Andhra Pradesh (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2013

Intending to equip States before launching a fight to finish war against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the Union Cabinet on April 2 gave its approval to the Union Home Ministry's plan to raise anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremist (LWE)] special forces in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh on the lines of Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh and sanctioned additional fund for the purpose, reports The Times of India. The specialized forces, capable of hot pursuit across the inter-state borders, will be set up with personnel fully trained in guerilla warfare and required infrastructure within six months. The fund, to the tune of Rs 280 crore, will be disbursed to these four states by the Union Home Ministry under its ongoing Scheme for Special Infrastructure (SSI). Part of the sum will also be used to upgrade infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh Police and its Greyhounds force. Read less...

Posters and pamphlets, in the name of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), asking the tribals to boycott the local body polls were seen at Busiput, Rudakota and a few other places under Munchingput Police Station limits in Visakhapatnam District in the night of April 2, reports The Hindu on April 4. It may be recalled that the State Government had expressed its willingness to conduct the local body polls at the earliest in view of the Supreme Court order. Read less...

There are also reports about Maoists opening fire at a team of SFs from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Read less...

Posters and pamphlets, in the name of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), asking the tribals to boycott the local body polls were seen at Busiput, Rudakota and a few other places under Munchingput Police Station limits in Visakhapatnam District in the night of April 2, reports The Hindu on April 4. It may be recalled that the State Government had expressed its willingness to conduct the local body polls at the earliest in view of the Supreme Court order. Read less...

Government has identified 26 districts in the country as highly Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] affected with 80 per cent violence in the last three years being reported from there, reports The Economic Times on April 12. The Districts are spread over seven Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hit States - Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. The Districts are: Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sukma, Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Khunti, Latehar, Palamu, Simdega, West Singhbhum, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Koraput, Malkangiri, Bolangir, Khammam, Visakhapatnam, Gadchiroli, and West Midnapore. More than 600 people were killed in LWE violence in last three years across the country and it has been reported in areas falling under 270 Police Stations in 64 Districts. Read less...

Police unearthed an explosive material dump of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the forests of Borlagudem village of Mahamuttaram mandal (administrative unit) in Karimnagar District close to Warangal District borders, reports The Hindu on April 13. The Police reportedly found three buckets of explosive materials such as gelatine sticks, camera flashes, detonators and others. A Police team based on a tip off conducted search operations and unearthed the dump. Read less...

Fearing a possible influx of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres into Odisha following an encounter between the Maoists and a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh in bordering Chhattisgarh on April 16, security has been beefed up in Maoist-hit Malkangiri District, reports The Times of India. Superintendent of Police (SP), Malkangiri District, Akhileswar Singh said, "Though the place of encounter is over 100 km from our border, but we can't take chances and have strengthened our anti-Maoist operation along the border areas. Security personnel have been kept on high alert to avert a possible sneaking of ultras into the district." Read less...

Twenty five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a ‘commander’ and two ‘deputy commanders’, village committees and sympathisers, surrendered to Superintendent of Police (Visakhapatnam Rural) G. Srinivas, on April 22, reports The Hindu. The surrendered persons, except two of them, belonged to Balapam Panchayat (village level local self government institution) in Chintapalli mandal (administrative unit), a Maoist stronghold the in Visakha agency. Militia ‘commander’ Gabbadi Appannadora, ‘deputy commanders’ Batchali Ramana, both from Balapam and Vanthala Chanti of Balarevula were among those who surrendered. They are all aged between 22 and 50 years. A ‘Vidya Volunteer’ Batchali Chiranjeevi, who studied Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) and worked as security guard in a hospital here and a school, B. Babu Rao who studied B.Sc. (computers), B. Papa Rao, a B.A. degree holder and B. Chanti Babu, a ITI certificate holder, were among those who surrendered. Militia members, village committee members and sympathisers provide important logistic support to armed Maoists. Their surrender was the outcome of Sadbhavana Yatras (goodwill tours) conducted by the District Police in the recent past. Along with Srinivas, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Visakha Range) Swati Lakra, Additional SP (Operations) A.R. Damodhar and other Police officers visited the families of militia members and Maoists in interior villages and impressed upon them to get their sons and daughters to surrender. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’, carrying a reward of INR 500,000 on her head, surrendered before the Warrangal District Police, on April 23, reports Zee News. District Superintendent of Police (SP), A Venkateshwar Rao said, "Shanigarapu Uma alias Anitha, who was carrying reward of INR 5 lakh [500,000], surrendered voluntarily this evening. She has nearly 35 offences registered against her in Warangal District". Anitha is the wife of Gajerla Ashok alias Janardhan, who is the in-charge of ‘military wing’ in Gadchiroli Division. The SP said Anitha had joined the rebels in 1997 and started working as the team commander of doctors. She had been arrested on two occasions in the past. She also handed over a sten gun to the Police. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist’s (CPI-Maoist) North Telangana Special Zone Committee (NTSZC) spokesperson Jagan has called for a 48-hour bandh (shut down strike) of North Telangana on April 26 and 27, reports The Hindu on April 24. He appealed to people of the region to organise meetings condemning Police encounters and eulogising the sacrifices made by nine Maoists, including the Karimnagar Khammam and Warangal district committee secretary Marri Ravi alias Sudhakar, in every village. In a recorded statement he accused the Police of aiding the politicians who were trying to give away the mineral rich forest areas to multi-national corporations by displacing the tribals. Read less...

A ‘militia commander’, four ‘militia members’ and a ‘village committee member’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered before Visakhapatnam Superintendent of Police (SP) G. Srinivas on April 30, reports The Hindu. ‘Militia commander’ Korabu Chittibabu (35), ‘village committee’ member Vandalam Ramakrishna (30) and ‘militia’ members Vandalam Pinnayya Dora (40), Vandalam Chittibabu (30), Vandalam Raja Rao (25) and Lusari Somanna Dora (22), all belonged to Godugumamidi village under Balapam Gram Panchayat (village level local self-government institution) in Chintapalli mandal (administrative unit) surrendered. Read less...