CPI-Maoist Major Incidents 2014
February 8: Three CPI-Maoist cadres
of National Park Supply Dalam (armed squad) were killed
in a joint operation by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh Police near
Bada Kakler village under Pharasgad Police Station in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh.
February 14: Three residents of
Nelnar, about 40 km from the District headquarters of Narayanpur
District of Chhattisgarh, have been killed in an incident which
the family and other villagers say is a fake encounter, an allegation
rubbished by the Police, who called the three as CPI-Maoist cadres.
February 18: Seven CPI-Maoist
cadres were killed in an encounter with Maharashtra Police near
Alitola village in Gadchiroli District.
February 28: Five Policemen, including
a Police Sub-Inspector, were killed and three others injured in
a CPI-Maoist ambush in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
March 11: Fifteen SF personnel
were killed in a CPI-Maoist ambush in Sukma District of south
Chhattisgarh. One civilian, Vikram Nishad, also died in the crossfire,
while three were injured.
April 7: At least three CRPF personnel
were killed and eight others, including Dhibra Police Station
SHO Amar Kumar, were injured in a landmine blast near Baranda
Mor under the Dhibra Police Station area in Aurangabad District
of Bihar.
April 9: Three personnel of the
CoBRA unit of the CRPF were killed and three others injured in
a CPI-Maoist ambush near Chintagufa village in Sukma District.
April 12: Seven polling officials
were killed in a landmine blast in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
April 12: Five CRPF troopers and
two civilians were killed in a Maoist ambush in Bastar District
of Chhattisgarh.
April 18: Three minor boys were
allegedly killed by a group of LWEs in Bero block of Ranchi District,
Jharkhand.
April 24: Eight persons, including
five Police personnel, two election officials and one cleaner
were killed and 10 others injured when CPI-Maoist cadres exploded
a landmine targetting a poll bus near Sarsa village under Shikaripara
Police Station of Dumka District soon after voting for the Lok
Sabha elections ended.
April 27: Death toll increases
to three in the April 27 incident as Police confirms that three
villagers were killed by CPI-Maoist cadres under Mathili Police
Station limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha.
May 11: Seven C-60 anti-CPI-Maoist
Police Commandos were killed and two critically injured when Maoists
blew up a Police vehicle under Chamorshi division of Gadchiroli
District, Maharashtra.
June 3: Three villagers were shot
dead allegedly by CPI-Maoist cadres, who suspected the trio of
working against them, at Jojo in Khunti District of Jharkhand.
June 19: Three CPI-Maoist cadres,
including Jana Babu Rao alias Ashok (48), district 'central
committee member' of Nallamalla range, Bharathi (38), wife of
Ashok and Vimalakka (35), were killed in an encounter with a Police
party in Nallamalla forest range at Kallagunta village in Yerragondabalem
mandal of Prakasam District near Guntur District border.
July 25: The Maoists killed three
persons in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
August 9: At least 14 cadres of
TPC were killed by the Maoists at Choti Kauriya village under
Vishrampur Police Station limits in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
August 16: At least four CPI-Maoist
cadres were killed in an encounter with Police in Narayanpur District.
September 12: SFs killed three
cadres of the CPI-Maoist, including an 'area commander', at Nayanpur
in Giridih District of Jharkhand. Police said that several cadres
were also injured in the three-hour gun battle. The slain Maoists,
who were in fatigues, were identified as area commander Dinesh
Pandit, Jeeblal Murmu and Shahdev Rai. The SFs also found an SLR,
a .303 and a .315 rifle and ammunition.
September 19: One trooper of the
STF, Budhdeo Sahu and two cadres of the CPI-Maoist were killed
in an encounter between SFs and Maoists in the forests of Harrakoder
and Picchikoder areas under Lohandiguda Police Station limits
in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh. Based on the inputs about
presence of a few Maoists in Harrakoder area, a joint team of
STF and DF conducted search operations during which some insurgents
sensing SFs opened indiscriminate fire on the team and the encounter
ensued. The bodies of two dead Maoists and a 4.5 automatic weapon
were recovered from the encounter spot.
October 8: Three woman cadres
of the CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter with SFs in Bijapur
District of Chhattisgarh. A joint team of District Police and
the CRPF came under fire from the Maoists near Potenar forest
in the District and an exchange of fire took place. After the
encounter the Police recovered three dead bodies of woman Maoists
and two country made rifles.
October 9: Three cadres of PLFI,
a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, were lynched by villagers
at Baghima Narotoli village of Gumla District of Jharkhand.
October 19: A group of irate tribals
lynched two CPI-Maoist cadres, after the Maoists killed one of
their fellow villagers, Gemmeli Sanjeeva Rao, at Veeravaram village
in Chintapalli mandal of Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.
November 3: Suspected cadres of
the PLFI, a breakaway faction of the CPI-Maoist, gunned down seven
persons, reportedly members of Shanti Sena, a local outfit formed
to maintain peace and brotherhood in Gumla District of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Police spokesperson Anurag Gupta confirmed the deaths.
Sources said PLFI cadres opened indiscriminate firing on a SUV
carrying seven members of Shanti Sena between Harup and Rerwa
villages under Kamdara Police Station area around 6.30pm. A police
officer requesting anonymity said it appears that PLFI rebels
were upset with the Shanti Sena, who used to speak against them
and were championing a society free of crime and extremism. Later,
on Police claimed, two SPOs were among the seven persons killed
in the Gumla incident of killing on November 3.
December 1: CPI-Maoist cadres
killed 14 CRPF personnel, including two officers, and seriously
injured another 13 troopers in an ambush near Kasalpara village
in Sukma District.
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