Maoist Insurgency: Incidents and Statements involving
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) : 2001

According to official sources, approximately 200 left-wing extremists, Naxalites of the People’s War Group (PWG) attacked the Motu police station in Malkangiri district on the night of September 1. In the ensuing encounter with the Orissa Special Armed Police (OSAP), a Naxal was killed. This was the third attack on the Motu police station and sixth strike by the Naxalites in Malkangiri district since the August 9 encounter in which five police personnel were killed at the Motu and Kalimela police stations. Earlier, hours before the attack, the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had visited Malkangiri district as part of a Central team to assess the situation following repeated Naxalite attack in the district, which borders Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Read less...