Maoists

As per IG Bastar Sunderraj P , the first incident took place in Sukma in which the encounter took place near Tondamarka village. read more

Sukma’s superintendent of police Shalabh Sinha said GD Manjhi died during treatment at a hospital in Raipur and Indrajeet Singh is being taken care of by doctors. read more

This is one of the largest hauls of explosives in recent times. Though the accused was apparently trying to sell the explosives to local quarry owners, the police are trying to find out if the accused was in contact with the Maoists, who use such explosives... read more

Rayagada Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr. Vivek M Saravana said the road construction work between Naringtoli and Gumma was worth Rs 10 crore and meant to provide connectivity to the local Dongria Kondh tribals read more

In August 19, two people were gunned down by a group of heavily-armed Maoists under similar suspicion at a crowded market in Mananpur area of Lakhisarai district. read more

79 Maoists were killed in 2019 till December 19, which is more than 46 encounter killings in 2015 and 77 in 2017. 135 Maoists were killed in 2016, and 124 in 2018. read more

The CPI (Maoists) who are holed up in this area sharing borders with the Latehar and Lohardaga districts are reported to have fortified the area by planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on all routes approaching their hideout. read more

The rebels issued the warning through a written message on a roadside board at Orapadar village in Andrapalli gram panchayat of the erstwhile cut-off area (now renamed Swabhiman Anchal) on Thursday threatening the locals not to use mobile phones. read more

Maoists on Saturday had opened fire on the police during polling at Arki block in Khunti district under Tamar assembly constituency. Police also retaliated. Later, the Maoists fled from the area seeing the heavy deployment of the police force. read more

The encounter took place in early hours in Bhamragad area, which borders on Chhattisgarh, ahead of the `Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week’ which the naxals observe from December 2 to 8, an official said. read more

According to the police, two of them were allegedly involved in a deadly Maoist attack at Nilawaya village in October 2018 in which a Doordarshan journalist was killed. read more

The main left wing extremist groups operating in the state are the CPI (Maoists), Tritiya-Sammela Prastuti Committee (TPC), the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), and Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP). read more

Maoists claimed responsibility for the attack by leaving pamphlets on the spot calling for a boycott of the coming Jharkhand assembly election. read more

An assistant sub-inspector and three other policemen were killed in an attack on a PCR van at National Highway-22 at Chandwa, barely two kilometres from a police station, in the Latehar district. read more

The surrender follows a report that the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) were looking to change tactics and use sniper rifles, booby traps and remote technology to counter new methods adopted by the security forces that has inflicted heavy losses... read more