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

A lower rung Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Ayata Madkam (30), was arrested by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from the forests of Nilvaya village in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 1, reports The Pioneer. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari, said Madkam was a Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) member of Nilvaya Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) of the outlawed Maoist outfit, and was involved in several Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents last year. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres reportedly abducted a youth, identified as Sanjay Tati, and killed him after branding him a ‘police informer’ in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 1, reports The Times of India. Tati (25), was a resident of Tarem Police Station area, was found lying on the Road Rehabilitation Project (RRP)-I Awapalli-Jagargunda road. Bijapur, Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjaneya Varshney said that some Maoists abducted Sanjay from Kursampara village on December 31. The Jagargunda area committee of CPI (Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident, SP, Varshney said, the Maoists also dropped pamphlets near the dead body branding him as a ‘police informer’, adds Hindustan Times. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, two of them involved in 2017 Burkapal and Bhejji attacks and carrying a total reward of INR 800,000 on their heads, surrendered in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 4, reports The Print. Madvi Budhra, Vetti Joga and Madvi Joga turned themselves in citing disappointment with the “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist ideology, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said, adding that they were also impressed by the state government’s rehabilitation policy and District Police’s ‘Puna Narkom (`new dawn’ in the Gondi language) campaign. Budhra, who carried a reward of INR 500,000, was Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘president’ and Kistaram Area Committee member of Maoist organization. Vetti, who carried a reward of INR 300,000 on his head was active as Kistaram Local Organisation Squad (LOS) ‘deputy commander’, SP said, adding that he was involved in the 2020 Minpa ambush and Tumirpad attack in which one trooper was killed. Madvi Joga was DAKMS ‘vice-president’ under the Palachalma Revolutionary People’s Committee as well as a member of the Naxalites’ platoon number 8, the SP said, adding that Joga was involved in the 2017 Burkapal attack, 2017 Bhejji attack and the Kasalpad attack in which 14 security personnel were killed. Read less...

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, one carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 7, reports The Pioneer. Lekam Gujja and Madkam Hidiya turned themselves in after being impressed with the Government’s rehabilitation policy, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said. Gujja was the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘President’ and carried a bounty of INR 100,000 on his head, while, Hidiya was a ‘Militia Deputy Commander’, Sharma said, adding that they were reportedly involved in several Maoist incidents in Chintagufa and Chintalnar areas in the district. Read less...

Ten Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, one of them carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Pioneer. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari, said they were with the Malanger Area Committee of the outlawed Maoist outfit. Bandi alias Kolla Madkam, who carried the bounty, was a ‘Militia Platoon Commander’. The identity of the remaining cadres is yet to be ascertained. Read less...

Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed inside tiffin boxes, planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, were defused by the Security Forces (SFs) in Gorra village under Edka Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Print. “Acting on a tip-off regarding a Naxalite pamphlet, thrown on a gravel road leading to village Gorra, a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) Force, accompanied by police personnel reached the spot and carefully inspected the road,” Police said in a statement. During the inspection, security personnel found Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] pamphlets and traced two 25 kilograms IEDs, concealed inside tiffin boxes dumped at around 150 meters before Gorra village and defused them before they went off. The IEDs are believed to be planted by Maoists in the area, with the intent to injure security personnel. A case has been registered at Edka Police Station in Narayanpur against ‘unidentified’ Kiskodo Area Committee of CPI-Maoist under sections of the Explosive Substances Act. Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in an encounter on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 11, reports The New Indian Express. There were reports that top Maoist leader Madvi Hidma (42), was reportedly killed in the encounter, however, CPI-Maoist Bhadradri-Kothagudem- Alluri Sitarama Raju Division Committee (BK-ASR) ‘secretary’ Azad on January 12 rejected reports that Maoist leader Madvi Hidma was killed in an alleged encounter. Though the Police are yet to confirm the death, the office of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chhattisgarh Sector, released a communique saying CRPF’s Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) Battalion personnel were undertaking operations against the militants. Read less...

Four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three with a cumulative bounty of INR 1.2 million on their heads, surrendered in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 13, reports Devdiscourse. Police identified them as Madded ‘area committee member, (ACM)’ Rakesh Mandvi alias Joga (33), Dula Punem (34) of the PLGA platoon 2 under National Park Area Committee, Bhopalpatnam Local Organising Squad (LOS) 'commander' Somaru alias Kishore Karam (26) and 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) platoon 'section commander' of Gangaloor Area Committee Suresh Madvi alias Sukka (24). Rakesh and Somaru were carrying a cash reward of INR 500,000 each, while Dula had a reward of INR 200,000 against his name. Rakesh was associated with the Maoists since 2005 and was allegedly involved in the murders of security personnel, firing on the camp of forces, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts, encounters, looting of weapons, and arson between 2009 and 2022. Somaru, who joined the outlawed organization in 2006 as Bal Sangham, was allegedly involved in the murder of three security personnel, attack on Bhadrakali Police Station in 2010, and an encounter in which 11 personnel were killed in 2011. Dula and Suresh were also involved in several incidents that took place in the district. Read less...

A trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sustained critical injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast near Pegdapalli camp under Tarem Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 14, reports The Indian Express. The injured trooper was identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Muhammad Aslam (51) of the CRPF 153 battalion. Aslam along with his troops was out from the Pegdapalli CRPF camp on a Road Security and Area Domination Operation, when he inadvertently stepped on a pressure IED (victim operated mechanism) planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the blast hit his right leg, which got critically injured. “He was treated at the Basaguda field hospital and later, air evacuated to a better medical facility in Raipur. His condition is stable,” said Sundarraj P, Inspector general of Police (IGP), Bastar range. Read less...

The Police arrested four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a wanted woman leader from Odisha in Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh on January 15, reports newsriveting.com. The woman leader had been identified as Karuna C. She is reported to be the wife of Maoist ‘commander’ Sangram Singh, the senior most Maoist leader in Odisha. According to Police, Karuna had been diagnosed with a serious cataract in eyes and was suggested to undergo surgery. She along with three others reached a private hospital in Ratnabandha road of Dhamtari. Following, a tip about the arrival of Karuna, the Dhamtari Police arrested all the four from the hospital. The identity of the other three cadres is yet to be ascertained. Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 17, reports The Pioneer. Madvi Pandu was the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘President’ of the outlawed Maoist organization, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said. He joined the Maoist outfit in 2010 and was involved in several Maoist incidents in Phoolbagdi and Gadiras areas in the district. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on her head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 20, reports The Pioneer. Mangli Kawasi (37), involved in several Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents in Katekalyan area in the district, was the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (KAMS) ‘President’ in the Katekalyan Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari said. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including two women were arrested following an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists in the forest area near Indinar village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 20, reports The Pioneer. The operation was launched on an input about the presence of senior Maoist cadres in Basaguda-Gangaloor-Kirandool areas. Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjaneya Vaishnav said some Maoists escaped, adding that the three who were arrested were Guddu Kusram, Hunga Alwam and Indo. Kusram, who carried a bounty of INR 100,000, was the Gangaloor Local Squad Organization (LOS) member. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Vetti Mangi, carrying a bounty of INR 800,000 on her head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 21, reports The Pioneer. Mangi, a member of the Mad Division Company Number-1 under the Kutul Area Committee of the outlawed Maoist outfit, had joined the Maoist organization in 2017 and was involved in several Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, wanted in a case related to an attack on a Police party in 2021, was arrested during a raid by the National Investigation Agency (NIA)-Raipur in Bhopalpatanam area of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 29, reports latestly.com. Madkam Ungi alias Kamla, a resident of Muthamadgu in Bijapur District, was arrested and subsequently, produced before the NIA Special Court in Jagdalpur, an NIA spokesperson said. Kamla was arrested by the NIA-Raipur in connection with a case pertaining to the attack by armed CPI-Maoist members on Police and Security Force (SF) personnel near Tekalgudiyam village in Bijapur in 2021, that resulted in death of 22 Policemen and injuries to 30 others, the NIA spokesperson said. Read less...

As many as 26 different types of equipment were recovered after an encounter that broke out between the Chhattisgarh Police and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Useli Forests in the Amabeda area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh on January 29, reports Devdiscourse. After the encounter, the Maoists fled from the site, looking at a much larger number of security personnel, officials said. The District Reserve Guard (DRG) team recovered several types of equipment like batteries, solar plates and jerkins. Read less...

A 35-year-old Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Raju Lekam, a ‘president’ of 'Janatana Sarkar' (Peoples Government of the Maoists) of Hurrepal Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution), surrendered before the Police after being fed up with the ideology of the Maoist organisation, in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 31, reports The Print. Raju, a resident of Bijapur District, was involved in a total of nine cases of violence, arson, murder, and attacks on Police, since 2008. Read less...