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March - 1 
A CPI-Maoist supporter and supplier of explosives, identified as Karamdayal Munda, was arrested by Lohardaga Police on March 1, reports The Pioneer. Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Ratan Chothe has said “Under the leadership of SDPO AS Rijwi and
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A CPI-Maoist supporter and supplier of explosives, identified as Karamdayal Munda, was arrested by Lohardaga Police on March 1, reports The Pioneer. Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Ratan Chothe has said “Under the leadership of SDPO AS Rijwi and police force, CRPF, a search operation was conducted on Sunday. Police arrested Karamdayal Munda, the Maoist supporter and the supplier of explosives who was in Badi village of Senha block.” During interrogation, the supplier told the Police that he had kept some explosives near a Anganbadi centre. Police found 175 pieces of detonators, 25 metre cortex wire, a pressure cooker and 34 pieces of large sized canes. The SP added “Munda used to supply explosives to the Maoists for a long time especially to Madan and Nakul Yadav. During election hours he supplied them rice and eatables.”
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March - 1 
A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre has been arrested from a locality under Goh Police Station area in Aurangabad District on March 1, reports Zee News. Acting on a tip off, Police raided a hideout near Bihuri canal and arrested the Maoist, identified as Nan
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A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre has been arrested from a locality under Goh Police Station area in Aurangabad District on March 1, reports Zee News. Acting on a tip off, Police raided a hideout near Bihuri canal and arrested the Maoist, identified as Nand Das, with a pistol and some ammunition, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Anwar Javed said.
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March - 1 
In a boost to the anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operations, the base of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been set up in Chhattisgarh, reports The Indian Express on March 2. The aerial vehicle quietly made its first test-reconnais
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In a boost to the anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operations, the base of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been set up in Chhattisgarh, reports The Indian Express on March 2. The aerial vehicle quietly made its first test-reconnaissance from an airstrip in the Bhilai Steel Plant campus on February 27. The UAV will have its base station at a location in Nandini village of Bhilai, as a joint team of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) will handle its operations. The UAV makes sorties over the forested zone of Dandakaranya and takes images useful in security operations. Now, the UAV’s inputs will be streamed live at certain strategic locations, including Raipur Police Headquarters, offices of Police Superintendents of Maoist-hit districts and office of Bastar Inspector General (IG), among others. The UAV is likely to be connected with these offices within months.
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March - 2 
A contingent of District Force (DF) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) arrested a hardcore Maoist from his house at Chatapalli village under Awapalli Police Station limits of Bijapur District, reports The Pioneer on March 3. The insurgent was a Speci
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A contingent of District Force (DF) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) arrested a hardcore Maoist from his house at Chatapalli village under Awapalli Police Station limits of Bijapur District, reports The Pioneer on March 3. The insurgent was a Special Police Officer (SPO) in the past and had run away with a SLR rifle in 2007.
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March - 2 
A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was shot dead in a gun-battle with Security Forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma District on March 2, reports NDTV. "The rebel-- who is yet to be identified-- was killed in an exchan
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A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was shot dead in a gun-battle with Security Forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma District on March 2, reports NDTV. "The rebel-- who is yet to be identified-- was killed in an exchange of fire between a joint team of security personnel and ultras in the restive Gadiras police station limits late last night," Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh told PTI. "A group of armed insurgents opened indiscriminate firing on them in a hilly area of Gadgad village last night following which security personnel retaliated," he said. Later, during search of the spot in the wee hours, the body of a woman Naxal in uniform was recovered along with a 12 bore gun, a pipe bomb, cartridges and other material, the ASP said.
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March - 2 
An ‘area commander’ identified as Santosh Sah alias Manikant of the People's Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was arrested during a combing operation launched by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRP
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An ‘area commander’ identified as Santosh Sah alias Manikant of the People's Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was arrested during a combing operation launched by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in riverine areas of river Gandak near Gobindganj in East Champaran District on March 2, reports The Times of India.
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Jharkhand Police on March 2 recovered cache of arms and ammunition from Murpa forest under Mahuatand Police Station in Bokaro District, reports The Business Standard. Acting on a tip off, the District Police launched a massive search operation and re
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Jharkhand Police on March 2 recovered cache of arms and ammunition from Murpa forest under Mahuatand Police Station in Bokaro District, reports The Business Standard. Acting on a tip off, the District Police launched a massive search operation and recovered two SLR, three Masket Rifles, one 3.9 bore rifle, three 303 bore rifle, 400 live cartridges including 362 live cartridges of 7.6 bore, a flash light, wires, mobiles phone and Maoist literature, Superintendent of Police (SP), A Vijayalaxmi said.
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March - 2 
Nearly a week after Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a Police vehicle and killed two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel near Sherghati, a joint team of Gaya Police and CRPF raided Khardag, Bijua and Kolhubar vill
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Nearly a week after Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a Police vehicle and killed two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel near Sherghati, a joint team of Gaya Police and CRPF raided Khardag, Bijua and Kolhubar villages under Dumaria Police Station in Magadh region and arrested four Maoists involved in the incident, reports deccanheral.com on March 2. The apprehended Maoists – Mithilesh, Binod Yadav, Mohammad Ibrar and Ajay Kumar – confessed that they used ammonium nitrate to blow up the bus which was carrying the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) personnel to their base camp after the cops, earlier in the day, conducted search operations in Maoist-infested areas. “The explosives were stashed in two 5 kg-cylinders and planted beneath a road connecting the culvert. An IED (improvised explosive device) was used to trigger the blast,” said a source quoting the Maoists who confessed before the investigating officer.
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March - 2 
Odisha Government urged the Centre on March 2 to provide two MI-17 or equivalent helicopters to the State for undertaking anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operations, reports The Business Standard. "I would request you to consider de
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Odisha Government urged the Centre on March 2 to provide two MI-17 or equivalent helicopters to the State for undertaking anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operations, reports The Business Standard. "I would request you to consider deploying two MI-17 or equivalent helicopters in the state at the earliest for effectively undertaking anti-naxalite operations," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said in a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Chief Minister Patnaik said he had earlier requested the then Home Minister in a letter on October 29, 2010 for stationing two dedicated MI-17 Helicopters at Koraput and Bhubaneswar for anti-Maoist operations in Odisha.
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March - 2 
Security Forces (SFs) stumbled upon and recovered a powerful can-bomb in Murhu-Arki border in Khunti District on March 2, reports The Business Standard. The recovery was made when the SFs comprising of Khunti District Police and 60 Battalion of Centr
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Security Forces (SFs) stumbled upon and recovered a powerful can-bomb in Murhu-Arki border in Khunti District on March 2, reports The Business Standard. The recovery was made when the SFs comprising of Khunti District Police and 60 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from adjoining West Singhbhum District stumbled upon an open wire, District Superintendent of Police (SP) Anish Gupta said. The explosive weighed 50 kg. The bomb was suspected to have been planted by People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) - a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
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March - 2 
The Bhadrachalam Sub-Division Police of Telangana stepped up vigil along the Chhattisgarh border following some inputs about the possible movement of a top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader - Ramanna - in the areas close to the inte
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The Bhadrachalam Sub-Division Police of Telangana stepped up vigil along the Chhattisgarh border following some inputs about the possible movement of a top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader - Ramanna - in the areas close to the inter-State border, reports The Hindu on March 3. Acting on the unconfirmed reports that special zonal committee ‘secretary’ of the Dandakaranya region was moving along with his ailing wife for the latter’s treatment, the Sub-Division Police kept a close watch on the hospitals in the mandals (administrative units) bordering Chhattisgarh. There are unconfirmed reports that Ramanna is likely to surrender along with his wife. However, a Warangal report quoting top Police officials said they have no information that Ramanna was surrendering before the Police. Warangal Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) B. Malla Reddy denied any such developments.
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March - 2 
The Police on March 2 found arms and ammunitions from Murpa jungle in Mahuatand Police Station area of Bokaro District in Jharkhand, reports Business Standard. Acting on an information, the Police launched a massive search operation and recovered tw
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The Police on March 2 found arms and ammunitions from Murpa jungle in Mahuatand Police Station area of Bokaro District in Jharkhand, reports Business Standard. Acting on an information, the Police launched a massive search operation and recovered two SLR, three Masket Rifles, One 3.9 bore rifle, three 303 bore rifle, 400 live cartridges including 362 live cartridges of 7.6 bore, a flash light, wires, mobiles phone and Left Wing Extremist literatures, Superintendent of Police, A Vijayalaxmi said.
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March - 2 
Two Communist Party of India-Maoist cadres, identified as Madvi Bheema (30) and Hemla Aaytu, were arrested and cache of explosives were recovered from them during a combing operation at Budgicheru Nayapara village under Basaguda Police Station limits
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Two Communist Party of India-Maoist cadres, identified as Madvi Bheema (30) and Hemla Aaytu, were arrested and cache of explosives were recovered from them during a combing operation at Budgicheru Nayapara village under Basaguda Police Station limits of Bijapur District, reports The Pioneer on March 3. Pipe bombs and gelatin packets were seized from their possession.
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March - 3 
Police on March 3 conducted raid at some mobile phone shops at Karpi under the Arwal Police station in Arwal District and arrested three shop owners for allegedly supplying SIM cards of different cell companies on fake electoral IDs to the activists
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Police on March 3 conducted raid at some mobile phone shops at Karpi under the Arwal Police station in Arwal District and arrested three shop owners for allegedly supplying SIM cards of different cell companies on fake electoral IDs to the activists of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Times of India. Those arrested have been identified as Chitranjan Kumar, Gautam Kumar and Arun Kumar, all residents of villages adjoining Karpi. Police also recovered a laptop, fake electoral IDs with tampered holograms and other incriminating documents. Arwal Superintendent of Police (SP) Manavjeet Singh Dhillon said most of the Maoists, who were recently arrested by the Arwal Police, were invariably found demanding levies from contractors using SIM cards provided to them by the arrested mobile shopowners. The SP said the arrested persons used to provide SIM cards on fake IDs to Maoists and in return, the Maoists paid them a fixed amount per sim from their income earned through levy. The seized laptop has been sent to the state police headquarters for cyber examination, the SP added
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March - 3 
The Kerala High Court on March 3 dismissed the bail pleas of Thushar Nirmal Sarathy and Jaison C Cooper, who allegedly belong to a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) front organisation and were behind the attack on NHAI office in Kochi, rep
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The Kerala High Court on March 3 dismissed the bail pleas of Thushar Nirmal Sarathy and Jaison C Cooper, who allegedly belong to a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) front organisation and were behind the attack on NHAI office in Kochi, reports The Times of India. Turning down the bail pleas, justice B Kemal Pashad held that the contents of the case diary prima facie reveal their complicity and the matter requires thorough and continued investigation. Considering the seriousness of the allegation and the present stage of investigation, it is premature to grant bails now, the court said.
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March - 3 
The Naxal Special Division (NSD), which consists of two teams in Coimbatore and the Nilgiris Districts, has been successful in building cordial relationship with people in tribal villages and hamlets bordering Kerala, reports The Hindu. Inspector Gen
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The Naxal Special Division (NSD), which consists of two teams in Coimbatore and the Nilgiris Districts, has been successful in building cordial relationship with people in tribal villages and hamlets bordering Kerala, reports The Hindu. Inspector General of Police (West Zone) K. Shankar said that the teams have met the primary target of building ties with the villagers. The teams are operational from February 1 following the attacks on a forest office and a few other places at Palakkad District, Kerala, in December 2014. The dedicated teams were formed in addition to the combing operations Stating that there is no Naxal movement in this part of the State, Shankar added that the Police have also targeted recruitment of 75 Home Guards in bordering hamlets in Ooty and around 30 in similar areas in Coimbatore District, by the end of March.
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March - 4 
Four cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from Dantewada District on March 4, reports The Hindu. The arrested Maoists were identified as Bhansi Local Operating Squad (LOS) 'commander' of Maoists military wing Peopl
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Four cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested from Dantewada District on March 4, reports The Hindu. The arrested Maoists were identified as Bhansi Local Operating Squad (LOS) 'commander' of Maoists military wing People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Hunga alias Sonaru, Motu alias Guddu Telam, the organiser of Bhansi LOS, Punem Kallu, who was a member of Maoists’ military company no.2 and Ramesh Yadav. Dantewada Police in a press statement said that “Hunga was sent by senior Maoist leader Ganesh Uike to kill Badaru, a former Maoist and now a police constable in Dantewada.” Punem Kallu carried a reward of INR 8,00,000 on his head and Hunga carried a reward of INR 5,00,000.
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March - 4 
Presently, a total number of 593 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been deployed in 10 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states for assisting the state police in conducting anti-LWE operations in the state, reports Business Stand
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Presently, a total number of 593 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been deployed in 10 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states for assisting the state police in conducting anti-LWE operations in the state, reports Business Standard. With effect from 01.4.2014, the rate of recovery of deployment charges for each Battalion (of 7 coys) have been fixed at Rs 43.10 crore per annum, in addition to actual cost of transportation/ movement of the Battalions, with 5% annual increase for the subsequent five years from 2014-15 to 2018-19. As on 01.10.2014, an amount of Rs 13139.37 crore is outstanding on deployment of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) (the largest amongst CAPFs) against LWE affected States, on account of deployment charges. Presently, there is no proposal with the Government to reduce / decrease the number of battalions of CAPFs in the LWE affected States, thus reducing the expenditure on their deployment. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to Shri Harivansh in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Parliament) on March 4.
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March - 4 
The Andhra Pradesh Government has doubled the relief amount provided to surrendered Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from INR 5,000 to INR 10,000 to meet their immediate requirements as recommended by the High Powered Cabinet Sub-C
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The Andhra Pradesh Government has doubled the relief amount provided to surrendered Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from INR 5,000 to INR 10,000 to meet their immediate requirements as recommended by the High Powered Cabinet Sub-Committee dealing with “naxalite problems” in the state, reports The Hans India on March 5. The Government has also evolved guidelines for the rehabilitation of surrendered extremists to encourage surrenders and enable the extremists to join mainstream by providing them with economic support schemes. Depending on their economic status, they become eligible for grant of White cards, housing, LPG subsidy and also admission to skill development courses, says a special Government Order issued by the Andhra Pradesh Government on March 4. The Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence), Andhra Pradesh said that the grant has no impact on other special grants like reward money on the surrendered extremist and others like healthcare, education, jobs etc.
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March - 5 
Thanks to a host of measures taken by the Government to ease pressure on Security Forces fighting the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and positive expectations from the seventh pay commission, lesser number of men in uniform are hanging
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Thanks to a host of measures taken by the Government to ease pressure on Security Forces fighting the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and positive expectations from the seventh pay commission, lesser number of men in uniform are hanging up their boots, reports The Times of India on March 6. For the first time in the past five years, the cumulative annual attrition from paramilitary forces has dropped below 10,000. According to latest home ministry data, in 2014, only 7,700 odd personnel quit various central armed police forces (CAPFs) as against over 11,000 in 2013 and 13, 000 in 2012.
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March - 6 
Intelligence inputs coming from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Intelligence Bureau have suggested that the growing alienation among tribal population in various Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) strongholds in Odisha, Jharkhand, C
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Intelligence inputs coming from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Intelligence Bureau have suggested that the growing alienation among tribal population in various Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) strongholds in Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and parts of Bihar and Maharashtra has forced CPI-Maoist to order a study of socioeconomic impact of the central development schemes, reports dnaindia.com on March 7. The study has been ordered by the Eastern Regional Bureau of CPI-Maoist that supervises Maoist activities in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and North Chhattisgarh, sources said. The ERB has asked various state committees to undertake detailed study in villages and circulated a 19 column detailed pro-forma to be duly filled up by the surveyors. "The CPI (Maoist) has noted that if it has to spread and further revolution in the agrarian areas, it has to review its tactics in the light of socio-political and economic impact of the development schemes that have been there in the rural and tribal areas for the last two decades," said sources. In their internal communications, the Maoist's have blamed these programmes for weaning away village level activists as they got involved in various contractual works associated with these schemes. Besides initiatives like Rs. 2 per kg rice for poor and Saranda action plan succeeded in misguiding some of its active cadres and sowed seeds of discord among them, the intelligence inputs note. The confiscated documents also suggest that some Maoist leaders lament the lack of maturity on part of some of its senior leadership for being unaware of changing ground realities and need for a comprehensive survey from a Marxist perspective.
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March - 7 
A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Janaki Yadav, carrying a reward of INR 50,000 on his head was arrested from Banadih village in Jamui District on March 7, reports DNA. Acting on a tip off, a Police team led by Super
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A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Janaki Yadav, carrying a reward of INR 50,000 on his head was arrested from Banadih village in Jamui District on March 7, reports DNA. Acting on a tip off, a Police team led by Superintendent of Police (SP), Operation, DN Pandey raided the village and arrested the Maoist. Yadav, is said to be a self-styled ‘area platoon commander’ of the CPI-Maoist and was wanted in over a dozen cases.
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March - 7 
Five members of unarmed militia of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered before Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Narsipatnam B. Satya Yesu Babu at Narsipatnam in Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh on March 7, r
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Five members of unarmed militia of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered before Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Narsipatnam B. Satya Yesu Babu at Narsipatnam in Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh on March 7, reports The Hindu. The five — Korra Sitaram, Killo Mahadev, Gunta Sonnu, Gunta Raju and Masilil Loknadh of Nakkalametta village — were involved in the burning of a jeep engaged for General Elections and destroying of Electonic Voting Machines (EVMs) at Palakajeedi on May 7, 2014, killing of a surrendered Maoist Muvvala Naresh on the East Godavari-Visakhapatnam border during August 2014 and looting of his house. They had also provided logistic support to the Maoists.
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March - 7 
in a joint raid, East Champaran District Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrested CPI-Maoist ‘sub-zonal commander’ of north Bihar Munchun Sah from his hideout at Nakardewa village under Rajepur Police Station area on March 7, reports T
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in a joint raid, East Champaran District Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrested CPI-Maoist ‘sub-zonal commander’ of north Bihar Munchun Sah from his hideout at Nakardewa village under Rajepur Police Station area on March 7, reports The Times of India. Munchun had been dodging the police for the last three years. East Champaran Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) (operations) Rajiv Kumar said the Police recovered a pistol, live cartridges, four cellphones, letters for levy and Maoist literatures from his possession. According to police sources, Munchun is an expert in bomb making and arm operation in his organization.
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March - 7 
Nine naxalites including two women cadre of Communist Party of India –Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered before Police on March 7 at Koraput District, reports The Business Standard. Police stated that All the surrendered Maoists belongs to Narayanpatna
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Nine naxalites including two women cadre of Communist Party of India –Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered before Police on March 7 at Koraput District, reports The Business Standard. Police stated that All the surrendered Maoists belongs to Narayanpatna in Koraput District and were working for the Koraput division of the Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee of CPI-Maoist.
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March - 8 
A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in a fierce exchange of fire with the Police during an anti-Naxal-[Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)] operation inside Churadangar forest near Godlajharan village of Golamunda block in Kalahandi
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A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in a fierce exchange of fire with the Police during an anti-Naxal-[Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)] operation inside Churadangar forest near Godlajharan village of Golamunda block in Kalahandi District on March 8, reports The Hindu. The exchange of fire with the Maoists ensued when personnel of district Police and the elite Special Operation Group (SOG) were carrying out anti-LWE operation, said Kalahandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Brijesh Kumar Ray. The Police also seized a sophisticated weapon and other materials from the spot.
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March - 8 
Eight Maoists including two women insurgents surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District on March 8, reports The Pioneer. The insurgents were identified as Shankar Poyam (30) of Bhairamgarh, Prakash Podiyami (20) of Nelsanar, Ramsu Tamo alias K
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Eight Maoists including two women insurgents surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District on March 8, reports The Pioneer. The insurgents were identified as Shankar Poyam (30) of Bhairamgarh, Prakash Podiyami (20) of Nelsanar, Ramsu Tamo alias Katav (21) of Bhairamgarh, Munni Podiyami (30), Malti (20) from Dantewada, Vetti Aytu (42) and Mohan Vatti (27) both from Awapalli and Sukhram Hemla (29) hailing from Gangalur. Superintendent of Police (SP), Bijapur, KL Dhruv informed that Shankar Poyam was member of Maoist military platoon number 16 and also President of Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM), one of the offshoots of the CPI-Maoist. “Shankar was appointed Naxal ‘Militia Commander’ active in Belnar in 2005. He was involved in triggering Improvised Explosive device (IED) near village Bodli under Nelsanar Police Station in 2010 where two personnel of Naga Battalion had lost their lives. The insurgent had also killed Salwa Judum leaders,” the SP said, adding, reward of INR 100,000 was declared on his head. Prakash Podyami, ‘deputy commander’ of Section-A of Maoist Military platoon number 1 was trained in handling automatic weapons and planting IED. The insurgent along with other Naxals had carried out ambush attack on a Police party in Bhatpal under Orcha Police Station wherein 3 Police personnel died. The State Government had declared reward of INR 300,000 on his head, he said. Ramsu Tamo who was ‘Janmilitia Commander’ active in Bhairamgarh was part of Naxal team which had attacked Police party in Farsegarh in 2012. Two Police personnel had martyred in the attack, he said adding Ramsu carried reward of INR 100,000 on his head. The other surrendered ultras used to support insurgents in operating Naxal activities in the region, the SP said.
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March - 8 
Kuldip Yadav, ‘area commander’ of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was killed by the Maoists in Palamu District on March 8, reports The Pioneer. The body of Yadav was found ne
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Kuldip Yadav, ‘area commander’ of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was killed by the Maoists in Palamu District on March 8, reports The Pioneer. The body of Yadav was found near Dobatiya More on NH 98 under Harihurganj Police Station. Kuldip was abducted by the Maoists from Koolhaiya Village on March 7, when he had gone to his maternal uncle’s village. Chhaterpur Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sameer Tirkey confirmed the killing of the TPC ‘area commander’ by the Maoists. The DSP also confirmed the recovery of hand written letter by the Maoists at the spot claiming responsibility for gunning down the ‘commander’, saying he was shot dead to avenge the killing of 11 Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist (LWE)] cadres namely Jaiker, Praful, Prayas, Jitender, Albert, Danish, Tapos, Niraj, Ramesh, Hansraj and Baleshwar, at Lakarbandha in Chatra District on March 27-28, 2013. The Maoists believed Kuldip was one among the killers of their 11 cadres, said sources. The letter also warned the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, and Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, from cheating the innocent people.
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March - 8 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze two vehicles of a construction company deployed for construction of a road near Punnoor village in Bijapur District on March 8, reports The Pioneer. A road-roller and a Hyva tipper we
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze two vehicles of a construction company deployed for construction of a road near Punnoor village in Bijapur District on March 8, reports The Pioneer. A road-roller and a Hyva tipper were set on fire by insurgents during the evening hours while the labourers were engaged in construction of road located on Awapalli -Basaguda road. According to Superintendent of Police (SP) K L Dhruv, a group of insurgents walked to the construction site when the Road Opening Party (ROP) had returned to the camp after patrolling. The insurgents poured fuel on the two vehicles deployed for road construction work and torched them, he said.
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March - 10 
A suspect, identified as Ashraf, a native of Pandikkad in Malappuram, in the alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on a KFC restaurant in Palakkad District in December, 2014 was arrested by Peravoor Police in Kannur District on
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A suspect, identified as Ashraf, a native of Pandikkad in Malappuram, in the alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on a KFC restaurant in Palakkad District in December, 2014 was arrested by Peravoor Police in Kannur District on March 10, reports The New Indian Express.
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March - 10 
A youth identified as Shahrukh Chand Khan (21), earlier questioned for alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) links, has been arrested by the Pune Police for allegedly trying to extort INR 200,000 from Ramesh Bagwe, the former minister
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A youth identified as Shahrukh Chand Khan (21), earlier questioned for alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) links, has been arrested by the Pune Police for allegedly trying to extort INR 200,000 from Ramesh Bagwe, the former minister of state for home affairs, reports The Indian Express on March 11. An offence in this connection has been registered with Khadak Police Station in Pune in Maharashtra. A resident of Kasewadi slums in Bhavani Peth, Shahrukh and his friend, both associated with an organisation “Mass Movement” were questioned by the state Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) following the arrest of alleged Maoist couple Arun Bhelke and Kanchan Nanaware in September 2014. Bhelke had allegedly developed contacts with Mass Movement members while working as an underground operative of the golden corridor committee of the CPI-Maoist.
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March - 10 
The Dhamteri-Nuapada Divisional Committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called for a total bandh (shut down strike) of six Districts on the borders of Odisha and Chhattisgarh on March 16 condemning the killing of one of thei
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The Dhamteri-Nuapada Divisional Committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called for a total bandh (shut down strike) of six Districts on the borders of Odisha and Chhattisgarh on March 16 condemning the killing of one of their cadres, Surath, and the arrest of two other members, Mithila and Ramsinha, on March 10, reports The Pioneer. The bandh call has been given in Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur districts of Odisha and Dhamteri, Kanker and Gariabandh Districts of Chhattisgarh.
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March - 10 
Three suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested during a joint search operation by Security Forces (SFs) from dense Lingagiri forests close to Dharmapur village under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur Distric
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Three suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested during a joint search operation by Security Forces (SFs) from dense Lingagiri forests close to Dharmapur village under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur District on March 10, reports The Business Standard. Those arrested were identified as Uika Hunga (25), Uika Soma (37) and Uika Sudaru (20). During interrogation they "admitted being involved in the Maoist movement as "sangham" members".
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March - 11 
A newly elected sarpanch (head of village level local self government) and a villager were hacked to death by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Sukma District on March 11, reports The Hindu. “Suchcham Hidma, sarpanch of
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A newly elected sarpanch (head of village level local self government) and a villager were hacked to death by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Sukma District on March 11, reports The Hindu. “Suchcham Hidma, sarpanch of Gollapalli, and Punem Pandu of Pollampalli were allegedly abducted by Maoists on March 7 along with six other villagers from different parts of the District. Hidma and Pandu were killed while the others were released after some warning,” Sukma District Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh said.
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March - 11 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) perpetrated violence has declined in the country from 1,000 killings during 2008, 2009 and 2010 to about 300-odd now, K. Vijay Kumar, Special Security Adviser, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), sa
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) perpetrated violence has declined in the country from 1,000 killings during 2008, 2009 and 2010 to about 300-odd now, K. Vijay Kumar, Special Security Adviser, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), said in VIT University in Vellore on March 11, reports The Hindu. “This is a sign that two-third violence has come down. But that does not mean that they (Maoists) are incapable of causing hiccups and giving surprises,” he said. He further said there were two to three Maoist-affected States that were being concentrated upon. “Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand contribute about 30 per cent each that is two-third in the country. The Governments are trying to tighten efforts here,” he pointed out.
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March - 11 
Nearly four years after the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji was gunned down in an encounter in West Bengal’s Junglemahal area, the Maoists have started trickling back into the forest-covered
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Nearly four years after the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji was gunned down in an encounter in West Bengal’s Junglemahal area, the Maoists have started trickling back into the forest-covered terrain of the State, reports The Deccan Herald on March 12. According to inputs by both Central and State agencies, a number of top Maoist leaders from West Bengal and Jharkhand have been spotted making their way into villages. Security agencies have received inputs from ground-level sources that in the last few days, ‘regional commanders’ and leaders such as Bikash, Shyamal and Ranjit Pal have been spotted in the area. They have also been in touch with some known associates in villages along the West Bengal-Jharkhand border. Sources further said that a group of Maoists, under the leadership of Madan Mahato, ‘commander’ of the Belpahari region in Purulia, was spotted in the Ranibandh area of Bankura three weeks back. “Security agencies believe Mahato to be unwell. There is a high chance that he is hiding somewhere in the dense forest along the Bengal-Jharkhand border. Bikash and others must have contacted him to get a ground report,” a senior officer said.
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March - 11 
With Odisha figuring low among the States in the Police-population ratio, the Assembly Standing Committee on Home Department has recommended a five-year plan to augment the strength of civil Police, reports The New Indian Express on March 12. Current
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With Odisha figuring low among the States in the Police-population ratio, the Assembly Standing Committee on Home Department has recommended a five-year plan to augment the strength of civil Police, reports The New Indian Express on March 12. Currently, the sanctioned civil Police strength ratio stands at 81.05 per 100,000 population against the national average of 145.02. Interestingly, if the vacancy is taken into account, then State deploys just 71 civil policemen for 100,000 population. The panel, in its report, observed that the disparity could be attributed to a low civil police strength which needs to be raised. As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the civil police strength in the State stands at 30,850 in 2013. The panel has suggested a five-year plan to scale up the civil police strength so that the police-population ratio reached 100 per one lakh population. This can be done by creation of posts across the ranks and by putting in place required infrastructure both in urban and rural areas at a cost of INR 1.88 billion per annum. This can also address the growing law and order concerns, the panel observed. The House panel has suggested that a separate medical fund be created to provide emergency financial assistance for meeting the treatment cost of security personnel injured during anti-Maoist operations.
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March - 12 
A hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Jaglal Ganju, was on March 12 found dead in a locality under Kothi Police Station area of Talaiya Bazar in Gaya District, reports The Times of India. He was an ‘area comman
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A hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Jaglal Ganju, was on March 12 found dead in a locality under Kothi Police Station area of Talaiya Bazar in Gaya District, reports The Times of India. He was an ‘area commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, said Kothi Police Station in-Charge Qayamuddin Ansari. The dead body bore marks of injuries from bullet indicating that he was shot dead, he said, adding that a pamphlet was found from the spot bearing the name of another Naxal-[Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)] outfit - Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) – a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, in which it was claimed that Ganju's murder was revenge for killing of a TPC cadre Kuldeep Yadav recently, he said.
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March - 12 
Security Forces (SFs) arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and seized a cache of arms and explosives after busting a temporary camp of Maoists close to Chipurbhatti village under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur D
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Security Forces (SFs) arrested two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and seized a cache of arms and explosives after busting a temporary camp of Maoists close to Chipurbhatti village under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur District on March 11, reports PTI.
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March - 13 
A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed and four others were injured during an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) at Sargaon village in Gumla District on March 13, reports The Times of India. Unconfirmed reports, however, said four more Maoists were killed b
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A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed and four others were injured during an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) at Sargaon village in Gumla District on March 13, reports The Times of India. Unconfirmed reports, however, said four more Maoists were killed but Police did not confirm the report. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), operations, Pawan Kumar Singh, and Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mohammad Arshi led two teams of forces to Sargaon village in Chainpur near Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh border after Police got information that top Maoist leader Deokumar Singh alias Arvindji was holding a meeting with his core team in the hills. "Maoists started firing at our team when they approached the hills. Our forces launched a far stronger retaliatory fire which killed one and injured at least four of them," said Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) Inspector General of Police (IG) RK Mishra. "We have seized one rifle, a hand grenade, 150 live cartridges, huge quantity of food grain and several utensils from the Maoist camp," said Lohardaga Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Ratan, who is in-charge of Gumla.
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March - 13 
Jharkhand Jaguar troopers and CRPF personnel busted two artificial bunkers of Maoists on Jhumra Hill in Gomia block of Bokaro District on March 13, reports The Times of India. Police seized grenades, live cartridges, can bombs and other items hidden
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Jharkhand Jaguar troopers and CRPF personnel busted two artificial bunkers of Maoists on Jhumra Hill in Gomia block of Bokaro District on March 13, reports The Times of India. Police seized grenades, live cartridges, can bombs and other items hidden by the Maoist in the forest. Commenting on the matter, Bokaro SP A. Vijaylaxmi said they launched a search operation following intelligence inputs about movement of a Maoist squad headed by its leader, Santosh Mahto. "We have recovered two hand grenades, 10 kilograms cane bomb, live cartridges of AK-47 and Insas rifles besides naxal literature," said Vijaylaxmi.
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March - 13 
One People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) cadre, identified as Janeshwar Gope, surrendered before Khunti District Police on March 13, reports The Times of India. Gope was wanted in more than eight cases including cases of murder and kidnapping
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One People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) cadre, identified as Janeshwar Gope, surrendered before Khunti District Police on March 13, reports The Times of India. Gope was wanted in more than eight cases including cases of murder and kidnapping
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March - 13 
Security personnel had a narrow escape as a landmine planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in a forest road in Gochhapada area of Kandhamal District was detected and defused by them on March 13, reports The Business Standard.
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Security personnel had a narrow escape as a landmine planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in a forest road in Gochhapada area of Kandhamal District was detected and defused by them on March 13, reports The Business Standard. The landmine weighing about 7 kilogram was kept in an aluminium container. The landmine was detected when Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) personnel and District Policemen were carrying out a combing operation in the Maoist-hit forest area.
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March - 13 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre attacked a site of Dhibra mica mines under Lokaynayanpur Police Station limits of Giridih District on March 13 and killed the manager, identified as Shyam Rout (35), and injured his aide an
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre attacked a site of Dhibra mica mines under Lokaynayanpur Police Station limits of Giridih District on March 13 and killed the manager, identified as Shyam Rout (35), and injured his aide and thrashed all the 10 labourers, reports The Times of India. "They torched two vehicles and warned them of more attacks if they do not stop the work. It appears that the Maoists had sought levy from the contractor. An investigation has been launched into the case," Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) headquarters Vijay Ashish Kujur said.
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March - 14 
A People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI)-a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-cadre, identified as Imanuel Hembrom, was arrested in Simdega District on March 14, reports The Business Standard. The Police found two r
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A People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI)-a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-cadre, identified as Imanuel Hembrom, was arrested in Simdega District on March 14, reports The Business Standard. The Police found two rifles and six bullets from his possession.
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March - 14 
Eleven Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District on March 14, reports PTI. They were identified as Kursum Sankar (30), Kursum Aayti (28), Jaysingh Netam (28), Punem Mangu alias Mallesh (28),
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Eleven Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District on March 14, reports PTI. They were identified as Kursum Sankar (30), Kursum Aayti (28), Jaysingh Netam (28), Punem Mangu alias Mallesh (28), Madvi Nanda alias Rajesh (30), Korsa Mangu alias Budram (27), Modiam Badru (22), Modiam Ramu alias Rakesh (22), Kursum Soma (35), Avlam Soma alias Sunil (35) and Oyam Sukku (26).
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March - 14 
Implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the flagship employment guarantee and poverty alleviation scheme introduced by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), is replete with instances of ghost workers,
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Implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the flagship employment guarantee and poverty alleviation scheme introduced by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), is replete with instances of ghost workers, fake job cards, non-existent schemes and siphoning-off public fund in fraudulent manner in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected Gaya District, reports The Times of India on March 15. Eleven job card holders of village Chabura under Konch block of the District deny having either worked or received any payment for MGNREGA work but their names appear on payment register of the panchayat (local self government institution). They allege, the local mukhiya (village headwoman), along with her husband and a section of government officials siphoned off INR four million on the basis of forged documents. Records show that 400 trees have been planted at Solara village graveyard under Paraiya block of the District. Besides tree plantation, a hand pump was also shown to have been installed. There is no trace of any tree or hand pump.
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March - 14 
Police on March 14 recovered 7,000 detonators, 3,000 explosives and 2,000 kg ammonium nitrate during raids conducted at Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideouts in Rohtas District, reports Business Standard. Superintendent of Police (SP
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Police on March 14 recovered 7,000 detonators, 3,000 explosives and 2,000 kg ammonium nitrate during raids conducted at Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideouts in Rohtas District, reports Business Standard. Superintendent of Police (SP) Shivdeep Lande said that Police had got a tip-off about the presence of around 60-65 Maoists in the forest area of Chunnhatta village under Nauhatta Police Station limits. When Police asked them to surrender after encircling them, the Maoists opened fire. Police returned fire, forcing the Maoists to retreat deep in the forest. One Maoist cadre was arrested during the operation.
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March - 14 
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will desist from undertaking any "Rambo"-style operations in the Naxal-Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas even as the Standard Operating Procedures are being rejigged, said Prakash Mishra, the Director Ge
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The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will desist from undertaking any "Rambo"-style operations in the Naxal-Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas even as the Standard Operating Procedures are being rejigged, said Prakash Mishra, the Director General of CRPF, reports newsx.com on March 15. "We don't need to do Rambo-style operations... We don't want that. When we ask our boys to perform a task (in Naxal- affected areas), they do it with a prompt sincerity and hence it is our responsibility to see that they are safe," he added. He further said "We believe quality operations with specific intelligence should be the aim. I have already said all large operations where a large mobilisation of forces is required will need to get clearance from the headquarters." He also said that the SOPs in this regard were being "fine- tuned and rejigged".
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March - 15 
Protesting alleged Police fake encounters, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set on fire to construction equipment and vehicles at the Lower Indra Irrigation Project site under Boden Police limits in Nuapada District on March 15
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Protesting alleged Police fake encounters, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set on fire to construction equipment and vehicles at the Lower Indra Irrigation Project site under Boden Police limits in Nuapada District on March 15, reports The New Indian Express. After setting fire to an excavator, two trucks and a tractor, the Maoists left behind a banner which mentioned that the Police were killing Maoists in fake encounters. They also called upon the people to ensure success of the bandh (shut down strike) called by them in Nuapada, Kalahandi and Nabarangpur Districts in Odisha besides Dhamtari and Gariabandh Districts in Chhattisgarh. About 40 armed Maoists arrived at the site, took away the mobile phones of the people present before setting the equipment and vehicles on fire, said Nuapada Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Kumar Joshi.
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March - 16 
A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, who carried INR 200,000 reward on his head, was arrested in a joint operation by the Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, Police said on March 16,
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A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, who carried INR 200,000 reward on his head, was arrested in a joint operation by the Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, Police said on March 16, reports Zee News. Arrested Maoist Ramesh Dhanoram Netam (43) was sent in judicial remand till March 26, said a release by Gadchiroli Police. He was a member of 'Tippagarh Dalam', Police said. A rifle and explosives were also seized from him.
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March - 16 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres brutally thrashed a Police officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector Maheshwar Dewangan, posted at Polampalli Police Station in Sukma District, on March 16, reports Zee News. Additional Superintendent of Pol
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres brutally thrashed a Police officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector Maheshwar Dewangan, posted at Polampalli Police Station in Sukma District, on March 16, reports Zee News. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Harish Rathore said Dewangan was heading for the Police Station in a taxi from Dornapal to rejoin the duty after a vacation. He was in civil dress and unarmed. About a dozen armed Maoists stopped the taxi near Gorguda village, asked Dewangan to get down, and beat him with sticks before leaving him bleeding at the spot, Rathore said.
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March - 16 
Three Naxals-Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) were arrested on March 16 from Saomarangbeda village under Arki Police Station limits in Khunti District, reports Zee News. Superintendent of Police (SP) Anish Gupta said security personnel consisting of Centr
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Three Naxals-Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) were arrested on March 16 from Saomarangbeda village under Arki Police Station limits in Khunti District, reports Zee News. Superintendent of Police (SP) Anish Gupta said security personnel consisting of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Armed Police were on an anti-LWE 'Operation Kaaro' in the District when they arrested the trio. The three have been identified as Sohrai Munda, who was carrying a reward of INR 200000 on his head, Vinoo Munda and Dasai Munda, the SP said. A rifle, six cartridges and LWE literatures were seized from their possession.
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March - 16 
two female CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Phulbati (30) alias Mithila and Rukmati (28) alias Ramshila, from Chhattisgarh surrendered before Inspector General of Police (IGP) Yashwant Jethwa in Kalahandi District on March 16, reports The Hindu. The
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two female CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Phulbati (30) alias Mithila and Rukmati (28) alias Ramshila, from Chhattisgarh surrendered before Inspector General of Police (IGP) Yashwant Jethwa in Kalahandi District on March 16, reports The Hindu. They had joined the Maoist party in 2006 and were members of Koilibhitar ‘area committee’ at Mainpur under Nuapada Division.
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March - 17 
The Kerala High Court on March 17 granted bail to Thushar Nirmal Sarathy and Jaison C Cooper, who allegedly belong to a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) front organization, reports The Times of India. Sarathy and Cooper, who were arrested
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The Kerala High Court on March 17 granted bail to Thushar Nirmal Sarathy and Jaison C Cooper, who allegedly belong to a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) front organization, reports The Times of India. Sarathy and Cooper, who were arrested after the attack on National Highway Authority of India’s (NHAI) Kochi office, were later released from Kakkanad District jail on March 17. A division bench comprising justices KT Sankaran and Babu Mathew P Joseph granted conditional bails after prosecution informed that their continued detention is not warranted. Though they had sought bails earlier, a single bench of the court had declined their request after the prosecution had opposed the pleas saying that investigation was at an early stage. The CPI-Maoist is offering money, liquor and ganja to tribals to do favours for them, reports The New Indian Express on March 18. Maoists are shedding their ideologies to woo the tribals living in the forests of Kerala, if reports are to be believed.
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March - 18 
A hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Dhanik Lal Pandit, was arrested on March 18 from Bhimbundh forest area in Munger District, reports Zee News. Acting on a tip off, the Police raided a hideout and arrested t
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A hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Dhanik Lal Pandit, was arrested on March 18 from Bhimbundh forest area in Munger District, reports Zee News. Acting on a tip off, the Police raided a hideout and arrested the Maoist, Superintendent of Police (SP) Barun Kumar Sinha said.
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March - 18 
A senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Yogendra Mishra, a ‘sub-zonal commander’, was on March 18 arrested when he was going back to the forest after getting treatment of his leg in Lohardaga District, reports The
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A senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Yogendra Mishra, a ‘sub-zonal commander’, was on March 18 arrested when he was going back to the forest after getting treatment of his leg in Lohardaga District, reports The Business Standard. Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Ratan said he was arrested in the forest under Kisko Police Station of the District.
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March - 18 
Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Prakash Mishra told the media on March 18 that if required more CRPF units would be deployed in Nuapada District to free the area from Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports
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Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Prakash Mishra told the media on March 18 that if required more CRPF units would be deployed in Nuapada District to free the area from Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Times of India. He added that he would take steps to ensure that tourists are able to visit Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada District without the fear of Maoists. Mishra, who went to Sunabeda village in a chopper, admitted that tourism was hit in the area due to increase in extremist activities in the past five years. The Maoists reportedly started spreading their base in Sunabeda in 2009. Since Chhattisgarh is close to Sunabeda, it became an added advantage for the Maoists. At present, the CRPF and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) personnel have been deployed at Barkot, Jamgaon, Sunabeda and Soseng villages. Sources in the forest department also said the number of visitors has gone down owing to Maoist menace. The department recorded 22,000 footfalls between 2001 and 2005. The figure dipped to 2009 between 2006 and 2009. In 2010 and 2011, only 815 tourists visited the place. No tourist has visited the area since 2012.
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March - 18 
Fearing civilian casualties, the anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) squad stopped short of opening fire at a Maoist gang at Mukkanampotti tribal colony at Nilambur in Malapuram District last week, reports The New Indian Express on Marc
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Fearing civilian casualties, the anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) squad stopped short of opening fire at a Maoist gang at Mukkanampotti tribal colony at Nilambur in Malapuram District last week, reports The New Indian Express on March 19. The Police inaction had invited criticism from various corners and it is their first clarification on the incident, though it is unofficial. The Police spotted a seven-member CPI-Maoist gang in the tribal colony when the extremists were just a few metres away. It was for the first time that the Police Force in the District was coming that close to nabbing the extremist group members. “However, the police were not in a position to attack the gang. They were atop a hilly terrain and the Police were on the down side. Five of the seven people were inside the house of Chathan, a resident of the colony, having food. The others were watching the surroundings. If we had opened fire at that moment, they would have used the tribal family as cover to escape bullets. The lives of both the policemen and the civilians were at risk,” sources in the force said seeking anonymity. The police action invited criticism from various quarters. But they believe what they did was right. “There were three women in the house. There would have been a huge public uproar had any civilian been injured in the attack on Maoists.” Meanwhile, on the basis of intelligence tip that Maoists may target Wayanad District Collectorate in the hope that it could give them better public attention, the government has decided on March 12 to bring the collectorate building and surrounding areas under electronic surveillance system, reports The Times of India. The Revenue Department has cleared the proposal for setting up surveillance cameras in the collectorate. According to the order issued by the Government in this regard INR 2.6 million has been cleared for installation of cameras in the compound that will capture the movements of visitors inside the collectorate building as well as the surrounding areas.
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March - 18 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) outfit is planning to form a new corridor to connect Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh through the districts of Sambalpur and Deogarh, said Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) outfit is planning to form a new corridor to connect Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh through the districts of Sambalpur and Deogarh, said Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Prakash Mishra on March 18, reports The New Indian Express. He further said “The CRPF is ready to foil any such attempt by the banned outfit.” Sambalpur and Deogarh districts are pivotal because of their strategic location and all efforts will be made to ensure that the Maoists cannot realise their plan of a corridor, added Mishra, who arrived in Sambalpur later in the day after reviewing anti-Maoist operations at Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary in Nuapada, which has become a hotbed of Maoists. “It will be easy to rein in the Maoists if they are denied setting up the corridor,” Mishra said, adding that there has been a reduction in the Maoist movement in Sundargarh, Deogarh and Sambalpur whereas it has increased in Boudh, Kandhamal and Angul districts. He said the CRPF personnel have succeeded in containing Maoist activity in Sunabeda sanctuary and are now concentrating on the border areas of Nuapada and Chhattisgarh, where the ultras are currently active. On CRPF deployment in the State, the CRPF DG said it would be rationalised and the personnel stationed in areas which have marked subdued Maoist activities would be moved to places where ultras are active. He said the CRPF was working in tandem with the State Police. During his visit to the Sunabeda sanctuary, Mishra attended a function organised by CRPF in Sunabeda village as a part of their Civic Action Programme.
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March - 19 
Acting on a tip-off, the Security Forces (SFs) on March 19 recovered a powerful can-bomb from Saranda forest area in West Singhbhum District, reports Zee News. The SFs comprising Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Armed Police Force lau
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Acting on a tip-off, the Security Forces (SFs) on March 19 recovered a powerful can-bomb from Saranda forest area in West Singhbhum District, reports Zee News. The SFs comprising Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Armed Police Force launched a massive search operation in a village near Karampada and spotted the can-bomb planted underneath a kucha road, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Michael S Raj. The SP said the explosive weighed 30 kg and was planted to target the security personnel.
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March - 19 
Eight miscreants including four cadres of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested from Ghato area of Ramgarh District on March 19, reports The Business Standard. Superinten
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Eight miscreants including four cadres of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested from Ghato area of Ramgarh District on March 19, reports The Business Standard. Superintendent of Police (SP) M Tamilvanan said the arrested TPC cadres were allegedly involved in the attack on Tata Steel's West Bokaro colliery site on the intervening night of March 16-17. Five mobile phones and two motorcycles have been seized from them, Tamilvanan said.
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March - 20 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres reportedly put up handwritten wall posters near Devarapalli and Kudunuru villages in Charla mandal (administrative unit) of Khammam District on March 20, demanding hike in wages for tendu
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres reportedly put up handwritten wall posters near Devarapalli and Kudunuru villages in Charla mandal (administrative unit) of Khammam District on March 20, demanding hike in wages for tendu leaf (leaves of diospyros melonoxylon used for rolling bidis) collectors, reports The Hindu. The posters bearing the name of Maoist Venkatapuram area committee demanded adequate wages, insurance cover and other social security measures for tendu leaf collectors in the Agency areas. Sources said that similar posters were spotted in a few remote tribal hamlets in Venkatapuram mandal bordering Chhattisgarh on March 19.
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March - 21 
A joint team consisting of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Police has busted a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideout in Jamui District on March 21, reports The Business Standard. The Maoists, upon hearing that Police we
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A joint team consisting of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Police has busted a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideout in Jamui District on March 21, reports The Business Standard. The Maoists, upon hearing that Police were nearby, fled the hideout after which the joint team closed upon the area and recovered around 500 kilograms of explosives. "The Police carried out search operations for three days continuously and recovered around 500 kilograms of explosives. We have also recovered cylinder bombs, carbines that were looted from the Police and large amount of bullets and gun powder," said Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jamui, Jayant Kant.
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March - 21 
The cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), set ablaze two construction machines in the middle of the night in Latehar District on March 21, reports The Business S
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The cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), set ablaze two construction machines in the middle of the night in Latehar District on March 21, reports The Business Standard. The machines were being used by the local administration to construct a new road. "This whole incident has been attributed to the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI). They had demanded levy. We got information that around seven-eight members had burnt down two machines which were being used to make the roads. We have also recovered a letter in which the PLFI has claimed responsibility," said Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Latehar, Roshan Gudia.
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Three members of a family, identified as Balkishore Shahdeo, Jal Kishore Shahdeo and Pramod, have been killed allegedly by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Murmu village in Lohardaga District on March 21, reports Zee News.
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Three members of a family, identified as Balkishore Shahdeo, Jal Kishore Shahdeo and Pramod, have been killed allegedly by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Murmu village in Lohardaga District on March 21, reports Zee News. The family was on a hunting trip when they were kidnapped from Sahedpat village. Their bodies were found early on March 22 morning near Marayan forest under the Jowang Police Station limits. Maoist sources claimed they were killed because they were police informers. “The Shahdeos resisted Left-Wing Extremists since they entered the area in 1991,” said Lohardaga Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Ratan Chothe. The Shahdeos were landowners and of royal lineage, which made them a target for the Maoists.
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March - 22 
Amid claims by the Centre and the Chhattisgarh Government that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activities are on the decline, the state’s forest employees union has written to Chief Minister Raman Singh and, citing the Maoist threat, urg
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Amid claims by the Centre and the Chhattisgarh Government that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activities are on the decline, the state’s forest employees union has written to Chief Minister Raman Singh and, citing the Maoist threat, urged him to immediately stop all departmental works in the interior areas, reports The Indian Express on March 23. The employees have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from March 25 if their demands were not met. Dated March 21, the letter was sent by Umesh Singh, convener of Chhattisgarh Forest Employees Union. A section of the forest employees are already on strike since March 12. Their chief demand is the unconditional release of a forest guard Ramsai Vadde, accused of the murder of a tribal Budhram Salam. On December 24, Maoists abducted Vadde and some labourers when they were working in Edka area of Narayanpur District of Bastar. Maoists made Vadde call Budhram Salam, a resident of his village, and asked him to reach Edka on some pretext. As Salam arrived at the spot, Maoists released Vadde and others. Salam was found dead next day. Subsequently, police arrested Vadde and charged him with criminal conspiracy to commit the murder of Salam. Some labourers who were working with him were also arrested for the murder. “Vadde has no role in this. They put a gun on his head and forced him to call Salam, who was a police informer. What do you do if someone threatens you?” Satish Mishra, Forest Union president, told The Indian Express.
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March - 22 
Two Policemen - Joge Atram and Swaroop Kumar Amrutkar - were killed in an encounter between Gadchiroli Police and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Hekker forest under Etapalli tehsil (revenue unit) of Gadchiroli District on Marc
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Two Policemen - Joge Atram and Swaroop Kumar Amrutkar - were killed in an encounter between Gadchiroli Police and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Hekker forest under Etapalli tehsil (revenue unit) of Gadchiroli District on March 22, reports The Times of India. Reports that one more trooper was injured in the gun battle could not be confirmed. Sources claimed that search operations were underway in the forests under Jambiagutta outpost since last five days following intelligence about Maoists camping in the area. While the Police party was returning to the base after the daylong search operation late in the afternoon, they were ambushed by Maoists in Hekker forest, around 25 km from Jambiagutta outpost. Reports suggest that a fierce gun battle took place in which two troopers were killed and one was injured. There were also reports of Maoists triggering a landmine blast during the encounter, but that could not be confirmed.
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March - 23 
A magisterial inquiry into the Anti-Naxal Force shootout that took place at the Tanikodu check-post near Sringeri on April 19, 2014 has been completed, reports The Hindu. The Deputy Commissioner, in his report to the State Government, said the firing
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A magisterial inquiry into the Anti-Naxal Force shootout that took place at the Tanikodu check-post near Sringeri on April 19, 2014 has been completed, reports The Hindu. The Deputy Commissioner, in his report to the State Government, said the firing was unintentional and circumstances prompted Naveen Naik, an ANF staff, to open fire. In the shootout, Kabir (24), a native of Krishnapura near Mangaluru, was killed. B.S. Shekharappa, Deputy Commissioner of Chikkamagaluru, said the check-post area was highly sensitive. “In the past, suspected Maoists [Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)] had attacked the check-post, prompting the ANF to keep strong vigil there,” he said.
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March - 23 
Seven hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres including the dreaded Donna Keshav Rao alias ‘Azad’, accused in the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in August 2008, on March 23 launched a fa
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Seven hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres including the dreaded Donna Keshav Rao alias ‘Azad’, accused in the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in August 2008, on March 23 launched a fast-unto-death at the Jharpada jail in Bhubaneswar demanding speedy disposal of their cases, reports odishasuntimes.com. However, Jharpada Jail Superintendent Rabindranath Swain did not reveal the names of the Maoists leaders who were on fast inside the jail. “The Maoist leaders had earlier submitted a written report with the jail authorities stating that they would sit on a fast unto death till justice was done to them,” Swain said. Azad, an accused in the VHP leader murder case, had surrendered before Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) K Aravinda Rao on May 18, 2011. He had carried a reward of INR one million on his head at that time.
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March - 23 
the Odisha Government on March 23 said as many as 300 Left-Wing Extremists (LWEs) have returned to the mainstream in the past five years, reports The Hindu. Furnishing a written reply to a query in the State Assembly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sa
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the Odisha Government on March 23 said as many as 300 Left-Wing Extremists (LWEs) have returned to the mainstream in the past five years, reports The Hindu. Furnishing a written reply to a query in the State Assembly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said “During the last five years, more than 300 persons have joined the mainstream in Odisha by shunning violence. Out of them, more than 170 persons have benefitted in accordance with the ‘Surrender and Rehabilitation’ scheme.” Under ‘Surrender and Rehabilitation’ scheme, surrendered LWEs are entitled to financial assistance up to INR 2,50,000, payment up to INR 25,000 for surrender with weapons and cash at the rate of 0.4 decimal of homestead land. The Odisha Government also provides house building grant at the rate of Indira Awas Yojna to LWEs who give up arms. A screening committee after careful scrutiny of each case recommends rehabilitation of LWEs, the Chief Minister said. He, however, declined to reveal the names of LWEs rehabilitated under the scheme citing security reasons. The Odisha Government has claimed that the LWEs situation has been gradually improving in the State. Not a single security personnel involved in counter-Maoism operations was killed in 2014. In the last three years, there was relatively low level of violence in Odisha. During this period, 66 civilians and 26 security persons lost their lives in 254 Maoist incidents. In comparison to this, 2009, 2010 and 2011 witnessed 377 LWE-related violent incidents in which 109 general public and 71 security personnel were killed by the extremists. Commenting on civilian killings, he said “The Odisha Government has created specialised forces and upgraded intelligence and security infrastructure in naxal-affected areas to effectively deal with naxal activities and secure the safety and security of people.” “Preventive area domination operations and anti-naxal operations are regularly done in the naxal-affected areas in co-ordination with Central Armed Police Forces deployed in Odisha as well as security agencies of the bordering LWE affected States,” the Chief Minister pointed out.
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March - 24 
Pakur District Police arrested a top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as David Marandi, from Amrapara Police Station limits on March 24, reports The Times of India. Pakur Anup Birthary said "David Marandi has been one of the active members of the armed s
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Pakur District Police arrested a top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as David Marandi, from Amrapara Police Station limits on March 24, reports The Times of India. Pakur Anup Birthary said "David Marandi has been one of the active members of the armed squad of the CPI (Maoist) active in Pakur and other parts of Santhal Pargana who used to provide strategic support to rebels."
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March - 24 
Police arrested two Maoists in raids conducted at two different places in Gomia and Petarwar blocks in Bokaro District on March 24, reports The Times of India. Police have also recovered INR 60,000 cash from the possession of one, which is most likel
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Police arrested two Maoists in raids conducted at two different places in Gomia and Petarwar blocks in Bokaro District on March 24, reports The Times of India. Police have also recovered INR 60,000 cash from the possession of one, which is most likely levy money collected by him from the people of the area. SP A Vijaylaxmi said Police first arrested Rati Ram Manjhi, a resident of Mahuataad area of Gomia, when he had gone to collect levy from businessmen in Petarwar. Later, Police jointly with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrested another Maoist identified as Tulsi Marandi from Mahuataad area in the District.
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March - 24 
Police on March 24 arrested one of the top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as David Marandi from Amrapara Police Station area of Pakur District, reports The Times of India. Marandi, a native of Junju Village, under Gopikandar Police Station of neighbour
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Police on March 24 arrested one of the top CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as David Marandi from Amrapara Police Station area of Pakur District, reports The Times of India. Marandi, a native of Junju Village, under Gopikandar Police Station of neighbouring Dumka District has been involved in four cases including the killing of Sister Valsa, a Christian nun, who was involved in anti-displacement movement against Panem coal mining company and was brutally killed at Pachuara village in November 2012. Pakur Superintendent of Police (SP) Anup Birthary said, "David Marandi has been one of the active members of the armed squad of the CPI-Maoist active in Pakur and other parts of Santhal Pargana who used to provide strategic support to rebels."
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March - 24 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a person, identified as Yalam Abaiya (45), near the Pujaripara area of Anganpalli village in Bijapur District on March 24, reports The Hindu.
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a person, identified as Yalam Abaiya (45), near the Pujaripara area of Anganpalli village in Bijapur District on March 24, reports The Hindu.
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March - 24 
Suspected Maoists attacked a vehicle carrying rations for Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel posted in Sukma District on March 24 near Burkapal area of the District, reported The Hindu. The Maoists took away the entire rations.
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Suspected Maoists attacked a vehicle carrying rations for Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel posted in Sukma District on March 24 near Burkapal area of the District, reported The Hindu. The Maoists took away the entire rations.
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March - 24 
The Maoists killed Constable Krishnalal Dhurtlahare in Dantewada District on March 24, reports The Hindu.
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The Maoists killed Constable Krishnalal Dhurtlahare in Dantewada District on March 24, reports The Hindu.
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The State cabinet on March 24 recommended a steep hike in compensation to Maoists who will surrender in Jharkhand, reports The Times of India. Members of CPI-Maoist politburo, special area committee and regional bureau would now get a whopping INR 2.
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The State cabinet on March 24 recommended a steep hike in compensation to Maoists who will surrender in Jharkhand, reports The Times of India. Members of CPI-Maoist politburo, special area committee and regional bureau would now get a whopping INR 2.5 million when they surrender, INR 1.3 million more than the Rs 1.2 million that the cabinet had recommended last week. The cabinet revised compensation for CPI-Maoist regional committee members for surrender as well. Earlier, it had recommended INR 700,000 for regional committee member, now they will get INR 1.5 million. Zonal committee members would now get INR 1 million while members of sub-zonal committee will get INR 500,000, cabinet secretary N N Pandey announced on March 24.
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March - 24 
Three cadres belonging to Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including ‘sub-zonal commander’ Karanji alias Rakesh Kumar Chandrawansi, were arrested in Chatra District on March 24
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Three cadres belonging to Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including ‘sub-zonal commander’ Karanji alias Rakesh Kumar Chandrawansi, were arrested in Chatra District on March 24, reports The Times of India. One pistol, five live cartridges, two mobile phones and two SIM cards were found in their possession.
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March - 25 
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Constable was injured in a pressure bomb blast engineered by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Mordunda village in Bijapur District, reports outlookindia.com on March 25. The incident occur
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A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Constable was injured in a pressure bomb blast engineered by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Mordunda village in Bijapur District, reports outlookindia.com on March 25. The incident occurred when a road opening party was working under the Awapalli Police Station area, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
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March - 25 
A day after the cabinet's decision to increase compensation to Maoists who surrender, Bimal Gudia alias Pandey Gudia alias Tibu Gudia, a CPI-Maoist cadre, surrendered at State Police Headquarters in Ranchi on March 25, reports The Times of India. Gud
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A day after the cabinet's decision to increase compensation to Maoists who surrender, Bimal Gudia alias Pandey Gudia alias Tibu Gudia, a CPI-Maoist cadre, surrendered at State Police Headquarters in Ranchi on March 25, reports The Times of India. Gudia has been a member of the South Chhotanagpur zonal committee's ‘secretary’ Anmol Da's squad and was also part of the 2014 Chiabasa jail break. Gudia said he surrendered because of exploitation among the Maoists.
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March - 25 
Bokaro District Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Rati Ram Manjhi, when he had gone to collect levy from a businessmen in Petarwar area of the District on March 25, reports The Times of India. Sources said that acting on a tip-off, a
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Bokaro District Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Rati Ram Manjhi, when he had gone to collect levy from a businessmen in Petarwar area of the District on March 25, reports The Times of India. Sources said that acting on a tip-off, a Police team headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bermo Manoj Rai raided Petarwar area and arrested Manjhi. Police personnel found INR 60,000 cash from his possession.
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March - 25 
Bokaro District Police arrested another Maoist, identified as Tulsi Marandi, at Mahuataad area under Gomia block in Bokaro District on March 25, reports The Times of India.
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Bokaro District Police arrested another Maoist, identified as Tulsi Marandi, at Mahuataad area under Gomia block in Bokaro District on March 25, reports The Times of India.
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March - 25 
Seven militia members, belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Korukonda ‘area committee’, surrendered before Visakha rural Police in Visakhapatnam District on March 25, reports The Times of India. All the surrendered Maoists h
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Seven militia members, belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Korukonda ‘area committee’, surrendered before Visakha rural Police in Visakhapatnam District on March 25, reports The Times of India. All the surrendered Maoists hail from Chintapalli mandal (administrative unit). The Police have identified the Maoists as Pagni Bujji Babu, Korra Kameswara Rao, Korra Ramesh, Vantala Ramana, Gemmeli Chitti Babu, Muvvala Chitti Babu and Muvvala Chanti.
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March - 25 
Three Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) cadres, including a ‘sub-zonal commander’ identified as Karanji alias Rakesh Kumar Chandrawansi were arrested in Chatra District, reports The Times of India on March 26. One pistol, five live cartridges, two mob
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Three Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) cadres, including a ‘sub-zonal commander’ identified as Karanji alias Rakesh Kumar Chandrawansi were arrested in Chatra District, reports The Times of India on March 26. One pistol, five live cartridges, two mobile phones and two SIM cards were found from their possession. TPC is a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.
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March - 25 
Two sympathisers of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were hacked to death by suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Sonua Police Station area in West Singhbhum District on March 25, reports The Telegraph.
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Two sympathisers of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were hacked to death by suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Sonua Police Station area in West Singhbhum District on March 25, reports The Telegraph. A group of 15 armed Maoists dragged the victims, identified as Lakhan Bala (27) and Jaimati Borja (29), out of their houses in Gurdri village around 10pm and latter killed them on a village road. West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police (SP) Michael Raj said, "The place of occurrence is located in a dense jungle. So, we are yet to get a detailed report on the murders," he said. The SP added Maoist pamphlets were found at the scene of murders, which suggested involvement of Maoists.
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March - 26 
Two men attacked three employees of Shivam Road and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd at Machadiha in Ghatshila in East Singhbhum District in the wee hours of March 26, reports The Telegraph. The armed men, who came on a tractor around 1.30am, first fired at B
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Two men attacked three employees of Shivam Road and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd at Machadiha in Ghatshila in East Singhbhum District in the wee hours of March 26, reports The Telegraph. The armed men, who came on a tractor around 1.30am, first fired at Bapi (27), a driver posted at the camp-office. Then, the duo barged into the camp and shot at Anjani Ilu (37), the manager of the company, and attacked Mukesh Kumar (40), a supervisor, with an iron rod. While Bapi sustained the injury in his left arm, Ilu took the bullet in his chest. Mukesh sustained serious head injuries.
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March - 26 
A parliamentary standing committee on March 26 questioned the Centre's move to pass on burden of key schemes aimed at Police modernization to the States, and warned that the response to security challenges like terror may suffer due to the states' fu
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A parliamentary standing committee on March 26 questioned the Centre's move to pass on burden of key schemes aimed at Police modernization to the States, and warned that the response to security challenges like terror may suffer due to the states' funds crunch and lack of perspective in planning such projects, reports The Times of India. At a meeting of the department-related parliamentary standing committee on home affairs to discuss demand for grants, members asked how the states could be expected to run around 14-15 schemes, including National Scheme for Modernization of Police and Other Forces and special infrastructure scheme for Naxal-hit states, on their own. They said police modernization was not possible without central assistance and involvement, and cautioned that the states' limited finances could hit efforts to equip their police forces for fighting terror.
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March - 27 
Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik on March 27 described the law and order situation in the state last year as peaceful even as he raised concern over Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) which he said was still a "sensitive" issue in five Districts, reports Ze
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Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik on March 27 described the law and order situation in the state last year as peaceful even as he raised concern over Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) which he said was still a "sensitive" issue in five Districts, reports Zee News. "The LWE situation remains sensitive in the Districts like Malkangiri, Koraput, Nuapada, Kalahandi and Bolangir," Patnaik said during the debate relating to expenditure of Home Department. Further, the CM said 253 mobile towers would be set up in the Maoist-prone areas of Odisha this year, added Odisha Sun Times. Talking about anti-Maoist operations in the state, the CM said the Police had arrested 71 Maoist, including top cadres like Sabyasachi Panda and T Anil Kumar, in 2014. During the operation against the red rebels, Police had seized 34 state-of-the-art weapons and 143 other arms and ammunitions.
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March - 27 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activities are on the wane in the State, Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik informed the Odisha Assembly on March 27 even as a white paper tabled in the House said the Maoists killed 20 people last year (2
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activities are on the wane in the State, Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik informed the Odisha Assembly on March 27 even as a white paper tabled in the House said the Maoists killed 20 people last year (2014), reports The Times of India. Taking part in the discussion on expenditure of Home Department, the CM said, "There has been substantial improvement in the overall containment of Maoist situation in State. The intensity of Maoist activity is on the decline." He added there was improvement in the situation in districts such as Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam, Nabarangpur, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Sundargarh and Nayagarh in 2014. He said 99 rebels surrendered in the State in 2014 while Police arrested 71. Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) leader Nachika Linga surrendered last year (2014) while most-wanted Sabyasachi Panda was arrested. A record 143 weapons, including 34 advanced weapons, were recovered from the rebels. He further said situation still remains sensitive in Malkangiri, Koraput, Nuapada, Kalahandi and Balangir. Stating that connectivity plays an important role in restricting Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), he said the government is planning to install 253 mobile towers in the LWE-affected Districts. The white paper said six Maoists were killed in 76 Maoist-related incidents last year (2014). However, Opposition political parties contested the government claim. Meanwhile, the CM Patnaik further informed the State Assembly that three years (2009, 2010 and 2011) witnessed a total 377 Maoist violence cases in which 109 general public and 71 security personnel were killed by the extremists, reports The Hindu on March 31. Similarly, during 2012, 2013 and 2014, the State suffered loss of lives of 66 civilians and 26 security persons. Further, five years after announcing to provide homestead land to next-of-kin of the State Police personnel killed in anti-Maoist operations, the Odisha Government finally spelt out modalities of transferring such land, reports The Hindu on March 31. In 2010, the State Government had declared that next-of-kin of the State Police personnel who die while discharging their duties in anti-Maoist operations would be allotted up to 0.04 acre of government land in an urban area or 0.10 acre of government land in a rural area free of premium for homestead purpose under the provisions of the Government Grants Act, 1895.
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March - 27 
Donna Keshav Rao alias Azad, the dreaded Maoist accused in the killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal District in 2008, called off his fast-unto-death inside the Jharpada Special jail in Bhubaneswar in Khordha District on March 27, afte
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Donna Keshav Rao alias Azad, the dreaded Maoist accused in the killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal District in 2008, called off his fast-unto-death inside the Jharpada Special jail in Bhubaneswar in Khordha District on March 27, after an assurance from the District administration that steps would be taken to expedite his trial, reports Odisha Sun Times. The dreaded Maoist, along with six others, had begun a fast-unto-death on March 24, demanding a speedy trial.
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March - 27 
Five Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists (LWEs)] belonging to the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist-Janashakti (CPI-ML-Janashakti), identified as Vempati Kumar alias Ganganna, Edulakanti Linga Reddy alias Shyam Prasad Reddy, Jangalam Shankar, Cha
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Five Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists (LWEs)] belonging to the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist-Janashakti (CPI-ML-Janashakti), identified as Vempati Kumar alias Ganganna, Edulakanti Linga Reddy alias Shyam Prasad Reddy, Jangalam Shankar, Chandupatla Suresh alias Suri and Akkula Raju, were arrested by the Machareddy Police in Nizamabad District on March 27, reports The Hindu. Superintendent of Police (SP) S. Chandrashekar Reddy said that on a tip-off that the Naxalites were assembling in Ratnagiri forest, Sub-Inspector of Police G. Naresh and his team of constables rushed to the spot. On seeing them, the Naxalites took to their heels. However, the Police managed to arrest them after some resistance. The Police also recovered two tapanchas, one country made revolver and one country made pistol, 50 detonators, 16 rounds of bullets, revolutionary literature, threat letters and diaries from them.
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March - 27 
Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed, while a woman cadre was injured during an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) near the jungles under Sadar Police Station in Latehar District on March 28 (today), reports Busin
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Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed, while a woman cadre was injured during an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) near the jungles under Sadar Police Station in Latehar District on March 28 (today), reports Business Standard. The woman cadre was arrested and admitted to a hospital, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Linda said. The bodies of the two dead Maoists were recovered from the spot, he said.
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March - 27 
Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Debe Madkami and Muda Sodi, surrendered before the Police in Malkangiri District on March 27, reports Odisha Sun Times. Superintendent of Police (SP) Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said the
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Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Debe Madkami and Muda Sodi, surrendered before the Police in Malkangiri District on March 27, reports Odisha Sun Times. Superintendent of Police (SP) Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said the two Maoists, working in the District as active members of Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) since 2007, were involved in more than 15 violent incidents, including anti-landmine blast in Telerai and attack on Border Security Force (BSF) camp at Madhusudan Pally MPV-21 village in the District. Debe Madkami said he and his associate had decided to surrender in protest against their top cadres, who, in gross violation of Maoist ideology, started torturing and killing innocent tribals.
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March - 27 
Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in a bomb blast during a combing operation near Fundari village in the Bairamgad block in Bijapur District on March 27, reports The Hindu. Sub-Inspector Debi Ray and constable Ram
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Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in a bomb blast during a combing operation near Fundari village in the Bairamgad block in Bijapur District on March 27, reports The Hindu. Sub-Inspector Debi Ray and constable Ram Hari Patil of the CRPF’s 199 battalion were injured when they came in contact with the pressure bomb planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, the Bijapur Police said.
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March - 28 
Police identified the two Maoists who were killed in an encounter in Latehar District on March 28, reports The Times of India. Latehar Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Linda said one was ‘sub-zonal commander’ Sakindra Yadav alias Tufan and his aide
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Police identified the two Maoists who were killed in an encounter in Latehar District on March 28, reports The Times of India. Latehar Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Linda said one was ‘sub-zonal commander’ Sakindra Yadav alias Tufan and his aide Balkeshwar Oraon.
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March - 29 
Bus owners in Jharkhand have suspended their operations in the wake of assaults and extortions by Maoist cadres, reports indiablooms.com quoting ANI on March 30. Maoists have been regularly extorting money from bus drivers in several Districts of the
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Bus owners in Jharkhand have suspended their operations in the wake of assaults and extortions by Maoist cadres, reports indiablooms.com quoting ANI on March 30. Maoists have been regularly extorting money from bus drivers in several Districts of the State with authorities failing to take any action. Those who have refused to pay extortion money are beaten up badly and their vehicles torched. Bus owners have refused to ply buses till the government assures Police protection to them. As a result, services in major routes of Ranchi, Panki and Lesliganj have been badly affected.
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March - 29 
Citing acute funds constraint being experienced by his State post bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asking for INR 30 billion to build 334 new roads in eight Communist Par
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Citing acute funds constraint being experienced by his State post bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asking for INR 30 billion to build 334 new roads in eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) affected Districts of the State, reports The Times of India on March 30.
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March - 29 
Jharkhand Police have decided to provide free medical treatment to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres injured in encounters with Security Forces (SFs) and are calling the new initiative 'Operation Nai Disha', reports The Times of Ind
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Jharkhand Police have decided to provide free medical treatment to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres injured in encounters with Security Forces (SFs) and are calling the new initiative 'Operation Nai Disha', reports The Times of India on March 30. Director General of Police (DGP) DK Pandey said on March 29, that Police and paramilitary forces involved in anti-Maoist operations have been instructed to take care of injured Maoists. A dedicated team should be there who will make medical arrangements. "They are our own people but someone has misguided them. I hope the humanitarian gesture will have an impact on them (the Maoists) and help them reform," Inspector General of Police (IG), Human Rights, MS Bhatia said. Lalmuni Kumari, the woman Maoist cadre who was injured in March 28 encounter, was shifted to Ranchi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). Instead of going by road, the Police decided to use a chopper to save time, the DGP said.
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March - 29 
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi-led Government has transferred the Additional Central Assistance (ACA) scheme for the Naxal¬ Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Districts to the States, reports The Economic Times on March 30. ACA, earlier known as t
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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi-led Government has transferred the Additional Central Assistance (ACA) scheme for the Naxal¬ Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Districts to the States, reports The Economic Times on March 30. ACA, earlier known as the Integrated Action Plan (IAP), was conceived by the Congress¬ led United Progressive Alliance-II (UPA¬II) Government to create crucial infrastructure in 10 States affected by LWE. There's no allocation for the scheme in the current budget, for which States were given INR 17.6 billion in 2014¬15, and now it is up to the States to implement it. Niti Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sindhushree Khullar confirmed the development, but added that Niti Aayog will be monitoring the ACA scheme even after it is transferred to the States in the upcoming fiscal.
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March - 29 
The Home Department, under Chief Minister Raghubar Das, has directed Police to create a network of Special Investigation Teams (SITs) under Jharkhand Jaguar, to fast-track and streamline the probe of Naxal-Left Wing Extremist (LWE)-related incidents
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The Home Department, under Chief Minister Raghubar Das, has directed Police to create a network of Special Investigation Teams (SITs) under Jharkhand Jaguar, to fast-track and streamline the probe of Naxal-Left Wing Extremist (LWE)-related incidents so that they stand in a court of law, reports The Telegraph. The 12 SITs will be in place by May 2015, said an internal Police communiqué. State DGP DK Pandey and Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Operations, Anil Palta will centrally monitor the District/range SITs at Ranchi Headquarters. Till February 2015, as many as 1,223 Naxal-related cases are under investigations across 24 districts. Coupled with this, Home Department sources are also dissatisfied with the low rate of convictions, an outcome of a vicious cycle of an overburdened Police force failing to file watertight cases. The internal Police communiqué, extensively quotes from the Home Department's observations in writing, including "work pressure at the field level" led to inadequate attention paid to rebel-related cases. "Chargesheets filed often don't stand scrutiny in courts even if culprits are apprehended. They are released from jail and they rejoin ranks of extremists which is wastage of precious resources of the government," the document reads. This observation holds true as only a few day ago, a Special Prevention Of Terrorism Act (POTA) court in Ranchi had given the benefit of doubt to jailed Maoist Sunil Ganjhu, an accused in an attack on a convoy of Janata Dal (United) JD(U) leader Gautam Sagar Rana. In its communication to Police, the Home Department had strongly castigated the "little or no attention" paid to initiating action under Prevention of Money Laundering Act and other central and state acts, chasing the money trail and finding out sources of weapons and explosives and activities with interstate ramifications. Now, each SIT will conduct in-depth investigations of LWE-related cases using forensic and scientific tools of investigation. They will look into the attachment of property of the accused, the proceeds from extortion, detection of the money trail, recovered arms and ammunition as well as explosives. In Ranchi alone, there are 52 pending LWE cases till February, 2015. The situation worsens in the interiors. Palamau reports an astounding 112 pending cases, Garhwa 56, Latehar 89, Chaibasa 101, Khunti 140 and Chatra. Gumla, Simdega and Lohardaga together have 183 pending cases. Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ramgarh and Giridih together have 215 pending cases. Bokaro, Dhanbad and Railway Dhanbad has 72 unsolved cases.
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March - 30 
Two militia members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Pangi Ramesh and Vanthala Kameswara Rao, were arrested by G. Madugula Police of Vishakhapatnam District, reports The Hindu on March 31.
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Two militia members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Pangi Ramesh and Vanthala Kameswara Rao, were arrested by G. Madugula Police of Vishakhapatnam District, reports The Hindu on March 31.
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March - 30 
A section of top guerrilla leaders of Western regional committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), during a marathon meeting with the scribes at an undisclosed location on Chhattisgarh border last week, claimed that exploitation of
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A section of top guerrilla leaders of Western regional committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), during a marathon meeting with the scribes at an undisclosed location on Chhattisgarh border last week, claimed that exploitation of iron ore in Surjagarh hills of Gadchiroli District in Maharashtra would bring irreparable adverse consequences on the adjoining villages, reports The Times of India on March 31. "The party (banned Communist party of India-Maoist) opposes the project," said a senior cadre putting to rest the speculation regarding the Naxals' stand on the mining and steel making project that has failed to take off so far. "State government's ploy to set up police posts is part of the providing blanket security and meant to ensure that the natural resources of the region could be plundered by the corporate bodies. Gadchiroli is seeing a rising trend of setting up police posts and camps to ensure more capitalists projects are started here," said the senior cadre.
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March - 30 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres are "trafficking" children from Districts like Latehar, Gumla and Lohardaga and forcing them to join the outfit, reports The Times of India on March 31. The Police based their inference on statement
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres are "trafficking" children from Districts like Latehar, Gumla and Lohardaga and forcing them to join the outfit, reports The Times of India on March 31. The Police based their inference on statements given by injured Maoist cadre Lalmuni Kumari, who is being treated at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi. Lalmuni said that the Maoists' Bihar ‘regional committee member’ Nakul Yadav has 22 girls (some of them minors) in his team. Last year, Lalmuni, along with more than 40 girls, was forcefully taken away from Bishunpur in Gumla District. Police said they did not have specific information about such cases because parents of these children did not lodge any report in fear of the Maoists. Lalmuni managed to escape from the Maoists' den, but they came back to her house after a few days and took her away. "They had threatened to kill my parents if they approached the police," Kumari said.
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March - 30 
People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) on March 31 claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Bihar capital, Patna, on March 30, Police said, reports The New Indian Express. A suspect in this regard has been detained in Nalanda District, and Bihar
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People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) on March 31 claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Bihar capital, Patna, on March 30, Police said, reports The New Indian Express. A suspect in this regard has been detained in Nalanda District, and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked the State Police Chief to look into the extremism and terrorism aspects in the incident. No casualties were reported in the incident. However, Police recovered two more live high-intensity bombs from the site. "A self-styled spokesperson of the PLFI telephoned newspaper and TV channel offices in Patna on Tuesday claiming the group was behind Monday's bomb blast," an official at the Police Headquarters said. A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 31 began a probe into the blast to ascertain the involvement of any terror organisation. Another Police official said three suspects have been identified and would be arrested soon. PLFI is a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
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March - 31 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has collected details about the low intensity blast that took place in an apartment at Patna (Bihar) on March 30, oneindia.com reports on March 31. The Bihar Police has with it CCTV footage which shows four pe
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has collected details about the low intensity blast that took place in an apartment at Patna (Bihar) on March 30, oneindia.com reports on March 31. The Bihar Police has with it CCTV footage which shows four persons leaving the building. Business Standard adds that the bomb which exploded has ammonium sulphate. Additional Director General of Police (HQ) Gupteshwar Pandey said the explosion took place last night at Bahadurpur housing colony and two other high-intensity live can bombs also made of ammonium sulphate, were defused timely by the Police.
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March - 31 
A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed and a Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) commando, identified as Satpal, was injured in a face-off between the Security Forces (SFs) and the Maoists near Chintagufa village i
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A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed and a Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) commando, identified as Satpal, was injured in a face-off between the Security Forces (SFs) and the Maoists near Chintagufa village in Sukma District on March 31, reports The Hindu. The CoBRA team recovered a dead body and a Self Loading Rifle (SLR) with two magazines from the encounter spot.
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March - 31 
A Maoist, identified as Suklu Ram Tulawi, was arrested and weapons were recovered from him at Aampayali hills under Aundhi Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon District on March 31, reports PTI. He was arrested by a joint team of Special Task Force (
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A Maoist, identified as Suklu Ram Tulawi, was arrested and weapons were recovered from him at Aampayali hills under Aundhi Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon District on March 31, reports PTI. He was arrested by a joint team of Special Task Force (STF) and District Police force, Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police (SP) Sundarraj P said. Acting on a tip-off about the gathering of senior Maoist leaders of Manpur area in Aundhi region, Security Forces were sent to the spot.
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March - 31 
Anti-Naxal intelligence sleuths of the Telangana State Police have confirmed that the first Telangana Maoist plenary was conducted recently, in which Vepa Narayana alias Haribhushan, has been elected as state secretary, reports deccanchronicle.com on
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Anti-Naxal intelligence sleuths of the Telangana State Police have confirmed that the first Telangana Maoist plenary was conducted recently, in which Vepa Narayana alias Haribhushan, has been elected as state secretary, reports deccanchronicle.com on April 1. The Police said the meeting was not conducted in Khammam, as claimed by the Maoists. It was instead held in Chhattisgarh, bordering Khammam District. The cops said that no big leader from central committee attended the meet.
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March - 31 
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised doubts over the veracity of Chhattisgarh forestry and wildlife department's claim of executing works worth INR 21.1 million relating to harvesting of bamboo, in Maoist affected Districts of Bijapur, Na
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Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised doubts over the veracity of Chhattisgarh forestry and wildlife department's claim of executing works worth INR 21.1 million relating to harvesting of bamboo, in Maoist affected Districts of Bijapur, Narayanpur, Sukma and Dantewada, reports The Times of India on April 1.
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March - 31 
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised doubts over the veracity of Chhattisgarh forestry and wildlife department's claim of executing works worth INR 21.1 million relating to harvesting of bamboo, in Maoist affected Districts of Bijapur, Na
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Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised doubts over the veracity of Chhattisgarh forestry and wildlife department's claim of executing works worth INR 21.1 million relating to harvesting of bamboo, in Maoist affected Districts of Bijapur, Narayanpur, Sukma and Dantewada, reports The Times of India on April 1. In its report, which was released last week, CAG questioned how the work of harvesting bamboo was undertaken between 2008-09 and 2012-13 when villagers of some of these areas had refused to enter the forests to work due to fear of Maoists. The report states that the expenditure of INR 21.1 million incurred on the Rehabilitation of Degraded Bamboo Forest (RDBF), soil and water conservation was doubtful.
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March - 31 
Four top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were produced before a Court in Telangana on March 31 in connection with the murder of the then Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Duddilla Sripada Rao in 2009, The Business Standard. Jaspal S
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Four top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were produced before a Court in Telangana on March 31 in connection with the murder of the then Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Duddilla Sripada Rao in 2009, The Business Standard. Jaspal Singh, Amit Bagchi, Akhilesh Jadav and Pramod Mishra, who are ‘central committee members’ of CPI-Maoist were produced before the Karimnagar Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate.
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March - 31 
In the first ever group-acquittal since the Trinamool Congress (TMC) came to power in 2011, as many as 10 ‘political prisoners’ were acquitted on March 31 night by a Ranaghat (Nadia District) District court in south Bengal, reports The Hindu. All the
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In the first ever group-acquittal since the Trinamool Congress (TMC) came to power in 2011, as many as 10 ‘political prisoners’ were acquitted on March 31 night by a Ranaghat (Nadia District) District court in south Bengal, reports The Hindu. All the activists were allegedly working for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Nadia District in south-central Bengal and had been languishing in various jails for nearly 10 years. They were charged under the Arms Act of 1959 and various sections of the IPC. However, none of the charges was established and thus all the activists were acquitted by the (Addl.) District and Sessions Judge, Rupanjana Chakravarty. Ajit Chakravarty, Pradeep Chatterjee, Lata Murmu, Gupi Das, Haidar Ali Chowdhury, Paresh Tirkey and Mongal Mondal were released.
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*Data till , April 19, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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