Chhattisgarh Timeline 2013

Date

Incidents

January 1

SFs busted a CPI-Maoist camp and arrested two Maoists following a gun battle with them in the forest area of Palarmeta in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh Police claimed a significant drop in Maoist-related incidents with 409 incidents being reported in 2012 compared to 530 the previous year.

A Sarpanch of Mankeli village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh was allegedly stabbed to death by CPI-Maoist cadres in Nayapara locality of Bijapur District headquarters.

The Central Government decided to induct 10,000 more Central Paramilitary Troops into counter-Naxal operations during the first quarter of this year (2013), with the aim of limiting LWE domination to the jungles of Bastar, Odisha and parts of Jharkhand.

A hardcore Maoist, identified as Manesingh, resident of Manhakal village, Durgkondal Police Station, in Kanker District was arrested from his native village. He was the secretary of Regional People Council (Jantana Sarkar).

An Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) and two constables were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted inside a bag by the CPI-Maoist cadres, blew off near Dabnahi in Gariaband District of Chhattisgarh. Later para-military Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) forces found another bomb in the area and diffused it.

Security Forces (SFs) deployed in Bijapur District arrested five Maoists from the dense forest of Timirguda and Gaurarm.

Police busted a Maoist camp under operation in a dense forested area of Birbhati village under Bhejji Police Station in Sukma District and seized large numbers of Maoist uniforms, guns and other items.

Rajnandgaon District Police, Chhattisgarh, seized large quantities of arms, ammunition, wires, tents and other materials used by CPI-Maoist cadres from the forests of Kandhura at the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border.

Normal life was affected in Nuapada and Gariabandh Districts of Odisha and Chhattisgarh respectively due to the bandh call given by CPI-Maoist.

A court in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh ordered the acquittal of 10 accused in the Tadmetla massacre of 76 SFs on April 6, 2010.

A 45-year-old man was killed by suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

SFs were locked in a gun battle with Maoists near Kaligudam village in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

SFs arrested three CPI-Maoist cadres, from different locations, during search operations, in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

One villager was killed and another injured in an explosion near a Police firing range in the forest area of Sirsiguda village in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh, however Police said possible involvement of the CPI-Maoist cannot be ruled out.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed the father of a Policeman who was abducted from Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District, in December 2012.

A CRPF trooper was killed and another injured as Maoists attacked a contingent of CRPF and local Police engaged in an area domination exercise in Timmadwada area of Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

Two women Maoists were killed in an encounter with SFs in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.

CPI-Maoist armed cadres opened indiscriminate fire at Darbha Police Station in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh, injuring one constable identified as Dharmendra Kunjam.

A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Arjun Kodo, was arrested from Dandikeda village, in Lohettar Police Station area of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.

The IAF helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing in the densely-forested Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, on January 18, after it came under fire from Maoists, has now been flown back to its operating base at Jagdalpur of Bastar District, after being repaired.

In a joint operation launched by the Kondagaon and Narayanpur District Police of Chhattisgarh, security personnel recovered pipe bomb, a generator, electric wires and pitthu bags from the CPI-Maoist dominated areas.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from Maoist-infested Bastar region in Chhattisgarh by SFs.

SFs busted a Maoist training camp in the forest of Pidiya village under Gangalur Police Station limits, in Bijapur District.

Bijapur District Police of Chhattisgarh destroyed an arms factory belonging to the CPI-Maoist after a brief gunfight.

The Maoists set on fire two earthmover vehicles at a road construction site in Pakhanjur area of Kanker District.

Chhattisgarh's tribal population in the Maoist affected Bastar region defied the Maoists dictates and celebrated the Republic Day (January 26), although the rebels blocked dozens of roads in forested interiors.

A 30-year-sportsman was killed and two others were injured after suspected CPI-Maoist cadres fired at them in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon District.

Four cadres of CPI-Maoist were arrested from Madded Police Station limits of Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh, during a search operation.

A constable of a Special Police party was injured in an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist cadres, in the forest area along the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border near Pujarikanker in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Maoists set on fire four vehicles, used in road construction work, in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.

The Government decided to move UAV base for anti-Naxal operations from Hyderabad to Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, closer to the 'red corridor' where SFs are engaged in a bloody battle with the LWEs.

SFs arrested five Maoist cadres who had set ablaze vehicles at Katekalyan in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, meanwhile a woman Maoist surrendered in Manpur area in Rajnandgaon District.

SFs destroyed a training-cum-medical camp of Maoists at Ghatkal in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.

A journalist, identified as Nemichand Jain, was killed by Maoist cadres at Tongapal in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

Maoists killed a villager in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, the Police said the villager was earlier associated with a grass root level Maoist organization but later he had surrendered before the Police.

A 22-year-old woman Maoist cadre surrendered before the Police in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh, as she was fed up of "ill treatment" of women by senior cadres of the party.

Two brothers were killed and a villager was injured during an encounter between the Police and the CPI-Maoist cadres in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

A 21-year-old woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Rambai Mandavi, surrendered before the Police in Rajnandgaon District.

A huge cache of protein powder, supplied to CPI-Maoist cadres, was seized in Rajnandgaon District.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested near Madanar village under Bayanar Police Station in Kondagaon District.

Maoist Commander Chamru Ram (45) was arrested by District Force from Mardapal Police Station area in Kondagaon District.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, who were carrying INR 700,000 head money, were killed in an encounter in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

CRPF have reportedly adopted a tribal mascot, "Gond freedom fighter Gundadhur", to connect with the people in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

Three Policemen, including a SHO, were injured in a landmine blast carried out by the CPI-Maoist in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.

In the last seven years, as many as 26 Police Personnel posted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region committed suicide and 226 officials quit the force.

A magisterial inquiry has begun into the alleged killing of a Naxal couple by a Police team in a retaliatory firing in 2012 in Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh.

A CPI-Maoist 'deputy commander' was killed in an exchange of fire with SFs in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District.

Two women Maoist cadres were killed in a gun battle with Security Forces in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a sarpanch, identified as Suresh Tamu, of Bade Kameli village in Dantewada District.

A Special Task Force trooper was killed and another injured in a gun fight with CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Lakhan Lal (38), was arrested in Dhamtari District.

A Maoist carrying a head money of INR 5,000 was arrested during a search operation in Bastar District.

Five CPI-Maoist cadres have been arrested during an operation by Police and BSF troopers at Enhur village in Kanker District.

CPI-Maoist claimed that a team of Policemen from Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh killed two women and raped five during a recent raid in the border villages of Bijapur District.

STF troopers busted a CPI-Maoist training camp in Abuzamad area of Narayanpur District and arrested six Maoists, including two women and a minor boy.

A Maoist cadre carrying a cash award of INR 17,000 on his head was arrested during a joint search operation in Kondagaon District.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from Pedakavli village under Modakpal Police Station in Bijapur District.

Three Maoist cadres were arrested from the forests of Chintanpalli village in Toynar area in Bijpaur District by a joint contingent of Chhattisgarh Armed Forces and District Police.

A Maoist carrying a reward of INR 3,000 on his head was arrested during a search operation along the border of Kanker and Rajnandgaon Districts.

Four Maoists were arrested from the hills of Kongepangur village under Bande Police Station area in Kanker District during a joint search operation.

Maoist cadres attacked a Police Station at Pamed in Bijapur District.

Maoists' top leader Paparao, who allegedly masterminded the Tadmetla massacre that claimed the lives of 75 CRPF troopers has quit the movement.

The PWD has undertaken the task of constructing 49 roads of 1,970km in the Maoist-affected Districts. INR 27.19 billion have been approved for this construction under a Special Action Plan.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including two women, were arrested in separate search operations in Bijapur District.

A Dantewada District Court acquitted all the 13 accused due to lack of evidence in a Maoist attack case in 2010 in which 33 people including security personnel were killed when Naxals blew up a bus in Sukma District.

Two CRPF troopers were grievously injured in a CPI-Maoist attack in Bijapur District .

Four Maoists abducted the Station Master of Kamlur Railway Station, located on the KK Line in between Kirandul and Bhansi Railway Stations, some 110 kilometres from Bastar Divisional Headquarters Jagdalpur.

According to an official document, the Maoists have been able to create a 'corridor' between jurisdictions of two of their committees by penetrating into three Districts of eastern Chhattisgarh and consolidating in as many Districts of western Odisha.

A SPO, belonging to Mukurdom under Bhejji Police Station limits of Sukma District, who was earlier abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres on March 13, was killed by the rebels.

Eight CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with SFs in the forest area of Puarti village in Sukma District.

Chhattisgarh State Home Minister, Nanki Ram Kawar, while addressing the Chief Ministers' conference said in New Delhi that with the help of two-pronged strategy - security to people and development of backward region - the Chhattisgarh Government has succeeded in containing the Maoist violence.

SFs recovered the dead bodies of nine CPI-Maoist cadres killed in Sukma encounter.

A Maoist cadre, identified as Devi Singh, surrendered before Rajnandgaon Police, Chhattisgarh alleging exploitation and neglect by his superiors.

A day after nine Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with SFs in Sukma District, members of the outfit fired at a BSF helicopter while it was evacuating Greyhounds personnel from Battiguda in Bijapur District.

A trooper of Andhra Pradesh's anti-Naxal force 'Greyhounds' was killed in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in the jungles of Bijapur District.

A passenger bus escaped a landmine blast triggered by LWEs in Maoist-hit Narayanpur District.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres, three of them carrying reward on their head, were arrested during separate search operations in Bastar region.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested by a Joint Police team during a search operation at Mundipal Handapal village of Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon District.

CPI-Maoist cadres abducted a panchayat secretary identified as Lakpati Dansena and beat him to death in the forests of Karramal in Raigarh District.

The body of Greyhounds Reserve Inspector G.V. Prasad, who was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres as retaliation to the April 16 encounter near Puvarthi forest area in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, was left abandoned by the Maoists near Kavurugatta village under Pamedu Police Station limits in Bijapur District.

Kanker SP, RN Das's office said a joint Police party of BSF and District Police arrested two Maoists, during a search operation from Amagaon village under Tadoki Police Station limits of the District.

Narayanpur District Police arrested a Maoist from Temrugaon under Benur Police Station limits.

A joint Police party of District Police (Bijapur), CISF and CRPF arrested a Maoist from the jungles of Muttapur under the limits of Madded Police Station.

CRPF troopers had a narrow escape as Maoists ambushed a search party in Bijapur District.

Two engines of a goods train derailed in Bastar District after suspected Naxalites removed the fishplates from tracks on Jagdalpur -Vishakhapatnam route.

Two Policemen, including a SHO, were killed in a nearly-hour-long gunfight with CPI-Maoist after a Police patrol was attacked by the rebels in Kanker District.

Two Maoist cadres, who had set on fire bamboo depots, were arrested by BSF in Kanker District.

CPI-Maoist cadres during the Dandakaranya bandh went on rampage in Dantewada District and removed rail tracks, set ablaze pokelane machines of National Mineral Development Corporation and choked the Dantewada-Kirandul Road with felling trees.

A BJP leader was shot dead by CPI-Maoist cadres in Katekalyan region of Dantewada District.

Two CPI-Maoist militia members, involved in murder, arson and other insurgency related crimes, were arrested by Narayanpur District Police.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with SFs in Narayanpur District.

Chhattisgarh High Court reserved its judgement on the bail application of Malti alias K S Priya, who was convicted for her alleged involvement in Naxal activities.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested during a joint search operation in a jungle in Bijapur District.

Constable Parshu Markam of CAF was killed and three others were injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

Two young Naxal sympathisers, including a school girl, were arrested from Kaika village of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh Government has extended the ban on CPI-Maoist and its six frontal organisations by one more year.

Bijapur Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Som (28), from the jungles of Pamalvaya village.

Four Policemen were killed and another was injured in two separate attacks by suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist in Bastar and Sukma Districts.

CPI-Maoist cadres dragged Banshilal Gota (40), the elder brother of former Salwa Judum leader Chinnaram Gota, out of his house and then strangled him to death in Bijapur District.

CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze two cement mixer machines and vehicles at a culvert construction site at village Bhavanitola in Ambagarh chowki in Rajnandgaon District.

A trooper of the STF, Yogendra Singh, was killed and another injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District.

At least seven villagers, including a suspected Maoist, and one security personnel, were killed in an encounter near Edesmeta village of Bijapur District.

A joint team of CRPF and Gariabandh District Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition after a brief gun battle with LWEs in the dense forest of Jaradni and Bodapal.

Two troopers belonging to the COBRA of CRPF - Lakshman Singh (22) and Chhabilal (24) - were injured in a CPI-Maoist attack in Bijapur District.

Chhattisgarh Government ordered a judicial inquiry into May 17 night's encounter between SFs and suspected Maoists near Edasmeta village in Bijapur District.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, involved in several murder cases, was killed in an encounter with CRPF troopers in Dantewada District.

CRPF has ordered an inquiry into the May 17 encounter in Bijapur District.

CPI-Maoist cadres hanged a villager to death in a Jan Adalat while mercilessly assaulting two others suspecting them of being Police informers in Edkapalli Murkinar village of Bijapur District.

Top Congress leaders, including State Congress Chief Nand Kumar Patel, senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma (founder of Salwa Judum, an anti-Maoist vigilante group) and former Congress Member of Legislative Assembly, Uday Mudliyar, were among 28 persons killed when heavily-armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres ambushed a convoy of the leaders inside a dense forest in Sukma District. Former Union Minister V C Shukla was among 30 others injured in the incident.

The bodies of Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh, who were abducted by the Maoists during the attack on May 25, were recovered on May 26.

Entrusted to probe the May 25 Darbha Maoist attack NIA surveyed the ambush site.

A BSF trooper was injured during an anti-mining operation when he stepped on a landmine planted by Maoists at a place between Konde and Chhindpal village in Badgaon Police Station area of Kanker District.

The CPI-Maoist claimed responsibility for the May 25 attack on a convoy of Congress leaders in Darbha ghati area of Sukma District in Chhattisgarh. It further claimed that senior Congress leaders Mahendra Karma, Nand Kumar Patel and VC Shukla were the main targets of the attack.

The Defence Ministry ruled out any Army role in fighting the Maoists and the Union Home Ministry asked the troubled states to review politicians' security.

Media reports say the reason why the ambush site was not sanitized ahead of a Congress leaders' convoy passing through the area was because of a thinly spread out force. There are only two companies of the force in the region stationed at a distance of 25 km - one at Darbha and the other at Tongpal. On May 25, the handful of Security Force personnel - about 50 - guarding Congress leaders found themselves far outnumbered and outgunned by a contingent of 200-250 Maoists. The Policemen fought until all their ammunition was exhausted.

The Centre decided to send another two battalions of paramilitary personnel drawn from the CRPF and the BSF to augment the 28 battalions already present in the State to tackle the Maoists.

Chhattisgarh High Court Justice Prashant Mishra will probe the May 25 CPI-Maoist attack on Congress leaders. The judicial commission will submit its report within three months.

Within 72 hours of May 25 Maoist attack, Chhattisgarh Police removed one of their biggest camps, from Minapa in Sukma District, located deep inside the forest, possibly fearing another attack. Reportedly, the camp housed a thousand personnel. Till last week, Police officers were talking about the camp as a major strategic advance in the direction of the Andhra Pradesh border.

The CPI-Maoist sent a letter to Sukma District collectorate, threatening to eliminate at least 15 people, who were associated with Salwa Judum.

Maoists killed a Salwa Judum activist, identified as M Mukka, near Asirguda in Sukma District. Police said Mukka, a former deputy sarpanch of Errabore, was an active member of Salwa Judum between 2005 and 2008.

The body of Pawan Kondra, the PSO of slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma, was found around 250 meters away from the ambush site taking the death toll in the May 25 Maoist attack to 29.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said in an interview that shortcomings blight the Centre's policy on dealing with Maoists and that include failure to put together all available resources to strengthen the campaign against them and lack of seriousness such an endeavour requires.

A live Chinese grenade and several China-made bullets were recovered, embedded in trees, during search and counter-insurgency operation near Jheerum Ghati, where 28 people, including three senior Congress leaders, were killed in the May 25 ambush. Apart China made grenade SFs found two other grenades during the search. Surprisingly, one grenade that was found near the body of Pawan Kondra, the previous day, was found missing from the spot when explosives experts reached there to defuse it.

The all-party meeting in Chhattisgarh called by the State Government and boycotted by the Congress asked the Centre to prepare an action plan in coordination with other Maoist-hit states like Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Orissa to take on the insurgents.

Chhattisgarh State Police sanctioned seven new Police Stations in several Districts of the State to improve law and order situation.

A group of CPI-Maoist cadres attacked and injured an ex leader of Salwa Judum, identified as Madvi Bhorasu (40) in the weekly bazaar at Bhairamgarh, near Bijapur (Bijapur District).

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Naveen, surrendered to Police along with his weapons in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh. Naveen, Divisional Committee Member of Mad Division of Maoists, surrendered along with one Insas rifle, 3 magazines (47 rounds) and one wireless set, the officer said.

The CRPF will launch a new offensive against the CPI-Maoist in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, and fresh troops are being inducted for the campaign, the paramilitary force's Director-General Pranay Sahay said.

The Government is set to move UAVs meant for anti-Naxal operations to Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, even as the IAF is ramping up its helicopter fleet in central India.

Top leaders of the CPI-Maoist, including Ramanna alias Ravulu Sriniwas, have been named in the FIR lodged by the Chhattisgarh Police in connection with the May 25 Maoist attack on Congress convoy. Police sources said Darbha Police has registered FIR against CPI-Maoist DKSZC) secretary Ramanna alias Ravulu Sriniwas, South Bastar regional committee Secretary Ganesh Uike alias Paka Hanumanthu and others.

The Centre and Chhattisgarh Government will launch joint action against Maoists in Bastar in the days to come, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said after talks with Chief Minister Raman. Shinde also called the ambush on the Congress convoy a "terror attack".

A preliminary forensic investigation of the May 25 Maoist attack (Darbha in Sukma District) revealed that between 27 to 30 kilograms of ammonium nitrate was used as explosives in the IED that was triggered during the attack.

S. K. Das, an Assistant Commandant of the CRPF, was killed in a Maoist ambush at Khallari village in Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh while leading a combing operation in the area.

Senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma's PSO Siyaram Singh, who was critically injured in the May 25 Maoist attack, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Raipur taking the death toll to 30.

Cyber Police in Chhattisgarh sent a request to the Facebook authorities to close down an account called 'Naxal Chhattisgarh'.

Surrendered Maoist Naveen Nureddy, in a statement to the Police said that Maoists are given air defence training to avaoid UAVs.

In response to the recruitment drive of CRPF in Bastar region, the CPI-Maoist put up banners in Keshkal area of Kondagaon District, warning tribal youths to stay away from the paramilitary force. The Maoists have also appealed to tribals to join them.

A constable of CRPF, identified as Jeetendra Yadav, was injured in an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist cadres at Khallari in Dhamtari District.

Railways have cancelled train services at night from June 4 till June 12 in Maoist-hit Dandakaranya region of Chhattisgarh.

The NIA denied reports that it had submitted an interim report to the Union Home Ministry of its probe into the Maoist attack on a Congress convoy in south Chhattisgarh.

Bhagwat Bhagel, a Sub-inspector who was shot at and injured by the Maoists in Sukma in May 25 attack that killed 30 people, revealed how boys in school uniforms, as young as 10 years old, snatched weapons from injured and dead security personnel.

Police managed to thwart an attack by CPI-Maoist in Rajnandgaon District, which ended with the fleeing of Maoists leaving behind weapons and other supplies.

A weak database of Chhattisgarh Police on Maoist 'commanders' in the area have stalled investigations of NIA into the May 25 ambush in which 30 persons, including three senior Congress leaders, were killed in Sukma District.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said it was a battle of democratic forces against the perpetrators of violence. He said "To call Naxals as defenders of rights of anyone in society would only be a cruel joke. The battles being fought in Sukma, Dantewada, Bastar and Narayanpur are not Chhattisgarh's alone. We are fighting those whose ultimate aim is to capture Delhi and the Red Fort through power of the gun."

Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha agreed to be on board for a coordinated offensive with the central forces in the tri-junction of the Bastar jungles from where the senior Maoist leadership operates.

Chhattisgarh Government has asked the Road Transport and Highways Ministry to allow splitting of project in the worst Naxal-hit Districts to get takers for building roads.

On the second day of the Jan Pituri (Revolutionary Week) observed by the CPI-Maoist, they set ablaze a godown of Forest Department at Farasgaon leading to loss of millions besides causing panic in the area.

Two Maoist cadres were arrested in separate incidents in Kondagaon District.

Security Forces killed a CPI-Maoist 'commander', at the forests of Bukmarka Pahadi area under Manpur Police Station in Rajnandgaon District.

Guddu Muriya, 25-year-old member of Usri Jan-militia of CPI-Maoist, was arrested in Mulnar village in Mardapal Police Station area of Kodagaon District.

CPI-Maoist cadres opened fire at three different camps of the CRPF in Sukma District, which was suitably retaliated to by the troops. The firing went on for about an hour. There has been no loss of life or property.

Maoists set ablaze two road construction machines and took away a tractor in Kanker District. The vehicles belonged to the forest department. The tractor was engaged in road construction work in Mendra village.

Vehicular traffic was thin at many places in remote areas as Maoists observe Janpituri saptah (revolutionary week) from June 5 to June 11 to commemorate their 'martyrs'. Earlier, the Railways have decided not to run the passenger train from Visakhapatnam to Kirandul beyond Jagdalpur fearing Maoist attacks during the week.

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Vidya Charan Shukla (84), who was seriously injured in the CPI-Maoist attack on a convoy of Congress leaders in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on May 25, died at Medanta hospital in Gurgaon.

In a four-page document mailed to The Hindu, Maoists defended the killing of Shukla saying he was a 'people's enemy'. Maoists also regretted the "unnecessary death" of some civilians.

Four Maoists were arrested from the forests of Bukmarka village under Manpur Police Station area in Rajnandgaon District during an anti-Maoist operation by joint contingent of ITBP and District force.

The DKSZC of CPI-Maoist, in a statement, called BBC journalist Shubranshu Choudhary's book Let's Call Him Vasu a "pack of lies, half-truths and scattered information" and denied any links with Doctor Binayak Sen.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Sarita, was killed and another arrested after a gun battle with SFs in Nelnar forests area under Chhotedongar Police Station limits of Narayanpur District. Sarita was a Platoon 'Commander' of battalion II of the Maoists.

The family of the slain Chhattisgarh Congress leader, Mahendra Karma, met Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in New Delhi and sought security in view of persistent threats to their lives from the Maoists.

A Maoist, identified as Budhram Markam, was arrested during a joint search operation of District Force and BSF from Chingnar village under Tadoki Police Station limits in Kanker District.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Nupu Bojja (20), Kunjam Dewa (30), Madvi Budhlal (25) and Dhodi Lakhmu (35), were arrested during a joint search operation in Bijapur District.

A Maoist couple, identified as Jagat Lekam (25) and his wife Vimla Karam (24), surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District.

The Central Government will roll out a livelihood-security programme in 12 of worst Naxal affected Districts from July 1, 2013. Named as Governance and Accelerated Livelihood Security, the UNDP-assisted plan will be implemented in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum, Latehar, Palamu, Gumla Districts, Chhattisgarh's Sukma, Bijapur, Balrampur, Narayanpur Districts, and Malkangiri, Koraput, Kalahandi, and Nuapada Districts of Odisha.

An Assistant Constable was hacked to death by CPI-Maoist cadres in Kondagaon District.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested following a gun battle with Policemen under Kistaram Police Station area in Sukma District.

The Union Home Ministry has decided to give the family members of slain Chhattisgarh Congress leader Mahendra Karma Z-plus security cover after they raised the issue of repeated threats from Maoists with Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde last week.

Dainik Bhaskar Power plant in Janjgir Champa District has received a letter purportedly written by CPI-Maoist threatening to blow up the plant.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Michha Rajesh (25) and Michha Suresh (22), were arrested by security personnel between Timirguda and Nayapara villages of Bijapur District.

A Policeman was killed and three others were injured when CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a Police patrolling party in Kondagaon District.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in a fierce gun-battle with security personnel in Bijapur District.

Maoists exploded a massive landmine in Dantewada District to blow up an-anti landmine vehicle carrying 14 Chhattisgarh Policemen but the blast missed the target.

IPS officer of Punjab cadre, Harpreet Singh Sidhu, will lead the CRPF's anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh.

An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police and a Constable were injured in a CPI-Maoist attack in Narayanpur District.

The NIA is looking into reasons for sudden discontinuation of road construction and widening work on the Tongpal-Darbha stretch, the road that passes through Jhiram Ghati, a month before the Congress leaders were ambushed by the CPI-Maoist.

A wanted CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Hiralal (24), was arrested from his house at Chipondi village under Tadoki Police Station in Kanker District.

The bid to set up base for IAF's UAVs at the Steel Authority of India's airstrip at Bhilai of Durg District has been cleared.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested during a joint search operation in forests of Edka village under Narayanpur Police Station area in Narayanpur District.

Two CPI-Maoist 'commanders' surrendered in Narayanpur District.

President of Kondgaon Yuva Morcha Gramin and treasurer of BJP Kondagaon District unit, Mahesh Naik was seriously injured after some unidentified persons attacked him with some sharp weapons.

Women CPI-Maoist cadres are recruited more for 'military operations' in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh as against the general perception of their role as cooks, motivators and shields, according to a recent finding by the State Police.

Intelligence inputs suggest the number of women cadres has significantly increased in the past two years in Bastar region, and apparently in other States as well. In 2010, women constituted around 40 percent of the Maoist cadre which increased to 60 percent in the beginning of 2013. Chhattisgarh leads among Maoist-hit states where recruitment of women cadre is higher.

A 33-year-old Maoist, identified as Ramsingh Nag, carrying a cash reward of INR 25,000, was arrested from Mardapal village in Kondagaon District, Chhattisgarh. He had joined the Maoists as 'section commander' of Kaknar (Chhattisgarh) platoon in 2010.

The Maoists have constituted Baal Action Teams to deploy school children in different capacities in their attempt to regroup the child cadres and boost their 'military' strength.

A Maoist was arrested from Basaguda Police Station area in Bijapur District in a joint operation by Police and CRPF.

Three cadres of CPI-Maoist were arrested in separate search operations in Maoist-affected Bastar region.

An internal inquiry report on the CPI-Maoist attack on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh - submitted to the DGP Ram Nivas - held erstwhile Bastar SP Mayank Shrivastava responsible for intelligence failure.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Santuram Atra (30) and Ashiram Tamo (30), were arrested during a search operation from the jungle of Bhurripani in Bijapur District. The Maoists were allegedly involved in heinous crimes like murder, attempt to murder, dacoity and violence.

SFs arrested seven cadres of CPI-Maoist from the forests of Narayanpur District. Police said a joint team of CRPF, state's STF and District Police personnel, were on a search mission when they got a tip off about presence of the Maoists.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Panchuram, carrying cash reward of INR 20,000 on his head, was arrested from Badagai village about 60 kilometres from Kondagaon District headquarters.

Bhatapara Police in Raipur District arrested a person, identified as Lekhan Ram Nag (35) resident of Hidma village under Darbha Police Station, claiming as one of the CPI-Maoist cadres involved in the May 25, 2013, Darbha attack.

Five CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested in Tadoki Police Station area of Kanker District during a joint operation by Police and BSF.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in a brief encounter with SFs at Gorna Purjaripara village of Bijapur District in.

Chhattisgarh Government said that over 1,100 people, including SFs, have lost their lives in Maoist violence in the State in the past six years, with the highest causalities of 392 being reported in Bijapur District.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, carrying a cash reward of INR 15,000 on her head, was arrested from Lal Khadan area in Bilaspur District.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Hinsaram Muriya, a member of Bayanar Dalam, carrying a reward of INR 5,000 on his head was arrested from Mungwal village under Bayanar Police Station limits in Kondagaon District.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Rahul alias Rajendra, was arrested by SFs personnel in Kursel village of Kanker District.

Five CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from the hills of Mujalgondi in Kanker District. Kanker SP RN Das said the Maoists were arrested after a brief gun battle with a joint team of STF and District Police.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in a gunfight with SF personnel at Birabhatti village in Sukma District.

A Policeman of Narayanpur District was abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres along with his friend Ghasiaram from an unspecified place. Narayanpur ASP Neelkanth Sahu said while Ghasiaram was freed by the Maoists there is no clue about the whereabouts of Dhansai. The Maoists also triggered a landmine explosion targeting the Police party which was sent to search Dhansai, injuring a Policeman.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested in separate search operations in Chhattisgarh.

A joint team of District Police and CRPF arrested a jan militia member of CPI-Maoist, identified as Madawi Joga (22), at Potali village in Dantewada District.

SFs recovered six IEDs and two pipe-bombs planted under a road in Bayanar Police Station limits of Kondagaon District.

Kondagaon District Police during a search operation recovered six tiffin bombs weighing 2-4 kilograms each, two pipe bombs of six kilograms each, eight detonator units and about 200 metres of fuse wire hidden two feet beneath the road.

The body of a Police constable, identified as Dhansai Sori (25), who was abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres on July 21, was recovered from the dense forest areas of Maharabeda village in the Narayanpur District.

Even as normal life was affected in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh in the light of "Martyrs Week" being observed by CPI-Maoist cadres since July 28, two Naxalites were arrested in separate incidents across Chhattisgarh. Vishnu Gupta (32), a member of TPC was arrested from his native Banapatti village under Ramanujganj Police Station limits of Balrampur District, while Pondi Badde (32) was arrested during a search operation from Munjmeta village in Narayanpur District by a joint party of CRPF and District Police.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a cousin of Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Vikram Usendi at Solangi village in Kanker District.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman member, were arrested during a search operation from the forest area of Kiskoda village in Narayanpur District.

Two Maoists, identified as Kuldhar (27), a member of the Padeli Local Operation Squad, and Mannu Ram (45), a member the Barda Dalam, were arrested from the Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon District.

Constable Manjunath Ishwargouda Mudukangoudar attached to the 85^th Battalion of CRPF was killed in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in Bijapur District.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed Uike Bodaru (47), the Sarpanch of Kunded village under Jagargunda Police Station limits in Sukma District. Police said Bodaru was a former member of Salwa Judum (an anti-Maoist vigilante group).

Five CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested during a joint search operation in the Bijapur District.

Three Chhattisgarh Armed Force troopers including a head constable and a CPI-Maoist cadre were killed in an hour long encounter between the Maoists and security personnel at Kaushalnagar of Bastar District.

Bijapur District Police and COBRA 204 personnel have demolished a huge memorial of the Maoists at Palnar village of Bijapur District and also thwarted the Maoists' bid to ambush the searching party.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Kuma Korram (30), was arrested from Aadnar under Bayanar Police Station limits of Kondagaon District.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Kudiyam Babu Rao (28), was arrested during a search operation carried out by CRPF and District Police in the dense forests of Pavrel and Bhandarpalli in Bijapur District.

Five CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Massu Potai (22), Fandiram Dugga (27), Singrai Potai (40) and Bilas (30), Sindhu Maravi (21), were arrested along with arms and ammunition from Maspur village in Kanker District.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Govind Netam (25), Bisahu Ram Markam (35) and Dukhlal Netam (27), were arrested during a search operation from Shobha Police Station area in Gariyaband District.

The Supreme Court asked the Chhattisgarh Government to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against it for its failure to carry out the Court directions, issued in July 2011, banning Salwa Judum and asking authorities to vacate all schools and ashrams occupied by SFs.

An Assistant Constable of Chhattisgarh Police, Kawasi Hunga, was killed and Constable Anil Tandon and Punem Sanna were injured when a landmine while being diffused went off accidentally in the Kondagaon District.

Three District Police personnel, including a Head Constable, were injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in Kondagaon District. SP D Shravan said a joint team of District Police and Chhattisgarh Armed Forces had left Bayanar Police Station for a search operation in nearby areas but the Maoists hiding near Mungawal Kotapara village started firing on the Police personnel as soon as the Police team reached near the village.

Two persons allegedly acting as Maoist couriers, identified as Babulal Sharma (52) and Tarak Kundu (42), were arrested and a huge cache of explosives were recovered from them at Shankar Nagar area in Raipur.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested during separate search operations in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

Two Maoists belonging to Jantana Sarkar (Peoples Government) of Maoists, identified as Lakhmu (35) and Butlu (50), were nabbed by a joint team of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and District Force from the forests of Mandali village under Orchha Police Station limits of Narayanpur District.

In a separate search operation, another Maoist Bhanu Ram, carrying a reward of INR 3,000 on his head, was arrested from Kanker District.

A Company Commander of Chhattisgarh Special Task Force (STF) Lav Bhagat and a Constable Shiv Kumar were killed in an encounter with Maoists near Harra Koder village under Mardum Police Station area of Bastar District. Bodies of two women Maoists have also been recovered from the spot.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested by a team of local Police in the forests of Pallamkasa village under Narayanpur Police Station limits in Narayanpur District during a search operation.

A veterinary doctor at Koylibeda village under Antagarh town of Kanker District, Dr SKS Pankra, moved to other area along with his family due to Maoist threat.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in an exchange of fire with a joint group of CRPF personnel and district force that took place in the forests of Kurcholi hills of Bijapur District in the night.

The Chhattisgarh Government told the Election Commission (EC) that as many as 233 polling stations across 18 Districts face a high Naxal threat and it may be risky for polling parties to access them in the coming assembly elections.

Following an encounter with the CPI-Maoist cadres, SFs neutralised a transit Maoist camp and recovered a large cache of arms and explosives, during a search operation conducted in Bijapur District.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a former deputy Sarpanch in the forests near his village, Burgum in Bastar District. The former deputy Sarpanch, Sohan Mandavi (28) was suspected by Maoists to be a Police informer.

The recovery of high-tech arms, ammunition and gadgets from CPI-Maoist hideouts in Chhattisgarh recently has set alarm bells ringing as Police apprehend that the Maoists are working on strengthening mobile warfare strategy against SFs in the Maoists-hit State.

Nine tribal people, including two teenage girls, were detained by Dantewada District Police for allegedly having links with CPI-Maoist. While eight of them were later released, a small farmer, Onga Pandu, and local Panchayat member Somuram Kunjam, who was arbitrating on behalf of the villagers, were not.

A CPI-Maoist cadre and a Policeman, identified as Hemant Massa, were killed in an encounter in Bijapur District.

Maoists allegedly set on fire a conveyor belt of NMDC in Dantewada District. A large number of Maoists stormed the NMDC's Bacheli iron ore mines at around 2.30 AM and set on fire its over 80 metres of conveyor belt, bringing a halt to the mining operations.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, was arrested in Kanker District.

Rajnandgaon Police said that a Maoist document of Maharashtra state committee, seized during action this month, revealed that the Maoists were unhappy about their fledgling intelligence and SFs' growing intelligence networks.

CPI-Maoist have claimed that the killing of Congress leaders in Darbha Ghati of Bastar District on May 25, 2013 by their armed unit, the PLGA, was one of the party's well-planned, successful operations for which it has congratulated its cadres, PLGA members and local people of Bastar.

Dantewada District Police claimed to have arrested a top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified Linga alias Vijay (34), allegedly involved in the murder of a BJP leader, Shivdayal Singh Tomar.

An arrested CPI-Maoist cadre arrested in Dantewada District, identified as Podiyam Linga, has claimed that he and other Maoists campaigned for BJP in the 2008 Assembly Elections.

CPI-Maoist cadres exchanged fire with SFs in Rajnandgaon District. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of District Police and ITBP launched a search operation in the forests between Murargota and Gubiagarh areas.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested and a Maoist training camp was busted during a combing operation in Bodala-Pusnar jungle area of Gangloor region in Bijapur District. During the raid, the SFs recovered a Motorola VHF communication set, concertina coils and Maoist literature from the camp.

Five suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist, including two minors, were arrested during an area domination exercise in Bijapur District in the evening.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested during a search operation by a joint team of BSF and local Police in Kanker District.

October 3

The Chhattisgarh Government has sought nearly 1,500 companies of Central forces for the Assembly elections, in addition to the existing battalions in CPI-Maoist-controlled tribal Districts of south Chhattisgarh.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested during a combing operation by BSF and District Force in the forests near Vala village under Koyalibeda Police Station limits of Kanker District.

Aerial surveillance during campaigning and polling will be part of the massive security umbrella to be thrown over the Maoist-affected areas going to the first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh in the wake of Naxal ambush on a Congress convoy that killed frontline Congress on May 25.

Polling Stations located in hyper-sensitive areas where there is a possibility of 0 percent voting due to CPI-Maoist threat will be shifted to 'safer' places within a radius of 25 kilometres in tribal Bastar region during the coming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh.

Maoists were gearing up to organise a boycott of the coming Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh and chalking out strategies for this, Police said.

Security Forces recently recovered some documents from Maoist-hit Bijapur District after an encounter with Maoists, which revealed that the Gangalur Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist had organised a meeting in this connection.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in an exchange of fire between the Maoists and Security Forces in the forests of Malingwar village in Narayanpur.

In Mardapal area of Kondagaon District in Bastar region, CPI-Maoist cadres have allegedly issued diktat to close down two dozen schools and threatened to kill teachers if they continued teaching the students.

CPI-Maoist cadres hacked to death a 45-year-old Police Constable and injured another Policeman in Dantewada District.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Sonai Boga (26), carrying a cash award, was arrested from her in-laws' house at Bhursatrahul village under Bhanupratappur Police Station limits in Kanker District.

Decrying the election system in the country, the CPI-Maoist has officially boycotted the upcoming Assembly Election in Chhattisgarh. Describing the elections as a "big lie", the Maoists have "appealed" to the voters to "boycott the poll" and support the alternative government of the Maoists in Dandakaranya region. The Maoist communiqué dated October 10 signed by the Spokesperson of the party in Dandakaranya, Gudsa Usendi, has been released.

Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) Secretary Ramanna has said in an interview that the CPI-Maoist had reviewed the situation after the May 25 attack and realized that the killing of Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh Patel was a mistake.

With Assembly elections nearing in Chhattisgarh, Police have received inputs of CPI-Maoist cadres planting IEDs near polling booths in the Maoist-hotbed of Bastar Division in a bid to disrupt the electoral process. Security personnel believe that Maoists have planted IEDs in polling booth premises located in hyper-sensitive parts of Narayanpur and Kondagaon Districts.

Of the 21,424 polling stations in Chhattisgarh that has 90 constituencies, 3,249 have been marked as "hyper sensitive" and 6,920 "sensitive," said CEC V.S. Sampath.

Of the 21,424 polling stations in Chhattisgarh that has 90 constituencies, 3,249 have been marked as "hyper sensitive" and 6,920 "sensitive" said CEC V.S. Sampath. It means nearly 50 percent of the polling stations in Chhattisgarh have been marked as "hyper sensitive" or "sensitive" for the coming Assembly Election.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Michha Ranjita (24), was arrested from Bijapur District. She was arrested from the forest of Modakpal Police Station area by a joint team of CRPF and district force. During her interrogation, she admitted that she was involved in Maoist activities.

Ahead of Assembly Elections in Chhattisgarh, the UMHA has written to the Chhattisgarh Government about intelligence inputs that Maoists may have "deployed small action teams" to "attack helicopters, especially during landing and take off" during the elections.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, one of them carrying a cash award on his head, were arrested from Bijapur District.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Nuppo Bhima (30), carrying a reward of INR 8,000 on his head, was arrested from Bijapur District.

Five IEDs planted by the Maoists to target security personnel during upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections, were unearthed by SFs in Bijapur District.

As Chhattisgarh is gearing up for the Assembly polls that are scheduled to be held on November 11, more than 400 CPI-Maoist commanders and guerrillas held a meeting at Bastar to disrupt the elections.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in a fierce gunbattle with SFs personnel near Bade Telma village forests under Maraigudi Police Station in Sukma District.

CPI-Maoist is using the 'none-of-the-above' (NOTA) option for voters, allowed by the Supreme Court, to buttress their assembly election boycott call in Chhattisgarh.

In the interiors of Bastar, the Maoists have asked villagers not to walk on kutcha roads after October 31 as these would be heavily mined by IEDs to harm SFs deployed for election, said a source.

Two Police personnel - Assistant constables Munna Madkam and Anil Samrath - were injured when a bomb laid by CPI-Maoist exploded in Sukma District. The incident took place when the Police were on an area domination exercise under Chintagufa Police Station limits.

In view of the Maoist threat to boycott polls in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, the villagers there have sought that the indelible ink should not be applied on fingers after they exercise their franchise. According to sources, villagers from Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur Districts have requested district election officers (collectors) for the exemption.

Five IEDs, allegedly planted by CPI-Maoist cadres to target SFs during polls, were unearthed by SFs in Bijapur District. Acting on a tip off, five IEDs -- two of 5 kg each and three of 3 kg each -- were found planted at a weekly market of Usoor village.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Nuppo Bhima (30), carrying a reward of INR 8,000 on his head, was arrested from Bijapur District.

Five IEDs planted by the Maoists to target security personnel during upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections, were unearthed by SFs in Bijapur District.

As Chhattisgarh is gearing up for the Assembly polls that are scheduled to be held on November 11, more than 400 CPI-Maoist commanders and guerrillas held a meeting at Bastar to disrupt the elections.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in a fierce gunbattle with SFs personnel near Bade Telma village forests under Maraigudi Police Station in Sukma District.

CPI-Maoist is using the 'none-of-the-above' (NOTA) option for voters, allowed by the Supreme Court, to buttress their assembly election boycott call in Chhattisgarh.

In the interiors of Bastar, the Maoists have asked villagers not to walk on kutcha roads after October 31 as these would be heavily mined by IEDs to harm SFs deployed for election, said a source.

Two Police personnel - Assistant constables Munna Madkam and Anil Samrath - were injured when a bomb laid by CPI-Maoist exploded in Sukma District. The incident took place when the Police were on an area domination exercise under Chintagufa Police Station limits.

In view of the Maoist threat to boycott polls in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, the villagers there have sought that the indelible ink should not be applied on fingers after they exercise their franchise. According to sources, villagers from Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur Districts have requested district election officers (collectors) for the exemption.

Five IEDs, allegedly planted by CPI-Maoist cadres to target SFs during polls, were unearthed by SFs in Bijapur District. Acting on a tip off, five IEDs -- two of 5 kg each and three of 3 kg each -- were found planted at a weekly market of Usoor village.

The CRPF shot dead two CPI-Maoist cadres in a gun battle at Basaguda in Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh. Another Maoist was arrested following the clash. The bodies of the Maoists were handed over to Police.

As intelligence inputs point to "assiduous preparations" by the CPI-Maoist to disrupt the November 11 poll in Chhattisgarh, the Election Commission (EC) agreed to relocate around 150 polling booths in the Naxal-infested interiors of south Bastar to "safer" places along the arterial roads.

Intelligence agencies reported large-scale mobilization of Maoist cadres in Naxal-dominated areas of Chhattisgarh, assembling and planting of IEDs on routes to polling booths and formation of small "crack" teams to locate suitable ambush points to target polling parties and security forces.

Across poll-bound Bastar region in south Chhattisgarh, where the CPI-Maoist hold sway, Security Forces led by the CRPF found about 500kg IEDs in the last 10 days averting loss of lives and property. A CRPF-led joint forces team found two 25kg command wire IEDs packed in steel cans along the highway between Dornapal and Jagargunda in Sukma District. Since November 1, security forces found 132kg IEDs in Chhattisgarh and 130kg along the state's border with Jharkhand. More IEDs were defused at the spot they were found. In October, 109kg IEDs were found in Chhattisgarh and 274kg along Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand border.

Two ITBP troopers were injured in an IED blast at Aundhi in Rajnandgaon District.

As voting began for Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, fresh violence was reported from Bastar region of Chhattisgarh where a BSF trooper was injured in a blast in Kanker District.

A CRPF trooper was killed when CPI-Maoist cadres opened indiscriminate fire at a CRPF team accompanying a polling team at Nayanar in Dantewada District.

Polling had to be paused for a brief period at a polling station Dantewada, when a gun-battle took place between Police and Maoists.

In Kanker District, polling could not be held in two polling stations as IED blasts and firing from Maoists prevented polling parties from reaching there. However, no casualty was reported.

A State Policeman was injured when a pressure bomb laid by Maoists exploded in Kanker District when the team was checking for planted IEDs.

Explosives were recovered from many places in Dantewada, Sukma, Narayanpur and Bastar regions where the Maoists had planted them in areas close to polling stations. Director General of Police Ramniwas said more than 15 IEDs were recovered from different parts of Bastar region.

Explosives were recovered from many places in Dantewada, Sukma, Narayanpur and Bastar regions where the Maoists had planted them in areas close to polling stations. Director General of Police Ramniwas said more than 15 IEDs were recovered from different parts of Bastar region.

A total of 14 encounters between Security Forces and Maoists took place on the polling day.

A day after the first phase of polling in Bastar zone, two BSF personnel and a civilian driver were killed in a landmine explosion triggered by CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District. The troopers were returning from poll duties when their vehicle was targeted at Kerpal. A BSF doctor on board sustained injuries. Another BSF vehicle in the convoy had a miraculous escape.

Earlier in the morning, a CRPF deputy commandant was injured in an encounter with Maoists in Dornapal in Sukma District.

Earlier in the morning, a CRPF deputy commandant was injured in an encounter with Maoists in Dornapal in Sukma District.

The Centre is concerned over a large quantity of explosives and IEDs being seized during the first phase of the Chhattisgarh elections held on November 11. As many as 40 IEDs with detonators and explosives were seized by security forces in the last one week in the run-up to the elections. While most of the IEDs weigh 2-5 kg, some were even found to weigh 30 kg, claimed officials. According to reports, the maximum number of IEDs (11) were found in Dantewada, followed by Bijapur and Kanker.

A CRPF trooper was injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist in the forest of Temelwada village under Chintagufa Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

About 400 spiked wooden blocks planted to trap and maim patrol and election duty personnel were recovered by Security Forces as they were looking for hidden landmines in Bastar area of Chhattisgarh.

Amid high voter turnout In the first phase of Chhattisgarh elections at least 20 booths recorded zero polling.

A Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) internal note said "security forces frustrated Maoist plan to disrupt polls." MHA lauded the meticulously planned induction of 564 companies of additional forces, post-induction training including IED detection and most importantly scaling up anti-Maoist operations closer to poll date.

Security Forces recovered fourteen bombs from the Komakhan area in Mahasamund District. The bombs were recovered by a joint team of the CRPF and the state police following an encounter with Maoists. Second phase of polling will be held on November 19 in 72 constituencies.

Manish Kunjam, the CPI candidate of Konta constituency in Chhattisgarh, where the polls have already been held on November 11, alleges that the media reporting on the first phase of elections is "provoking" the Maoists. "The media is routinely highlighting the fact that villagers here have defied the Maoist diktat and voted fearlessly. This may provoke the rebels," he said in a press statement.

Five CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman, were arrested in separate search operations in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District, for attacking security personnel during the first phase polling on November 11 in the State. They were arrested from the forest under the limits of Basaguda Police Station. While two were apprehended near Basaguda, the other three were arrested from the forests of Bhusapur and Marudbaka villages two days ago, a Police official said.

An unprecedented 74.65 per cent of the nearly 14 million electors voted in the second phase of polling for the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh.

Bijapur District Police detected a landmine of about 3 kg hidden beneath metalled road during search operation on Awapalli Road near village Dubaiguda, 5 km ahead of Awapalli. The bomb was of anti handling type.

Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day conference of Directors General of Police (DGPs) in New Delhi, organised by the Intelligence Bureau, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde lauded the Central paramilitary and Police forces for their role in conducting peaceful assembly elections in Chhattisgarh.

Four CRPF troopers were killed and three others were injured in an IED blast by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District. The CRPF men were killed while going for a civic action programme for the villagers. Police claimed to have several Maoists in the ensuing encounter but could not recover a single body.

Intelligence Bureau (IB) alerted SFs, asking them to be extra cautious following inputs of major strikes in southern Chhattisgarh after 'peaceful' assembly election. An advisory by IB also said that ultras will observe the PLGA week from December 2-8 in honour of slain leaders of the CPI-Maoist.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres, including two women, were arrested in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District when they conducting cultural activities allegedly aimed at publicising Maoist ideology on the occasion of their ongoing PLGA week.

Three Maoists, carrying cash rewards on their head, were arrested during a search operation in Madanar village under Bayanar Police Station limits of Kondagaon District. Those arrested were identified as Juglu (INR 25,000), Gandoram (INR 3,000) and Sonau (INR 5,000).

Two Maoists were held from Siksod Police Station area of Kanker District. They were identified as Dururam (32) and Mangu Ram (52), carrying cash rewards of INR 10,000 and INR 5,000 respectively on their heads.

At least 16 Muria Gond tribals have been arrested in the last 48 hours in Bijapur District of south Chhattisgarh for allegedly acting as cultural activists of the CPI-Maoist. The alleged activists belong to the Chaitanya Natya Manch (CNM), the cultural wing of the CPI-Maoist. The Police release said the first group of 11 activists were arrested on December 4, while they were performing near Bidiyabhumi village under Bhairamgarh Police Station in Bijapur. The second group of three boys and two girls were picked up from Kondapal village under Mirtur Police Station.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a senior reporter of a local daily at a weekly market in Basaguda village of Bijapur District of Bastar region. The victim, Sain Reddy, in early 50s, was working with Deshbandhu, one of the oldest newspapers of Chhattisgarh.

SFs arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Ghasiya (30) and seized five muzzle loading guns from his possession in Bayanar Police Station area in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh. He was carrying a reward of INR 7,000 on his head.

At least 10 CPI-Maoist cadres, including two couples, surrendered at the court in Bijapur District. Bijapur Police claimed that the CPI-Maoist cadres, who were part of the National Park area committee of the outlawed CPI-Maoist, expressed their willingness to join the political mainstream, after being disappointed by the "high-handedness of senior cadres and atrocities on tribals by them."

The CPI-Maoist gave a call to youth to boycott Army recruitment rallies, claiming their efforts were on to make Chhattisgarh military and Air Force bases.

In response to the December 6 killing of journalist Sai Reddy, about 200 journalists, mostly from the seven Districts of Bastar in Chhattisgarh, have decided to boycott news related to CPI-Maoist. They convened a protest meeting and unanimously decided to stop publishing and broadcasting Maoist press releases, unless the Maoists clarified their position in respect to the death of Reddy, 51, at Basaguda market, 500 km south of Raipur.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman, identified as Joga Naresh Markam (28) and Fagni Mandavi (35), surrendered before Police in Narayanpur District.

Maoists claimed responsibility for killing senior Bastar (Chhattisgarh) journalist Sai Reddy (51). In a statement, the powerful South Regional Committee of the Maoists alleged that Reddy closely worked with the Police to dislodge the Maoists in south Bastar.

Bastar District Police claimed a major success when they arrested a Police-turned-Maoist identified as Korsa Joga about nine months after he joined the Maoists.

Two kids were severely injured in a landmine blast laid by CPI-Maoist at Kongera village in Narayanpur District. The landmines laid by Maoists to attack security personnel went off when Kumari Radha (3), and Ramu Salam (3), stepped on it while playing and sustained burns on their faces.

SFs claimed to have busted a CPI-Maoist camp following an encounter with the Maoists near Kutul area in Narayanpur District. A woman Maoist, who was injured in the incident, was arrested.

In another incident five Maoists were arrested from the forest of Kodeliyear, Narayanpur District.

Six CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested with a huge cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in Sarguja region of Balrampur District.

The next year (2014) is likely to pose a bigger challenge to the counter-insurgency operation in Chhattisgarh where the CPI-Maoist is planning to observe its 10th year of foundation and is being feared to unite all Naxal groups in the country to carry out major 'events'.

While the CRPF on December 26 morning launched massive anti-Maoist operations in eight states including Chhattisgarh, officials in Chhattisgarh State Police and State intelligence bureau appeared upset by the fact that their departments were not informed about the operation.

A trooper was killed and another injured in a CPI-Maoist attack in Bijapur District.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Banjami Hidma (35), involved in the killing of a journalist was arrested from a forest under Tongpal Police Station limits in Sukma District.