Karnataka Timeline 2010

January 6: The Karnataka Home Minister V. S. Acharya claimed that the Naxalite (left wing extremism) menace in the State is weakening.

January 10-11: Two suspected Naxalites— Devendra alias Krishna and Gangamma — who were arrested by the Shimoga Police on charges of spreading Naxalism in Raichur District and in the Western Ghats, were brought in Raichur on January 10.

January 26: Two people, including an Uttar Pradesh Policeman, were arrested by the Gorakhpur Police for smuggling bullets in the Subramanyapura area of Bangalore.

February 3: Inspector-General of Police (North-eastern Range) K.V. Gagandeep has asserted that the CPI-Maoist presence is on the wane in Raichur and Gulbarga Districts and there are practically no reports of Maoist activities in the previously affected areas of these Districts.

March 2: Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya said that the administration has gained considerable control over the Naxal-infested areas and the Centre has pulled out the State from the list of States hit by Naxals.

March 3: Sadashiva Gowda, an alleged sympathiser of the CPI-Maoist, was arrested by the Police near Hebri in Udupi District. A resident of Mairoli in Andar village, he was arrested on the charge of providing logistic support to the Maoists.