Jharkhand (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2014

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January - 1	Security Forces (SFs) unearthed a full-fledged gun-manufacturing unit run by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres deep in the forests of Simdega District, reports The Indian Express on January 2. The factory is believed to have been set up two months ago and had lathe machines, wh Read more... Security Forces (SFs) unearthed a full-fledged gun-manufacturing unit run by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres deep in the forests of Simdega District, reports The Indian Express on January 2. The factory is believed to have been set up two months ago and had lathe machines, which were procured from Kolkata. The discovery of this unit followed a sustained operation against the Maoists over the past one week by the Security Forces (SFs) led by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in all the seven Maoist-affected states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Orissa. Read less...
January - 1	Three hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and one of their arms suppliers was arrested in a joint Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) raid at Kolad forest under Namkum Police Station area of Ranchi District on January 1, reports The Times of India. One of the arre Read more... Three hardcore Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and one of their arms suppliers was arrested in a joint Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) raid at Kolad forest under Namkum Police Station area of Ranchi District on January 1, reports The Times of India. One of the arrested Maoists, Vijay Tuti alias Sohrai alias Kartik is an ‘area commander’. Three guns, huge quantity of live cartridges and three bikes were recovered from their possession. Read less...
January - 3	The CRPF has launched a civic action programme in Latehar District with the objective of effectively combating and countering Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) and to bridge the gap between villagers and security personnel, reports intoday.in. During the programme CRPF personnel distributed blankets, medici Read more... The CRPF has launched a civic action programme in Latehar District with the objective of effectively combating and countering Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) and to bridge the gap between villagers and security personnel, reports intoday.in. During the programme CRPF personnel distributed blankets, medicines and various other essential commodities to the villagers of Latehar District. Building people-to-people contact and establishing trust with authorities was the objective behind the programme. Read less...
January - 6	Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on January 6 said he hoped Naxalism [Left-Wing Extremism] in the State would end within five years, reports The Times of India. Speaking at a programme at Jamua in Giridih District, Soren said his party - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - was concerned over the rising in Read more... Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on January 6 said he hoped Naxalism [Left-Wing Extremism] in the State would end within five years, reports The Times of India. Speaking at a programme at Jamua in Giridih District, Soren said his party - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - was concerned over the rising incidents Naxalism-related violence in various parts of the State and its has aggressively launched development in Naxal-hit areas. Soren said JMM would ensure that rebels join the mainstream and no youth picks up arms if the Government survived in the state for five years. Read less...
January - 7 January - 8	A ‘sub zonal’ commander and three other cadres of Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC) were arrested on January 7 and remanded in judicial custody on January 8, reports The Times of India. All four of them were dressed in camouflage uniform when Police got hold of them at Dulsulma village. Police reco Read more... A ‘sub zonal’ commander and three other cadres of Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC) were arrested on January 7 and remanded in judicial custody on January 8, reports The Times of India. All four of them were dressed in camouflage uniform when Police got hold of them at Dulsulma village. Police recovered two country-made weapons and 17 sim cards along with five cell phones from them. Five other uniforms were recovered from beneath a banana shaft. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ajay Kumar identified the four as Rang Bahadur Singh, sub zonal commander, Nand Deo Prasad, Indradeo Singh and Sanjay Singh. All of them in the age group of 24 to 27. Read less...
January - 8	A sub-zonal ‘commander’ of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) was arrested from Palamu District's Nawadih area when he, along with a companion, was trying to overtake Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) KN Tripathy's car on January 8, said Palamu Superintendent of Police (SP) N K Singh, repo Read more... A sub-zonal ‘commander’ of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) was arrested from Palamu District's Nawadih area when he, along with a companion, was trying to overtake Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) KN Tripathy's car on January 8, said Palamu Superintendent of Police (SP) N K Singh, reports The Times of India. Ajay's companion Dhaneshwar was also detained by Police. One AK-47 was recovered from Ajay's possession, he added. Singh claimed the recovered gun belongs to the Police department. The arrest of the sub zonal commander Ajay will prove to be a major setback to the TPC. According to the SP, Ajay was wanted in a dozen cases of theft and extortion. He had been to jail in the past. Police sources said it was Ajay who had threatened Congress MLA K N Tripathy with dire consequences two months back if he dares to venture into Nawadih under Chainpur block. Read less...
January - 9	A 45-year-old man, who was brutally murdered by unidentified persons at Simanijor along Dumka-Rampurhat road in Dumka District in the night of January 5, has now been identified as a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre involved in last year’s killing of former Pakur Superintendent of Read more... A 45-year-old man, who was brutally murdered by unidentified persons at Simanijor along Dumka-Rampurhat road in Dumka District in the night of January 5, has now been identified as a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre involved in last year’s killing of former Pakur Superintendent of Police (SP) Amarjit Balihar and five other Policemen, reports The Telegraph. The body of Kalam Sheikh (45), who used to live at his in-laws’ residence at Amrapani village in Kathikund Police Station area of Dumka, was found the next morning. Investigations later revealed that he was one of the 30 accused named in the chargesheet pertaining to Balihar’s murder. Police suspect that he might have been killed by his own men. Read less...
January - 10	The Jharkhand High Court (HC) on January 10 again directed the State Government to dispose of all pending applications for compensation in cases of death in Naxalism-[(Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] related violence within six months and latest by one year in cases where enquiries are pending, reports T Read more... The Jharkhand High Court (HC) on January 10 again directed the State Government to dispose of all pending applications for compensation in cases of death in Naxalism-[(Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] related violence within six months and latest by one year in cases where enquiries are pending, reports The Times of India. Disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Gopinath Ghosh in 2011, a Division Bench of the HC comprising Chief Justice R Banumathi and Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh gave instructions to the State to not just expedite the processing of applications, but to also circulate copies of the order and ensure it reaches remote villages through block offices. Read less...
January - 14	A cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists), Ramesh Munda, was killed and another, Lalmohan Munda, was arrested in an encounter with Security Forces in Lobed village in Adki block in Khunti District on January 14, reports The Hindu. Khunti District Superintendent of Police Anish Gup Read more... A cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists), Ramesh Munda, was killed and another, Lalmohan Munda, was arrested in an encounter with Security Forces in Lobed village in Adki block in Khunti District on January 14, reports The Hindu. Khunti District Superintendent of Police Anish Gupta said that the encounter was still on till the evening Read less...
January - 14	A Jharkhand Sangharsh Janmukti Morcha (JSJM) cadre Naresh Ganjhu, who was involved in January 14 attack at a Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) colliery in Latehar District, was arrested during a raid at Chetar village in Chandwa Police Station area of the District on January 15, reports The Telegraph Read more... A Jharkhand Sangharsh Janmukti Morcha (JSJM) cadre Naresh Ganjhu, who was involved in January 14 attack at a Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) colliery in Latehar District, was arrested during a raid at Chetar village in Chandwa Police Station area of the District on January 15, reports The Telegraph. Two .303 rifles and a countrymade pistol were recovered from him. Latehar Superintendent of Police (SP) Michael Raj said that these rifles were looted from the Police in the past. He further informed that Ganjhu was part of the group that had attacked at CCL’s Tetariakhand colliery. Over a dozen extremists armed with a carbine, rifles and sticks had manhandled the colliery employees and torched a Haulpak, an off-highway mining truck, parked on the workshop premises. Read less...
January - 14	To reduce the burden on the State exchequer, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in the Left wing extremism affected areas of Jharkhand in anti-Maoist operations will be phased out within a period of five years, reports The Pioneer. The SPs of the all the Districts have been asked to minimi Read more... To reduce the burden on the State exchequer, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in the Left wing extremism affected areas of Jharkhand in anti-Maoist operations will be phased out within a period of five years, reports The Pioneer. The SPs of the all the Districts have been asked to minimise the dependency on CRPF personnel and take help of State police in carrying out anti-Maoist operations. The matter was also discussed by the Home Secretary NN Pandey with the Finance Commission members during its visit in Ranchi. The Commission members are said to have asked the Home department to take adequate steps to raise a parallel force on the lines of CRPF so that it could be gradually phased out from the State. Read less...
January - 16	Security Force personnel on January 16 recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that had been planted on a road in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum District, reports canindia.com quoting IANS. The 30 kg IED was recovered by security personnel while they were conducting a search operation in Chhota N Read more... Security Force personnel on January 16 recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that had been planted on a road in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum District, reports canindia.com quoting IANS. The 30 kg IED was recovered by security personnel while they were conducting a search operation in Chhota Nagra jungle in West Singhbhum District, around 140 km from Ranchi. Read less...
January - 17	Gumla District Police arrested a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre on January 17 from Baghima village in the District, reports The Times of India. He was engaged in making posters and pasting them on the walls asking people to boycott the Republic Day. The arrested Maoist has been i Read more... Gumla District Police arrested a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre on January 17 from Baghima village in the District, reports The Times of India. He was engaged in making posters and pasting them on the walls asking people to boycott the Republic Day. The arrested Maoist has been identified as Arbind Kindo, a member of Maoist ‘area commander’ Khudi Munda's squad, said Gumla Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) D K Pande. Kindo is a resident of Jena village under under the Palkot Police Station, he added. One country-made pistol, four 3.15 bore bullets, two mobile sets, one motorcycle and a copy of poster containing a call for boycott of the Republic Day have been seized from him, he said. Read less...
January - 20	Four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered in a Gomia forest in Bokaro District during a joint operation on January 20, reports The Times of India. A joint team of the District Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered the explosives, which were planted inside the Ban Read more... Four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered in a Gomia forest in Bokaro District during a joint operation on January 20, reports The Times of India. A joint team of the District Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered the explosives, which were planted inside the Banchatra forest in Gomia allegedly by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres. Two of the three IEDs were 3kg each while the other was more powerful and weighed about 6kg. Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitender Singh, who was part of the search team, said the IEDs were recovered in active State. Read less...
January - 21	The decomposed body of a brick kiln owner, Santosh Sao (32), who was allegedly abducted by People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) on November 25, 2013, was recovered at Topa Pahar in Palamu District on January 21, reports The Times of India. Nageshwar Sao, elder brother of Sao, said Santosh was a Read more... The decomposed body of a brick kiln owner, Santosh Sao (32), who was allegedly abducted by People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) on November 25, 2013, was recovered at Topa Pahar in Palamu District on January 21, reports The Times of India. Nageshwar Sao, elder brother of Sao, said Santosh was abducted on November 25 by members of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI). He was killed because the INR 1.5 million that the rebels asked for in ransom was not paid. Read less...
January - 22	Police arrested a PLFI activist, Prem Paswan, in connection with the Santosh Sao case on January 22. Read more... Police arrested a PLFI activist, Prem Paswan, in connection with the Santosh Sao case on January 22. Read less...
January - 25	Four Government workers including three panchayat (local self government institution) level staff and a Prime Minister Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF) were taken hostage by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from Nakania village in Pirtand block in Giridih District of Jharkhand on Read more... Four Government workers including three panchayat (local self government institution) level staff and a Prime Minister Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF) were taken hostage by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from Nakania village in Pirtand block in Giridih District of Jharkhand on January 25, reports The Hindu. The four were identified as panchayat sewak (worker) Maqsood, rozgar sewak (employment worker) Shambhu Pandey, village-level worker Chandra Dev, and Sai Vamsi Wardhan, who belongs to Andhra Pradesh and had been working in Giridih under a fellowship offered by the Ministry of Rural Development to young professionals to help implement government schemes in north-eastern States and States affected by Maoist conflict. The District Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched search operations in the area on January 26 however no demand in exchange for their release was received till January 26 night. Read less...
January - 26	CPI-Maoist cadres torched three trucks in Gumla District of Jharkhand on January 26 for not paying the levy demanded by them, reports aninews.in. The incident has inflicted fear among the truck drivers. After setting ablaze the trucks the Maoists left behind a list of their demands. Read more... CPI-Maoist cadres torched three trucks in Gumla District of Jharkhand on January 26 for not paying the levy demanded by them, reports aninews.in. The incident has inflicted fear among the truck drivers. After setting ablaze the trucks the Maoists left behind a list of their demands. Read less...
January - 27	In the search operation that began on January 26 to rescue four abducted persons, one Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF) trooper died and 11 others suffered injuries when suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered over 12 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) explosions o Read more... In the search operation that began on January 26 to rescue four abducted persons, one Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF) trooper died and 11 others suffered injuries when suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered over 12 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) explosions on January 27 afternoon in Pirtand block of Giridih District, reports The Hindu. The abducted persons were released on January 27 evening. Three Panchayat-level workers and a Prime Minister Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF) were earlier taken hostage by Maoists on January 25 in Giridih District. Eleven companies, or nearly 700 paramilitary personnel, of CRPF and special assault groups of Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ) were deployed in the search operations. “Though we lost one of our men, we were able to secure the safe release of all four by putting the Maoists under immense pressure. Our forces surrounded them from all sides,” said Jharkhand Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar. Read less...
January - 27	In the wake of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) posters appearing every now and then on heavy vehicles that ferry Uranium ore from Bagjata mines to Jadugora processing unit, in Seraikela-Kharsawan District, the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) has expressed apprehensions over Read more... In the wake of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) posters appearing every now and then on heavy vehicles that ferry Uranium ore from Bagjata mines to Jadugora processing unit, in Seraikela-Kharsawan District, the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) has expressed apprehensions over excavation work, reports The Times of India on January 28. The company has said if posters with warnings continue to appear on the trucks for long the uranium excavation work shall be hampered. For the last several weeks, posters instructing transporters to stop ferrying uranium ore from the Bagjata mines have been appearing on the trucks at regular intervals. "We are experiencing a modest slowdown in transportation work owing to Maoist threats and probably the enrichment work will suffer in the long run if they (rebels) continue doing the same in the future," said Chairman and Managing Director of UCIL, Diwakar Acharya. The Maoists had been demanding permanent jobs for the locals in the company as compensation against land acquisition in Bagjata is already mired in controversy. Read less...
January - 28	A new Police Station has been set up at Pirtand in Giridih District where one Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and 15 others were injured in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-triggered landmine blasts on January 27, reports The Times of India on January 29. Four gove Read more... A new Police Station has been set up at Pirtand in Giridih District where one Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and 15 others were injured in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-triggered landmine blasts on January 27, reports The Times of India on January 29. Four government officials were abducted by the Maoists in Giridih on January 25 following which the CRPF troopers had embarked on a rescue mission unaware of the fact that the Maoists had laid a trap for them. Pirtand is a Maoist den and was badly in need of a full-fledged Police Station. Earlier, there was one Police picket in the area. Read less...
January - 30	The anti-Maoist movement in Jashpur District got stronger with more villagers joining the group, reports The Times of India on January 31. The pressure on Maoists is so much so that they have moved to bordering Jharkhand forests leaving their camps for the locals to bust. Now, almost 5,000 villagers Read more... The anti-Maoist movement in Jashpur District got stronger with more villagers joining the group, reports The Times of India on January 31. The pressure on Maoists is so much so that they have moved to bordering Jharkhand forests leaving their camps for the locals to bust. Now, almost 5,000 villagers armed with traditional weapons are out on a mission. This includes villagers from few bordering places of Jharkhand as well. According to locals who have gathered at Thutiamba, a village located on the inter-state borders of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the groups of people get scattered in various directions to track Maoist camps. But they have not succeeded yet because Maoists have moved from their camps to different destinations. Read less...

*Data till , January 22, 2021

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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