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

On January 20, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) stuck posters in bus-stand in Koraput District of Odisha, seeking information about the whereabouts of four hardcore inter-State Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, identified as Jalumari Srinu Babu alias Sunil, Khilo Ranju alias Chhati, Gajarala Ravi alias Ganesh alias Uday, and Meturu Jaga Rao, reports The Pioneer. The NIA has also announced INR 1 million prize money on Gajarala Ravi’s head, INR 500,000 prize each on Jalumari Srinu and Meturu Jaga Rao. It has announced INR 300,000 prize money on Khilo Ranju. The NIA has a case registered against the four Maoist in connection with a murder of a Border Security Force (BSF) officer in 2012. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) with the help of Odisha Police arrested wanted Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Ranju Khillo aka Chanti aka Bishant aka Bingshanta (40) from Swabhiman Anchal (erstwhile cut-off region) in Malkangiri District of Odisha on January 24, reports sambadenglish.com. Chanti, son of Manju Khillo from Kadaguma village under Chitrakonda Police limits of the District, was suspectedly involved in 2012 Border Security Force (BSF) Commandant JR Kashwan death case. In 2012, NIA had registered a case (No-RC-02/2012/NIA/DLI arising out of Chitrakonda PS case (No-07/2012, dated 10.02.2012 regarding Maoist attack on the BSF officers killing at least four. Earlier, South Asia terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported the Maoist attack on February 10, 2012, in which four personnel of the BSF including a Commandant were killed in an ambush by the cadres of the CPI-Maoist in Malkangiri District. It is pertinent to mention, Chanti was arrested by Police in 2013, and was released on bail in 2018. But he was absconding since then and did not appear before the court in connection with different cases. The NIA had registered a case against him and had launched a manhunt to arrest him, adds Odisha Bytes. A reward of INR 300,000 on Chanti was announced and his posters put up at different places in the district. Acting on reliable information on January 24, the NIA team arrested him with the help of local Police. Read less...

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested by Police from the Hatigaon Forest area under the Raighar Police Station in Nabarangpur District of Odisha on January 24, reports The Pioneer. South-Western Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Rajesh Pandit said the Maoists were identified as Poje Mandavi alias Anita (25), a native of Sukma District in Chhattisgarh, and Samudra Bagh (32), a resident of Nuapada District in Odisha. Both were members of Mainpur Nuapada Division of the CPI-Maoist. DIG, Pandit said the duo was involved in many cases of violence in Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi and neighbouring Chhattisgarh. Anita had joined the Maoist fold in 2010 and was working as a party member of Bodchatia Local Organisation Squad (LOS) before joining the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. She was influenced by Bal Sanghatan under Ungi. She was promoted as ‘area committee member (ACM)’ in 2020 and has been active since 2013. Bagh had joined the Maoists in 2017 and has been active from then as a 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) member of the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. He provided information and other inputs to the ultras. Bagh was also providing medicines and other essential articles to the rebels, Police said. Read less...