Province No. 1 (NA): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2004

Meanwhile, 12 insurgents, including the vice-chairman of the Maoist ‘village government’, have surrendered at the district administration office in Okhaldhunga. Read less...

Further, a general strike called by the Maoist students wing ANNISU (R) has reportedly affected public life in the Terai and hilly regions of eastern Nepal. The insurgents are also reported to have exploded bombs at the Agriculture Office in Dhankuta and at the electricity sub station of Tilgenimode in Ilam on January 2. Read less...

Four Maoists have escaped from a security forces (SFs) base camp at Salleri in the Solukhumbu district, the Nepal Samacharpatra reported on January 6. Read less...

In another incident, the Maoists are reported to have abducted three security force personnel and an unspecified number of civilians from Lamidanda in eastern Nepal. Read less...

Media reports of January 7 quoting Radio Nepal said that security forces have killed four Maoist insurgents in separate encounters during 48 hours of operations across the country. While two Maoists in Taplejung and one in Mahattarai were killed on January 6, another was killed in the Dang district on January 7. An unspecified amount of socket bombs and explosives were recovered from the slain Maoists. Read less...

Media reports quoting Radio Nepal said that Maoist insurgents have killed at least two soldiers and injured 10 more during an ambush at Nunthala in the Khotang district on January 6. Read less...

Meanwhile, the Maoist leaders of Ghadhaki regional bureau have reportedly called a general strike on January 9 to protest the killing of their 14 district level leaders during the post ceasefire period in 10 districts. Other reports indicated that two central leaders of Kirat National Front (KNF) affiliated to the Maoist insurgents have surrendered at the District Administration office in Sunsari district on January 7. Read less...

Meanwhile, the Maoists reportedly shot dead a police personnel at Tetaria village in the Morang district on January 7. Read less...

Also, a media report quoting an ‘economic report’ released by Maoists at Dhungesanghu Village Development Committee (VDC) area in the Taplejung district said that apart from donations, income tax, levy and other taxes the main source of income for the Maoists was through extortions from tourists and those associated with tourism industry. The report added that the allocated Maoist budget for the year was Rupees 3.5 million. Read less...

Delayed media reports stated that insurgents have killed a government official, Tej Bahadur Shreshtha in Bedghari Village Development Committee (VDC) of Solukhumbu district on January 9. Read less...

According to Nepal News, security forces (SFs) on January 10 shot dead a woman Maoist and injured another during an encounter in Khotang. The SFs have recovered socket bombs, explosives and other equipments from the possession of the Maoists. Read less...

According to media reports, eleven Maoist insurgents and one security force (SF) personnel were killed in separate clashes across the country. SFs have killed four Maoists in Pharsee Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Jhapa district, two insurgents each at Pedang VDC in the Taplejung district, Barpak VDC in the Gorkha district and one each in the Panchthar and Bara districts on January 11. Read less...

According to Radio Nepal, three insurgents were killed in an accidental socket bomb explosion in the Panchthar district on January 11. Read less...

Delayed media reports also stated that four SF personnel were injured in a Maoist ambush at Lilakharka in the Taplejung district on January 11. Read less...

Separately, one SF personnel was killed in an encounter with the Maoists in Limbatar VDC in the Udaypur district on January 11. Read less...

Media reports quoting Defence Ministry statement said that security forces have killed seven Maoist insurgents in separate incidents including three Maoists in Pharsey area of Jhapa district, two in Ranighat of Parsa district and one each in Ghasreni of Kavre district and at Barmebheer Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Panchthar district on January 12. Read less...

On the same day armed insurgents looted Rupees 700,000 from the Nepal Electricity Authority office in Itahari. Read less...

Further, nine Maoists students’ wing, ANNISU(R), cadres have reportedly surrendered to the district administration offices at Morang and Ilam on January 13. Read less...

Media reports of January 13 quoting Radio Nepal sources said that at least 17 Maoist insurgents were killed in separate incidents across the country during the past 48 hours of security force operations. According to the reports, three Maoists were killed in Aru Chanautey of Gorkha district, two each in Khotang, Udaypur and Palchowk and one each in the Gulmki, Surket, Parsa, Salyan, Dang, Danusha, Jhapa and Taplejung districts. Also, a security force (SF) personnel was killed by Maoists in the Dhanusha district. Read less...

According to media reports, security forces (SFs) have killed four Maoist insurgents including the Maoist ‘peoples government’ chief in Hatiya Village Development Committee (VDC) of Sankhuasabha district on January 15. Unspecified amount of explosives, socket bombs and other materials were seized from the slain Maoists. Read less...

In a separate incident on the same day, SFs killed a woman Maoist cadre and arrested atleast six insurgents in Rupatar VDC in the Udaypur district. Read less...

Maoist insurgents killed one security force (SF) personnel at Chaimali Village Development Committee (VDC) in Kathmandu, while another security personnel was killed by the Maoists in the Dhankuta district on January 15. Read less...

Further, insurgents have reportedly killed two police personnel and injured three others in two separate incidents in Tikapur VDC in the Kailali district and in Ramite VDC in the Morang district. Read less...

Meanwhile, three people were killed including one soldier and two civilians when a bomb, allegedly planted by the Maoists in a bus, exploded near Salleri barrack in the Dhankuta district on January 16. Read less...

Meanwhile, Maoist insurgents have killed a Nepali Congress activist in Govindpur VDC in the Morang district on January 18. Read less...

Media reports quoting a Defence Ministry statement said that security forces (SFs) have killed at least six Maoist insurgents in separate incidents across the country. The statement claimed that four insurgents were killed in Selangkhola in the Sindhupalchowk district on January 19 and one insurgent each was killed in Shukrabare area of Dhankuta district and Bakre area of Gulmi district on January 18. Also one civilian was killed in a land mine blast, allegedly planted by suspected Maoists in Narachang Village Development Committee (VDC) of Myagdhi district. Another Maoist insurgent was killed by SFs in Birbas VDC of Gulmi district on January 19. Read less...

Meanwhile, media reports of January 19 quoting a statement issued by the Eastern Brigade of the Maoist insurgents’ People’s Liberation Army (PLA) claimed that insurgents have killed 21 security force personnel and 26 others were also injured during the past 72 hours. Further, the report said that 12 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers and three civilians were killed on January 17 and nine soldiers on January 15 in different parts of the Morang district. The statement also said that a woman ‘section commander’ of the PLA was also killed in the Morang incident. Read less...

Meanwhile, security forces (SFs) have killed two Maoists at Simle VDC in the Terhathum district on January 20. Unspecified amount of socket bombs and 50 Kilograms of gelatine explosives were recovered from the incident site. Read less...

Also, two SF personnel and a civilian were injured in a Maoist bomb attack in the Sankhuwasabha district. Read less...

Maoists have killed a SF personnel at Dumre Bazaar of Tanahun district and a teacher in Solukhumbu on January 22. Read less...

Media reports quoting Defence Ministry sources said that on January 22 nine Maoist insurgents were killed during separate security force (SF) operations including four Maoists in the Udaypur district, three in the Sindhupalchowk district and one each in Dhading and Kavre district. Security forces have also recovered unspecified amount of socket bombs and other explosives from the incident sites. Read less...

In a separate incident on the same day, Maoists shot dead a civilian and injured another at Rajgadh Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Jhapa district. Read less...

Media reports quoting Defense Ministry sources said that, on February 2, security forces (SFs) killed three Maoist insurgents during separate incidents including one each at Gularia- Balapur in the Bardiya district, Rajapur in the Antapur district, and another one in the Bajura district. A gun, a pistol and Rupees 77,000 in Nepalese currency were recovered from the slain Maoists. Also a Maoist insurgent was killed in Kapilakot Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Sindhuli district on January 31. Meanwhile, reports said that six Maoists insurgents surrendered before the SFs in unspecified places. Also, two students were injured when a bomb allegedly planted by Maoists exploded at Hangdeva VDC in the Taplejung district on January 31. Read less...