Bihar (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2022

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken possession of properties worth INR 4.023 million belonging to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Rambabu Ram alias Rajan Ji alias Prahar alias Nikhil Ji and his family members in a money laundering case, reports India Today on January 4. Rambabu is the ‘secretary’ of CPI-Maoist’s Western Zonal Committee of North Bihar and has a criminal history of 20 years. Earlier, the properties were provisionally attached on March 19, 2021, which was confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority, Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), New Delhi on September 14, 2021. The ED had initiated the money laundering investigation on the basis of 28 FIRs lodged in various Police Stations in Bihar against Rambabu and his family members under the sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Arms Act, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Explosive Substance Act for illegal activities including murder, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy, dacoity, robbery, collection of extortion from various ongoing development work in Bihar. A cash reward of INR 500,000 has already been announced by the Bihar government on Rambabu. Read less...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth INR 2.8 million belonging to the family members and associates of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Dilip Sahni in Bihar under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), reports India Today on January 5. Officials said, the attached properties include three land parcels, LIC policies, fixed deposits, bank balance and a motor cycle. The ED had initiated the money laundering investigation on the basis of 12 FIRs lodged in various Police Stations of Bihar against Dilip, an active cadre of the CPI-Maoist. Dilip is a habitual offender and is accused of the several offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC), Arms Act, Explosive Substances Act and unlawful activities for crime related to murder, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy, use of arms and ammunition in Bihar. Read less...

One cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was killed in an encounter took place between the Police and Maoists in the Pachrukhia Hill area under Madanpur Block in Aurangabad District of Bihar on January 5, reports prabhatkhabar.com. Aurangabad Superintendent of Police (SP), Kantesh Kumar Mishra said that on January 5 evening, the Commando Battalion for resolute Action (CoBRA) personnel were conducting a search operation, and during this, on seeing them, the Maoists started firing, to which the soldiers also took the front and started retaliation. However, Police personnel are safe in the incident. Meanwhile, the Maoists also triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, as has been confirmed by the SP himself. The identity of the slain Maoist is yet to be ascertained. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Vijay Yadav, the ‘secretary’ of the Northeast area of Bihar and Jharkhand of CPI-Maoist, was arrested during an operation by a joint team of Special Task Force (STF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from his house in Bhalgodi village under Jhajha Police Station limits in Jamui District of Bihar on January 8, reports hindi.news18.com. Arrested Maoist Yadav was also an assistant to the top leader Pravesh of the CPI-Maoist, as well as he used to provide essential goods for Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents. Police was also looking for it in the case of explosive ammonium nitrate recovered from Sono Police Station area in recent days. It is said that Jamui Police had recovered a huge quantity of explosives from Jhajha Police Station area in the past. After this it was revealed that there was a conspiracy to blow up several under-construction bridges in Sono Police Station area of the district at the behest of Maoist leader Pravesh. Read less...

Four cadres of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), which is mainly active in Jharkhand, were arrested in Buxar District of Bihar late on January 10 night, reports Hindustan Times. Police said, those arrested were identified as Nivesh Kumar Poddar, Subham Poddar, Dhruv Kumar Singh and a woman whose name not disclosed, and all are wanted in separate cases in Jharkhand and were operating from Khunti, Dhurwa, Khelari and Ranchi. Upendra Sharma, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Shahabad range, said, “Buxar police received information that some wanted PLFI members were travelling in a car bearing registration number of West Bengal and were passing via National Highway 84. A police team set up barricades on Veer Kunwar Singh Setu around 11.50 pm and apprehended them. Huge amount of cash and mobile phones have been recovered from their possession.” Buxar Superintendent of Police (SP), Sudhir Kumar Singh said that the Police team recovered INR 1.2 million cash, 19 cell phones and a luxury car from their possession. SP, Sudhir said the Jharkhand Police on January 9 had issued a lookout notice against Nivesh and Subham after an FIR was lodged against them in Ranchi on January 6. A Police team from Ranchi reached Buxar late January 10 and will produce them before the court to take them on transit remand, he added. Read less...

Jamui Police and Security Forces (SFs) arrested a hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Shyamlal Besra alias Dr Besra, who has been absconding for four years, from his house in Jamui District of Bihar on January 13, reports hindi.news18.com. Shyamlal, a special member of the Maoist organization of the CPI-Maoist Bihar-Jharkhand Northeast Area, and also works as a rural doctor treating sick Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs], had come to his home, after which the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the District Police acting on information arrested him. Read less...

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Police have arrested two hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres identified as Ramji Bhuyan and Phulendra Sao by conducting a combing operation in Aurangabad District of Bihar on January 17, reports hindi.news18.com. Superintendent of Police (SP), Kantesh Kumar Mishra said that Bhuyan is a resident of Koilwan of Madanpur Police Station area, while Phulendra is a resident of Ankuri village under Goh Police Station area. SP, Mishra said that there are a dozen serious cases registered against Bhuyan including attack on Madanpur block office and CRPF camp. At the same time, a dozen cases including ‘levy’ (extortion money) recovery, murder are registered against Phulendra from the contract company engaged in road construction work. Read less...