Date |
Place
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Incident
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Nature of incident |
January 6 |
Garhwa District of Jharkhand
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Five Naxals were arrested with arms and
ammunition from Gumla and Garhwa Districts of Jharkhand. Two cadres
of the PLFI were arrested from Palkot in Gumla District while
three cadres of the TPC were arrested in Ranka, Garhwa District.
A country made gun, bullets and mobile phones were found on PLFI
cadres Vinay Gope and Ravi Gope while Police recovered 25 kilograms
explosive from TPC cadres Rajesh Yadav and his aides Sunil Singh
Kharwar and Mehboob Alam. Gumla SP, Chandan Kumar Jha said Vinay
and Ravi had demanded INR 300,000 levy from a petrol bunk owner
on December 30, 2016. In Garhwa, Police first arrested Rajesh.
During interrogation, he revealed about his aides who were arrested
from Ramkanda village. Police seized mobile phones, pamphlets
and posters. TPC and PLFI are splinter groups of the CPI-Maoist.
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Non-Violent |
January 10
|
Palamau and Garhwa Districts of
Jharkhand
|
Five Naxals from different
outfits were arrested along with arms and ammunition from Palamau
and Garhwa Districts of Jharkhand. Umesh Paswan and Shyamdeo
Singh Kharwar, and TPC-II member Satyendra Singh were arrested
from different parts of Palamau. Shiv Kumar Korba and Mukhdeo
Choudhary were arrested from Ramkanda area in Garhwa. TPC is
a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist while TPC-II, a splinter
group of TPC. SFs have recovered a country made pistol, cartridges,
five sets of camouflaged uniforms, mobile phones, TPC pamphlets
and a motorcycle from their possession.
|
Non-Violent
|
January 12 |
Palamu District of Jharkhand
|
The 'group commander', Abhay, of the TPC, a splinter
group of the CPI-Maoist, was killed in an encounter under Chainpur
Police station area of Palamu District of Jharkhand. The encounter
took place between the team from Garhwa Police, along with a contingent
of the JAP. SFs have recovered two rifles, cartridges, batteries,
their chargers, blankets and other materials.
|
Violent |
February 2 |
Chatra District of Jharkhand
|
One Munna Singh alias Munna Ganjhu and
his friend Murari Sharma were killed by unidentified men in Kunda
area of Chatra District of Jharkhand. Police suspect hand of TPC,
a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
|
Violent |
February 25 |
Ranchi District of Jharkhand |
Five suspected cadres of the TPC, a breakaway
faction of the CPI-Maoist, were arrested from Ranchi District
of Jharkhand. City SP, Kaushal Kishore said two of them, Rajesh
Ganjhu and Pradeep Kesri, have been identified to be squad members
of the outfit, while the others - Rohit Kesri, Jairam Bhuinya
and Mahesh Mahato - are their supporters. "One country-made pistol
and three live cartridges have been seized from their possession
and the Kotwali police are interrogating them for further details,"
the SP said.
|
Non-Violent |
March 1 |
Rohtas District of Bihar |
The TPC 'zonal commander' Anil Kushwaha alias
Rakesh Mishra and 10 cadres killed Jitendra Kharwar (18) over
delay in serving them food in Rohtas District of Bihar. TPC is
a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
|
Violent |
March 14 |
Chatra District of Jharkhand |
Two TPC armed 'squad commanders', Rajesh Ganju
and Hiralal Ganjhu, were arrested by Jharkhand Police and the
CRPF in Chatra District of Jharkhand. SFs recovered a US-made
rifle and a carbine, seven other firearms, 450 cartridges, four
mobile phones, six magazines and INR 56,000. TPC is a splinter
group of CPI-Maoist.
|
Violent |
March 18 |
Palamu District of Jharkhand |
Armed cadres of CPI-Maoist blew up the two-room
house of a para teacher, Beerbal Ram, at Gowasarey village under
Pandu Police Station, 52 Kilometers from Daltonganj in Palamu
District of Jharkhand. Nobody was injured in the incident. SP,
Palamu District, Indrajeet Mahatha said, "The Maoists suspect
this para-teacher to be a sympathizer of a rival outfit TPC and
we believe this was the reason behind this attack on his home."
TPC is a splinter group of CPI-Maoist.
|
Violent |
March 24 |
Palamau District of Jharkhand
|
Three cadres of the TPC, a splinter group of the
CPI-Maoist, were killed after an internecine clash at Seeta Chuan
under Mohammadganj Police Station in Palamau District of Jharkhand.
One of the killed TPC cadre was identified as, 'zonal commander'
Ajay Yadav, who has a reward of INR 500,000 on his head. Yadav
was involved in the Kala Pahad IED blast case in which seven Police
personnel were killed in Palamu on January 27, 2016. The other
two killed were identified as 'area commanders' Krishna Kharwar
and Ravindra Mahto. Police also recovered one AK-47 rifle, one
INSAS rifle, one semi automatic rifle, one 303 rifle and one 0.315
bore gun along with 630 live bullets, 23 magazines, 11 cell phones,
several IEDs ,50 meter of Codex wire, flash and 6 back packs.
A person Uday Oraon was also arrested from the site. Palamu Deputy
DIG Vipul Shukla said, "It appears that the loss of life is due
to the inner fight."
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Violent |
March 24 |
Latehar District of Jharkhand
|
Police recovered cash worth INR four million,
sophisticated weapons such as AK-47, self-loading rifle and a
.315 bore rifle and over 100 cartridges from a TPC, a splinter
group of the CPI-Maoist, hideout in Balumath area of Latehar District
of Jharkhand. The raid was followed by an exchange of fire between
Police and the rebels. However, there was no report of any casualty
or arrest.
|
Violent |
April11 |
Gaya District of Bihar |
Suspected cadres of the TPC, a splinter group
of the CPI-Maoist, on April 9 night raided the construction site
of GAIL, the agency engaged in laying gas pipeline passing through
Gurua Police Station area of Gaya District of Bihar and "ordered"
stoppage of work for the company's failure to pay the 'levy' demanded
by the outfit. City SP, Awakash Kumar said a case has been registered
and work will resume. "Full Police protection would be provided
to those engaged in gas pipeline laying work," said the City SP.
|
Violent |
April 14 |
Chatra District of Jharkhand |
Kamlesh Ganjhu a cadre of TPC, a splinter group
of the CPI-Maoist, was arrested from Lawalong area of Chatra District
of Jharkhand. SFs recovered AK-47 rifle, a pistol, two magazines,
152 cartridges and INR 3,614,000 in cash from Ganjhu' s house
during the raid.
|
Violent |
April 17 |
Palamu District of Jharkhand |
A villager Shiv Nath Yadav (55) and his son Guddu
Yadav (28) were killed by over 20 armed cadres of CPI-Maoist at
village Kulheya under Harihurganj Police Station in Palamu District
of Jharkhand. The two were suspected by CPI-Maoist cadres as TPC
supporters. TPC is a splinter group of CPI-Maoist
|
Violent |
May 1 |
Latehar District of Jharkhand |
Alok Yadav, TPC 'sub-zonal commander' was arrested
from his hideout in Mahuadand area in Latehar District of Jharkhand.
TPC is a splinter group of CPI-Maoist.
|
Violent |
May 21 |
Hazaribagh District of
Jharkhand |
Seven cadres of TPC, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist,
were killed in an exchange of fire between its two factions in
Keredari area of Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. DIG of North
Chhotanagpur Division, Bhimsen Tuti, told that the group fought
following a dispute on the sharing of extortion money seized from
construction companies. The bodies of three out seven cadres were
identified as TPC 'zonal commander' Sagar, 'sub-zonal commanders'
Manish and Jhonson. One severed head recovered from the spot was
yet to be identified. The rest three bodies and the injured cadres
were taken away by the rebels, Police said.
|
Violent |
May 28 |
Ramgarh District of Jharkhand
|
TPC cadres - Chandan Kumar, Md Arif and Biraj
Bhuiyan - were arrested while burning kendu leaves in a farm in
Ramgarh District of Jharkhand, after failing to extort 'levy'
from a contractor. TPC is a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
|
Violent |
June 11 |
Chatra District of Jharkhand
|
Ten cadres of TPC shot dead two brothers, Muneswar
alias Munna (34), Nageswar Oraon (32), and grievously injured
a third, Jogeswar (28), at Piparwar village in Chatra District
of Jharkhand. TPC is a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist. Police
suspect the brothers were victims of revenge killing. Their eldest
sibling Muneswar was an accused in the murder of six TPC cadres
in Hindgiri in Ranchi District on May 21.
|
Violent |
July 15 |
Latehar District of Jharkhand |
An 'area commander' of the TPC, Chetan Yadav,
was arrested from Gurug village under Latehar Police Station in
Latehar District of Jharkhand. Yadav is wanted in more than a
dozen cases of Naxal violence. TPC is a splinter group
of the CPI-Maoist.
|
Non-Violent |
July |
Chatra District of Jharkhand |
Jharkhand Police arrested a 'Zonal Commander'
of the TPC, Anish alias Karampal Ganjhu (28), arrested from Gerua
in Sadar Police Station area of Chatra District of Jharkhand.
TPC is a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist. Police recovered a
carbine, two live bullets, three phones and a SUV from Anish.
He was carrying INR 1 million on his head.
|
Non-Violent |
August 18 |
Ramgarh District of Jharkhand |
Police arrested four TPC cadres from the outskirts
of Ramgarh District of Jharkhand. TPC is a splinter group of the
CPI-Maoist.
|
Non-Violent |
August 23 |
Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand
|
In a joint operation, Hazaribagh Police and CRPF
arrested three cadres of TPC from Chanaro forest area under Charhi
block in the Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. TPC is a splinter
group of the CPI-Maoist. The arrested TPC cadres were identified
as Rahul Ganjhu, Nitesh Ganjhu and Prakash Ganjhu. SFs also recovered
two country made pistols, some live cartridges and Naxal
literatures from them.
|
Non-Violent |
August 26 |
Chatra District of Jharkhand
|
Chatra Police sealed the house of TPC 'zonal commander'
Kokaram under UAPA at Lawalong in Chatra District of Jharkhand.
Kokaram carries INR 1 million rewards on his head. TPC is a splinter
group of CPI-Maoist.
|
Non-Violent |
August 29 |
Ranchi District of Jharkhand
|
A STF team led by Ranchi SSP, Kuldeep Dwivedi
arrested Ramesh Turi, a cadre of TPC, from McCluskieganj in Ranchi
District of Jharkhand. TPC is a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
|
Non-Violent |
October 23 |
Palamu District of Jharkhand
|
Palamu Police neutralised a new Naxal outfit
of TPC-2, a breakaway group of the TPC, a splinter group of the
CPI-Maoist. A press release issued from SP, Palamu read that this
outfit tried to extort money from the contractor of the Government
polytechnic college under construction on State highway in Lesliganj
Police Station's Basoura village in Palamu District of Jharkhand.
The new outfit, a group of 12 to 13 persons, having dubious past
and role in the society, had olive green battle fatigue, which
was worn by its cadres in turn in order to create an impression
that they were of extremist outfit, the Police said. OIC of Lesliganj
Police Station, Rana Jung Bahadur Singh said this outfit on October
14 reached one construction site in the area, assaulted a few
workers there and looted one cell phone of the worker giving order
to ask the contractor to speak to this outfit. OIC Singh said
the outfit erred and it helped us most. Calls were made from the
same looted cell phone. Police put that cell phone number and
other details on its Technical Cell and finally succeeded in intercepting
their conversation. Police got the location of the tower of the
cell phone and then arrested Dharmender Singh who spilled all
the beans and on his confession two others Jubair Alam and Chattu
Bhuiyan too were arrested. Police seized the three olive green
uniforms too along with a few cartridges.
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Violent |
November 5 |
Palamu District of Jharkhand
|
Minister C.P. Singh's distant relative Gupteshwar
Singh, whose wife is a mukhiya, was beaten up with sticks
by TPC cadres at Nawgarha village in Vishrampur in Palamu District
of Jharkhand. The TPC also wanted Gupteshwar's mukhiya wife to
pay INR 30,000 as 'levy' for building roads from panchayat
funds. TPC is a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
|
Violent |
November 12 |
Chatra District of Jharkhand
|
Two TPC cadres were arrested from Bantha forests
in Kunda Police Station area of Chatra District of Jharkhand.
Following a tip-off on the presence of a TPC squad in Bantha forests,
SP, Anjani Kumar Jha formed a team of State Police and the CRPF
and arrested TPC 'area commander' Subhash Ganjhu and his close
aide Kailu Ganjhu. "A carbine, a .303 rifle, a country-made pistol,
cartridges and mobile phones were found on the rebels, both of
which are natives of Bantha village. We were looking for them
for a long time," Jha said. TPC, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
|
Non-Violent |
November 12 |
Latehar District of Jharkhand
|
Two TPC cadres, identified as Ramlal Oraon and
Sadwa Oraon, were arrested from Chandwa Police Station area of
Latehar District of Jharkhand. They are alleged to have killed
school headmaster Vinod Baitha and torched his house in 2014 for
refusing to pay a 'levy'. TPC, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
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Non-Violent |
November 29 |
Latehar District of Jharkhand |
A top 'zonal commander' of the CPI-Maoist and
a 'strategist' Enul Khan alias Govind ji (52), who was wanted
for killing at least two dozen security personnel in the red zone
area of Jharkhand and Bihar, surrendered with a gun before the
Jharkhand State Police along with a 'Commander' of the TPC, Roshan
alias Ajay Prasad Sao in Latehar District of Jharkhand. Govind
had joined the banned left wing organisation as a regular cadre
in 2005. Considering his strategy making capabilities, senior
leaders of the outfit rose his ranks to 'area commander'. He was
also member of the political wing of the CPI-Maoist. "He was wanted
by Jharkhand and Bihar Police for carrying out attacks on joint
security forces. He carried Rs 10 lakh award on his head," said
Indrajeet Mahatha, SP of Latehar District. The SP added that Govindji
in 2013 led a troop of Maoist cadres which had triggered a landmine
blast killing eight security personnel including a SI rank officer
in Bihar's Gaya District. Govind was also part of the Maoist team
which ambushed joint SFs in Palamu in 2016. Six CRPF troopers
were killed and several others were injured in the attack. Active
since 2014, Roshan has been in jail and came out only in 2016
but he again became a Naxal. As per the surrender policy of the
Government, Khan was given INR 1.1 million while Roshan got INR
50,000. Palamu, DIG, Vipul Shukla informed that Khan has 21 cases
against him and was operating interstate, covering Bihar, whereas
Roshan's tally was 24 of which 14 cases are registered in Garhwa
District.
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Non-Violent |