerjee is hand in glove with the Maoists. The New Delhi team, which attended the session, comprised Inspector General of Special Protection Group (SPG) Ramphal Pawar, Special Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Yashvardhan Azad and Assistant Director of IB, M.C. Joshi. According to them, Maoists pose the maximum threat for VIPs during poll campaigns. Mamata Banerjee is not the only name on the list and rubs shoulders with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, (Member of Parliament) MP Rahul Gandhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
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April - 1 
The Hindu reports that suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attacked, looted and ransacked the house of a trader at Asurabandha village under Sorada block in Ganjam District in the night of April 1. According to source
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The Hindu reports that suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attacked, looted and ransacked the house of a trader at Asurabandha village under Sorada block in Ganjam District in the night of April 1. According to sources, a group of around 30 cadres of the Maoists had reached the Asurabandha village, targeted the house of Brajabandhu Choudhury and searched for his son Badri Choudhury, a cloth merchant and private money lender. Badri was not at home. The cadres dragged the whole family out of the house. Then they ransacked it and looted all the valuables. They also ransacked and looted a medicine shop and cloth shop near the house. Later, they also threatened a licensed liquor shop to close down its operations.
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April - 1 
Times of India reports that suspected cadres of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) set ablaze two excavators and a motorcycle of a construction company constructing a
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Times of India reports that suspected cadres of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) set ablaze two excavators and a motorcycle of a construction company constructing a bridge over the Koel river at Jologhat, causing a loss of about INR 10 million to the builder in Gumla District on April 1. Basia Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Shivchandra Prasad Singh said some 10-12 cadres of the PLFI reached the construction site and assaulted cashier Dilu Lohra, masons and labourers Kartik, Chhotu and others. They then took out diesel stored to run machines and set ablaze the excavators and the motorcycle parked there. The cadres then looted four mobile sets from Lohra and others, OIC Shivchandra Prasad Singh added.
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West Midnapore Police raided Kalsibhanga village in Salboni in the District after being tipped off by the villagers. The farmers came upon the arms when a farmer's cattle stepped on the part of a paddy field where alleged ruling Communist Party of In
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West Midnapore Police raided Kalsibhanga village in Salboni in the District after being tipped off by the villagers. The farmers came upon the arms when a farmer's cattle stepped on the part of a paddy field where alleged ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) cadres had buried those. Police had the area dug and found two single shotter guns. West Midnapore Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Verma said raids at both Salboni and Lalgarh were launched after receiving tip-offs about the presence of arms in the areas.
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April - 2 
14 cadres of the CPI-Maoist-backed Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) have been acquitted by the Additional District Judge Suresh Kumar Patnaik in Koraput District on April 2, reports Orissadiary.com. After abduction of the Malkangiri Collector and Ju
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14 cadres of the CPI-Maoist-backed Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) have been acquitted by the Additional District Judge Suresh Kumar Patnaik in Koraput District on April 2, reports Orissadiary.com. After abduction of the Malkangiri Collector and Junior Engineer of Kudumulu Gumma Block, the mediators placed conditions to release 617 under trial prisoners of CMAS from different jails. It was alleged that about more than 200 CMAS cadres along with the Maoists attacked on a country liquor shop and set ablaze in the night of January 4, 2009. As per the FIR of the owner of the country liquor shop, Rajendra Kumar Jadab, the Police arrested 14 cadres of CMAS. The Additional District Judge Patnaik acquitted the 14 cadres due to want of evidence.
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A teacher was shot dead by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in West Midnapore District of West Bengal on April 2, according to The Hindu. The slain teacher, identified as Prabodh Mahato, was shot from close range when he
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A teacher was shot dead by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in West Midnapore District of West Bengal on April 2, according to The Hindu. The slain teacher, identified as Prabodh Mahato, was shot from close range when he was returning home after a bath in a nearby canal. According to Pravin Tripathi, Superintendent of Police of Jhargram sub-divisional municipality, Maoists and the Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) were suspected to be behind the attack.
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April - 2 
According to a belated report of Times of India, the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed two persons, including a village ward member, finding them guilty at a praja court (People's Court) at Naglur village within Kalime
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According to a belated report of Times of India, the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed two persons, including a village ward member, finding them guilty at a praja court (People's Court) at Naglur village within Kalimela Police limits in Malkangiri District in the night of April 2. The duos were identified as Tapel Gangeya, a villager and Sanyasi Barge, the village ward member. "The rebels had summoned five villagers to the praja court but zeroed in on the two and pumped bullets into them. Since the release of the collector, this is the first Maoist offensive in the district," Inspector-in-Charge of Kalimela Police Station Debasish Mishra said.
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April - 2 
Hindustan Times reports that a former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre and three Policemen of Special Action Plan (Anti-Maoist Operation) were arrested by the Police in Gadchiroli District on April 2. According to Police, surrendere
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Hindustan Times reports that a former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre and three Policemen of Special Action Plan (Anti-Maoist Operation) were arrested by the Police in Gadchiroli District on April 2. According to Police, surrendered Maoist Raghu alias Jalmasai Sadmake (38) along with three constables identified as Ratan Gorgunda (31), Peta Mara Talandi (30), and Deepak Madhavrao Atram (29) entered the house of local businessman, Manoj Motilal Makhija, in village Kadholi in Kurkheda Tehsil (administrative division) and looted INR 40,000 at gun point. The accused demanded INR One million from Motilal and threatened to blow up his truck, parked outside, before decamping with INR 40,000 cash, the Police said.
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April - 2 
Times of India reports that some Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) posters protesting the killing of Maoist leader Sashadhar Mahato and demanding withdrawal of Joint Forces from the forest areas of three West Bengal Districts were found in
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Times of India reports that some Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) posters protesting the killing of Maoist leader Sashadhar Mahato and demanding withdrawal of Joint Forces from the forest areas of three West Bengal Districts were found in many parts of Kolkata on April 2. According to the Police, the posters were found pasted on the walls of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) Metro station. The posters claimed that Mahato was killed in a false encounter and accused Security Forces of attacking tribal people, said a Police Official.
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April - 2 
Times of India reports that the Police arrested Subhash Mandal, reported to be an ‘area commander’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Gaya District on April 2. A Police rifle was recovered from the possession of Mandal. "We are
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Times of India reports that the Police arrested Subhash Mandal, reported to be an ‘area commander’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Gaya District on April 2. A Police rifle was recovered from the possession of Mandal. "We are verifying records to ascertain from where the recovered Police rifle was looted," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vinay Kumar said. Maoists have looted at least 500 Police rifles and other weapons during their operations in Bihar and neighbouring Jharkhand in recent years, the SSP added
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April - 3 
Orissadiary.com reports that Chenda Bhushanam alias Katru alias Ghasi alias Nagraju (45), a top leader of the Communist Party of India-Maoist’s (CPI-Maoist) Andhra Pradesh-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) was arrested during a joint com
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Orissadiary.com reports that Chenda Bhushanam alias Katru alias Ghasi alias Nagraju (45), a top leader of the Communist Party of India-Maoist’s (CPI-Maoist) Andhra Pradesh-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) was arrested during a joint combing operation by the Special Operation Group (SOG) troopers, Greyhounds and Odisha Police at near Pendajam village of Dudhari Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) under Semiliguda Police Station in Koraput District on April 3. Ghasi belonged to a village near Araku valley in Vishakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, joined the Maoist movement long ago and worked for the East Godavari Division. Ghasi carried a reward of INR One million on his head. He was reportedly involved in over 30 cases of Maoist-related violence, which he committed with complicity of another top Maoist leader Daya. He is said to be next only to top Maoist leader and ‘secretary’ of AOBSZC Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna alias RK. Ghasi was described as the ‘military and action man’ of the outfit and was also the spokesperson for Koraput-Srikakulam Division. The Police have seized a 9mm pistol from him.
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April - 4 
171 activists of CPI-Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha (CMAS) lodged in Koraput jail have started hunger strike from April 4 demanding their release, reports The Hindu. These imprisoned CMAS activists have taken up this agitation under leaders
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171 activists of CPI-Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha (CMAS) lodged in Koraput jail have started hunger strike from April 4 demanding their release, reports The Hindu. These imprisoned CMAS activists have taken up this agitation under leadership of spokesperson of the outfit Tapan Mishra. They alleged that they were lodged in jail since past two years and they were victims of lingering judicial process. Moreover they also pointed out that their release was among the 14 points in the agreements reached between the State Government and the Maoists for the release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector R. Vineel Krishna and Junior Engineer Pavitra Majhi in the month of February. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Dharanidhar Das confirmed that these under-trial prisoners were continuing their hunger strike despite attempts of jail officials to motivate them to call off the hunger strike.
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April - 4 
Deccan Herald reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) assaulted and injured five labourers and set ablaze two road construction machines of a private firm at Kanaudha village in Aurangabad District on April 4. Over
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Deccan Herald reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) assaulted and injured five labourers and set ablaze two road construction machines of a private firm at Kanaudha village in Aurangabad District on April 4. Over 25 Maoist cadres raided the village and assaulted the labourers and injured them. The Maoists, demanded money from the owner of the company failing to which they set ablaze its machines used in construction of road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY, Prime Minister’s Village Road Construction Scheme) besides some furniture at the work site, the Police said.
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April - 4 
Sify.com reports that three bags carrying 5,000 detonators were recovered by the Police from Jamtara District on April 4. According to the Police, three youths were spotted carrying the bags at Jamtara railway station, some 450 kilometres from Ranchi
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Sify.com reports that three bags carrying 5,000 detonators were recovered by the Police from Jamtara District on April 4. According to the Police, three youths were spotted carrying the bags at Jamtara railway station, some 450 kilometres from Ranchi. Suspecting something amiss, the Police personnel approached the youths, but they fled, leaving their bags behind. The three had deboarded the Patliputra Express train. “It appears the explosives were meant to be supplied to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). Off late, Jamtara has emerged as a hub for the Maoists,” a Police Officer told IANS
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April - 4 
The Hindu reports that suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a State Government employee and an activist of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) near Jhargram in West Midnapore District on April 4.
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The Hindu reports that suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a State Government employee and an activist of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) near Jhargram in West Midnapore District on April 4. Mahato, a resident of Birihari village of Jhargram block, was posted at Jhargram. According to Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jhargram Police District, Pravin Tripathi, unidentified assailants pulled out Gagan Mahato (42) from the vehicle he was travelling on to his office in Jhargram town and fired at point-blank range. The Maoists are suspected to be behind the killing as they are trying to create an atmosphere of fear among people ahead of the Assembly elections,” the SP said.
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April - 4 
The Police has clarified that the two engineers identified as Jitendra Kumar Singh and Mukesh Yadav killed in Latehar District on March 24 was the handiwork of the workers at the Abhijeet Group power plant site in the State and not of the Maoists, re
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The Police has clarified that the two engineers identified as Jitendra Kumar Singh and Mukesh Yadav killed in Latehar District on March 24 was the handiwork of the workers at the Abhijeet Group power plant site in the State and not of the Maoists, reports Times of India. "The case has been solved and it is apparent that it was the conspiracy of some workers at the Abhijeet Group site itself. The gang has been arrested and the role of Maoists has been ruled out," said Latehar Superintendent of Police, Kuldeep Dehvli. "It seems that the miscreants wanted to extract ransom from their families,” he said. Dehvli said that the Maoists took advantage of the entire incident and ambushed the Police party sent to rescue the victims.
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April - 5 
A recent intelligence report sent to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned that nearly half-a-dozen Maoists lodged in prison may pose a serious threat to the security of Motihari District jail, reports Telegraph. The East Champaran Supe
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A recent intelligence report sent to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned that nearly half-a-dozen Maoists lodged in prison may pose a serious threat to the security of Motihari District jail, reports Telegraph. The East Champaran Superintendent of Police, Ganesh Kumar, has issued stern directions to all Station House Officers (SHOs) and asked them to keep a strict vigil in the areas. According to another intelligence report, the Maoists are contemplating the abduction of bureaucrats. The depot of Indian Oil Corporation at Raxaul town and other Government offices in the East Champaran District are also on the target of the Maoists, the report said. Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Champaran Range), Pankaj Darar said the Police are keeping a constant watch on the situation.
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April - 6 
Daily Bhaskar reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a villager branding him as an alleged Police informer and dumped his body in a crowded market place at Bheeragaon in Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District on O
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Daily Bhaskar reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a villager branding him as an alleged Police informer and dumped his body in a crowded market place at Bheeragaon in Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District on October 6. The victim was abducted on October 1, five days before he was found murdered.
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April - 6 
PTI reports that the Odisha Government claimed that at least 20 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed and 38 others arrested during first three months of 2011 in the face of opposition claim that the morale of State P
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PTI reports that the Odisha Government claimed that at least 20 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed and 38 others arrested during first three months of 2011 in the face of opposition claim that the morale of State Police was at its lowest after five Maoists were set free to secure release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector. In a reply to an adjournment motion in the House of State Assembly on April 6, Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik said, “Security Forces during the first three months of 2011 have arrested 38 ultras while 20 others died in operation. Fifteen Maoists have surrendered before the police during the period." Rejecting the opposition allegation that there was total anarchy in the State, Patnaik said the State Government was taking all possible steps to contain Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] violence. "There had been regular joint operation against the LWE in the State's border," he added. Besides, Patnaik said, a large number of arms and ammunition was seized by SFs personnel during raids on Maoist hideouts. "The Police were keeping a close watch on the movement and activities of Maoists," the CM added.
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April - 6 
Telegraph reports that Manoj Ojha (40), General Manager (GM) of Reliance Power, was killed and seven other company officials were injured in an attack by the cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a break away faction of the Communist Party
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Telegraph reports that Manoj Ojha (40), General Manager (GM) of Reliance Power, was killed and seven other company officials were injured in an attack by the cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), near Hesatu village in Chatra District, around 100 kilometres from Ranchi on April 6. The team from the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Company had arrived at Sidppa village in Tandwa tehsil (administrative division) in the District, at 10am to survey land for a project, the Police said.
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April - 6 
The Chhattisgarh Government opposed the petition of rights activist Binayak Sen in the apex court seeking bail and stay on his life term for his reported links with the Naxals [Left Wing Extremism], reports Indian Express on April 6. While responding
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The Chhattisgarh Government opposed the petition of rights activist Binayak Sen in the apex court seeking bail and stay on his life term for his reported links with the Naxals [Left Wing Extremism], reports Indian Express on April 6. While responding to a March 11 notice on the petition by Binayak Sen challenging the rejection of his bail by the High Court on February 10, the State Government said Sen was involved in providing safe hideouts and logistic support to top cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
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April - 6 
The Chhattisgarh Police arrested a tailor, identified as Puranchand Meher, for reportedly supplying uniforms to the Maoists from Indagaon area in Raipur District along Odisha border on April 6, reports Times of India. The Police recovered 20 trousers
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The Chhattisgarh Police arrested a tailor, identified as Puranchand Meher, for reportedly supplying uniforms to the Maoists from Indagaon area in Raipur District along Odisha border on April 6, reports Times of India. The Police recovered 20 trousers, five full-sleeved shirts and 35 metres of olive green tericot cloth from his shop. "These were Maoist uniforms, each a different size," Gariaband, SP, Kamal Lochan Kashyap, said.
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April - 6 
The Hindu reports that a former Left Wing Extremist (LWE) belonging to the Praja Pratighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML Praja Pratighatana) was arrested by the Police in Palvancha in Khammam District on April 6.
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The Hindu reports that a former Left Wing Extremist (LWE) belonging to the Praja Pratighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML Praja Pratighatana) was arrested by the Police in Palvancha in Khammam District on April 6. According to the Police, the former CPI-ML Praja Pratighatana dalam (squad) ‘commander’, Vajjala Babu alias Ramanna (35), reportedly made an extortion call to the secretary of a Palvancha-based educational institution identifying himself as an ‘underground ultra' and demanded INR 100, 000. Giving the details of the arrest at a press conference, Kothagudem Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Devadas Nagul said that Babu was involved in five cases of murder, including the killing of Vikram, a Naxalite, at Mucherla in 2009. He had been indulging in extortion attempts ever since he surrendered to the Police in 2001.
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April - 7 
India Today reports that a few posters and banners of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), urging the people to boycott the Assembly Elections in the State were spotted at Kanchrapara railway station in North 24-Parganas District on April 7.
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India Today reports that a few posters and banners of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), urging the people to boycott the Assembly Elections in the State were spotted at Kanchrapara railway station in North 24-Parganas District on April 7. The Maoists urged the people to shun the "vote-hungry political parties, who survive on false promises". It requested the people to root out the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) from the State, branding it as Fascist. The Maoists demanded immediate withdrawal of the Operation Green Hunt from Junglemahal and other states. It criticised the Government for torturing common people in the name of counter-insurgency operations. The Maoists also demanded a commitment from the Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee on her promises of withdrawing joint operations in West Bengal and releasing Maoist political prisoners.
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April - 7 
PTI reports that eight cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by the Police from Anjarel and Palaksa villages in Narayanpur District in the night of April 7. Out of the eight Maoists, six cadres were carrying a rewar
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PTI reports that eight cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by the Police from Anjarel and Palaksa villages in Narayanpur District in the night of April 7. Out of the eight Maoists, six cadres were carrying a reward of INR 5,000 on their heads, Superintendent of Police (SP) Mayank Srivastava said. On a tip off, a Police party carried out combing operation and arrested the cadres who had been absconding for long time and the Police recovered three loaded guns, ammunition and detonators from them.
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April - 7 
Times of India reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) set ablaze a porcelain machine and five water pumps and looted two mobile sets from workers at a bridge construction site near Mariumtoli under Raidih Police S
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Times of India reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) set ablaze a porcelain machine and five water pumps and looted two mobile sets from workers at a bridge construction site near Mariumtoli under Raidih Police Station in Gumla District in the night of April 7. The Maoists left a pamphlet at the site forbidding use of machines and construction of big projects while suggesting initiation of irrigation projects and wage hike for labourers. "Over 25 armed cadres of (CPI-Maoist) reached the site of a big bridge construction across Sankh River and set a porcelain machine and five water pumps on fire," said Officer-in-Charge of Raidih Police Station Digvijay Singh.
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April - 8 
IBNS reports that two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres including a minor surrendered in Jajpur District on April 8. The duo, Anil and Baya, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police (SP) Dhirendra S. Kutey. “Since five years
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IBNS reports that two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres including a minor surrendered in Jajpur District on April 8. The duo, Anil and Baya, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police (SP) Dhirendra S. Kutey. “Since five years Baya is working with the Maoists and Anil has been working for the last one and half years with the Maoists and they were involved in various violent Maoist activities”, the SP said. Police said that under central Government's rehabilitation policy, the surrendered Maoists would be provided with occupational assistance to make them professionally active and earn their daily bread.
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April - 8 
PTI reports that a teacher and four villagers were suspected to have been abducted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Dalia village in Medininagar in Palamu District on April 8. "We suspect abduction of a teacher, Ismail Ansari
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PTI reports that a teacher and four villagers were suspected to have been abducted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Dalia village in Medininagar in Palamu District on April 8. "We suspect abduction of a teacher, Ismail Ansari and four other villagers by Maoists last night though their family members have not informed the Police yet”, Superintendent of Police, Anup T Mathew, said. Ansari is a teacher of Chhatarpur Middle School at Dalia.
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April - 8 
Separatists and terrorists in the North East states of India committed serious human rights abuses, an official United States (US) report, said on April 8, even as it slammed the Government for extra-judicial killings, states Daily Excelsior. "Separa
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Separatists and terrorists in the North East states of India committed serious human rights abuses, an official United States (US) report, said on April 8, even as it slammed the Government for extra-judicial killings, states Daily Excelsior. "Separatist insurgents and terrorists in the North Eastern States, Jammu and Kashmir and the Naxalite belt committed numerous serious abuses, including killing Army personnel, Police, Government officials, and civilians," said the US State Department’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010. "Insurgents engaged in widespread torture, rape, beheadings, kidnapping, and extortion. The number of incidents, however, declined compared with the previous year," said the Congressional-mandated annual report released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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April - 8 
Times of India reports that a Police constable, Dhananjay Mhaske was killed in an encounter between Special Operation Squad and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Kandoli village in Etapalli tehsil (administrative division) of G
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Times of India reports that a Police constable, Dhananjay Mhaske was killed in an encounter between Special Operation Squad and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Kandoli village in Etapalli tehsil (administrative division) of Gadchiroli District in the evening of April 8. While three more constables, Shankar Pungati, Prashant Mesharam and Sunil Tore were injured in the incident, reported PTI. Police sources said that a C-60 party was carrying out anti-Maoists operations in the jungle near Kandoli village when lurking Maoists ambushed the troopers at around 4pm, according to The Times of India. The troopers retaliated, and an encounter started between the two sides. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Aheri Ranjan Kumar Sharma confirmed the death of one of the troopers in the encounter with the Maoists.
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April - 9 
PTI reports that following a tip-off regarding the presence of about 10 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, local Police and District Voluntary Force (DVF) raided a Maoists cam
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PTI reports that following a tip-off regarding the presence of about 10 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, local Police and District Voluntary Force (DVF) raided a Maoists camp at Bali Hills in Keonjhar District in the night of April 9. The Maoist camp was neutralised and the Police recovered a huge cache of explosives. "This is the biggest haul from any Maoist camp in the District," Keonjhar Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashish Singh told reporters adding that the Security Force Personnel had to defuse some land mines in order to reach the Maoist camp. The recovered materials included one Global Positioning System (GPS) set, 72 detonators, battery, country made guns, gelatin sticks, electric fuse wire, country made bomb, landmines, CD, radio, medicines, thermometers, Maoist literature, books, letters, posters, leaflets and other items, the SP said. The Maoists having links with Maoist leader Sushil had put up the camp to train their cadre inside the forests of the District, the SP added.
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April - 9 
Times of India reports that a top cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Mangal Singh Munda (28) was arrested from Humta village under Bundu Police Station in Ranchi District in the night of April 9. Mangal, a residen
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Times of India reports that a top cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Mangal Singh Munda (28) was arrested from Humta village under Bundu Police Station in Ranchi District in the night of April 9. Mangal, a resident of Edeldih village under Tamar Police Station had been to jail in 2006, for killing his wife and after coming out he joined the Maoists. The Police also recovered two loaded magazines of the gun, a carbine and 18 bullets from his possession. He was arrested from the residence of Madhu Munda, another top Maoist who managed to escape taking advantage of darkness. "They are not senior-rank Maoists but recently three-four former Maoists have united to form a group to extort levy from contractors," said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Praveen Kumar Singh.
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April - 9 
Times of India reports that many industries located in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) dominated areas are forced to buy peace with the Left Wing Extremists (LWE) due to insecure environment. Speaking at a Confederation of Indian Industr
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Times of India reports that many industries located in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) dominated areas are forced to buy peace with the Left Wing Extremists (LWE) due to insecure environment. Speaking at a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised seminar on "Security Dimensions of Development Disparities" in New Delhi on April 9, Union Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai said the Maoists often serve extortion notices to many industries located in central and eastern India where the LWE have a strong presence. He said that due to insecure environment and thin presence of Security Forces (SFs), the industries are forced to pay extortion money for their safety and smooth running of the business. "The Government and industry must work together to tackle the challenge urgently as the information revolution has led to greater awareness and the masses are unwilling to wait," he added. It was also stated by him that, currently, almost 81 per cent of crime in India is committed by first-timers and the maximum numbers of criminals are between the ages of 16-28.
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April - 9 
Times of India reports that the Joint Forces during a combing operation arrested a cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) identified as Sanjay Mahato (22), one of the accus
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Times of India reports that the Joint Forces during a combing operation arrested a cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) identified as Sanjay Mahato (22), one of the accused in the Gyaneshwari Express derailment incident which killed 148 passengers on May 28, 2010, from Jaljali village under Jhargram Police Station of West Midnapore District late on April 9. Jhargram Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mukesh Kumar said Sanjay was picked up from house at Barobigha village in Manikpara Phari during a combing operation. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had announced a reward of INR 50,000 for information on his whereabouts. "We have informed the CBI about Sanjay's arrest," Kumar said.
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April - 10 
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has described Naxals as the "biggest threat" to democracy and vowed to pursue its current policies to eliminate the Maoist menace, reports IBNLive. Naxalism and terrorism are the "biggest threat" to the country
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has described Naxals as the "biggest threat" to democracy and vowed to pursue its current policies to eliminate the Maoist menace, reports IBNLive. Naxalism and terrorism are the "biggest threat" to the country and its democracy. If democracy is to be kept alive, the Naxal violence has to be eliminated, he said at a function in Raipur District on April 10. The State will remain firm on its policies while tackling the Naxal violence, Singh said, adding the people of Chhattisgarh are with the Government in this fight.
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April - 10 
The Maoists have threatened to kill Sikhya Sahayaks (teaching assistants) in Koraput District if they are recruited from outside the District, reports Times of India. The warning was inscribed on a banner found on the collectorate premises. The banne
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The Maoists have threatened to kill Sikhya Sahayaks (teaching assistants) in Koraput District if they are recruited from outside the District, reports Times of India. The warning was inscribed on a banner found on the collectorate premises. The banner was spotted a day after the Maoists blocked the Sunki-Ampabali road within Pottangi Police limits in protest against the arrest of their Maoist leader Chenda Bhushanam alias Ghasi on April 3.
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April - 10 
Times of India on April 10 that reports the State Director General of Police (DGP) Ajit Parasnis admitted while talking to reporters in Nagpur, that the Naxals (Left Wing Extremists) too had developed a strong intelligence network parallel to that of
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Times of India on April 10 that reports the State Director General of Police (DGP) Ajit Parasnis admitted while talking to reporters in Nagpur, that the Naxals (Left Wing Extremists) too had developed a strong intelligence network parallel to that of the Security Agencies. Parasnis visited Gadchiroli District Police Headquarters along with a team of the senior officers of State Police and Central Paramilitary Forces to pay homage to C-60 trooper Dhananjay Mhaske, killed in an encounter with the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on April 8. "The DGP also had a brief discussion with the senior officials about the compensation package that can be offered to the injured C-60 commando. The top Police Officer had been repeatedly assuring the jawan (trooper) that he would stand by his family too," said the hospital source. Parasnis, apart from attending a meeting of the personnel to hear their grievances, also took review of the law and order situation in the District. The DGP is learnt to have spent time with the senior officials discussing the details of the security arrangement and anti-Naxal operation tactics. "We had gone for a search operation after there was an input regarding presence of Naxals in that particular area. Like the Police Parties had the input regarding the Naxals, the rebels too had managed to gather information about Police presence," said Parasnis.
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April - 10 
Times of India reports that four leaders of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police from an arms dump in the State capital Bhopal on April 10. The arrested leaders have been identified as Divakar Patil,
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Times of India reports that four leaders of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police from an arms dump in the State capital Bhopal on April 10. The arrested leaders have been identified as Divakar Patil, Sunitha, Pentaiah and Ramesh. "A Police Officer from Guntur was summoned to confirm the identities of the rebel leaders," a source said. While Divakar is a native of Bapatla town, the other three were residents of Ponnur and Amruthalur towns in Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh. They had joined the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] movement a decade ago and worked in Bollapalli, Veldurthy and Pullalacheruvu dalams (squad) for more than six years. "They shifted their base to MP following the aggressive Police hunt in the Nallamala region in the last four years," sources said. The antecedents of the arrested Maoists are yet to be known, police believe they might have been working in coordination with the armed dalams in the forests. "They initially worked as weapon carriers in Guntur District and subsequently promoted," a Police official said.
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April - 11 
DNA reports that speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at the College of Defence Management (CDM) in Hyderabad on April 11, the Chhattisgarh Governor, Shekhar Dutt, said the Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists] are obstructing development in
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DNA reports that speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at the College of Defence Management (CDM) in Hyderabad on April 11, the Chhattisgarh Governor, Shekhar Dutt, said the Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists] are obstructing development in the areas where they have a strong presence in Chhattisgarh, but the Government is trying to sow the seeds of growth to root out the menace. "These people have closed a particular area from all kinds of development because it is their interest to see that no development takes place," he said. "I think we have to gradually move in and the seeds of development must go into these places. Therefore, it is not something which can be done immediately. Immediately, it can be done. That is by force. But we are not using that kind of force," he said. To a query, the Chhattisgarh Governor said the anti-Naxal operation is not like a traditional war in which the Security Forces (SFs) will have quick success. "This is not that kind of a thing. It is regarding a number of people, the villagers are not allowed to do their own business. Own business does not mean just living in the forest areas. They must improve along with time. New technologies and communication must come. For communication, you need towers. If they destroy the (cell phone) towers, are they pro-people or against people?" he asked. Dutt, in his valedictory address to the CDM students, said the concept of security should not be confined to the application of force by the State. Further, Dutt defended the necessity of the Koya commandos in Chhattisgarh to resist Naxals, adds Deccan Chronicle. Dutt said that the tribals in Chhattisgarh had to survive among the Naxals who were brutally attacking them. He said that many locals had been killed as the Naxals had suspected them to be police informants and added that the locals thus needed to defend themselves. When asked about the Supreme Court’s concern over the Chhattisgarh Government’s Koya commandos, the Governor refused to comment. The apex court on April 6 had expressed concern over the creation of Koya commandos and giving them arms to deal with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). The court has sought a response from the Chhattisgarh Government by April 15 following an affidavit filed by Swami Agnivesh.
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April - 11 
IBNLive reports that the Police arrested a self-styled ‘area commander’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Thariamahua Bridge in Giridih District on April 11. The ‘area commander’ identified as Shiva Turi was operating at Dhanba
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IBNLive reports that the Police arrested a self-styled ‘area commander’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Thariamahua Bridge in Giridih District on April 11. The ‘area commander’ identified as Shiva Turi was operating at Dhanbad's Tundi area, was arrested during joint raids by Dhanbad and Giridih Police and his arrest would provide vital information on the rebel outfit, Superintendent of Police A V Homker said. "Turi was involved in the Maoist attack on Maniadih Police picket in which a Policeman was killed in 2009, besides the murder of a chowkidar (village guard) in 2008 and blowing up of two school buildings during Maoist-called shut-downs," he said. Turi was a resident of Kudko village in the District.
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April - 11 
PTI reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) top cadre was arrested by the Police and Special Operation Group (SOG) troopers at Temurpally under Mathili Police Station in Malkangiri District on April 11. The Maoist cadre, identifie
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PTI reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) top cadre was arrested by the Police and Special Operation Group (SOG) troopers at Temurpally under Mathili Police Station in Malkangiri District on April 11. The Maoist cadre, identified as Pitabas Singh Thakur (32), belongs to Komakolen village in Dantewada District in Chhattisgarh, was involved in extorting money from traders of the weekly local market, Mathili Police Station Inspector-in-Charge Ramakrushna Pati said. Thakur was working under Daraba Dalam (squad) of Chhattisgarh and is a close associate of Surendra, the commandant of Daraba Dalam, who had allegedly masterminded the killing of 76th Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Dantewada District on April 6, 2010, Pati said. Thakur was also involved in blasting of Police outposts at Mundaguda and Salimi under Mathili Police Station limits in 2009, adds The Hindu.
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April - 11 
Times of India reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) squad member, identified as Kalu Mahato was arrested from Niharia village near Jhargram in West Midnapore District in the evening of April 11. "Kalu Mahato was wanted for seve
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Times of India reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) squad member, identified as Kalu Mahato was arrested from Niharia village near Jhargram in West Midnapore District in the evening of April 11. "Kalu Mahato was wanted for several murders and landmine explosions at Kharbandi and Murakhati areas of Jhargram. He will be produced before the Jhargram court on Tuesday [April 12]," said Jhargram Superintendent of Police Pravin Tripathi. Acting on a tip-off, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Battalion No. 184 raided Niharia forests and arrested Mahato. Mahato, according to Police, is the member of Maoist leader Goutam's squad. Police recovered one pipe gun, three rounds of 8mm and 20 rounds of 12-bore cartridges, five detonators and one challenger from him.
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April - 11 
Times of India reports that Chichgarh squad of Anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] Special Action Force recovered arms and ammunition from Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideouts between Chichgarh and Maisuli forests in Gondia District in
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Times of India reports that Chichgarh squad of Anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] Special Action Force recovered arms and ammunition from Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideouts between Chichgarh and Maisuli forests in Gondia District in the early hours of April 11. This ammunition was being accumulated here for some future attack in this region. The estimated cost of this ammunition is over INR 16,000. While the Chichgarh anti-Naxal squad was on routine combing operation, it received a tip-off that some ammunition has been stashed away in the forest. The squad recovered the cache that included two stengun magazines, one stengun, 9mm pistols with 56 live rounds and material related to Maoist movement.
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April - 11 
Times of India reports that four leaders of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police from an arms dump in the State capital Bhopal on April 10. The arrested leaders have been identified as Divakar Patil,
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Times of India reports that four leaders of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police from an arms dump in the State capital Bhopal on April 10. The arrested leaders have been identified as Divakar Patil, Sunitha, Pentaiah and Ramesh. "A Police Officer from Guntur was summoned to confirm the identities of the rebel leaders," a source said. While Divakar is a native of Bapatla town, the other three were residents of Ponnur and Amruthalur towns in Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh. They had joined the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] movement a decade ago and worked in Bollapalli, Veldurthy and Pullalacheruvu dalams (squad) for more than six years. "They shifted their base to MP following the aggressive Police hunt in the Nallamala region in the last four years," sources said. The antecedents of the arrested Maoists are yet to be known, police believe they might have been working in coordination with the armed dalams in the forests. "They initially worked as weapon carriers in Guntur District and subsequently promoted," a Police official said.
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April - 12 
A Police team recovered three can bombs each weighing over 20 kilograms from the Bendi forest near the Hazaribagh-Chatra Road in Hazaribagh District. The Maoists planted the bombs with an aim to target the Police who were deployed to maintain law and
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A Police team recovered three can bombs each weighing over 20 kilograms from the Bendi forest near the Hazaribagh-Chatra Road in Hazaribagh District. The Maoists planted the bombs with an aim to target the Police who were deployed to maintain law and order during Ramnavami processions, scheduled to be taken out in the evening. The personnel of bomb disposal squad defused the bombs and the Police Stations of Keredari, Barkagaon, Kadkumsandi and adjoining Chatra District’s Simaria and Tandwa were alerted and patrolling were stepped up.
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April - 12 
IBNLive reports that two villagers were killed by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) at a Kangaroo Court in Latehar District. The bodies of Harbar Singh and Chetu Singh were recovered at Baresand village on the morning of
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IBNLive reports that two villagers were killed by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) at a Kangaroo Court in Latehar District. The bodies of Harbar Singh and Chetu Singh were recovered at Baresand village on the morning of April 12, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ashwini Sinha said. The Maoists claimed responsibility of their killing through a note left near the bodies. They accused the duo on charges of collecting levy in the name of the Maoists, the DSP said. Quoting villagers, Sinha said Harbar Singh and Chetu Singh were taken away from their homes by the Maoists on April 10.
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April - 12 
The fast-unto-death hunger strike launched by top Maoist leader Srinivas Sriramalu along with other 220 tribal prisoners in Malkangiri Jail enters the second day on April 13, protesting the failure of the State Government to fulfill all the 14-condit
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The fast-unto-death hunger strike launched by top Maoist leader Srinivas Sriramalu along with other 220 tribal prisoners in Malkangiri Jail enters the second day on April 13, protesting the failure of the State Government to fulfill all the 14-conditions as agreed between the Government and Maoist interlocutors in the release of District Collector R. Vineel Krishna on February 24. "The inmates refused to call off their strike, but after much persuasion they took flattened rice. We are trying to pacify them and hopeful of a solution at the earliest," a jail official said.
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April - 12 
The Maoists killed Jaleshwar Prajapati (38), a councillor of ward VI of Tilaiya panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) under Mahuataad Police Station in Bokaro District, reports Telegraph. Prajapati was abducted at around 10 pm i
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The Maoists killed Jaleshwar Prajapati (38), a councillor of ward VI of Tilaiya panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) under Mahuataad Police Station in Bokaro District, reports Telegraph. Prajapati was abducted at around 10 pm in the night of April 12 by a gang of around 48 Maoists and later, sentenced to death in a kangaroo court. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bermo Tamil Banan confirmed the killing, but refused to comment on speculation that the body hadn’t been removed till late evening as the Police feared Maoists might have planted explosives near it. A pamphlet left by the Maoists near the body warned that "Supporters of Police will meet this fate", adds IBNLive.
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April - 12 
Times of India reports that two suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from Sikandarpur in Muzaffarpur District on April 12. The arrested duo identified as Anil Sahni and Shekhar Kumar were preparing to com
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Times of India reports that two suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from Sikandarpur in Muzaffarpur District on April 12. The arrested duo identified as Anil Sahni and Shekhar Kumar were preparing to commit a major crime in the town. They were arrested by the Police along with their arms and ammunitions. A motorcycle and some looted articles were recovered from Sahni.
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April - 12 
Union Junior Home Minister Gurudas Kamat is scheduled to visit the State on April 13. According to sources, he will visit Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp and will meet Governor M O H Farook and Chief Minister Arjun Munda to discuss the steps
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Union Junior Home Minister Gurudas Kamat is scheduled to visit the State on April 13. According to sources, he will visit Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp and will meet Governor M O H Farook and Chief Minister Arjun Munda to discuss the steps taken by the Government to tackle law and order problem, Maoist problem and inter-State relationship.
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April - 13 
All 682 candidates for various posts in the ensuing Panchayat polls in nine Panchayats (village level local self-Government institution) under Dumaria block in Gaya District withdrew their nomination apparently giving in to the Maoists call for poll
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All 682 candidates for various posts in the ensuing Panchayat polls in nine Panchayats (village level local self-Government institution) under Dumaria block in Gaya District withdrew their nomination apparently giving in to the Maoists call for poll boycott, official sources said, reports IBNLive. The candidates have withdrawn their nomination on their own free will, Dumaria's Block Development Officer (BDO) Anil Kumar said. He, however, could not explain the reason behind withdrawal of all candidates from the forthcoming Panchayat polls in the Panchayats under Dumaria block. The candidates, who withdrew their candidature, included 218 for the post of panchs, 248 for ward members, 133 for Panchayat Samiti (block level local self-Government institution) and 83 for mukhias (president/ chief of Gram Panchayat, the village level local self-Government institution). While all 682 candidates in fray for various posts in nine Panchayats have withdrawn their candidature, no candidate had filed nomination for any post in two Panchayats - Sahchar and Mangia - under Dumaria block. It may be mentioned that the Maoists, has given a boycott call of the Panchayat polls and has put up banners and posters at several places to remind the people and prospective candidates about its diktats. Incidentally, the area is represented in the State Assembly by Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhury.
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April - 13 
Orissadiary.com reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Srinivas Sriramalu called off the hunger strike on the third day, along with 272 other inmates of Malkangiri sub-jail in the District on April 13. All the 272 inmate
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Orissadiary.com reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Srinivas Sriramalu called off the hunger strike on the third day, along with 272 other inmates of Malkangiri sub-jail in the District on April 13. All the 272 inmates, including 31 Maoists, launched the fast on April 11, in protest against the State Government's alleged failure in fulfilling the 14 demands laid by the Maoists for the release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector R Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi. Srinivas and all other inmates called off their agitation after getting assurance from the administration that their demand will be intimated to the Government for its fulfilment at the earliest, jail Superintendent Gopinath Chowdhury said.
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April - 13 
The Hindu reports that three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested from Kathkur and Kachanur villages in Aurangabad District on April 13. Acting on a tip-off, the Police raided the villages and arrested the Maoists wanted
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The Hindu reports that three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested from Kathkur and Kachanur villages in Aurangabad District on April 13. Acting on a tip-off, the Police raided the villages and arrested the Maoists wanted in connection with several criminal offences, official sources said. The Police recovered two regular rifles, six country-made rifles, two country-made pistols, 95 rounds of ammunition, ten uniforms and as many bags from their possession. Several posters pasted by the Maoists asking the people to boycott the upcoming Panchayat (local self-Government institution) elections in the area were also recovered, sources said.
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April - 13 
Times of India reports that the Chhattisgarh Government has told the Supreme Court that People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) leader and pediatrician Binayak Sen should not be granted bail as he had arranged for safe hideouts to top leaders of th
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Times of India reports that the Chhattisgarh Government has told the Supreme Court that People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) leader and pediatrician Binayak Sen should not be granted bail as he had arranged for safe hideouts to top leaders of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and helped them get employment under concealed identity. Ahead of the April 15 hearing on Sen's bail plea by a Bench of Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad, the State through standing counsel Atul Jha submitted an additional affidavit before the court terming the activities of Sen and his wife Elina as "anti-national" as they helped the cadres of the CPI-Maoists, which had been declared a terrorist organisation and banned by the Centre and the State Governments. The State Government said that for the top Maoist leaders, he arranged safe hideouts by arranging houses on rent, helped them open bank accounts and in getting employment under concealed identity and provided employment by incorporating trusts. It said the Andhra Pradesh Police announced a cash award of INR 1.2 million for the arrest of top Maoist leader and politburo member Narayan Sanyal on March 25, 2006, but Sen maintained strong links with him. When Sanyal was arrested and lodged in jail, Sen met him on the false pretext of treating him. "Sen met Narayan Sanyal 33 times within a short span of 11 months (from June 5, 2006 to April 30, 2007) by falsely representing him as a brother and relative of co-accused Sanyal. The purpose of meeting entered in the (jail) register was 'domestic reason'," it said. The Raman Singh Government also said that Sen's wife Elina had also helped top Maoist Shankar Singh and Amita Srivastava in opening bank accounts. "The petitioner also arranged job for absconding top Maoist Amita Srivastava in a local school. To camouflage the identity of top Maoists, Sen and his wife Elina Sen showed top Maoists as employees of their alleged charitable organisation `Rupanter'," the State Government said. It said that being a PUCL member did not justify harbouring top Maoists and arranging safe hideouts for them. "As a concerned citizen of this country, the petitioner ought to have informed the Police about the whereabouts of hardcore Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists]."
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April - 13 
Times of India reports that two former cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were shot dead by the Maoist cadres at Atikheta village in Latehar District on April 13. The bullet-riddled bodies of Nirmal Singh and Birendra Singh Kh
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Times of India reports that two former cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were shot dead by the Maoist cadres at Atikheta village in Latehar District on April 13. The bullet-riddled bodies of Nirmal Singh and Birendra Singh Kharwar were recovered during the day with the Maoists claiming responsibility, Superintendent of Police Kuldip Diwedi said. The Maoists' note accused the duo of rape and robbery after quitting their ranks to float Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad (JJP, a CPI-Maoist splinter group). Singh and Kharwar had been in the Maoists' firing squad till 2008, the Police said.
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April - 13 
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Gurudas Kamat, praised Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers fighting the Maoists in Jharkhand and assured that the Centre would look into their requirements. "The nation salutes CRPF jawans (troopers)
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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Gurudas Kamat, praised Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers fighting the Maoists in Jharkhand and assured that the Centre would look into their requirements. "The nation salutes CRPF jawans (troopers) who are fighting Naxalites [Left Wing Extremism] in the forests. The Government will address their problems and requirements," Kamat said while meeting the CRPF personnel at the Zilla School ground in Chaibasa in West Singhbhum District to mark a function of the 197th battalion of the CRPF. Condemning the killing of two villagers by the Maoists in Latehar on April 12, Kamat asked what the Maoists want to prove by indulging in violence. To a query whether the Union Government would sanction setting up of more camps in the dense Saranda forest in West Singhbhum, Kamat said the Government would consider it after recruitment of more personnel in the CRPF. On another query as to when the night service of the railways would start, Kamat said he would speak to the railway ministry, adding if Jharkhand provided security trains, services could restart in the areas bordering Jharkhand and West Bengal. Train services were cancelled after the Gyaneshwari Express mishap in 2010.
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April - 14 
Telegraph reports that five Left Wing Extremists (LWE) cadres were arrested from different parts of Ranchi District on April 14. Three cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maois
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Telegraph reports that five Left Wing Extremists (LWE) cadres were arrested from different parts of Ranchi District on April 14. Three cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from Bajra Bridge, about 15 kilometres from the District Headquarters in Itki, while two Maoist cadres identified as Basudev Hazam and Istomani alias Basanti, were arrested from near Rocky Cinema in the Bundu Police Station area in the District. The three PLFI cadres are identified as Raj Kamal Gope (30), Manjula Kumari (20) and Shahnawaz (21). Raj Kamal Gope is the ‘zonal commander’ of the PLFI, while Manjula and Shahnawaz were his trusted lieutenants. “Gope is wanted in more than 20 cases of murder and extortion,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Praveen Kumar Singh said. According to the Police, Basudev and Basanti were actively associated with Maoist ‘zonal commander’ Kundan Pahan, known as the Veerapan of Jharkhand. “The Maoist duo was associated with the Kundan Pahan squad for a year and a half. But when the rebels sexually exploited the girl, both decided to stay away. To protect themselves from the wrath of Maoists, they preferred working as suppliers,” SSP Singh said. “I joined the organisation three months ago, but had remained in the squad for only six days. During my very brief association, Budhwa Pahan, an aide of Kundan Pahan, raped me four times,” Basanti said. “One foreign made pistol, 40 gelatine sticks, more than 50 live cartridges and one vehicle has been recovered," SSP Singh added.
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April - 14 
The Jharkhand Government must improve law and order conditions as the coal production in the State, which has the largest coal reserves in India, has been hit by the Maoist problem, Union Coal Minister Prakash Jaiswal said. "Coal production has been
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The Jharkhand Government must improve law and order conditions as the coal production in the State, which has the largest coal reserves in India, has been hit by the Maoist problem, Union Coal Minister Prakash Jaiswal said. "Coal production has been hit by the Maoist problem in the State. Law and order in Jharkhand is not satisfactory and the State Government should do the needful to improve it," Jaiswal told reporters in Ranchi.
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April - 14 
The Police are on high alert following intelligence inputs that Maoist ‘secretary’ of Andhra Pradesh-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna alias RK might have crossed over to Odisha border from Chhattisga
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The Police are on high alert following intelligence inputs that Maoist ‘secretary’ of Andhra Pradesh-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna alias RK might have crossed over to Odisha border from Chhattisgarh. Senior Maoist leader Tipparti Tirupathi alias Deoji alias Chetan alias Devanna (52), was in Koraput District recently to discuss the cadre preparedness and work out strategies in AOBSZC in the wake of reports that the Security Forces could resume Operation Green Hunt (OGH) in a big way, sources said. Tirupathi, who is a ‘central committee’ leader, is also a member of the Central Military Commission.
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April - 14 
Times of India reports that the Special Task Force (STF) troopers arrested a top leader identified as Baidyanath Tiwari alias Tula Nand Tiwari alias Binod Mahto alias Sameerji alias Bhagwan Dada, of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) fr
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Times of India reports that the Special Task Force (STF) troopers arrested a top leader identified as Baidyanath Tiwari alias Tula Nand Tiwari alias Binod Mahto alias Sameerji alias Bhagwan Dada, of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Samukhiya Mor village in Banka District on April 14. Acting on a tip off, the Police team headed by the STF Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Neeraj Kumar raided a hide out and arrested Tiwari, the Additional Director General (Headquarters) ADG (HQs) Rajvardhan Sharma said. Tiwari is secretary of the Bihar Jharkhand Special Area Committee (BJSAC) of the outlawed CPI (Maoist). The Police recovered a pistol, six live ammunition, 11 mobile phones, a laptop and a large quantity of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] literature from the possession of Tiwari who was wanted in at least 25 cases of Maoist operations in Bihar, the ADG said. Tiwari, a native of Jokityabad village in Giridih District of Jharkhand, was wanted in connection with at least 25 Naxalite activities, including the murder case of the then Munger SP KC Suresh Babu in 2005 and abduction of four cops from Kajra forests in Lakhisarai District of Bihar in 2010, ADG Sharma added.
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April - 14 
Times of India reports that the Task Force investigators arrested a pseudo Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as A Mallesh (25), from Rathifile bus station under Punjagutta Police limits in Hyderabad on April 14. Mallesh, a resid
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Times of India reports that the Task Force investigators arrested a pseudo Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as A Mallesh (25), from Rathifile bus station under Punjagutta Police limits in Hyderabad on April 14. Mallesh, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar in Secunderabad, is a catering worker and working in multi-level marketing (MLM) business, tried to extort money by faking his identity as Maoist leader Stephen from Dr K Srikanth, an oncologist of Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda. The Task Force laid a trap and arrested Mallesh.
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April - 15 
Deccan Chronicle reports on April 16, that about 1,000 candidates withdrew their nominations and many other aspirants did not file nomination papers at all in two southern Districts in the Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) p
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Deccan Chronicle reports on April 16, that about 1,000 candidates withdrew their nominations and many other aspirants did not file nomination papers at all in two southern Districts in the Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) polls to be held on April 20, for the fear of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), after the Maoists threatened of dire consequences if they participated in the democratic exercise. “People certainly want to stay alive instead of getting killed for trying to contest in an election. The security situation here does not give us confidence,” said Mahendra Prasad of Sherghati in Gaya District. Prasad withdrew his name a few days after filing his nomination papers for the election of mukhia (village head). “We had assured the people that full security measures would be in place to ensure peaceful polls. We had asked the candidates to complain against any pressure from anywhere. But nobody complained so far,” said Gaya Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vinay Kumar. Director General of Police (DGP) Neelmani, however, said Security Forces were ready to ensure peaceful and fair polls.
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April - 15 
Intelligence sources said Maoists prefer to recruit criminals who are wanted in several criminal cases. "There is advantage to both: criminals get protection and can earn money, while Maoists get a criminal who in fear of Police action dedicatedly en
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Intelligence sources said Maoists prefer to recruit criminals who are wanted in several criminal cases. "There is advantage to both: criminals get protection and can earn money, while Maoists get a criminal who in fear of Police action dedicatedly engage in rebel activities," said the intelligence official. SSP Singh said due to intensive Police pressure, several top Maoists have either surrendered or are being killed and thus criminal options have become most suitable for the Maoists. "The cadre recruitment drives of rebels, have recently suffered a huge setback due to Police pressure and presence of security men in Naxalite-affected areas. Thus they are looking for criminals," said Singh. He added there are cases when Maoists themselves call on the criminals who have been evading arrests and ask them to join their ranks and in many cases criminals themselves contact the Maoists. According to intelligence inputs, the South Chhotanagpur zonal committee, which has ‘zonal commander’ Kundan Pahan, having lost his cadres in Police encounter has surrendered to Police and is now looking for criminals, who could consolidate his eroding base in Bundu, Tamar and Arki areas and strengthen his squad.
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April - 15 
The Jharkhand Government is facing serious trust deficit with investors since the killing of a Reliance executive on April 6 by the cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maois
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The Jharkhand Government is facing serious trust deficit with investors since the killing of a Reliance executive on April 6 by the cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports Times of India on April 15. While Chief Minister Arjun Munda is busy trying to bring investment to the mineral-rich State, conglomerates already in business in Jharkhand are worried about crime and insurgency levels in the State. "We don't feel safe here anymore,'' said a senior official of a big corporate house. A source said employees of another company were considering withdrawing altogether from the State fearing further violence by Maoists. "The government needs to work hard to make Jharkhand investor-friendly,'' said Sanjay Srivastava, Deputy General Manager (DGM), corp.com, Abhijeet Group. The Police are in a bind because of increasing numbers of Maoist splinter groups. At least seven rebel factions are involved in turf wars in the State with abductions of industrialists becoming increasingly common. "These groups terrorise each other if they tread into one another's territory,'' said a Senior Police Officer.
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April - 16 
Orissadiary.com reports that one of the Mediator Dandapani Mohanty during abduction crisis of Malkangiri collector urges Odisha Government to implement the agreement between the Mediators and the Government of Odisha in a press conference in Bhubanes
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Orissadiary.com reports that one of the Mediator Dandapani Mohanty during abduction crisis of Malkangiri collector urges Odisha Government to implement the agreement between the Mediators and the Government of Odisha in a press conference in Bhubaneswar on April 16. In a press statement Mohanty said, "Instances of Violation of the Agreement by the Government Forces is creating tension in the rural areas. It has been more than a month (around 40 days) ever since the hostage crisis of Malkangiri Collector and Junior Engineer resulted in the discussions between the Government of Odisha and the Mediators delegated by the Maoists ensuring the safe release of both. The discussions between the mediators and the Government of Odisha had also reached certain agreements which were, in letter and spirit, to be respected by both the parties. But it is with great concern that we would like to draw your attention to the fact that the Government of Odisha is yet to respond to the need to expedite the demands. It should be noted that any concerted action towards implementing the agreed points would lead to a renewed faith in the process of dialogue and discussion as a way towards addressing and meeting with the outstanding grievances of the affected people of Odisha. But the perceived diffidence on the side of the Government betrays any confidence towards meeting systematically all the demands that have been agreed upon by both the parties. Instead one is afraid to mention that the Government of Odisha is yet to demonstrate the much needed seriousness on its commitment as is evident from the unfolding events in the areas where the Adivasis and other affected people have been struggling for their right to livelihood." In addition Mohanty said, "It is unreasonable on the side of the Government that has agreed upon the release of about 627 tribals who have been kept in various prisons in Odisha to further go on arresting more and more tribals under one pretext or the other. As a matter of principle and committed to the agreement that was reached upon, the mediators have time and again been reminding the Government about the need to expedite the demands at the earliest. And in pursuance of this Prof. Radha Mohan and Sudhakar Patnaik had approached on behalf of the mediators at the behest of the Government. But it should be made clear that the primary effort of the Government is to ensure the release of all these prisoners and not to indulge in piecemeal measures of withdrawing all cases of petty crimes. It goes without saying that a vast majority of the prisoners in the jail are slapped with various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which may not come under the category of petty crimes, although all are political offences. Under the demand of the release of political prisoners, the Government of Odisha is yet to write to the Government of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh regarding the release of Sheela Didi alias Bodhini Munda who is lodged in Giridih jail in Jharkhand and Padma alias Shirisha in Jagdalpur prison in Chhattisgarh." He said another outstanding demand that will have major ramifications in the lives of the affected people is the distribution of land in the region of Narayanpatna. Land, as one may appreciate, is central while addressing any question pertaining to livelihood of the vast majority of the affected people in these areas. And any lasting solution of peace with justice cannot ignore this vital question. Any effort towards resolving the crisis of development/displacement will have to factor in the aspirations of the people as they are and should be the natural custodians of development that will positively contribute to the manifold dimensions of human potential.
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April - 16 
The Hindu reports that a group of 30 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up the battery room of a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) cell phone tower at Bandirevu village in Dummugudem mandal (administrative division) in
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The Hindu reports that a group of 30 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up the battery room of a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) cell phone tower at Bandirevu village in Dummugudem mandal (administrative division) in Khammam District on April 16. The Maoists triggered the blast on the first day of the 48-hour ‘Dandakaranya bandh' (general shut down) called by the Maoists in protest against the recent ‘Police excesses' in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District and the alleged repression unleashed by the Security Forces in ‘Dandakaranya'. Vital equipment in the battery room, including panel boards was damaged in the blast. The Maoists left behind pamphlets denouncing ‘Operation Green Hunt'.
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April - 16 
Times of India reports that a large number of surrendered cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and Left Wing Extremist members were rehabilitated by the Visakha rural Police in Visakhapatnam District on April 16. About 58 Maoist
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Times of India reports that a large number of surrendered cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and Left Wing Extremist members were rehabilitated by the Visakha rural Police in Visakhapatnam District on April 16. About 58 Maoists including three ‘commanders’ and a ‘deputy commander’ were given house pattas (land deeds) of 60 square yards each at Rayapu Agraharam in Sabbavaram mandal (administrative division). Most of them belong to the primitive tribal group (PTG) and residents of Koyyuru, Chintapalli and GK Veedhi, stronghold areas of banned outfit. They would get help under the housing scheme to construct the houses. The rehabilitation move was said to be the initiative of Vizag range Deputy inspector General of Police (DIG) Soumya Mishra and Superintendent of Police (SP) Vineet Brijlal with a view to curb the Maoist violence in the Visakha agency and encourage surrenders. Some of the surrendered were given home guard posts.
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April - 16 
Times of India reports that cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from the Silam area in Gumla District of Jharkhand on April 16. Acting on a tip
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Times of India reports that cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from the Silam area in Gumla District of Jharkhand on April 16. Acting on a tip-off, the Police team led by Raidih Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Digvijay Singh carried out the raid. Self-styled ‘area commander’ Sandeep Tirkey along with one of his associates had planned to kill a contractor in the town, according to Police reports. Gumla Superintendent of Police (SP) N K Singh said that "Sandeep is an ‘area commander’ of PLFI and has been taken into custody along with one of his associates. A 9 mm pistol, five bullets, a motorcycle and mobile sets have been confiscated from the arrested persons." Tags
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April - 17 
A group of Maoists dug up the upcoming road between Peddamusaleru-Kurnapalli villages on Andhra-Chhattisgarh border in the District. The new road is being constructed under the Central Government sponsored integrated development plan for the Left Win
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A group of Maoists dug up the upcoming road between Peddamusaleru-Kurnapalli villages on Andhra-Chhattisgarh border in the District. The new road is being constructed under the Central Government sponsored integrated development plan for the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas.
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April - 17 
Around 100 to 150 Maoist cadres set ablaze a Josephy Cyril Bamford (JCB) machine, two generators, two mixture machines, two tractors, one operating machine, along with more than half a dozen other machinery parts and motor spare parts of a road const
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Around 100 to 150 Maoist cadres set ablaze a Josephy Cyril Bamford (JCB) machine, two generators, two mixture machines, two tractors, one operating machine, along with more than half a dozen other machinery parts and motor spare parts of a road construction firm and assaulted the labourers employed in Dolangi Village in Ramchandrapur in Surguja District on April 16, reports dailychhattisgarh.com. The Maoists had demanded INR five million as levy and along with other demands. The cadres set ablaze instruments approximately to the worth of INR 15 million.
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April - 17 
Bhaskar News reports that two villagers, including a former sarpanch (president/ chief of gram panchayat, the village level local self-Government institution) were killed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near a weekly market under
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Bhaskar News reports that two villagers, including a former sarpanch (president/ chief of gram panchayat, the village level local self-Government institution) were killed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near a weekly market under Miratpur Police Station limits in Bijapur District on April 17. About more than a dozen Maoist cadres opened fire in which a villager, identified as Chugadu and a former sarpanch Chandru (45), were killed on the spot. Miratpur sarpanch Malti Kashyap said the Security Force was present and a brief encounter with the Maoists took place which forced the cadres to flee.
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April - 17 
Ranchi Express reports that at a Press conference in Ranchi on April 16, the Minister of Health of Bihar, Aswani Kumar Chaubey asked the Jharkhand Government to form a joint strategy to fight Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] menace. Chaubey said “Both Bih
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Ranchi Express reports that at a Press conference in Ranchi on April 16, the Minister of Health of Bihar, Aswani Kumar Chaubey asked the Jharkhand Government to form a joint strategy to fight Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] menace. Chaubey said “Both Bihar and Jharkhand are facing similar problem of Naxalism. We need to fight this problem together.” Speaking on the development in Bihar, he said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government has accelerated the pace of development. But Jharkhand with unstable Government in the past one decade has lagged in terms of development, he added. He expressed hope that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led coalition Government headed by Arjun Munda will usher in development.
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April - 17 
The firing squad of the Maoists also abducted and killed Biswajit Yadav (30) and Ajay Thakur (32) in Lawadi village in Palamu District in the night of April 17, the Police said in Medininagar, reports Telegraph. The victims were supporters of the Tri
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The firing squad of the Maoists also abducted and killed Biswajit Yadav (30) and Ajay Thakur (32) in Lawadi village in Palamu District in the night of April 17, the Police said in Medininagar, reports Telegraph. The victims were supporters of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a break away faction of the CPI-Maoist. Latehar SP Kuldeep Dwivedi, also in-charge of Palamu, confirmed the incident. He said that "A poster recovered from the site of the killing prima facie suggests that Maoists killed Yadav and Thakur as the duo were supporters of TPC."
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April - 17 
The Jharkhand Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) chalked out a joint strategy for an operation against the Maoists in the mineral-rich Districts.
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The Jharkhand Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) chalked out a joint strategy for an operation against the Maoists in the mineral-rich Districts.
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April - 17 
The Maoists felled trees on the main road between Satyanarayanapuram and Kaliveru villages in Charla mandal in the District.
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The Maoists felled trees on the main road between Satyanarayanapuram and Kaliveru villages in Charla mandal in the District.
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April - 17 
The Maoists set ablaze a hydraulic excavator engaged in road works near Chatti village in Chintur mandal in the District.
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The Maoists set ablaze a hydraulic excavator engaged in road works near Chatti village in Chintur mandal in the District.
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April - 17 
Times of India reports that the Security Forces killed 550 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and arrested 4,090 others in the past one decade in the State, Chief Minister Arjun Munda said in the State capital Ranchi on April 17. He
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Times of India reports that the Security Forces killed 550 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and arrested 4,090 others in the past one decade in the State, Chief Minister Arjun Munda said in the State capital Ranchi on April 17. He said after the creation of the new State, Maoist activities in the form of killing and abducting for extortion and holding of kangaroo courts' went up, which is a matter of concern and the State Police was being revamped to deal with the situation. Of the 18 Maoist-affected Districts of the State 14 are seriously affected but the Planning Commission-sponsored Integrated Development Programme is being executed to isolate the militants, he said. Asked about Jharkhand's preparations for tackling the menace, Munda said, "the Government has chalked out an integrated programme under which State Police, Central Paramilitary Forces, Central and State intelligence agencies are working in tandem." "To tackle Maoist menace, the manpower in all the 118 Police Stations of the Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist]-affected areas has been doubled," he said and added under the scheme 13,000 additional personnel have been appointed in the Police Stations.
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April - 18 
Five passenger vehicles were set ablaze by armed Maoist cadres at Nari village under Kharagpur Police Station area in Munger District, reports PTI. The Maoist cadres asked passengers to get out of the passenger vehicles and beat up the drivers before
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Five passenger vehicles were set ablaze by armed Maoist cadres at Nari village under Kharagpur Police Station area in Munger District, reports PTI. The Maoist cadres asked passengers to get out of the passenger vehicles and beat up the drivers before setting ablaze to the vehicles, the Police said.
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April - 18 
The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a villager in Dayaldih village in Jamui District on April 18, reports Hindustan Times. According to the Police, the Maoist cadres arrived at Dayaldih village on bikes and set ablaz
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The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a villager in Dayaldih village in Jamui District on April 18, reports Hindustan Times. According to the Police, the Maoist cadres arrived at Dayaldih village on bikes and set ablaze to the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Reliance towers after ordering some villagers, who were sleeping nearby, to leave. When a villager identified as Bhim Thakur raised an alarm the Maoist cadres shot him dead and also fired a few shots to scare away the people.
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April - 18 
The Hindu reports that the Police recovered two decomposed bodies on April 18, suspected to be killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Jhargram region of West Midnapore District, four months ago. The bodies were recov
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The Hindu reports that the Police recovered two decomposed bodies on April 18, suspected to be killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Jhargram region of West Midnapore District, four months ago. The bodies were recovered on the basis of information received from a Maoist squad member, who was arrested on April 14, according to the District Police. "The decomposed bodies of two unidentified persons were recovered from Bhandarbilla village after the arrested Maoist, Parameshwar Roy, revealed during interrogation that two persons were killed and buried at the spot by the Goutam Rana squad around four months ago," Mukesh Kumar, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Jhargram Police District, said. Kumar pointed out that several persons in the region were missing for months and a majority of such cases remained unreported by the victims' family members fearing Maoist reprisal. "We need to go through all the missing complaints to establish the identity of the two bodies," he added.
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April - 18 
The Hindu reports that two villagers were abducted and subsequently killed by cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Khunti District on April 18. The deceas
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The Hindu reports that two villagers were abducted and subsequently killed by cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Khunti District on April 18. The deceased duo identified as Sukra Pahan (25) and Balram Singh (27) were abducted from their houses in Bandra village in the District in the night of April 17 and fired 13 bullets at them, killing them on the spot, Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Kaushik said.
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April - 18 
The Maoists had given a 24 hour bandh (general shut down) call from Sunday midnight [April 17], to protest the arrest of their 'commander' of Bihar Jharkhand Special Area Committee (BJSAC), Sameer Das, in Banka District on April 14, adds Hindustan Ti
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The Maoists had given a 24 hour bandh (general shut down) call from Sunday midnight [April 17], to protest the arrest of their 'commander' of Bihar Jharkhand Special Area Committee (BJSAC), Sameer Das, in Banka District on April 14, adds Hindustan Times. In addition, day to day life came to a near halt under three blocks under Sherghati subdivision in Gaya District namely Dumaria, Imamganj and Banke Bazar due to the bandh call on April 18, given by the local committee of the Maoists to register its protest against recent Police operations in the area and the arrest of its cadres, reports Times of India.
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April - 19 
The Police arrested three Maoists, including a top Maoist, near Budhakhamari village under Bangriposhi Police Station in Mayurbhanj District, reports The Hindu. Superintendent of Police (SP) Dayal Gangwar said that the top Maoist has been identified
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The Police arrested three Maoists, including a top Maoist, near Budhakhamari village under Bangriposhi Police Station in Mayurbhanj District, reports The Hindu. Superintendent of Police (SP) Dayal Gangwar said that the top Maoist has been identified as Khokan Mahato alias Khagen (35), a resident of Simili area under Jhargram Police Station in West Midnapore District in West Bengal. Khagen was an ‘area commander’ and more than 30 cases, including murder, abduction and treason are pending against him in Odisha and West Bengal. Khagen was also involved in the abducting and killing of a Police Constable, Sarkar Hembram, at Beliabeda on March 6, the SP said. The other two arrestees were identified as Naba Mahanta and Jitendra Mahanta, his accomplices. The Police recovered land mines and some Maoist literature, Maoist posters from their homes.
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April - 19 
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed in a gun battle with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Navigaarh in Pananwa Tand area in Gaya District on April 19, reports The Hindu. While a Maoist was also arrested, the
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A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed in a gun battle with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Navigaarh in Pananwa Tand area in Gaya District on April 19, reports The Hindu. While a Maoist was also arrested, the Police recovered three guns from the encounter site.
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April - 19 
An encounter was reported between the Security Forces (SFs) and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at a transit camp of the Maoists in the Rajabasa village under Gurabanda Police Station in Ghatshila sub-division in East Singhbhum Di
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An encounter was reported between the Security Forces (SFs) and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at a transit camp of the Maoists in the Rajabasa village under Gurabanda Police Station in Ghatshila sub-division in East Singhbhum District on April 19, reports Times of India. The SFs neutralised the transit camp of the Maoists and recovered fire arms and explosives. According to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Akhilesh Jha, 100 rounds of fire were exchanged with the Maoists during the course of operation that lasted 15 minutes. Though there was no casualty, report indicated that the Maoists retreated to the West Bengal. "We have recovered country-made pistol, detonator, pipe bomb wireless set, Maoist literature, half-baked food items, dry ration, Army uniforms and polythene sheet from the site," said the SSP.
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April - 19 
PTI reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a forest guard, identified as Sisir Khosla (46), at Sunanagar Ghati under Orkel Police Station area in Malkangiri District on April 19. Khosla was working in Balimela for
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PTI reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a forest guard, identified as Sisir Khosla (46), at Sunanagar Ghati under Orkel Police Station area in Malkangiri District on April 19. Khosla was working in Balimela forest range.
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April - 19 
Reports indicate that a second battalion of the Central reserve Police Force (CRPF) will keep extra vigil in the Maoist infested Jhumra area of Bokaro District, while Dumka in Santhal Pargana, will get its first Paramilitary troopers. Announcing the
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Reports indicate that a second battalion of the Central reserve Police Force (CRPF) will keep extra vigil in the Maoist infested Jhumra area of Bokaro District, while Dumka in Santhal Pargana, will get its first Paramilitary troopers. Announcing the two new battalions of the force, CRPF Inspector-General (IG) Alok Raj on April 18 said reinforcement had become necessary because the troopers were not just fighting the Maoists in these places, but also splinter outfits like the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) and Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC). Currently, the CRPF has 13 battalions and two Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) units in the State. “Even six years ago, the Police did not dare to enter the Saranda forests in fear of Maoists. But in the past year, the CRPF entered the zone four times. The continued presence of Paramilitary Forces in Jhumra, which was once the training hub of Maoists, has dealt a severe blow to the Maoist outfit,” Raj said. “While we have strengthened our base, the same has been done by Maoists in Chatra, Latehar, Palamu, Khunti and Dumka. So, the need to raise more battalions,” he added.
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April - 19 
The security agencies in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh are verifying the death of Mangal Singh Korchami alias Diwakar, ‘commander’ of the Tippagarh dalam (squad) and ‘secretary’ of the North Gadchiroli division of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Commit
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The security agencies in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh are verifying the death of Mangal Singh Korchami alias Diwakar, ‘commander’ of the Tippagarh dalam (squad) and ‘secretary’ of the North Gadchiroli division of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee in Nagpur. Diwakar's family in Talwargarh village in North Gadchiroli received the news of the death through a letter supposedly sent by his dalam. Police sources say that Diwakar wanted to start a separate outfit. The Tippagarh dalam was largely responsible for the 51 Police deaths in 2009.
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April - 19 
Times of India reports that Mangal Singh Korchami alias Diwakar, a top ranking Naxal [Left Wing Extremist] leader was killed by dalam (squad) members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Nagpur District on April 19. Diwakar was the
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Times of India reports that Mangal Singh Korchami alias Diwakar, a top ranking Naxal [Left Wing Extremist] leader was killed by dalam (squad) members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Nagpur District on April 19. Diwakar was the ‘commander’ of the Tippagarh dalam and ‘secretary’ of the North Gadchiroli division of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) in Nagpur. Diwakar and his wife, Jyoti had been instrumental in strengthening the Naxal base in the northern part of the District. Police sources say that Diwakar wanted to start a separate outfit. The Tippagarh dalam was largely responsible for the 51 Police deaths in 2009.
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April - 19 
Times of India reports that six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured in an encounter with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the forests of Khobramendha near Malewada village under Wadsa division of Gadchi
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Times of India reports that six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured in an encounter with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the forests of Khobramendha near Malewada village under Wadsa division of Gadchiroli District in the afternoon of April 19. One of the injured troopers, identified as Mahendra Singh from Punjab, later died of his injuries. Viresh Prabhu, Superintendent of Police (SP, Gadchiroli) said that the encounter started following CRPF troopers getting information about heavy Maoists presence in the Khobramendha forest, adds Hindustan Times. “We suspected couple of deaths from the Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist] side as heavy firing witnessed from both the sides,” he said. However, the District administration could not find a single body of Naxalite at the site.
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April - 20 
A bomb explosion was reported from the house of a candidate for village sarpanch (president/ chief of Gram Panchayat,) in the District, but it was not known if there was any casualty, they said. The 10-phase polls will end on May 28.
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A bomb explosion was reported from the house of a candidate for village sarpanch (president/ chief of Gram Panchayat,) in the District, but it was not known if there was any casualty, they said. The 10-phase polls will end on May 28.
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April - 20 
A meeting was held in the Odisha Secretariat under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary Bijaya Kumar Patnaik to review on the progress of the Integrated Action Plan in 15 Maoist prone Districts. As per the information in the meeting, out of INR 3.
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A meeting was held in the Odisha Secretariat under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary Bijaya Kumar Patnaik to review on the progress of the Integrated Action Plan in 15 Maoist prone Districts. As per the information in the meeting, out of INR 3.75 billion financial assistance, INR 3.41 billion has already been utilized and the works of 7,587 projects are in progress. It is expected to take up projects of INR 4.50 billion in the next year. Including Development Commissioner Rabinarayan Senapati, Secretaries of Water Resources, Rural Development, Special Secretary of Planning and Coordination Department were present. It was emphasized to prepare the guide line as per requirement of the people, and to alternate arrangement if any project not applicable. After the meeting the Chief Secretary said, the first phase of INR 4.77 billion will be completed by the month of June. It is to be mentioned here that the Government has sanctioned INR 250 million each to 15 District Collectors in the year 2010-11 and has been instructed to utilize by June.
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April - 20 
IBNS reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed during a gun-battle with the Police in Chinnari forest area of Narayanpur District April 20. Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), Dev Narayan Patel said that the Maoists were
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IBNS reports that a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed during a gun-battle with the Police in Chinnari forest area of Narayanpur District April 20. Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), Dev Narayan Patel said that the Maoists were gathered to conduct a meeting ahead of elections in the area in order to motivate the youth to join their ranks. The Police also recovered a rifle, six cartridges, a Tiffin-bomb, Maoists literature, wires, three detonators, other explosives and grocery items from their hideout.
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April - 20 
Indian Express reports that a senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) couple, identified as ‘commander’ Surya alias Ramesh Gawde and his wife Jamuna alias Dasri Atram, belonging to the Sironcha dalam (squad), surrendered before the Police
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Indian Express reports that a senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) couple, identified as ‘commander’ Surya alias Ramesh Gawde and his wife Jamuna alias Dasri Atram, belonging to the Sironcha dalam (squad), surrendered before the Police in Gadchiroli District on April 20. According to the Police, they escaped from their place of posting in Chhattisgarh to reach the Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police (SP) office a few days ago. “It is a big surrender. They have been senior cadres in dalams since 2005. While Surya is 26, Jamuna is 20. They contacted me from Chhattisgarh saying they wanted to give up arms since they were feeling suffocated and wronged,” SP Veeresh Prabhu said. The couple is involved in at least 10 cases of crimes, including firing on the Police, arson and murders, the SP claimed.
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April - 20 
Nearly 2,500 Police officials and constables have left for different places under Maoist-affected Madhuban (Bhagalpur District), Phenhara (Champaran District) and Tetariya (Nawada District) blocks (administrative divisions), which will go for panchay
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Nearly 2,500 Police officials and constables have left for different places under Maoist-affected Madhuban (Bhagalpur District), Phenhara (Champaran District) and Tetariya (Nawada District) blocks (administrative divisions), which will go for panchayat (village level local self government institution) polls on today [April 20].
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April - 20 
The Hindu reports that Sariami Dara alias Santosh (35), a self-styled ‘deputy commandant’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), surrendered before Deputy Inspector-General (DIG), south-west range, Soumendra Priyadarshi in Malkangiri Di
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The Hindu reports that Sariami Dara alias Santosh (35), a self-styled ‘deputy commandant’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), surrendered before Deputy Inspector-General (DIG), south-west range, Soumendra Priyadarshi in Malkangiri District on April 20. According to Malkangiri Police, Santosh was a part of the Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) of the Maoists. Santosh, hailed from Jileliguda village under MV-79 Police Station area, and was active in Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada Districts, Superintendent of Police (SP) Anirudha Singh said. He had joined the Maoists around ten years ago and was involved in several major cases of violence and killings in Odisha and adjoining States. Santosh was involved in the killing of 38 greyhound troopers of Andhra Pradesh while they were crossing Balimela reservoir in Malkangiri District after a combing operation in June 2008. He was also part of the team of Maoists that triggered the powerful landmine blast to kill seventeen SOG troopers in an anti-landmine vehicle near MV126 village in the District in July 2008. He was also part of Maoist attacks on Koraput town and its District armory in 2004, attack on Nayagarh town and its armory in 2008, Maoist attack on Panchpatmali hilltop mines of National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) at Damanjodi of Koraput District in 2009.
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April - 20 
The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on April 20, filed a supplementary chargesheet against Praveen Mutalik accused in the Malegaon blast case (September 29, 2008) in the Maharashtra Control of Organized crime Act (MCOCA) Court, reports The Hin
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The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on April 20, filed a supplementary chargesheet against Praveen Mutalik accused in the Malegaon blast case (September 29, 2008) in the Maharashtra Control of Organized crime Act (MCOCA) Court, reports The Hindu. "We have filed a 435-page chargesheet against Mutalik. We have several statements of witnesses recorded before a magistrate. An identification parade of Mutalik was also conducted. We have enough evidence against Mutalik,'' ATS Chief Rakesh Maria was quoted saying. According to the chargesheet, Mutalik, who was arrested on January 31 from Belgaum in Karnataka, had worked as a personal secretary to key accused Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit for three months and assembled bombs and their fuses at Purohit's order. The ATS has charged him with aiding and abetting the crime.
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April - 20 
Times of India reports that one woman and a Police officer were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who were opposing the Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) elections in Ramsinghdih Panchayat und
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Times of India reports that one woman and a Police officer were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who were opposing the Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) elections in Ramsinghdih Panchayat under Laxmipur block (administrative division) in Jamui District on April 20. Three Maoists, who had queued up before a booth at Ramsinghdih Panchayat, opened fire killing Assistant Sub-Inspector Rajendra Jha on the incident site, the Police said. The Maoists later demanded a matchbox from a woman, identified as Aisa Khatoon, to set ablaze a tractor near the booth. As the woman refused, they fired at her, killing her and injuring two other villagers, the sources said.
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April - 20 
Top Police officials of Gadchiroli District visited Kandholi and other nearby villages and met the locals as part of a drive to boost confidence of villagers in the anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] fight. They engaged the villagers in the discussion
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Top Police officials of Gadchiroli District visited Kandholi and other nearby villages and met the locals as part of a drive to boost confidence of villagers in the anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] fight. They engaged the villagers in the discussion to fight the Maoists. A large number of villagers turned up for the meeting and vowed to fight the extremists, the Police said.
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April - 21 
The counsel for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, Palleti Appa Rao has submitted a petition for the speedy trail in the Gunukurayi encounter case to the Judicial First Class Magistrate of Chintapalli J. Naga Seshaiah in Vishak
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The counsel for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, Palleti Appa Rao has submitted a petition for the speedy trail in the Gunukurayi encounter case to the Judicial First Class Magistrate of Chintapalli J. Naga Seshaiah in Vishakhapatnam District on April 21. During the course of arguments, the prosecution said that the four leaders Kobad Gandhy, N. Ravi Sharma, Prasad Singh and Amit Bagchi along with Chenda Bhushanam, who was recently arrested by the Odisha Police, would be produced in the court on April 27.
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April - 21 
The High Court (HC) in Cuttack District granted bail to top Maoist leader of Andhra Pradesh Sriramulu Srinivasulu, who is now lodged in Malkangiri jail for his alleged involvement in assaulting the State Police. The single judge Bench of Justice C. R
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The High Court (HC) in Cuttack District granted bail to top Maoist leader of Andhra Pradesh Sriramulu Srinivasulu, who is now lodged in Malkangiri jail for his alleged involvement in assaulting the State Police. The single judge Bench of Justice C. R. Dash granted bail to Sriramulu for a bail bond of INR 30,000 and two sureties of like amount. The HC however, has imposed some strict conditions on the release of the Maoist leader who was arrested in July 2007 from Bariguda forest in Kalimela area of Malkangiri District. The HC has asked Sriramulu to leave the State within 24 hours of his release and shall not enter into the State unless and until he is summoned by any court.
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April - 21 
The Hindu reports that the District Police recovered two landmines with about 50 kilograms of explosive materials planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at two different places on the road connecting Kunduli and Deomali hi
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The Hindu reports that the District Police recovered two landmines with about 50 kilograms of explosive materials planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at two different places on the road connecting Kunduli and Deomali hills in Koraput District on April 21. According to Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Soumendra Priyadarshi, South West range, these landmines were planted by the Maoists to block the Police Forces reaching the mountains last month when they had organised a meeting along with the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) of Narayanpatna. The recovery included 180 gelatine sticks, four detonators and about 30 metres of wire. Looking at the amount of explosives recovered, Priyadarshi said that the landmine could have blown off a heavy vehicle with ease.
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April - 21 
The Hindu reports that three Left Wing Extremist (LWE) cadres of the Communist Party of India- Marxist-Leninist-Janashakti (CPI-ML-Janashakti) identified as ‘District committee member’ Rachapalli Anjaneyulu, S. Sundar Rao and B. Suresh were arrested
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The Hindu reports that three Left Wing Extremist (LWE) cadres of the Communist Party of India- Marxist-Leninist-Janashakti (CPI-ML-Janashakti) identified as ‘District committee member’ Rachapalli Anjaneyulu, S. Sundar Rao and B. Suresh were arrested by a Special Police party at a place somewhere between Pedagarlapadu and Takkellapadu villages in Guntur District on April 21. A pistol of Chinese make, three live cartridges and two ‘tapanchas' were seized from them. Superintendent of Police (SP) A. Ravichandra said, Anjaneyulu was a member of the Subhash Group of the CPI-ML Janashakti and was involved in several offences, including the murder of a forest guard. Anjaneyulu and his associates confessed that they were planning to eliminate N. Sankar of Gurazala whom they accused of being a Police informer.
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April - 21 
Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reported to be aides of ‘zonal commander’ Kundan Pahan, surrendered before Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Praveen Kumar in Ranchi District on April 21, reports Telegraph. The surrender
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Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reported to be aides of ‘zonal commander’ Kundan Pahan, surrendered before Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Praveen Kumar in Ranchi District on April 21, reports Telegraph. The surrendered Maoists are identified as Arjun Mirdha (32) Ram Lohra (19) and Sukhram Singh Munda (18). Mirdha is a resident of Ramdera village while both Lohra and Munda were residents of Huanghatu village. Mirdha, is said to have joined the Maoist organisation in 2001, after being influenced by Maoist leader Nitin da. “Arjun Mirdha was also a member of the squad which had abducted and killed trader Mahesh Mahto and his brother at Sataki in Angara Police Station area in 2009,” SSP Kumar said. Prodded about the reasons to surrender, Mirdha said that he was disillusioned with the Maoist ideology. Further, the SSP added that of the other two, Ram Lohra joined the rebel faction in 2007 and was actively involved in organising guerrilla meetings in villages. “Lohra received arms training in Porahat and used to carry an SLR rifle with him. He is accused of attacking a Police team in Arki in 2009 and ambushing a Police camp in Baruhatu,” Kumar said. Sukhram Singh Munda, on the other hand, joined the Maoists in 2007 and was mainly engaged in arranging food for the squad members. Each of the surrendered Maoists were provided INR 50, 000 under the State Government’s surrender policy.
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April - 22 
The Hindu reports that the Police arrested two persons identified as K. Sambaiah (45) and P. Prasad alias Babu (32) from Huzurabad Sub-Division in Karimnagar District on April 22. Sambaiah, a resident of Kazipet and Babu from Ramagundam mandal (admin
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The Hindu reports that the Police arrested two persons identified as K. Sambaiah (45) and P. Prasad alias Babu (32) from Huzurabad Sub-Division in Karimnagar District on April 22. Sambaiah, a resident of Kazipet and Babu from Ramagundam mandal (administrative unit) procured a tapancha and an air-pistol and started extortions pretending to be Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists], Superintendent of Police (SP) N. Shivashankar Reddy said. The Police recovered a tapancha, an air-pistol, a motorcycle and INR 3, 000 cash from their possession.
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April - 23 
IANS reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have called for bandh (general shut down) in the State on today [April 23], to protest against the ongoing demolition drive in the State. In the last one-and-half months, more
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IANS reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have called for bandh (general shut down) in the State on today [April 23], to protest against the ongoing demolition drive in the State. In the last one-and-half months, more than 4,600 illegal structures have been demolished in the State, affecting more than 100,000 people. In the next two to three weeks, the ongoing drive, on the directive of the Jharkhand High Court, could render more than 500,000 people homeless. The Maoists have termed the demolition drive as against the poor people, alleging that it is going to help the capitalist class. “All the District Police Chiefs have been alerted in light of the Maoist shutdown called on Saturday [April 23],” a Police spokesman said. Security of railway tracks, important Government buildings and other key installations has also been beefed up.
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April - 23 
PTI reports that three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres , including a 15-year-old boy, involved in offences like attack on Security Forces (SFs) and abduction surrendered before the Police in Jajpur District on April 23. The Maoist
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PTI reports that three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres , including a 15-year-old boy, involved in offences like attack on Security Forces (SFs) and abduction surrendered before the Police in Jajpur District on April 23. The Maoists were identified as Harish Badra (15), Laba Badra (23) of Baligotha village in Jajpur and Banamali Jerai (48) of Jamabahali village in Keonjhar District, Jajpur Superintendent of Police (SP) D S Kuttey said.
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April - 23 
Telegraph reports that three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested during a search operation by Security Forces (SFs) from Bhushudih village under Tamar Police Station area in Ranchi District on April 23. The Police
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Telegraph reports that three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested during a search operation by Security Forces (SFs) from Bhushudih village under Tamar Police Station area in Ranchi District on April 23. The Police also recovered two claymore landmines from them. The three Maoist cadres, identified as Nandlal Lohra and Manoj Lohra of Sosokutti village and Bablu Munda of Nembo village, are associated with ‘Zonal commander’ Kundan Pahan, who is known as the ‘Veerapan of Jharkhand.’
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April - 23 
The bandh (general shut down) called by the Maoists to protest the anti-encroachment drive, evoked a mixed response in Bokaro. While it failed in and around the steel city, including Chas, Chandankyari, Chandrapura and Jaina More, the bandh had impac
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The bandh (general shut down) called by the Maoists to protest the anti-encroachment drive, evoked a mixed response in Bokaro. While it failed in and around the steel city, including Chas, Chandankyari, Chandrapura and Jaina More, the bandh had impacted Bermo sub-division, especially Nawadih and Gomia blocks. Posters supporting the Maoists were found on walls in Jarangdih, 55 kilometres from Bokaro steel city, which were later removed by SFs.
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April - 23 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called a 48-hour bandh (shut down) in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa from April 26 demanding that four of its cadres recently arrested be produced in the court immediately, reports The Hindu. Th
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called a 48-hour bandh (shut down) in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa from April 26 demanding that four of its cadres recently arrested be produced in the court immediately, reports The Hindu. The Maoist cadres were arrested in West Bengal's West Midnapore District last week. Meanwhile, the indefinite blockade, called by the Maoist-backed Peoples’ Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) in the Districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia in West Bengal entered its second day on April 23.
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April - 24 
Bokaro Police arrested Rameshwar Manjhi alias Mangra (39), a Maoist sub-zonal ‘commander’, from Bhavani forests in Nawadih block in Bokaro District on April 24, reports Telegraph. Mangra hails from Chandankurwa village of Nimiaghat in Giridih Distric
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Bokaro Police arrested Rameshwar Manjhi alias Mangra (39), a Maoist sub-zonal ‘commander’, from Bhavani forests in Nawadih block in Bokaro District on April 24, reports Telegraph. Mangra hails from Chandankurwa village of Nimiaghat in Giridih District and had joined the Maoists in 1990, when he was only 18 years old. He has served in various posts since then and was currently a sub-zonal commander, who had specialised in levy collection in Parasnath, Nimiaghat, Nawadih and their adjoining areas. More than half a dozen cases, including killing of Policemen, abduction, arms loot and planting explosives to blow up community halls and schools, are lodged against him. He was also jailed in 1994 for abducting a junior engineer in 1991. Bokaro Superintendent of Police (SP) Saket Singh said Mangra was named accused in a Maoist attack on a Police team at Kharki forest near Nimiaghat in 2004. Three Policemen were shot dead and six rifles were looted in that incident. In May 2003, he had also snatched away rifles from personnel of the Chandrapura Railway Protection Force (RPF) and later in 2009, Mangra blew up a community hall in Nawadih, the SP added.
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April - 24 
Orissadiary.com reports that a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Gajla (20) was killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) in Malkangiri District on April 24. Acting on a tip-off, troopers of the elite
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Orissadiary.com reports that a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Gajla (20) was killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) in Malkangiri District on April 24. Acting on a tip-off, troopers of the elite anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] Special Operation Group (SOG) and the District Volunteer Force (DVF) arrived at the Tentulipadar village and raided Nakamamudi forest under Chitrakonda Police limits and were challenged by the Maoists camped there. “The force retaliated after the Maoists fired at them,” Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Soumendra Priyadarshi, said. After an hour long exchange of fire between both the sides, the Police were able to kill the woman cadre on the spot, while the rest of the Maoists managed to escape from the site. Huge cache of arms & ammunitions including one .303 rifle, a .12 gun, SBML gun, one live landmine, several hand-grenades, country made gun, claymore mines, a DVD player, tape-recorders, a bag of Maoist literatures and 16 pairs of dress were recovered from the encounter site, the Police said. Gajla is believed to be from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
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April - 24 
The Chhattisgarh Government is planning to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of the Indian Air Force to conduct reconnaissance of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism]-hit areas even as Security Forces are mulling entering the Communist Party of India-Maoist
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The Chhattisgarh Government is planning to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of the Indian Air Force to conduct reconnaissance of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism]-hit areas even as Security Forces are mulling entering the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) stronghold of Abujhmad, reports Express Buzz. "We are in talks with the IAF to get the help of their different variants of UAVs which can fly over the Maoist-hit areas in the State and provide us surveillance of the ground. The IAF has its UAVs presently at Nagpur and we plan to use them from a base in Jagdalpur," Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan said. "The renewed effort is to push out Naxalites in Abujhmad by conducting joint operations with central forces like Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF)," Ranjan added. "An anti-mine vehicle manufactured by an Israeli firm may soon carry out tests to detect land mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), stealthy put under the ground. It is a robotic vehicle which works on cat-scan principle and costs about Rs 20 crore [INR 200 million]," he added.
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April - 24 
The Jharkhand State Police have come up with a new strategy to fight Naxalism [Left Wing Extremism] in the State, reports Ranchi Express. The decision was taken at a high level meeting headed by Director General of Police (DGP) GS Rath at the Police
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The Jharkhand State Police have come up with a new strategy to fight Naxalism [Left Wing Extremism] in the State, reports Ranchi Express. The decision was taken at a high level meeting headed by Director General of Police (DGP) GS Rath at the Police Headquarters in Ranchi on April 24. The Police would strengthen its intelligence resources and extend its reach among the rural masses to take stock of the Naxal outfits. It would make new pickets in the sensitive areas and curb the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) menace in the rural belt of the State.
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April - 25 
A Maoists squad assaulted the employees of Patil Construction Company of Maharashtra, and threatened them with dire consequences, if work continued at the extension of National Highway 75 from Padwa More in Palamu District to Murisemar in Garhwa Dist
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A Maoists squad assaulted the employees of Patil Construction Company of Maharashtra, and threatened them with dire consequences, if work continued at the extension of National Highway 75 from Padwa More in Palamu District to Murisemar in Garhwa District, reports Times of India. The 80-kilometers-long stretch of road worth INR 800 million was to be completed within 18 months. The company, in the first phase, had started digging old culverts for face-lifting but had to halt following the Maoist threat.
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April - 25 
Sify.com reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed three persons, including a woman, in two separate incidents in Khunti District on April 25. According to the Police, two slained bodies, including that of a w
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Sify.com reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed three persons, including a woman, in two separate incidents in Khunti District on April 25. According to the Police, two slained bodies, including that of a woman were recovered from Riva village. The man was identified as B. Pradhan, while the identity of woman was yet to be ascertained. In the other incident, the Maoists killed Tofique Ansari by slitting his throat in Saude village in the District. “The killing seems to be the outcome of rivalry among Maoist groups,” said a Police official.
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April - 25 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed Ranjan Kumar (23), a mining engineer at Chama village under Maneka Police Station in Latehar District on April 25, reports IBNLive. Kumar was working as a mining engineer at one of the co
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed Ranjan Kumar (23), a mining engineer at Chama village under Maneka Police Station in Latehar District on April 25, reports IBNLive. Kumar was working as a mining engineer at one of the collieries in North Karnapura (Dakra) area of the Central Coalfields Limited, situated at Khelari in Ranchi District, Police sources said.
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April - 25 
Times of India reports that the State Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a top cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Anjali Sontakke alias Angela, was arrested from Thane District on April 25. Anjali is also known b
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Times of India reports that the State Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a top cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Anjali Sontakke alias Angela, was arrested from Thane District on April 25. Anjali is also known by other names like Kavita, Sunita Patil, Iskara and Rama. She is the wife of Deepak Teltumbde, ‘secretary’ of the State Committee for North Gadchiroli, Gondia and Balaghat division of the CPI-Maoist and herself its member. Anjali had begun as a member of a front organization following which she graduated into the mainstream of the arms struggle. She was currently working as an urban cadre and trying to garner support and make recruitments. Anjali worked with the Dewri and Khobramenda dalams (squads) in the North Gadchiroli, Gondia and Balaghat division. She had apparently also received training in Dandakaranya of Abujhmad area of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. ATS sources said that several incriminating documents and literature have been recovered from the place where Anjali was arrested. They claimed that she had nearly 20 offences registered against her.
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April - 26 
Hindustan Times reports that the Odisha Government has apparently taken the decision to resume the operation against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) after intelligence inputs revealed that the Maoists were regrouping and planning for
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Hindustan Times reports that the Odisha Government has apparently taken the decision to resume the operation against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) after intelligence inputs revealed that the Maoists were regrouping and planning for major operations in the State. Odisha Police Director General (DG-in-charge) Anup Patnaik said that the State Government had agreed to refrain from operation against them if they did not indulged in any unlawful activities, but the Maoists have breached the agreement. Patnaik said there had been a marked increase in the activities of the Maoists in the recent weeks. They have violated the agreement with the Government by distributing provocative posters, terrorising people in villages and moving around with arms and ammunition, he said. "We have detected several Maoist camps in Malkangiri, Koraput, Ganjam and Sundergarh. We have reports that three main Maoist groups have planned a major operation in the State," he added.
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April - 26 
IBNLive reports that the Police recovered a landmine from Lalganj-Purnaini road near Purnaini in Vaishali District on April 26, Director General of Police (DGP) Neelmani said. Based on information provided by a villager, the Policemen searched a plac
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IBNLive reports that the Police recovered a landmine from Lalganj-Purnaini road near Purnaini in Vaishali District on April 26, Director General of Police (DGP) Neelmani said. Based on information provided by a villager, the Policemen searched a place and found the powerful landmine suspected to be planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, Neelmani said. "We have decided to give a reward of INR 25,000 to the villager," he added.
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April - 26 
The Hindu reports that the West Bengal Police arrested a top cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Gautam Rana, an ‘area commander' of the Maoist squad, near Lodhasuli under Jhargram Police Station in West Midnapore
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The Hindu reports that the West Bengal Police arrested a top cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Gautam Rana, an ‘area commander' of the Maoist squad, near Lodhasuli under Jhargram Police Station in West Midnapore District on April 26. Jhargram Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mukesh Kumar said Rama, wanted in several cases of murder and kidnapping, was picked up following a tip off. Police said Gautam Rana, a resident of Kharbandi village, was active in Sankrail in Jhargram and Beliabera areas, adds Times of India. He was involved in several murders, including that of abducted Police constable Sarkar Hembram. He was also the key accused in the explosions at Kharbandi and Patashimul gram Panchayats (village level local self-Government institution). Rana was arrested in December 2009 but released on bail. He became an important member of the Maoist-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA). He went underground and joined a Maoist squad. The Police recovered two pistols, six rounds of cartridges and a motorcycle from his possession.
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April - 26 
Times of India reports that the State Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a woman cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Sushma Ramteke alias Shraddah Gurav alias Arti (27), from a rented apartment in Talaopali area i
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Times of India reports that the State Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a woman cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) identified as Sushma Ramteke alias Shraddah Gurav alias Arti (27), from a rented apartment in Talaopali area in Thane District on April 26. A team led by Police officers Jitendra Agarkar and Shailash Gaikwad arrested Sushma on the information revealed during interrogation by Anjali Sontakke alias Angela, a member of the newly-formed Golden Corridor Committee (GCC) of the Maoist arrested on April 25, said ATS Chief Rakesh Maria. The Police have recovered a large quantity of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] literature, laptops, CDs, audio, video tapes, press notes and cash amounting to INR 455, 000 cash from her. “Sushma heads the base in Pune, which they have been using since 2008. The group targets urban hutments and areas in industrial belts to spread their ideology and recruit tribals. The base in Pune ensured that these two [Angela and Sushma] organise procurement of weapons, flash cameras and other equipment needed by the group. She was involved in handling the salary, in arranging financial assistance, a safe haven for the group members, medical assistance and procurement and storage of weapons. She was also involved in sending the weapons safely when needed to locations decided," said Maria. “Sushma was working as a marketing agent in a Pune-based company under the name Shradha Gurav. They probably used this as a cover,” added Maria.
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April - 27 
In order to avoid being intercepted by the Police and intelligence agencies, the Maoists cadres have now begun to communicate through High Frequency (HF) radio waves which the Security Forces (SFs) are finding hard to "tap", reports Economic Times. "
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In order to avoid being intercepted by the Police and intelligence agencies, the Maoists cadres have now begun to communicate through High Frequency (HF) radio waves which the Security Forces (SFs) are finding hard to "tap", reports Economic Times. "Naxalites and their cadres have been using cellular phones and VHF sets to communicate but recently we have found that they are now communicating on HF sets," Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Border Security Force (BSF) Ram Avtar said. We have been using our in-built equipments to track and intercept Maoist communication on wireless for quite sometime now, said the BSF officer, who commands five battalions (5,000 personnel) of the force in Kanker District in Chhattisgarh. Top security officials deployed to undertake anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh and other States say an increasing number of Maoist cadres have now begun using the HF radio waves instead of Very High Frequency (VHF) waves used earlier, to escape the surveillance radars of intelligence units. The SFs are now looking to obtain and deploy advanced interception equipment which can intrude the HF waves.
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April - 27 
Telegraph reports that intelligence inputs reveal that the Paresh Barua faction was carrying out recruitment in lower and central Assam Districts as well. The recruitment is being carried out in the rural areas, particularly from interior villages. U
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Telegraph reports that intelligence inputs reveal that the Paresh Barua faction was carrying out recruitment in lower and central Assam Districts as well. The recruitment is being carried out in the rural areas, particularly from interior villages. ULFA is recruiting youths from Goalpara, Dhubri, Barpeta, Kamrup, Nalbari and Baksa Districts in lower Assam and Darrang and Morigaon in central Assam. In Goalpara and Kamrup Districts, ULFA is recruiting youths mostly from the Rabha community. The recruitments are taking place in Rabha-dominated areas such as Dudhnoi in Goalpara and Boko in Kamrup. “Recruitments are also reportedly taking place at Patacharkuchi in Barpeta District, Tihu in Nalbari district and Barama in Baksa District. According to sources, the Paresh Barua faction carried out most of the recruitments in the run-up to the Assembly polls when the Security Forces (SFs) were focused on carrying out free, fair and peaceful elections.
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April - 27 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a mining engineer, Ranjan Kumar, at Chama Village in Latehar District on April 27, reports ANI. Superintendent of Police of Latehar, Kuldeep Trivedi, said the deceased was engaged in a re
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a mining engineer, Ranjan Kumar, at Chama Village in Latehar District on April 27, reports ANI. Superintendent of Police of Latehar, Kuldeep Trivedi, said the deceased was engaged in a relationship with a girl who was also involved with Maoists, which forced them to kill Kumar.
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April - 27 
The Hindu reports that a woman commander of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Koraput division militia group, identified as J .Susheela alias Pushpa (23), surrendered before Deputy Inspector General (DIG) southern range, Soumendra Pri
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The Hindu reports that a woman commander of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Koraput division militia group, identified as J .Susheela alias Pushpa (23), surrendered before Deputy Inspector General (DIG) southern range, Soumendra Priyadarshi and in the presence of Superintendent of Police (SP) Anup Sahu in Koraput District on April 27. Pushpa headed the publicity and cultural wing of the Maoists in the District before being assigned tougher operational tasks. Pushpa was active in Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh. She had carried a reward of INR 200, 000 cash on her head in Andhra Pradesh. She was also involved in a major encounter with the Police at Kalimela in Malkangiri District. Pushpa also the wife of jailed top ranking Maoist leader Chenda Bhushan alias Ghasi, a senior member of the Andhra Odisha Border Special Zone Committee (AOBSZC), revealed to the Police that the Maoists had become apathetic towards her since the arrest of her husband on April 25 and was not even paying any attention to her health problems. Pushpa hails from a family of menial labourers at Vanakawadi village under Elvinpeta Police Station in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh. Pushpa joined the Maoists in 2005 and had married Ghasi in 2010. She was involved in several major cases of Maoist violence in undivided Koraput District and adjoining Andhra Pradesh. She was involved in attack on Panchpatmali hill top mines of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) in Koraput District on April 12, 2009. She was also part of the Maoist group that attacked R. Ugayagiri town and jail in Gajapati District on March 24, 2006 and an encounter with Security Forces in Kalimela area of Malkangiri District in 2008. She was also involved in several cases of violence in Andhra Pradesh. According to the DIG Priyadarshi, she was leader of Jan Natya Mandali, and as an area committee member she had the capacity to carry a .303 rifle in the outfit.
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April - 27 
The People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the military wing of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), is training its cadres to counter aerial attacks in the event of air strikes by the Indian Air Force, reports Deccan Chronicle. Sour
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The People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the military wing of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), is training its cadres to counter aerial attacks in the event of air strikes by the Indian Air Force, reports Deccan Chronicle. Sources said that the Maoists are also planning to carry out strikes on airports. The Special Intelligence Branch of the anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] agency of Andhra Pradesh Police had recently recovered key documents and sketches with details of how Maoists will defend air attacks and capture airports. The syllabus for military training of Maoist cadres is being revamped. A manual, titled Guerrilla Air Defence written by the ‘central military commissioner’ and senior Maoist Tipparthi Tirupati alias ‘Devji’ of Andhra Pradesh has been introduced into the Maoist syllabus. This syllabus includes instructions on how to kill air force commandos while they climb down during air drops from choppers. Sources in the State Police Headquarters say that the Maoists are a step ahead in combat strategies.
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April - 27 
Times of India reports that two persons have been arrested following a case lodged by the Railway Police for issuing threat call that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) will blow up the Narkatiaganj Railway Station in West Champaran Dis
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Times of India reports that two persons have been arrested following a case lodged by the Railway Police for issuing threat call that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) will blow up the Narkatiaganj Railway Station in West Champaran District on April 27, Muzaffarpur Superintendent of Railway Police (SRP), Sheo Kumar Jha, said. The arrestees have been identified as Nagendra Sharma of Bansipur village under Sahodara Police Station, who confessed that he had called the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Samastipur, S P Trivedi, and Awanish Kumar, who had sold SIM in the name of one, Champa Devi, which was used by the caller to issue threat to the DRM. SRP Jha made an inquiry at Narkatiaganj and directed the Police to remain alert. He also directed the Raxaul Railway Police to tighten security measures in wake of the threat call.
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April - 27 
Two landmines planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were recovered from forested locations in restive Bastar region on April 27, reports IANS. A 15-kilogram landmine, buried in a road in Palnar area in Dantewada District,
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Two landmines planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were recovered from forested locations in restive Bastar region on April 27, reports IANS. A 15-kilogram landmine, buried in a road in Palnar area in Dantewada District, was recovered while another five-kilogram landmine was found from Cherpal village in Bijapur District. Police said both the landmines were placed to target Security Forces who routinely search the area for the Maoist cadres.
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April - 28 
Citing security reasons, the Election Commission relocated 200 polling booths for the May 8 by-election in Bastar parliamentary constituency. “We have changed the voting places of 200 polling booths out of Bastar’s total 1,716 booths,” Sunil Kujur, c
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Citing security reasons, the Election Commission relocated 200 polling booths for the May 8 by-election in Bastar parliamentary constituency. “We have changed the voting places of 200 polling booths out of Bastar’s total 1,716 booths,” Sunil Kujur, chief electoral officer, Chhattisgarh, told IANS. He said the ‘relocation of voting places was being done mainly for security reasons which was necessary for smooth conduct of elections’. In 2009 when Bastar went to polls, some 88 polling booths had been relocated, he added. Official sources said the 200 booths that were relocated were based in forested areas controlled by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the authorities were not in a position to hold elections and also to deploy forces and send polling teams. The election for Bastar was necessitated by the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Baliram Kashyap in March 2011.
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April - 28 
Eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including four women, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police (SP) Kanti Rana Tata in Khammam on April 28, according to The Hindu. The SP said that the eight armed members of various
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Eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including four women, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police (SP) Kanti Rana Tata in Khammam on April 28, according to The Hindu. The SP said that the eight armed members of various Gutti Koya tribal settlements in Chintur mandal (administrative division) were indulged in a series of offences at the behest of CPI-Maoist Sabari area committee in Bhadrachalam division in the past two years.
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April - 28 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired at a Salwa Judum (an anti-Maoist vigilante group) local leader identified as P. Vijay Kumar, injuring him critically at Kunta in Dantewada District on April 28, reports The Hindu. Ac
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired at a Salwa Judum (an anti-Maoist vigilante group) local leader identified as P. Vijay Kumar, injuring him critically at Kunta in Dantewada District on April 28, reports The Hindu. According to sources, the incident took place just a few kilometres from the Andhra-Chhattisgarh border in Dantewada when three suspected Maoist cadres opened fire on Vijay, with pistols while he was shopping at a weekly market in Kota village. “Three armed Maoists clad in school uniform opened fire in a full public view in Konta block (administrative division) at Vijay Kumar,” Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Giridhari Nayak said, adds IANS. Top official sources said that Maoists were desperately looking to kill Vijay, a teacher by profession, after he was named in a Police report for leading a group that assaulted Swami Agnivesh when he was on way to Tarmetla where Policemen were accused by poor villagers of burning down their nearly 300 huts besides raping and torturing a few women in a rampage that went on for several days.
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April - 28 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired at a Salwa Judum (an anti-Maoist vigilante group) local leader identified as P. Vijay Kumar, injuring him critically at Kunta in Dantewada District on April 28, reports The Hindu. Ac
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired at a Salwa Judum (an anti-Maoist vigilante group) local leader identified as P. Vijay Kumar, injuring him critically at Kunta in Dantewada District on April 28, reports The Hindu. According to sources, the incident took place just a few kilometres from the Andhra-Chhattisgarh border in Dantewada when three suspected Maoist cadres opened fire on Vijay, with pistols while he was shopping at a weekly market in Kota village. “Three armed Maoists clad in school uniform opened fire in a full public view in Konta block (administrative division) at Vijay Kumar,” Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Giridhari Nayak said, adds IANS. Top official sources said that Maoists were desperately looking to kill Vijay, a teacher by profession, after he was named in a Police report for leading a group that assaulted Swami Agnivesh when he was on way to Tarmetla where Policemen were accused by poor villagers of burning down their nearly 300 huts besides raping and torturing a few women in a rampage that went on for several days.
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April - 28 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) gave a bandh (shut down) call in Malkangiri District on April 28 alleging non-fulfilment of promises made by the State Government for the release of Malkangiri Collector R. Vineel Krishna and junior en
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) gave a bandh (shut down) call in Malkangiri District on April 28 alleging non-fulfilment of promises made by the State Government for the release of Malkangiri Collector R. Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi, according to The Hindu. The bandh call had partial impact in a few strongholds of Maoists in the District. . As reported earlier, the duo was abducted by the Maoists on February 16, 2011 and later released on February 24, 2011.
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April - 28 
Times of India reports that cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a shopkeeper, identified as Bindeshwar Sahu, at Brinda-Bahuartoli village around 10 k
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Times of India reports that cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a shopkeeper, identified as Bindeshwar Sahu, at Brinda-Bahuartoli village around 10 kilometres away from Gumla District on April 28. Sahu, a resident of Koynara village was staying with his brother-in-laws in Karaundi village who runs a stone-crushing business, was demanded a levy amounting to INR 100, 000 cash by the PLFI cadres. Gumla Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Chandan Kumar Sinha said the Police had previously arrested Sandeep Tirkey and Gulab Gope a week ago and came to know of their plot to kill a businessman which they now suspect was Shivratan. According to Police reports, the deceased along with his two brother-in-laws went to the village where they were spotted by the PLFI cadres who opened fire on them killing Sahu on the spot.
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April - 28 
Tourism Minister Vimla Pradhan told IANS that tourism in the State is being affected by the presence of Maoists. “The Maoist presence is affecting tourism. Jharkhand has the potential to attract a large number of tourists but there is a law and order
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Tourism Minister Vimla Pradhan told IANS that tourism in the State is being affected by the presence of Maoists. “The Maoist presence is affecting tourism. Jharkhand has the potential to attract a large number of tourists but there is a law and order problem due to the rebel presence. Maoists regularly call shutdowns which send the wrong message among tourists and it ultimately affects tourism in the state,” she said. “If the Maoist problem is addressed, the economy of the State will improve manifold,’ the minister added.
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April - 29 
IBNLive reports that a 50-year-old Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader was remanded to Police custody for a day by a local court in Karimnagar District on April 29. Pramod Mishra alias Janardhan alias Ban Bihari, a Maoist ‘Central Com
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IBNLive reports that a 50-year-old Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader was remanded to Police custody for a day by a local court in Karimnagar District on April 29. Pramod Mishra alias Janardhan alias Ban Bihari, a Maoist ‘Central Committee’ member was produced by the Karimnagar rural Police before the Magistrate court following which he was remanded to judicial custody till May 9. Later Police filed a plea seeking his custody for interrogation. Allowing the petition, the Magistrate directed the Police to take the Maoist leader into their custody and present him before the court today [April 30]. The court further directed the Police not to use third degree methods, while questioning.
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April - 29 
The Bihar Police during the course of the day-long operation jointly executed by a Special Task Force (STF) team headed by SP Sudhir Kumar and the Katihar Police headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Gopal Paswan arrested seven Maoist cadre
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The Bihar Police during the course of the day-long operation jointly executed by a Special Task Force (STF) team headed by SP Sudhir Kumar and the Katihar Police headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Gopal Paswan arrested seven Maoist cadres, including three top Central Committee members of the CPI-Maoists from a village in Ganesh Tola under Barsoi Police Station in Katihar District in the evening of April 29, reports The Hindu. The three arrested members are Varanasi Subramanyam alias Shrikant alias Sukant alias Vimal (58), Secretary of the North Regional Bureau wanted by the Andhra Pradesh Police for the last five years carrying a reward of INR 1.2 million on his head. Subramanyam, son of a lawyer and an M. Com and LLB from Andhra University is a native of Prakasam District, has been in the CPI-Maoist central committee since 2001 and helmed the outfit's international cell ever since the arrest of Kobad Gandhi, a central committee member, from Andhra in 2009. The second is Pulendu Shekhar Mukherjee alias Jhantu Mukherjee alias Saheb Da alias Joyda (69), Secretary of the Eastern Regional Bureau which includes Chhattisgarh and had been appointed in-charge of the Urban Sub-Committee (USCOM), spearheading party activities in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Mukherjee belongs to Jadavpur Police Station area of West Bengal. He is wanted in at least ten cases in Chhattisgarh while the third is Vijay Kumar Arya alias Jaspalji alias Amar (50), all-India in-charge of the Sub-Committee of Mass Organisation (SUCOMO) and was wanted in 12 cases in Bihar. Arya has done MA from Bihar's Magadh University and hails from Karma village in Gaya District. He carried a reward of INR 300, 000 cash on his head. Inspector General of Police IG (operations) K S Diwedi said the trio were the masterminds behind several Maoist operations, including the ones in which Chhattisgarh`s Rajnandgaon District SP was killed in 2009. The others were identified by the Police as Abhimanyu alias Umesh Yadav alias Rajendra (47), ‘secretary’ of the UU (Uttar Bihar-Uttar Pradesh) regional bureau who hails from Kursela in Katihar, Nokhe Lal Chowdhary alias Suraj alias Bakraf (30), a North Bihar Eastern Zonal Committee (NBEZC) member and Shyamji Rishi, another member of NBEZC, adds Times of India. Suraj and Shyamji are natives of Katihar's Barsoi village. The Police also arrested Aniruddh Ravidas (47), an active supporter who had given shelter to the six Maoist cadres at his home in Barsoi. A large haul of Maoist literature, books, pamphlets, posters, three pen drives, three mobile phones and other materials have been seized from their possession, the IG (Operations) Diwedi said.
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April - 29 
The Karnataka Government on April 29, strongly opposed in the Supreme Court the granting of bail to Abdul Nasir Maudany, an accused in the Bangalore serial bomb blast cases(,July 25, 2008), according to The Hindu. T.R. Andhyarujina, appearing for t
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The Karnataka Government on April 29, strongly opposed in the Supreme Court the granting of bail to Abdul Nasir Maudany, an accused in the Bangalore serial bomb blast cases(,July 25, 2008), according to The Hindu. T.R. Andhyarujina, appearing for the State, argued that the bail, which was granted on health grounds was only a smokescreen, and the court should not entertain such a plea. He added that evidences collected following the eight blasts in and around Bangalore showed that the accused had established an organisation called the Federation of ISS and that all the accused were its active members and they had nexus with the Students Islamic Movement of India(SIMI), a banned outfit and that the accused had a common intention to wage war against India, to damage its economic fabric, to Islamise the country and to destabilise the governments by engineering violence and thereby disturb the national unity, integrity and sovereignty of the country.
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April - 29 
Three Maoist cadres were arrested in a raid on their forest hideout in Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District on April 29, reports IANS. An officer at the Police Headquarters in Raipur said that the arrested Maoists were wanted for two years in cases
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Three Maoist cadres were arrested in a raid on their forest hideout in Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District on April 29, reports IANS. An officer at the Police Headquarters in Raipur said that the arrested Maoists were wanted for two years in cases involving attacks on Police and civilians and damaging Government property.
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April - 29 
Three Maoist cadres were arrested in a raid on their forest hideout in Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District on April 29, reports IANS. An officer at the Police Headquarters in Raipur said that the arrested Maoists were wanted for two years in cases
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Three Maoist cadres were arrested in a raid on their forest hideout in Bhanupratappur area in Kanker District on April 29, reports IANS. An officer at the Police Headquarters in Raipur said that the arrested Maoists were wanted for two years in cases involving attacks on Police and civilians and damaging Government property.
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April - 29 
Three persons were abducted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from Barcha village in Rohtas District on April 29, reports Samaylive.com. “A group of Maoists raided the village last night and picked (abducted) three people, id
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Three persons were abducted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from Barcha village in Rohtas District on April 29, reports Samaylive.com. “A group of Maoists raided the village last night and picked (abducted) three people, identified as Amit Chaube, Phulendra Chaube and Suresh Sah,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Manu Maharaj said.
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April - 29 
Three women Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Mayuri Bhagat alias Jenny (23), Jyoti Chorghe (19) and Anuradha Sonule (23) were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Pune District on April 27, rep
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Three women Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Mayuri Bhagat alias Jenny (23), Jyoti Chorghe (19) and Anuradha Sonule (23) were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Pune District on April 27, reports PTI. In addition, another Maoist cadre identified as Siddharth Bhosale alias Jeeva (24), aide of Sonule was arrested from Chandawa area in Nashik District in the night of April 28, ATS Chief Rakesh Maria said. All the four were produced before a local court on April 29 and were remanded to Police custody till May 3. INR 190, 000 cash, Maoist literature, five mobile phone handsets and SIM cards were recovered from the rented houses of Bhagat and Chorghe, Maria said. "Their bank accounts were also freezed," he added. Sonule, a native of Rajura in Chandrapur, was the sister of Manoj Sonule, adds Times of India. Chandrapur Police had arrested Manoj in 2008 after neutralised a Maoist hideout meant to stock arms and ammunition. Bhagat and Chorghe were from Pune.
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April - 29 
Times of India reports that the Police recovered explosives in 50 bags from an abandoned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) bunker during an anti-Maoist operation at Madhubani village under Banke Bazar Police Station in Gaya District on Apr
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Times of India reports that the Police recovered explosives in 50 bags from an abandoned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) bunker during an anti-Maoist operation at Madhubani village under Banke Bazar Police Station in Gaya District on April 29. Superintendent of Police (SP), Ratnamani Sanjeev said acting on a tip-off, a team went to the area and spotted the bunker and recovered fifty bags of ammonium nitrate, a multi-use chemical used for making improvised explosive device (IED) as well as fertilizers to boost agricultural output besides wires used in making bombs. The Maoists had escaped by the time the Police team reached. Tags
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April - 30 
The Hindu reports that a Left Wing Extremist (LWE) belonging to the Praja Pratighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML Praja Pratighatana) was killed and two other LWE cadres were injured in an encounter with the Poli
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The Hindu reports that a Left Wing Extremist (LWE) belonging to the Praja Pratighatana faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML Praja Pratighatana) was killed and two other LWE cadres were injured in an encounter with the Police in the forest area under Karakagudem Police Station limits in Pinapaka mandal (administrative unit) in Khammam District on April 30. According to sources, the exchange of fire took place during the course of a combing operation by the personnel of a special Police team between Moddulagudem and Adaviramaram. Superintendent of Police Kanti Rana Tata said that the slain Naxalite cadre was CPI-ML Praja Pratighatana Gundala area committee ‘commander’ Gampala Shankar, the brother of the outfit's State ‘secretary’ Mohan. Two more Naxalite cadres sustained bullet wounds in the exchange of fire, he said adding that they were rushed to a hospital in Khammam. The Police recovered two pistols and a country-made weapon besides several rounds of ammunition from the encounter site.
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April - 30 
The Hindu reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a contractor identified as Ganesh Khosla, in Bandhugaon block (administrative division) of Koraput District in the night of April 30. A group of Maoists reac
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The Hindu reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a contractor identified as Ganesh Khosla, in Bandhugaon block (administrative division) of Koraput District in the night of April 30. A group of Maoists reached Mahaguda village at around 2 am and took away Ganesh with them. Later, he was shot dead on the outskirts of village, Superintendent of Police (SP), Anup Kumar Sahu said. A letter in Telugu in the name of Koraput-Srikakulam division of CPI-Maoist outfit was found near the body. The letter said that the Maoists had alleged that Ganesh was a Police informer and part of the Shanti Committee, which is opposed to activities of Maoists and Maoist-backed Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) in the District, due to which he was killed as a punishment, the SP added. Maoists had alleged that Ganesh was exploiting his labourers and was also involved in corrupt practices in his construction work.
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April - 30 
The Police arrested a Maoist, identified as Sanjay Soren, from Lalmatia village in Munger District, reports Zee News. Sanjay, wanted in connection with over 12 cases, was arrested along with a pistol, ammunition, a Police uniform, dry fruits and ultr
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The Police arrested a Maoist, identified as Sanjay Soren, from Lalmatia village in Munger District, reports Zee News. Sanjay, wanted in connection with over 12 cases, was arrested along with a pistol, ammunition, a Police uniform, dry fruits and ultra-left literature.
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*Data till , April 19, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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