Bihar (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2023

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

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

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

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

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

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