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Jharkhand : In the Grip of Maoist Violence

Jharkhand : In the Grip of Maoist Violence

22 Districts out of 24 Districts in Jharkhand are affected by Maoists violence. In the name of Mao, the activities of Maoists have breakdown the process of Democratic Movement, Political, Social and Economic development in the state.



About more than 300 crore rupees (as 2007 report in news papers) as levy (money collected by them) from Coal mines, Iron ore mines, other mines, Government development schemes, businessmen, contractors, District and block level officials, forest department, teachers, villagers, farmers are collected per year by them.

Leaders like CPI (ML) MLA Mahendra Singh (2005), Jharkhand Mukti Morchas’ (JMM) MP Sunil Mahto (2007), JD (U) MLA Ramesh Singh Munda (2008) were shot dead by Maoists along with several other candidates of parliamentary and Assembly Elections, District and Block level leaders of several political parties.

Maoist leader Kameshwer Baitha (fought from jail and still he is in Jail) fought parliamentary Election from Palamau Parliamentary Seat in 2009 from JMM ticket and won.

In last Assembly Election many top Maoist leader fought election, like Jugal Pal (JMM, Ticket) from Bishrampur seat (Palamau), Satish Sinha (JMM, Ticket) from Daltonganj (Palamu), Ranjan Yadao (RJD Ticket) from Panki seat (Palamau) all lost.
Time to time they have got full back up and support by several political parties, NGO,s, State level Officials and intellectuals in the state even when they are killing them.

In the name of Operation Green Hunt, no such so-called Operation is going on in the state and Jharkhand is now a safe zone for their shelter.

I appeal to save Jharkhand.

Shashikant.

In the name of Mao:
Their activities are anti people and anti revolution

Bomb Blasts by Maoists:

Bomb blasts triggered by the CPI-Maoist- 2010

March 23: In Latehar District of Jharkhand, the Maoists blew up a metre of track between Chhipa Dohar and Hehegarha railway stations.

Suspected Maoists blew up railway tracks between Kokpara and Dalbhumgarh railway stations in East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand disrupting railway traffic in Kharagpur section, as part of their 48-hour bandh (shutdown) in seven States.
March 12: CRPF patrol party escaped a landmine explosion on a road near Rajhania in Jamui District of Bihar. Sukar Yadav, a passer-by, was critically injured in the blast.

February 20: A cadre of the CPI-Maoist was killed and another injured when a bomb, they were handling, exploded at Goriadih village in Palamau District of Jharkhand. The deceased was identified as Satyendra Yadav, brother of CPI-Maoist ‘sub-zonal commander’ Anirudih Yadav, who had been killed in Palamau in 2009. The injured Maoist was identified as Upendra Yadav. Nine other suspected Maoists, who were accompanying the injured Maoist to a hospital, were arrested by the Police.
February 9: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a stretch of railway track under Nimiaghat Police station in Giridih District of Jharkhand during their 72-hour shutdown, affecting train services.

January 15: The Maoists triggered a landmine blasts near Ambakona adjacent to the Gurdari mine in the bauxite-rich Netarhat plateau of Jharkhand halting the work in almost all bauxite mines located at Gurdari, Kakdang, Polpol, Navatoli, Dhibikutum, Hadalakda, Dumsrpat, Sakhuapani and Ambakona.

January 6: The Maoists blew up railway tracks near Mohammadpur station in Palamu District of Jharkhand disrupting train services between Garhwa Road and Sone Nagar stations. A goods train was also derailed in the incident.

January 5: The Maoists blew up railway tracks near Mohammadpur station in Palamu District of Jharkhand disrupting train services between Garhwa Road and Sone Nagar stations. A goods train was also derailed in the incident. The CPI-Maoist had called for a 24-hour bandh (general shut down) in Palamau commissionary to protest against the alleged custody death of Rajendra Yadav, a resident of Tiladi village in Chattarpur. The bandh affected life in three districts— Latehar, Garhwa and Palamau.





Bomb blasts triggered by the CPI-Maoist- 2009
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December 21: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up a community building in Bokaro District in Jharkhand as it was used by the Security Force personnel in the recently concluded elections, Police said. The Maoists attacked the building in Palamau village under Nawadih block of Bokaro District on December 20. No one was injured in the incident, a Police officer said. "Maoists left a pamphlet saying that the community building was blown up as it was used by the security forces during the polls," the officer said.

December 18: Suspected Maoists exploded a landmine, injuring a Policeman at Mahur in Jharkhand. A trooper of the Jharkhand Armed Police suffered splinter injuries in the explosion triggered during patrolling in the area, Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal said. Mahur belongs to Hussainabad Assembly constituency where Maoist presence is strong, he said. It is among the 16 constituencies where polling is on.
Two Policemen were killed and two others injured in landmine blasts triggered by the CPI-Maoist cadres in the West Singhbhum and Palamau Districts in Jharkhand. A landmine, triggered at Mahur in the Hussainabad constituency of Palamau District, killed a Policeman and injured two others.

A Central Reserve Police Force trooper was killed in the blast at Titlighat in the Saranda forest, under the Jagannathpur constituency, in West Singhbhum District in Jharkhand

A Government high school at Tiskopi under Gomia Police Station in Bokaro District in Jharkhand was blown up. Though 10 rooms of the school were damaged, there were no casualties reported. As many as seven blasts were triggered by the Maoists to demolish the school building. Sources said Maoists had earlier threatened the school management to stop allowing SF personnel, who used the school as camps during the anti-Maoist operations, to stay there. Still, the SFs again camped at the school for the third phase of the Assembly election that concluded on December 8. After they left the building a couple of days back, 50 armed Maoists came to the school at around 11pm (IST) and detonated the landmines. Before leaving, they put up posters on the walls of the school, describing the explosion as revenge taken by them against Police personnel using schools as a camp. Another school was blown up in the Kawal village of Palamau District. Maoists also blew up a small bridge near Kahkula and Seriyar villages in the same District.

December 14: Two Policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by the CPI-Maoist cadres in the Lohardaga District in Jharkhand. It was followed by another similar explosion that ripped through a bus some seven hours later in the same District, injuring its driver and his deputy. While the first blast occurred at the Jharnapani turning point in Kekrang valley under Kisko Police Station at around 9am (IST), the second one took place near Chandalgo village, about three kilometers away. The bus was returning empty after the Security Forces were airlifted following the Kekrang valley blast but the Maoists targeted it nearChandalgo village. Police recovered wire, blankets and camera flash used to explode the mine. The explosion followed an encounter when 105 rounds of fire were exchanged by either side. No casualty was reported.

Suspected Maoists blew up three schools in Palamu and one in Giridih in Jharkhand. The Maoists used dynamite to blow up a Government middle school and an aided high school at Dhakchha village in Hariharganj block and a Government middle school at Koo-koo Kalan village in Chhatarpur block in the Palamu District. The Manjhladih Middle School at Dumri in Giridih District was also reduced to rubble. Incidentally, filing of nomination papers in Palamu began on Tuesday.

About 30 Maoists stuffed explosives inside a primary school at Rorad in the Lohardaga District in Jharkhand before triggering the blast.

December 7: Maoists blew up a vacant school building in Latehar District in Jharkhand. About 20 Maoists went to the middle school and packed explosives before triggering the blast at Newari village. There was no casualty in the blast, which took place on the eve of the third of the five-phase elections in Jharkhand on December 8.

December 2: A Policeman was killed in a landmine blast triggered by the CPI-Maoist in the Giridih District in Jharkhand. Maoists triggered the landmine at Teliabahiar when Policemen were on a foot patrol, Deputy Commissioner, Vandana Dadil, said.
In Giridih District of Jharkhand, the Maoists blew up a culvert at Matiobera.

December 1: Maoists shot at and injured two persons, blew up a culvert and set ablaze four vehicles at Chatra as they ended their two-day Jharkhand shutdown in the night of November 30. The Maoists opened fire on a truck injuring the driver and his helper at Bhuiandih in the Chatra District a little before their shut-down ended, Superintendent of Police, D. B. Sharma, said on December 1. The insurgents also used explosives to blow up a culvert in the same village, disrupting traffic on the Chatra-Gaya route, besides setting ablaze four vehicles. The Maoists, who indulged in massive destruction of public property during the shutdown, were demanding production of their cadre Ashok Mahato before a court. The Police, however, have denied arresting any person by that name.

November 30: On the second day of the CPI-Maoist bandh (general shut down), Chatra Additional Superintendent of Police Sunil Bhaskar escaped unhurt even as a series of attacks rocked several other Districts in Jharkhand. Two among Bhaskar’s four bodyguards and a Police driver sustained injuries when the insurgents triggered a landmine blast at Kharwanari village under Hunterganj Police Station area of Chatra District at around 8.30am (IST). Bhaskar was on his way to Hunterganj from Pratappur. Sources said the Maoists took advantage of dense forest cover near the village, around 10 kilometres from Pratappur. Bhaskar survived the attack, as he was not reportedly in the vehicle that he usually used. "Bhaskar was sitting in an ordinary vehicle with his two bodyguards and a driver. He also asked the driver of the landmine-protected vehicle to follow him. He deputed two bodyguards in the landmine-protected vehicle. His strategy yielded result, as the extremists detonated the mines only after the ordinary vehicle crossed the danger zone," a police officer said. "The anti-landmine vehicle driver, Mashi Kachhap, and my two bodyguards, Mukesh Mishra and Vikash Paswan, sustained injuries. They were airlifted and admitted to a private hospital in Ranchi," Bhaskar said.
The Maoists also blew up a culvert near Kasaribera village under Arki Police Station area in Khunti District in Jharkhand at around 1.30am. In another incident in Khunti, Maoists blew up a school building at Sowde village under Rania Police Station area.

November 29: Three villagers wee killed and six others injured in an IED blast near Amjhore village under the Bodam Police Station in East Singhbhum District in Jharkhand. When villagers, engaged by paramilitary forces to remove three trees on a road, were on the job, an IED fitted on a tree went off, killing three persons and injuring six. Among the injured, one lost a hand and another one a leg. The incident occurred near a CRPF camp. The villagers complained to the Police that they were forced to remove the trees by the CRPF personnel.

In Jharkhand, the Maoists blew up the house of RJD leader Chandrika Yadav in the Basisthnagar Police Station area at Jodi at around 11pm. About 100 armed Maoists surrounded the house and asked the family members to vacate the house, Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal told reporters. The Maoists then packed dynamites in every room before triggering the blast, he said. The Maoists left notes warning against participation in the ensuing elections.

In Palamu District of Jharkhand, the Maoists destroyed two schools late in at Kharagpur and Bhavwar villages, Police said. Maoists have blown up seven schools in the District over the weekend. They blew up five schools, besides a panchayat bhavan (building) on in the night of November 28. Separately, the Maoists disrupted movement of vehicles on the Daltonganj-Aurangabad Main Road from 10pm on November 29 to 10am on November 30 by felling three trees at Kanda. Also, during intensive patrolling, Security Forces recovered two landmines on November 29, each weighing 20 kilograms, planted beneath the Medininagar-Panki Road in Palamau, Police said.

November 28: Hours before a 48-hour bandh (general shut down) called by the CPI-Maoist in Jharkhand, the Maoists blew up a panchayat (village-level local self Government institution) hall and a school building in the Palamau District.
Maoists blew up a room of the Mahubuang Railway Station in Simdega District in Jharkhand. In addition, Maoists blew up the railway track between the Jageswar and Dania Stations in Bokaro District. In the night of November 28, the Maoists demolished two school buildings in the Palamu District.

November 26: The CPI-Maoist blew up a Police jeep, killing a Policeman and injuring four others at Jaranga village in the Khunti District in Jharkhand. The Inspector-General of Police, V. Deshmukh, said the jeep overturned under the impact of the blast. He, however, ruled out landmine causing the blast. The jeep was escorting a bus full of Security Force personnel when the incident occurred at around 9am (IST). The bus was on its way to Arki from Tamar ahead of the second phase of polls in the Khunti Assembly constituency scheduled for December 2. Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) A. V. Minz said the jeep was badly damaged. "The intensity of the blast was such that the vehicle was thrown several feet into the air and landed upside down in the jungle. The blast site is located about four km from the Arki Police station," he added.

November 25: The Maoists blew up a middle school, Anant Madhya Vidyala, at Pratappur in the Chatra District in Jharkhand after placing dynamite in the rooms. The school was one of a cluster where voting was to take place on December 18 for the Assembly polls, the Police said. This was the fourth school in three days to have been blown up by the Maoists in Jharkhand.

November 23: Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres blew up three schools in Palamu and one in Giridih District in Jharkhand. Maoists used dynamite to blow up a Government middle school and an aided high school at Dhakchha village in the Hariharganj block (administrative division) and a Government middle school at Koo-koo Kalan village in the Chhatarpur block of Palamu District. The Manjhladih Middle School at Dumri in the Giridih District was also blown up.

November 10: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a school building at Banbirua in the Latehar District in Jharkhand, the SP, Kuldip Diwedi, said on November 10. A group of armed Maoists stuffed dynamite and triggered the blast late in the night of November 9 in the school at Banbirua, the SP added. There is no loss of life in the incident, he added. Maoists blew up the structure to prevent the Security Forces from making it a make-shift camp during the ensuing 5-phase Legislative Assembly elections starting on November 25, the police added.

November 9-10: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a school building at Kona village in the Latehar District in Jharkhand, Police said on November 10. The school was blown up in the night of November 9 using detonators and explosives, a Police official said. As reported earlier another school was blown up in the Banbirua village in the same night. The extremists left behind pamphlets saying the buildings had been blown up to prevent the Security Forces from using them as make-shift camps during the forthcoming Legislative Assembly elections. The five-phase poll begins on November 25.

November 5-6: The CPI-Maoist cadres rebels blew up a school building in the Chatra District in Jharkhand, Police said on November 6. The extremists blew up a middle school building at Asona village of Chatra late in the night of November 5. Around 20to 25 Maoists blew up the school building by using detonators and explosives, an unnamed Police officer said. The officer said the insurgents blew up the building to prevent stay of Security Force personnel during the assembly polls scheduled this month and the next. The Maoists have blown up more than 30 school buildings in Jharkhand in the last five years, the report added.

October 27: Maoists blew up two schools in the Giridih District in Jharkhand. The Maoists packed explosives inside Upgraded Haridih School and Upgraded Dharpahari School, damaging the structures, Police said. There was no loss of life in the incident.

October 17: A makeshift structure, once used by the state irrigation department, was blown up by the CPI-Maoist cadres at Bansua village near Sonua block (administrative division) in the West Singhbhum District in Jharkhand. Confirming the incident, West Singhbhum SP Akhilesh Kumar Jha said the structure had been put up six years ago, but was abandoned later. "The incident took place past midnight, but we only got to know of it early this morning. We immediately started long-range patrolling in Sonua and Goelkera jungles as well as combing operations in Bansua village to apprehend the rebels responsible," Jha added. He also said that Police or paramilitary forces had never used the structure for anti-insurgency operations in Saranda or Sonua. He said the extremists might have blown up the structure anticipating its use by the Police in future. Further, an intelligence source said, "Right from the time the Naxalites entered Saranda forest nine years ago, they have blown up each and every forest guesthouse in the area. They wanted to ensure that the police or paramilitary forces did not use forest guesthouses or lodges to take shelter."

The CPI-Maoist blew up a school building in the Chatra District in Jharkhand. "A group of armed Maoists packed dynamites inside the Nawadih Middle School and triggered the blast, damaging its three rooms," SP, D. B. Sharma, told reporters in Chatra.

Maoists blew up a section of the rail track between Jogeshwar Bihar and Dania in Jharkhand which resulted in damage to the overhead equipment. According to railway sources, a night patrolman had noticed a three-foot hole, presumably dug for planting explosives, in the down track near the Karmabad station. Further, in the afternoon, a freight train was derailed near Mahua Milan in the Latehar District.
CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a stretch of railway track and set ablaze three trucks in Jharkhand. "They (Maoists) blew up a stretch of railway track around 2.30 am at Jharandih in the Coal belt Industrial Chord section in Dhanbad," Senior Public Relations Officer of the Dhanbad Rail Division, Amrendra Das, told PTI in Dhanbad. The Shaktipunj Express was held up due to blast, he added.

September 19: CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a major portion of a community hall in the Burger Bazaar locality of Bhandaria block in Garhwa District in Jharkhand. However, no casualty was reported.

The house of a local Rashtriya Janata Dal party leader was blown up at Chatra and a passenger van was set ablaze by the extremists in Khunti District in Jharkhand. Reports said five PLFI cadres intercepted a jeep near Chamri village, forced the passengers to alight and set ablaze the vehicle.

The CPI-Maoist cadres carried out five powerful bomb blasts at Niro Madanpur hillocks in the Topchanchi block under the Tundi Assembly constituency of Dhanbad District in Jharkhand. Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar said that no one was injured in the blasts that occurred in a hilly area, about two kilometres from residential areas, at around 1pm (IST). Dhanbad Superintendent of Police Suman Gupta added that it was a desperate attempt by the Maoists to disrupt the poll process. But they failed to do so.

Maoists blew up railway tracks between Goelkera and Sonua stations under the Chakradharpur division in Jharkhand around 10.30pm (IST). Though the explosion did not cause much damage, it affected the movement of trains.

The Maoists blew up a middle school, Anant Madhya Vidyala, at Pratappur in the Chatra District in Jharkhand after placing dynamite in the rooms. The school was one of a cluster where voting was to take place on December 18 for the Assembly polls, the Police said. This was the fourth school in three days to have been blown up by the Maoists in Jharkhand. On November 24 they had demolished two schools in Palamau District and one in Giridih District.

More than 20 heavily armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist attacked the Roxy railway station, located in a remote place under K. Bolang Police Station area in Sundergarh District in Orissa, and blew it up after asking the employees to move out. The Maoists also abducted three persons, including the Station Master, besides setting ablaze around 15 vehicles parked near the small railway station used primarily for iron ore transportation, Police said. The station is used for transporting iron ore to the Rourkela Steel Plant. Later the three railways employees, who were held captive by the Maoists for over three hours, were released with a warning not to run trains during a shutdown.

August 24: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a railway track in the Latehar District in Jharkhand. Train services were, consequently, disrupted between the Barwadih-Barkakana route following the incident. About 20 insurgents exploded the track between Kumundi and Hehegarha railway stations, about 150 kilometers from capital Ranchi, the Latehar Railway Station Master P.N. Tiwari said. The blast occurred at 6:30am after the Rajdhani Express crossed the spot at 5:30am. Latehar Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Diwedi, however, said the blast was not targeted at any train.
The Maoists bombed and destroyed two towers in the Palamau District in Jharkhand. They blew up a mobile tower. About 50 armed insurgents reached the site of the tower situated on Aurangabad-Medininagar route in the District, stuffed it with explosives before blowing it up, Deputy Superintendent of Police Brajmohan Paswan said in Latehar. The blast left a big crater on the spot, about 200 kilometers from Ranchi, he added.

Around 10 to 15 cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up a panchayat (village level self-Government institution) building in the Chahapur village of Palamau District in Jharkhand. However, no casualty was reported as the building was empty at the time. After blowing up the building, Maoist shouted slogans against the Security Forces'' operation in the Lalgarh area of West Bengal.

June 10: 11 Policemen, including a CRPF Inspector, were killed and six others injured when Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered a landmine explosion targeting their vehicle in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. A joint team of the CRPF and Jharkhand Police was returning from a two-day long-range patrolling in Saranda forest when the explosion took place between Serengda and Aruanga villages, Director-General of Police V. D. Ram said. The victims also included the Officer in Charge of Goilkera Police Station, Philips Tete, and Assistant Sub-Inspector P. C Hembram besides CRPF inspector P. Parimal. An encounter between the Maoists and the Police followed the blast which was still continuing, CRPF Commandant Sanjay Singh said.

May 24: In Chatra District of Jharkhand suspected Maoists blew up two blocks of a middle school building in the Kaura village under Pratapur Police Station. During the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, the Police had put up camps in these buildings.

A bus conductor was killed and three CRPF personnel injured in two landmine blasts triggered by suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist near Pomgir village in the West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. The blasts occurred when a joint team of CRPF and Police personnel were on long-range patrolling duty in the Saranda forest under the Bandgaon Police Station. "The security personnel were patrolling on foot while a police bus moved close-by. When they reached somewhere near Pomgir, two landmines were set off by suspected Maoists," an unnamed official said. The conductor of the bus died on the spot while the three CRPF soldiers sustained injuries in the incident.
Police said the Maoists also triggered an explosion on the road between Giridih and Dumri areas of Jharkhand and cut trees to block it.

Maoists attacked a CRPF camp and blew up the Chiyanki railway station in Palamau District of Jharkhand. They also bombed the outer cabin of the railway station. The cabin man and porter have been missing since the attack.

The Maoists blew up a school and health centre in the Narayanpur village of Chatra District in Jharkhand.

A group of over 50 Maoists bombed the Utari Road railway station and also destroyed a nearby track in the Palamau District of Jharkhand. Police said the militants had planned to target the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express, which was to pass through the station 30 minutes after the blast.

April 19: The CPI-Maoist called for a Jharkhand-Bihar general shutdown on April 22, a day before the second phase of parliamentary elections, in protest against the "killing of five villagers" by CRPF personnel at Barhania valley in Latehar District in Jharkhand on April 15. The encounter occurred immediately after a landmine explosion was carried out by the Maoists. The CRPF personnel claimed that the five were Naxalites, but villagers said they were innocent.

About a dozen armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up a school building in Kiukra village under Pirtand Police Station in Giridih District of Jharkhand, days after the Security Forces (SFs) used it as a shelter during combing operations ahead of the second phase of parliamentary elections in Jharkhand on April 23. This was the 15th Government structure to be destroyed by the Maoists in five Districts for housing SF personnel, on anti-Maoist raid, during the last one month.

April 17: One BSF trooper was killed and three others were injured in a landmine explosion at Kone village in Latehar District of Jharkhand. This was the third such incident in as many days. The BSF personnel and election staff were returning on foot in the morning when the landmine exploded. The explosion occurred after the Security Forces detected two other landmines and defused them.

April 15: The Maoists triggered a landmine blast at Varnia Ghati in the hilly tracts of Barwadi in Latehar District of Jharkhand blowing up a bus ferrying CRPF personnel leading to an exchange of fire with the Security Forces in which two CRPF personnel, a civilian driver and five Maoists were killed. Immediately after the blast, 80 CRPF constables, who had earlier alighted from the bus fearing a Maoist attack since a road stretch had a sharp incline slowing down traffic and were walking behind the vehicle, took positions and fired on the extremists, Inspector General of Police (Provisions) S.N. Pradhan said. Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in the State in two phases on April 16 and April 23.

April 9: About a dozen armed Maoists blew up the building of the Belhra High School at Bishrampur in the Palamau District in Jharkhand, taking the total number of Government buildings destroyed by them to 10 in different Districts within a week. There was no loss of life in the incident. The Maoists left a note at the incident site claiming responsibility for the blast.

One person was killed and four Security Force (SF) Personnel were injured when a bomb exploded near Majholi village in Palamau District of Jharkhand. The SF personnel were trying to defuse the bomb when it exploded.

About a dozen armed Maoists blew up the building of the Belhra High School at Bishrampur in the Palamau District of Jharkhand, taking the total number of Government buildings destroyed by them to 10 in different Districts within a week. There was no loss of life in the incident. The Maoists left a note at the incident site claiming responsibility for the blast.

About 40 cadres of the CPI-Maoists under the leadership of their 'sub-zonal commander' Sanjay Yadav blew up the Project High School at Makka village in Lohardaga District of Jharkhand. The Project High School is located less than a kilometre away from the village middle school where paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) personnel are reportedly camping these days.

April 4: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle was badly damaged in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists at a forest area near Bareni village in Latehar District of Jharkhand. The vehicle was ferrying luggage of CRPF personnel who were returning to their base after handing over charge to BSF personnel for election duty. The Jharkhand Police spokesperson Inspector General S. N. Pradhan said the CRPF personnel had a miraculous escape as they were walking beside the vehicle when the Maoists triggered the landmine blast.

April 2: CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's house, a school building and a healthcare centre in the Moktama village of Chatra District in Jharkhand, the Police said. About 50 Maoists barged into BJP leader Mahendra Yadav's house and asked his family members to run out, the report added. They then detonated bombs. They also blew up a school building and an anganvadi (mother and child centre) building in the same village. In the last three days, Maoists have reportedly blown up six Government buildings in the State.

March 30: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up four public buildings at different places in the State. A vacant community hall was blown up at Penk village in the Bokaro District of Jharkhand. A separate group of Maoists exploded two buildings housing primary schools in Ghansitola village in the Latehar District. In the third incident, a primary school building in the Banalat area of Gumla District was blown up destroying a portion of the structure. However, no loss of life was reported in any of these incidents.

The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up four public buildings at different places in the State. A vacant community hall was blown up at Penk village in the Bokaro District of Jharkhand. A separate group of Maoists exploded two buildings housing primary schools in Ghansitola village in the Latehar District. In the third incident, a primary school building in the Banalat area of Gumla District was blown up destroying a portion of the structure. However, no loss of life was reported in any of these incidents.

March 29: A group of uniformed CPI-Maoist cadres armed with sophisticated weapons blew up an Aircel telecom tower and a house at Daihar village in the Chouparan area of Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. According to the Sub-divisional Police officer (SDPO) of Barhi, Arun Kumar Sinha, the house belonged to one Gopal Singh, who was a member of the Shastra People’s Morcha, a breakaway group of the CPI-Maoist. No loss of life was reported from the house as it was abandoned. Before leaving, the Maoists left pamphlets, saying Gopal Singh’s house was blown up as he and Shastra People’s Morcha were behind the killing of four members of the outfit two months ago in Jori. They also asked the villagers to boycott the election.

The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a primary school and a primary health centre at Nitar under Manatu Police Station in Palamu District of Jharkhand. Superintendent of Police Ravi Kant Dhan informed the media on March 22 that the walls of both the buildings were badly damaged, while doors, furnitures and other goods were reduced to ashes.

March 8: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and one civilian were injured in a landmine blast triggered by the Maoists near Kanjgiro village in the Bokaro District of Jharkhand.

March 12: Maoists blew up a Government building in the Lathear District of Jharkhand.
February 27: A group more than 30 cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up the Panchayat (village-level local self Government) building in Mahdand village of the Palamau District of Jharkhand. However, no one was injured in the incident.

February 9: More than 100 cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up the house of one Chandrashekhar Dagi, an assistant jailer in the Hazaribagh central jail, in the Lembugua village of Chatra District accusing him of torturing Maoists in the jail. The Maoists asked all the people inside to come out before blowing up the house. No one was injured in the incident, though the house was completely destroyed.

February 2: A group of 50 Maoist cadres blew up a transmission tower of Airtel situated in the Garo village of Chatra District. More than 13 such towers have been blown up by the Maoists in the State in the last three years.

January 17: Six Policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in the Latehar District. "The explosion took place around 1.30 pm when the police personnel were on patrol at Do-Pahani village,'' Inspector General (Police) G. S. N. Pradhan said. While five Policemen died on the spot, one constable succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. Police suspect the possibility of Maoists triggering the blast to avenge their ‘zonal commander’ Sashi Bhuiyan''s arrest in the Gumla District on January 15. The explosion coincided with a bandh (shut down) called by the CPI-Maoist in Gumla, Simdega, Latehar, Lohardaga and Ranchi Districts in protest against Bhuiyan''s arrest.

January 11: A CRPF trooper was killed and another sustained injuries in a landmine explosion triggered by the Maoists at Gorabandha in the East Singhbhum District. "Shivpal Singh, a havildar, was killed in the blast at Rajabasa-Kirodari village and a constable, Jitendra Singh, was rushed to Tata Main hospital with critical injuries," Deputy Commissioner of East Singhbhum, Ravindra Agarwal, told PTI.

Bomb blasts triggered by the CPI-Maoist- 2008

December 14: A 250-strong group of Maoists looted and then blew up the ancestral house of Satyanand Bhotka, a former minister and a legislator from Chatra, in Kari village of the Hazaribag District of Jharkhand. Armed Maoists entered the village and confronted Bigan Ganjhu, a cousin of Bhokta, outside their ancestral house. They assaulted Ganjhu and forced him to call out his family members, asking them to open the door. After rendering the family hostage, Maoists looted clothes, cash and ornaments and later planted bombs in the house.

November 29: About 50 cadres of the CPI-Maoist triggered an explosion targeting a school building at Panki in the Palamau District of Jharkhand. The Palamau Superintendent of Police Deepak Verma confirmed the attack and said the police personnel were camping inside the school premises about three days ago. "The main gate and windows of the school were damaged in the incident. There is no information of any deaths yet," he added.

A person was injured when a crude bomb exploded near Chandrapura railway junction in Bokaro District of Jharkhand.

October 15: The Giridih District police and para-military CRPF personnel seized huge quantities of explosives from the Parasnath hills of Jharkhand. The recoveries include 50 bundles of Codex wire, 5,450 detonators and 750 quintals gelatine on the basis of information from two of the Maoists, Manir Ansari and Badruddin Ansari, arrested on October 14 from the same area. Pirtand officer-in-charge H.E. Siddiqui said, "Codex wire has been recovered for the first time in Jharkhand. It is a lethal explosive because it cannot be spotted by a metal detector and can cause a blast even inside water." "Only a knot in the wire can make it work like a bomb, only a single knot could cause a blast up to of 720 metres and could blow up a vehicle 20-feet high. So far, these explosive have been used only by forces in wars," he added.

October 3: CPI-Maoist blew up the control room of a mobile phone tower in Palamau District of Jharkhand. Police sources said that a group of 20-30 Maoists surrounded the control room of the mobile operator Reliance India and asked the employees to vacate it. Subsequently, detonators were used to blast the control room. They also set a generator on fire.

September 28: Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a school building in the Palamau District of Jharkhand. Police sources said that a group of 20 to 30 Maoists surrounded a middle school in the Manatu block, around 190 kilometres from State capital Ranchi and blasted the building using detonators. No person has been injured in the blast. The school building was used by the security force personnel while launching combing operations against the Maoists.

August 31: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren invited the CPI-Maoist for talks. Speaking to the press, after paying homage to 11 policemen killed in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on August 30, the Chief Minister said, "I want an end to the bloodbath and the government is ready for talks. If the Maoists have any grievance against the system they should come forward for talks. The government will talk with them even if they want to come via any agency of their choice."

August 30: 12 police personnel were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was blown up in a landmine blast in the East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. Deputy Superintendent of Police Madhusudan Bari told that the policemen led by sub-inspector Ravi Kant, in-charge of the Digha police picket, were on a long range patrol when the landmine planted by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres exploded near Burudih dam. All the 12 occupants of the vehicle died on the spot.

August 18: Maoists blew up a petrol pump building and set fire to four vehicles in Chatrapur police station of Palamau District of Jharkhand. Police sources said that a group of 20 to 25 Maoists surrounded the petrol pump, evacuated the building, blasted it and damaged the fuel refilling machines. The Maoist rebels then burnt four vehicles parked near the petrol pump. They also set a crusher machine on fire.

August 6: Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres blew up the block office building at Dandai in Garwah District of Jharkhand. Police sources said that a group of Maoists assembled near the vacated building and blasted it with explosives. The extent of the damage to the building however, is not yet known due to the remote location of the office.
An exchange of fire between the Maoists and Police personnel was reported from at Muchadih in Giridih District of Jharkhand. Maoists blew up a community building at Pipra village in the Palamau District. No one was injured in the incident.

June 30: A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and four constables were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres at Pundigiri village in the Bundu area, 50-kilometres from Jharkhand capital Ranchi. While the DSP and two constables were killed on the spot, two others succumbed to injuries when they were being shifted to the hospital. Another critically injured police personnel was admitted to the hospital. The police personnel were returning to the headquarters after conducting raids in the Bundu area. Jharkhand police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) RK Mallik said, "The Maoists had planted a landmine on the return route of the police party and set it off when the vehicle passed through that point."

June 20: Eight wagons of a goods train were derailed and four severely damaged as People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) extremists blew up about five feet of railway tracks between two small stations, Pokla and Bakaspur in the Ranchi division of Jharkhand. The PLFI had earlier called for a 12-hour general strike in the area to protect against price rise, corruption and alleged police atrocities on extremists, the impact of which was most noticeable in Gumla, Simdega, Lohardaga, Chatra and Khunti Districts. Long-distance busses remained off the roads and markets were closed in these Districts. State police spokesperson and deputy inspector-general of police Raj Kumar Mallik said that the PLFI had only a marginal presence in some parts of the state and had joined hands with the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers to gain strength.

June 16: CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a portion of a road bridge near Tundi between Dhanbad and Giridih, in the Dhanbad District of Jharkhand. Maoists had called for a 24-hour general strike in the North Chottanagpur area in the State in protest against the killing of four of their activists in Hazaribagh last month. The general strike call reportedly evoked no response in Hazaribagh, Giridih and Koderma Districts.

May 25: Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a bomb blast near Tamar in Jharkhand on the National Highway No. 33 between Ranchi and Jamshedpur in an abortive attempt to booby-trap police personnel patrolling the highway. No one was injured in the incident. Police personnel subsequently recovered and defused another explosive device in the area.

May 7: A wireless supervisor of the police was killed and three other police personnel were wounded in an attack by the CPI-Maoist cadres at Holong Ghati near Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. The Hazaribagh District Superintendent of Police told that a vehicle carrying five police personnel from Giridih was attacked by a group of 50 Maoists, who opened fire and lobbed explosives targeting the vehicle, thus, killing the police wireless officer Oliver Purti. Later, the Maoists blocked the Hazaribagh-Dhanbad road via Bishnugarh and Bagodar on National Highway (NH) No. 100 resulting in a traffic jam for six hours on the route.

April 29: CPI-Maoist cadres triggered an explosion damaging an under-construction Government building at Madhuban in the Giridih District of Jharkhand. A group of 20 Maoists reportedly reached the vacant building site and packed it with explosives before triggering the blast. In February 2007, the same building being built for the tourists by the Government had been destroyed by the militants.

April 16: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a two-metre stretch of railway track between Hazaribagh Road and Parasnath railway stations in the Giridih District of Jharkhand. The blast affected rail traffic in the Grand Chord section of Jharkhand, the main line that connects eastern and northern India.

April 2: 13 security force personnel and a two-and-a-half-year-old girl were injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in the Banasu village in the Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. The SF personnel were conducting a joint patrolling in the area, about 35-kilometres from the District headquarters.

January 1: An explosion targeting the Simdega Superintendent of Police, D.B. Sharma, who was rushing with police re-enforcement to the encounter site, and a brief exchange of fire between the police and extremists occurred at Keriaghati in the Simdega district of Jharkhand. However, no casualty was reported in the incident.
A police constable, identified as Sunil Kumar, was killed and three others wounded when armed CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a police outpost at Bansjore in the Simdega District of Jharkhand. "Nearly 500 Maoist rebels surrounded the outpost and hurled petrol bombs before firing indiscriminately around midnight last night. Policemen retaliated and the gunfight lasted till three in the morning," said Sergeant Major J. K. Jha. Police have claimed some fatality on the Maoists side on the basis of bloodstains found at the encounter site. A civilian was also injured in the attack

Bomb blasts triggered by the CPI-Maoist- 2007

October 27: At least 17 people, including the son of former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, were killed by armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist at Chilkhadia village in Giridih district of Jharkhand around 1 am (IST). According to the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Arun Kumar Singh, around 25-30 Maoists mingled with the crowd at a cultural programme in the village and later around 1 am, they suddenly opened indiscriminate fire and exploded bombs killing 14 people on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries later. Four people were wounded in the attack.

October 25: CPI-Maoist cadres destroyed a school building by exploding landmines at Sobaranpur in Giridih district of Jharkhand. According to Superintendent of Police, Arun Singh, Maoists blasted the structure as security personnel often used it as rest house during nights.

August 6: The CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a forest guest house in the Chainpur village of Daltanganj district in Jharkhand and left behind leaflets threatening more such attacks.

August 5: Maoists blew up a forest beat office and set ablaze two forest guard quarters at Ramgarh in the Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand. However, there was no report of any loss of life.

August 3: CPI-Maoists blew up a forest department guesthouse and damaged a transmission tower of the Reliance Communications in different Maoist-affected areas of Jharkhand.

Maoists detonated explosions in two railway stations - Demo railway station between Latehar and Richuguta and Bendi railway station between Barwadih-Barkakana - in the Latehar district of Jharkhand.

July 17: Maoists blew up the office of the Block Development Officer in Gomia block of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

June 26: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up railway tracks between Gomia and Dania in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand.

June 25: CPI-Maoist cadres abducted the driver and guard of a goods train after blowing up railway tracks and subsequently damaging the train at Latehar in Jharkhand. However, no casualties were reported. Another length of the track was blasted between Mangra and Barwadih near Latehar. Some 20 trains travelling through the State have been reportedly cancelled as Maoists began their strike early on June 26.

May 2: Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed while they were planting a landmine at Mukti village under Bhandariya police station in the Garhwa district of Jharkhand. According to police, the landmine accidentally exploded killing the insurgents on the spot.

One police personnel was killed and six others injured when Maoists triggered a landmine blast near Urdango village in the Giridih district of Jharkhand. The incident occurred when police personnel were returning after attending a community service programme organised to create confidence among the people about security.

April 6: Maoists exploded a series of bombs and blew up the Pilpilo road bridge connecting the Central Coalfields Limited’s Khashmahal project with the main highway in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand.

February 27: CPI-Maoist cadres detonated an explosion targeting an under-construction building of the state tourism department at Madhuvan in the Giridih district of Jharkhand. There was no casualty in the explosion which damaged the interior of the building.


Other Maoists’ major Incidents In Jharkhand

2007

October 28: Five people were killed by the CPI-Maoist cadres in the Boda village of Latehar district. According to police, the five people were abducted from their villages and subsequently killed in the nearby forest. Lathehar Superintendent of Police, Ravikant Dhan, said that the bullet-ridden bodies of the four persons were recovered near a culvert at Boda village. The whereabouts of the fifth one is yet to be ascertained. A hand written note reportedly found near the bodies accused that the victims are supporters of Trititya Prastuti Samiti, the police said.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were killed by the SFs in an encounter when Maoists opened fire on the SFs who were raiding certain areas in the Latehar and Lohardaga districts. Latehar and Lohardaga district Superintendents of Police, Ravikant Dhan and Subodh Prasad respectively, said the bodies of the three slain cadres were recovered from the spot. "The police party stumbled upon the rebels near Bijubaithan hamlet in Lohar-daga this morning. There was a fierce gun battle where the police were able to kill three Maoist rebels," said Deputy Inspector General of Police (personnel), R.K. Mallick. The police also claimed to have recovered one self-loading rifle, one carbine and two rifles from the spot.

October 27: 18 persons, including the son of former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, were killed by armed cadres of the CPI-Maoist at Chilkhadia village in Giridih district. According to the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Arun Kumar Singh, around 25-30 Maoists mingled with the crowd at a cultural programme in the village and later around 1 am, they suddenly opened indiscriminate fire and exploded bombs killing 14 people on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries later. Four people were wounded in the attack. Babulal Marandi disclosed that his son, Anup, was among those killed but his brother had escaped the attack. He stated: "My family has been a target of the naxals... they should be more careful. As per my information the Maoists were in CRPF uniform, sat with the crowd watching the cultural programme and attacked during the closing part."

September 12: Cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee abducted four supporters of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Amit Jaiswal, S Sao, Raj Kishore Pareiha and Mahesh Ram and killed them in Barwadih village of Lather district. The bodies were reportedly recovered from Balumath area on September 14.
Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT) cadres, a left-wing extremist group, killed three supporters of the TPC in Bano forest area of Simdega district.

May 29: Cadres of the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT), a left-wing extremist group, shot dead four supporters of the rival TPC outfit, identified as Arjun Ganjhu alias Tasala Ganjhu, Jahru Ganjhu, Sukhan Ganjhu and Paras Ganjhu, at Barwa Toli near Salechnawa village under Balumath police station area in the Latehar district.

May 28: CPI-Maoist cadres abducted and subsequently killed four members of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway faction of the CPI-Maoist, with sharp edged weapons in the Latehar district. Jharkhand Director General of Police, J. B. Mahapatra, said, "The killing is outcome of fight for collection of levy from the coal traders. Earlier members of CPI-Maoist were abducted by the TPC over fight for levy collection. And the killing is outcome of retaliation of CPI-Maoist".

May 12: CRPF personnel killed five CPI-Maoist cadres, including two women extremists, during an encounter in the jungle of Tutitola village of Garwah district. Four self loading rifles, one AK rifle and some other objectionable material were recovered from the site of encounter.

April 9: Eight left-wing extremists belonging to a breakaway group called Tritiya Prastuti Committee (Third Preparatory Committee), a breakaway faction of the CPI-Maoist, were killed in a clash with 100 CPI-Maoist cadres near Bhadgao under Balumath police area, in the Latehar district. One CPI-Maoist cadre was also killed and several others injured in the gun battle.

April 6: Six people, including two security force personnel, were killed when an armed group of approximately 300 CPI-Maoist cadres attacked the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) camp and the adjoining Gandhinagar police station building in the Bokaro thermal power city area of Bokaro district. Maoists exploded a series of bombs and also blew up the Pilpilo road bridge connecting the Central Coalfields Limited’s Khashmahal project with the main highway.

March 4: CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead Sunil Kumar Mahato, a member of parliament (MP) belonging to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), who was witnessing a football match organised to mark Holi festivals at Bakuria village in the East Singhbhum district. Two of his bodyguards, a civilian and two party colleagues were also killed in the attack.

2008

September 17: Three cadres of the CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter near Ghamapahari in the Chatra district. The 90-minute encounter occurred after a special task force of police and CRPF personnel carried out a raid on a tip off about a Maoist gathering. Superintendent of Police, Hazaribagh, Praveen Kumar Singh said while the body of Jeetendra, believed to be the section commander of the action squad of Maoists has been recovered, Maoists managed to escape with bodies of two of their colleagues. An SLR and a .303 rifle, both looted from the police armoury earlier were recovered from the encounter site. Other recovered items include ten bags, 450 live cartridges, four electronic detonators, INR 19,000, posters in Hindi and jewelleries.

August 30: 12 police personnel were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was blown up in a landmine blast in the East Singhbhum district. Deputy Superintendent of Police Madhusudan Bari told that the policemen led by sub-inspector Ravi Kant, in-charge of the Digha police picket, were on a long range patrol when the landmine planted by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres exploded near Burudih dam. All the 12 occupants of the vehicle died on the spot.

July 29: Three hardcore Maoists, including two women cadres, were killed in an encounter that ensued after security force personnel raided the Tilaya forest area under Vishnugarh police station in the Hazaribagh district. The slain insurgents were identified as a 'zonal commander' Niranjan Da alias Chandru Manjhi and two women cadres Anita alias Vinita and Mamta. Hazaribagh district Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar Singh said that some injured extremists managed to escape from the incident site. The SFs also recovered one self-loading rifle, two regular rifles (303) both looted from police, 150 rounds of ammunition which included live cartridges for 303 rifles, a large quantity of Maoist literatures, diaries containing the names and amount of levies realised, names of newly recruited members along with receipt books and one Motorola brand walkie-talkie and other materials from the spot. Approximately 100 Maoists had reportedly assembled at Tilaya forest area near Narki village to celebrate their 'martyr week' along with Niranjan Da and dozens of women cadres.

July 8: CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a MLA belonging to the Janata Dal-United, Ramesh Singh Munda, along with his two bodyguards and a teenaged boy at the sub-divisional town of Bundu in the Ranchi district. The MLA was distributing prizes to students at the S. S. College when the incident occurred. Maoists, numbering around 12, first killed one of the three security guards, Shiv Nath Minj, outside the hall where the ceremony was under way. They then barged in and fired bullets killing Munda and his other bodyguard Khurshid Alam. A student was caught in the firing and died after being hit by a bullet. Munda's third bodyguard, Shesh Nath Singh, who survived, said that the entire attack was over within 10 minutes.

June 30: A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and four constables were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres at Pundigiri village in the Bundu area, 50-kilometres from State capital Ranchi. While the DSP and two constables were killed on the spot, two others succumbed to injuries when they were being shifted to the hospital. Another critically injured police personnel was admitted to the hospital. The police personnel were returning to the headquarters after conducting raids in the Bundu area. Jharkhand police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) RK Mallik said, "The Maoists had planted a landmine on the return route of the police party and set it off when the vehicle passed through that point."

June 4: Three CPI-Maoist cadres were killed during an encounter with the security forces near Bhopadih village in the Chatra district. The slain Maoists include Ganesh Ganju, a ‘sub-zonal commander’ of the outfit. Police also arrested two Maoists. The encounter occurred when the Police personnel carried out a raid in the village after receiving information of a Maoist meeting there. The Maoists retaliated with gun fire when the SFs asked them to surrender. One carbine, one pistol, explosives and Maoist literature were recovered from the encounter site.

June 2: CPI-Maoist cadres killed three villagers near the capital Ranchi for allegedly collecting money in the name of the outfit. Police said the three people were abducted from Parasi village in Tamar block, around 70 kilometres from Ranchi, on June 1 and their bodies were recovered the next day from the forest area of Tamar. Pamphlets left near the bodies said, "Anyone who will extort money in the name of our organization will meet the same fate."

June 1: Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including a ‘sub-zonal commander’ and a woman extremist, were killed in an encounter with the police at Sundermahto village in the Hazaribag district. A tip off by an arrested Maoist, identified as Arjun Yadav, reportedly led to the encounter in which three Maoists and the former were killed. Police sources said that Arjun was killed while trying to escape. Police recovered two guns, one pistol and a landmine weighing 30-kilograms were recovered from the possession of the slain Maoists.

May 21: The CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead three persons and injured another at Kotam village in the Gumla district. The Superintendent of Police Baljit said that among the dead were two brothers, identified as Nijamul Ansari and Ajmul Ansari. A group of six Maoists opened fire on a shop owned by the brothers killing them and a customer Mahesh Mahto. Police suspect extortion could be the motive behind the attack.

April 27: Five CPI-Maoist cadres were killed during an encounter with the security forces near the Dilwa railway station. Police sources said that a group of 100 Maoists were planning to blow up the nearby Koderma railway station when the SFs intervened, leading to the encounter. The SF personnel recovered an unspecified number of rifles and cartridges from the incident site.

April 26: Three policemen and two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter in Dumka.

April 8: Nine persons were killed and two others injured when the CPI-Maoist cadres fired on a vehicle and subsequently set it ablaze in the Semra forest area under Palkot police station of Gumla district. Among the victims were Bhado Singh, a member of Shanti Sena (Peace Force), a police backed resistance force, and his family members. Singh and his family members were proceeding to Palkot from Bhagina village.

April 1: Joint teams of the Jharkhand Police and the CRPF personnel in an encounter killed eight CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman and a ‘sub zonal commander’ of the outfit, at Bandu village under Ranka Police Station in the Garhwa district. The Director General of Police (DGP), V. D. Ram, told, "We had received a tip off about the movement of Maoists. One SLR, four 303 rifles, three 315 rifles, one sten-gun, one DBBL gun, one country made revolver and large number of live cartridges besides naxal literatures and belongings of the Maoists were recovered." Of the eight slain Maoists, one was identified as Basant Yadav, a ‘sub-zonal commander’, while two others are suspected to be Rajesh Paswan and Lallan Thakur, both ‘area commanders’.
CPI-Maoist cadres killed four civilians at Poradih-Chenpur village in the Khunti district. Dead bodies of the victims whose throats were slit were recovered on April 2. A hand-written note left behind by the Maoists claimed the four persons were being ‘punished’ for indulging in robbery. The Maoists also claimed to have taken away a hand-made pistol and three motorbikes from the slain villagers.

February 14: Seven CPI-Maoist cadres, including Vikash, an accused in the killing of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Member of Parliament Sunil Mahto, were killed in an encounter with security forces at Phuljore in the East Singhbhum district. Deputy Inspector General of Police Manoj Mishra stated that two women cadres were among the slain Maoists. The encounter followed an exchange of fire between the Maoists and the Nagarik Suraksha Samiti (NSS), a vigilance organisation formed by villagers with support of the district police, in which two Maoists were killed. When a joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force and local police personnel rushed to the area to assist the NSS, an encounter took place with the Maoists in which five extremists were killed. Eight weapons and some live cartridges were recovered from the encounter site.

January 11: Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including a ‘zonal commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, Mahendra Karwa, were killed in a fierce three hour gun battle with security forces in Chainpur hills of the Palamau district, the police said. The gunfight took place when patrolling Jharkhand police and CRPF personnel spotted 10 Maoists on January 11-night. The police recovered two rifles, live cartridges and explosives from the slain cadres.

2009

December 6: Four civilians were killed when suspected CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a truck in a landmine blast in the Dantewada District, Police said. The Maoist blew up the truck near Keralapal village in the District, killing all the four persons travelling in the vehicle on the spot, Superintendent of Police (Dantewada) Amresh Singh said. The truck had left Doranapal village in the District for Sukama with truck's owner Surya Narayan Raju and three labourers. As it reached near Keralapal village on NH-221, the Maoists triggered landmine blast, he added, saying, Police was trying to ascertain the identity of victims.

December 11: Seven CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an exchange of fire with the Police in the Dantewada District, the Police said. The operation led by the District Police force took place in the Aranpur forests of Jangargunda area on December 11, Inspector General (Bastar range) R. K. Vij said. Weapons, including .303 rifles, grenades and IEDs were recovered from the possession of the slain Maoists, he added.

November 22: Two CRPF personnel and a Police driver were killed and six others injured in a twin landmine blast triggered by the CPI-Maoist near Lapung village under Bishunpur Police Station of Gumla District. Sources said the landmines, connected in series, exploded simultaneously completely damaging the anti-landmine vehicle in which the Security Force personnel were travelling. While head constable Pramod Kumar Singh and Constable Arvind Sarkar of the CRPF (D-41 Battalion) died on the spot, District Police driver Prakash Minz, who was driving the anti-landmine vehicle, succumbed to his injuries later. The CRPF Deputy Inspector General Alok Raj said the blasts occurred when the CRPF personnel were on their way from Gumla town to Jorri village under Bishunpur Police Station following the blowing up of a primary health centre (PHC) at the village by Maoists late the night of November 21. "It appears that the Maoists lay in wait to ambush the security personnel after damaging the PHC," Raj added.

October 25: Four CPI-Maoist cadres were killed and three others arrested during an encounter with the SFs at Jonha, about 40 kilometres from capital Ranchi, Police said.

October 20: Three persons were killed and six others critically injured when the CPI-Maoist cadres attacked Rajpur village in the Chatra District.

September 26-28: Four PLFI cadres, including an ‘area commander’, were killed in a clash with the CPI-Maoist in the Gumla District, Police said on September 28. The four PLFI cadres were killed in an encounter at Nawatoli village in the night of September 26, Superintendent of Police Upendra Kumar said.

September 22: Three TPC cadres were killed and three others arrested during an encounter between the Police and extremists in the Kumbha Begwari village of Hazaribagh District.

September 6-7: Five villagers were shot dead by the CPI-Maoist at Pundigiri under Tamar block, 45 kilometers from Ranchi, Police said on September 7. According to the Police, the Maoists raided Pundigiri village in the night of September 6 and abducted the five villagers and took them to a forest where they were shot dead.

August 28: Four persons, including a 12-year-old girl and a woman, were killed and another injured by the CPI-Maoist cadres who raided a civilian's home on the outskirts of Ranchi.

July 22: Police claimed that six CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces that led to neutralizing of three CPI-Maoist camps in the Simdega District.

June 16: Four Policemen were killed and five others sustained injuries in an encounter between the Police and cadres of the CPI-Maoist at Manatu Police Station area of Palamu District.

June 12: The CPI-Maoist cadres detonated a landmine in the Nawadih area of the Bokaro District, killing at least 11 SF personnel and injuring eight, said the Director General of Police (DGP) V.D. Ram. The slain SF personnel belonged to the Jharkhand Armed Police and Special Armed Force, raised to fight the CPI-Maoist.
June 10: 11 Policemen, including a CRPF Inspector, were killed and six others injured when CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine explosion targeting their vehicle in West Singhbhum District.

May 9: Three suspected cadres of the PLFI, earlier known as JLT, were lynched by villagers of Kumaria in the Gumla District.

April 16: Cadres of the CPI-Maoist blew up a paramilitary BSF bus ferrying the BSF personnel from Ladhup to Arah at a place about 125 kilometres from capital Ranchi in Latehar District, killing seven BSF personnel, one helper and the civilian driver of the bus.

April 15: The Maoists triggered a landmine blast at Varnia Ghati in the hilly tracts of Barwadi in Latehar District blowing up a bus ferrying CRPF personnel leading to an exchange of fire with the Security Forces in which two CRPF personnel, a civilian driver and five Maoists were killed.

April 11: Five CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured when CPI-Maoist cadres opened fire on them inside Jalko forests under Arki Police station in Khunti District.

April 5: Left-wing extremists killed four security guards of the Abhijeet Group at the site office of the group's proposed power plant at Chakla village in Latehar District. While three guards died on the spot, another succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital.

March 8: Three cadres of the erstwhile JLT, presently known as the PLFI, were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces at Chatakpur village under Sneha Police Station in the Lohardaga District. However, eight others managed to escape.
February 24: Three suspected Naxalites were lynched by angry villagers at the village market in Gulu in Khunti District when they were allegedly extorting money from shopkeepers.

February 2: Residents of Hesalpidi village in the Ranchi District lynched three CPI-Maoist cadres who were trying to abduct a contractor.

January 31: Four villagers were shot dead by suspected cadres of the PLFI in Chalgi village of Khunti District. "The killing seems to be the outcome of an internal rivalry," said Khuti Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar.

January 17: Six Policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in the Latehar District.

January 4: During a joint operation, a STF team and District Police personnel shot dead a ‘sub-zonal commander’ of CPI-Maoist, identified as Babulal Munda alias Marandi, also known as Raman, and four other cadres in the Baish Resham forest area, nearly 30 kilometres from the Hazaribagh District headquarters.




Shashikant
Jharkhand
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