West Bengal (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2019

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in its Annual Report for 2018-19 said, as many as 3,749 people lost their lives in 10,660 incidents of Maoist violence in 10 states since 2010, reports The Daily Pioneer on October 29. In the report, the Ministry said the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) continues to be the most potent among various Left Wing Extremist [LWE] outfits in the country and responsible for more than 88 per cent of the total violent incidents and resultant deaths. “Amidst increasing reverses, the CPI-Maoist has been making efforts to expand to new areas along the inter-State borders without any significant success,” the report said. As per the report, the highest number of casualties took place in Chhattisgarh where 1,370 people were killed in 3,769 violent incidents perpetrated by the Maoists between 2010 and 2018. While 997 people were killed in 3,358 LWE incidents in Jharkhand, 387 people lost their lives in 1,526 violent incidents in Bihar during the same period. The 10 Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE]-hit States are Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The declining trend in Naxal violence continued in 2018 as well. There has been an overall 26.7 per cent reduction in violent incidents — 1,136 incidents in 2013 to 833 incidents in 2018 — and 39.5 per cent reduction in LWE related deaths — 397 deaths in 2013 to 240 deaths in 2018. The casualties to Security Forces (SFs) declined by 10.7 per cent — 75 deaths in 2013 to 67 deaths in 2018 — and the number of LWE cadre eliminated went up by 65.4 per cent — 136 in 2013 to 225 in 2018. Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand together accounted for 71.7 per cent of violent incidents and 81.7 per cent of deaths. Odisha and Maharashtra accounted for 9 per cent each of the incidents and Bihar accounted for 7.1 per cent incidents in 2018. Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana together reported less than 4 per cent incidents, indicating at the negligible presence and influence of the ultras there. The geographical spread of LWE violence has also been shrinking considerably. In 2018, LWE violence was reported from 251 Police Stations in 60 districts spread across eight States as compared to 330 Police Stations in 76 districts spread over 10 States in 2013. Read less...