A total of 88 people were abducted and 11
of them killed in six of the
Communist Party of India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)
affected States till April 17
this year, parliament was informed
on April 26, reports newstrackindia.com
quoting IANS. In
a written reply in the Rajya
Sabha, Minister of State for
Home Affairs Jitendra Singh
said the maximum cases were
reported in Jharkhand (31 abducted,
two killed) and Chhattisgarh
(29 abducted and three of them
killed). The six States are
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and
Odisha. However, no incidents
have been reported from another
four Maoist-affected States
- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka - so far till April 17 this
year. According to the minister,
2009 witnessed 380 people being
abducted and 93 of them getting
killed while 490 were abducted
and 113 killed the following
year. In 2011, 329 were kidnapped
and 64 killed in all the ten
States. |
