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

Six persons were arrested from Abids locality in Hyderabad Urban District in Andhra Pradesh on charge of circulating Fake Euro Notes with a face value of about INR seven million, reports Business Standard reports on February 2. According to preliminary investigation, one Akram a resident of Mumbai, Maharashtra, had given Fake Euros to one of the accused identified as Subhan. Read less...

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cleared the proposal to provide an Mi-17 helicopter to Andhra Pradesh's anti-Naxal force Greyhounds, reports The Indian Express. MHA has also sought the clearance from the Indian Air Force (IAF) to allow Greyhounds to use the helicopter in Naxal-affected areas. The Mi-17 helicopter has been provided by MHA from the existing fleet of Border Security Force (BSF). Read less...

Left Wing Extremists belonging to the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist-Janashakti (CPI-ML-Janashakti), which once had a strong presence in Karimnagar District, has again regrouped and returned by striking terror and killing a former Sarpanch (head of Gram Panchayat, village level local self-government institution), identified as A. Venugopal Rao (55), at Marupaka village of Vemulawada mandal (administrative unit) in the night of February 11, reports The Hindu. Police sources said that Venugopal Rao was a former sympathiser of Janashakthi group. He was returning to his village in a car when an unidentified person wearing a mask closed in on his car near Marupaka village and opened two rounds of fire with a short weapon killing Venugopal Rao instantaneously. Read less...

The Dummugudem Police have arrested two persons, including a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militia member at Arlagudem in Khammam District on February 14 and recovered a camera flash from their possession, reports The Hindu. Read less...

he Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has convened a meeting of top Police and civil officials of states affected by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) violence on February 20 to review anti-Maoist operations and improve the efficacy of the strategies, reports The Times of India. Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh will take part in the meeting during which in-depth deliberations will be held on the security situation in the 'Red Corridor'. Sources said the meeting would deliberate on the issue of coordination among State Police and Central Police Forces and decide on a strategy to tackle Maoists who are known to flee from one state to another after committing a crime. The meeting will also review the development programmes being carried out in Maoist-hit Districts and ways to speed them up to reach the maximum number of people. Read less...

Three tribals were killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at the Lakkavaram forest area in G.K. Veedhi mandal (administrative unit) of Visakhapatnam District on February 19, reports The Hindu. According to information, the Maoists called for a “panchayat” (village level meeting) between the warring villagers belonging to Bhagata and Kondu tribes of Saagulu village in the afternoon. The armed militia members of CPI-Maoist conducted the meeting where a senior leader Jambri was reportedly present. During the meeting, the Maoists beat up a man from Bhagata community which was strongly protested by his group. After heated arguments between the villagers and the Maoists, the villagers rained stones on the Maoists who fired back, killing three villagers. Read less...