Chhattisgarh (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2021

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January - 3	A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Somlu Kashyap (40), wanted for attacks on Security Forces (SFs) was arrested from a forest near Kokodipara village under Mirtoor Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 3, reports The Pioneer. Kashyap he Read more... A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Somlu Kashyap (40), wanted for attacks on Security Forces (SFs) was arrested from a forest near Kokodipara village under Mirtoor Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 3, reports The Pioneer. Kashyap headed the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangthan (DAKMS), a frontal wing of the Maoists, and was involved in six incidents including the killing of two SFs near Cherli village in 2017 and an Assistant Constable in 2018. Read less...
January - 3	A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Punem Binda (48), carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, was arrested from Marudbaka village under Usoor Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 3, reports The Pioneer. Binda was head of the ‘Dandakaran Read more... A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Punem Binda (48), carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, was arrested from Marudbaka village under Usoor Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 3, reports The Pioneer. Binda was head of the ‘Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangthan (DAKMS)’, a front outfit of CPI-Maoist, and was involved in six incidents between 2006 and 2018 including attacks on Police teams, kidnapping of civilians, loot and damage to public property. Read less...
January - 5	A joint team of Security Forces (SFs) comprising District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF) and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA) neutralised a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) camp in the forests of Itwar-Lendravillage in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on Janua Read more... A joint team of Security Forces (SFs) comprising District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF) and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA) neutralised a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) camp in the forests of Itwar-Lendravillage in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 5, reports The Pioneer. The SFs recovered a cache of arms and ammunition including a rifle, a wireless set, a detonator, a tiffin bomb, Maoist uniform, a bag, crackers, items of daily use materials and banned literature from the camp. Read less...
January - 5	An exchange of fire took place between the Security Forces (SFs) and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at a forested area of Hirmagunda village under Gangaloor Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 5, reports Outlook. A joint team of the Central Reser Read more... An exchange of fire took place between the Security Forces (SFs) and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at a forested area of Hirmagunda village under Gangaloor Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 5, reports Outlook. A joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the District Force was out on an anti-Naxal[Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation in the area when a group of armed rebels opened fire, prompting the SFs to retaliate. While no casualties were reported in the gun-battle, the SFs recovered a single-barrel muzzle loading (SBML) gun, a couple of bows and arrows and a cache of materials of daily use from the spot. Read less...
January - 7	14 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials at Kirandul Police Station in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 7, reports The Times of India. They were disappointed with the ‘hollow Maoist ideology’ and w Read more... 14 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials at Kirandul Police Station in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 7, reports The Times of India. They were disappointed with the ‘hollow Maoist ideology’ and were encouraged by the ‘Lon Varratu’ (return to your home) campaign of the District Police. Among the surrendered cadres, Baman Midiami (35), ‘head’ of the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) – a Maoist front, and ‘militia commander’ Raju Midiami (30) were carrying rewards of INR 100,000 each on their heads, while others were active lower-rung cadres. Read less...
January - 12	Three cadres of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Alam Bamo (24), ‘deputy commander’ of the action team, Modiam Sundar (27), a member of the action team squad, and Madkam Motu (28), a member of the supply team,surrendered before Security Forces (SFs) in Bijapur District of Read more... Three cadres of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Alam Bamo (24), ‘deputy commander’ of the action team, Modiam Sundar (27), a member of the action team squad, and Madkam Motu (28), a member of the supply team,surrendered before Security Forces (SFs) in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 12, reports Hindustan Times.The cadres were active in ‘Basaguda-Jagargunda area committee’ of Maoists, and were allegedly involved in several attacks on SFsas well as on civilians in the District. They turned themselves, citing disappointment with the ‘hollow’ Maoist ideology and atrocities committed by senior cadres of the CPI-Maoist. Read less...
January - 13	A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’, identified as Hidma Muchaki, carrying a reward of INR 500,000 on his head was killed in an exchange of fire with Security Forces (SFs) in a forest between Chikpal and Marjum villages in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 13, repo Read more... A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’, identified as Hidma Muchaki, carrying a reward of INR 500,000 on his head was killed in an exchange of fire with Security Forces (SFs) in a forest between Chikpal and Marjum villages in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 13, reports The Pioneer. The gunfight broke out when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was on an anti-Naxal[Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation in the area.After the exchange of fire, the body of the slain Maoist was recovered along with a 9 mm pistol from the spot. Muchakiwas an active member of the ‘Katekalyan Area Committee’ of Maoists and was involved in several incidents. Read less...

*Data till , January 15, 2021

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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