Karnataka (Maoist Insurgency): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2012

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January - 5	The Karnataka Director General Police (DGP) Shankar Bidari on January 5 said that as many as 100 youth, mostly tribals, from Karkala, Sringeri, Tirthahalli and Belthangady regions would be recruited into the Police to combat Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Western Ghats, r Read more... The Karnataka Director General Police (DGP) Shankar Bidari on January 5 said that as many as 100 youth, mostly tribals, from Karkala, Sringeri, Tirthahalli and Belthangady regions would be recruited into the Police to combat Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Western Ghats, reports The Hindu. Nearly 30 youth from Karkala, Tirthahalli and Sringeri region and around 10 from Belthangady region would be recruited by March 2012. Priority would be given to tribals in recruitment as they had knowledge of the forests. Zee News reports that the Karnataka Government on January 5 offered INR 300,000 solatium to the family of Sadashiva Gowda, who was allegedly gunned down by the CPI-Maoist in Hebri forests on December 28. Read less...
January - 6	In the evening of January 6, the cadres of the CPI-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) engaged the Anti -Naxal Force (ANF) personnel in an exchange of fire in Barkana Falls region near Agumbe in Shimoga District, reports The Hindu. No casualties were reported from either sides. The suspected Maoists fled the spot a Read more... In the evening of January 6, the cadres of the CPI-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) engaged the Anti -Naxal Force (ANF) personnel in an exchange of fire in Barkana Falls region near Agumbe in Shimoga District, reports The Hindu. No casualties were reported from either sides. The suspected Maoists fled the spot after the firing. Following the incident, the Police have intensified the combing operations in the forest around Agumbe and Mastikatte. Police had tip-off on the movement of the armed group in the forest around Agumbe and Malandur. A team of ANF personnel from Agumbe camp had stayed in Malandur in the previous night anticipating the visit of Maoists to the village. During combing operations in the surrounding forest on Friday, ANF personnel had noticed suspected Maoists camping near Barkana Falls. Read less...
January - 9	at the Karnataka State Senior Police Officers’ Annual Meeting, chaired by chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Director General of Police (DGP), Shankar M. Bidari said that only 30 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) are operating in the State, reports Bangalore Mirror. “We wil Read more... at the Karnataka State Senior Police Officers’ Annual Meeting, chaired by chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Director General of Police (DGP), Shankar M. Bidari said that only 30 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) are operating in the State, reports Bangalore Mirror. “We will ensure that Karnataka is free of naxals by 2012-end,” he said. He also added that the intelligence network in Maoist- affected areas had been strengthened and would show results soon. Read less...
January - 9	IBN Live reports that speaking at the Karnataka State Senior Police Officers’ Annual Meeting held at the Police chief’s office on January 9, Karnataka Chief Minister, D.V Sadanand Gowda observed that there was no co-ordination between the Anti-Maoist Force and the local Police, reports The New India Read more... IBN Live reports that speaking at the Karnataka State Senior Police Officers’ Annual Meeting held at the Police chief’s office on January 9, Karnataka Chief Minister, D.V Sadanand Gowda observed that there was no co-ordination between the Anti-Maoist Force and the local Police, reports The New Indian Express. “If they work together, better results can be expected. We have plans to depute young and energetic staff to the ANF,” he added. Home Minister, R. Ashok said that the Maoist activities in the State were curbed and there was information that supari (contract) killers from Tamil Nadu were operating with the CPI-Maoist. Read less...
January - 9	In a letter received by certain local dailies in Udupi District on January 9, a person who claimed himself to be Vishwa representing the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), confirmed that they were involved in the killing of Sadashiva Gowda (50) near Kabbinale Tingalamatti in Karkala, repo Read more... In a letter received by certain local dailies in Udupi District on January 9, a person who claimed himself to be Vishwa representing the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), confirmed that they were involved in the killing of Sadashiva Gowda (50) near Kabbinale Tingalamatti in Karkala, reports Daijiworld.com. The letter however, claims that they had not tortured Gowda as reported by the media. Read less...
January - 12	Daijiworld reports that that a gang of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres visited Nadpal village near Hebri in Udupi District on January 12 and collected food- stuffs, grains etc from some houses there. The gang had nine members including two women. Read more... Daijiworld reports that that a gang of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres visited Nadpal village near Hebri in Udupi District on January 12 and collected food- stuffs, grains etc from some houses there. The gang had nine members including two women. Read less...
January - 13	The Karnataka Government on January 13 decided to hire qualified locals on contract basis to fill vacancies in nine taluks (administrative units), where there is "Naxal activity", as "fearful" Government servants transferred there have refused to join, reports Zee News. Briefing reporters after a Ca Read more... The Karnataka Government on January 13 decided to hire qualified locals on contract basis to fill vacancies in nine taluks (administrative units), where there is "Naxal activity", as "fearful" Government servants transferred there have refused to join, reports Zee News. Briefing reporters after a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister, D V Sadananda Gowda. Law Minister, S Suresh Kumar said there are vacant posts in different Government departments (in these nine taluks) as officials transferred there are hesitating to report. "This has resulted in adverse impact on administration and development," he said. The nine taluks in the three Districts of Tumkur, Chikmagalur and Udupi are: Karkala, Kundapura, Sringeri, Mudigere, Koppa, Hosanagara, Tirthahalli, Beltangadi and Pavagada, where 107 villages and 709 sub-villages have been "identified" for Naxal activity. He said the nine taluks have not been declared as Maoist affected and Government employees willing to go those places on transfer would be given first priority. Read less...
January - 26	The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from Tamil Nadu have reportedly infiltrated Karnataka and are strengthening the hands of their comrades in Agumbe region of Udupi District, according to a recent intelligence report, Deccan Chronicle reported. According to Police sources, there Read more... The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from Tamil Nadu have reportedly infiltrated Karnataka and are strengthening the hands of their comrades in Agumbe region of Udupi District, according to a recent intelligence report, Deccan Chronicle reported. According to Police sources, there has been no new recruitment of local people in the CPI-Maoist in Karnataka. “We have been keeping track of villagers in the Naxal-affected districts and no one in the last two years has gone missing or has been abducted by the Maoists,” said an officer from Udupi. On January 6, in a fire exchange between the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) and the Maoists in Barkana Falls region near Agumbe in Udupi District, the ANF for the first time found Maoist literature in Tamil from the site where the Maoist cadres were camping in the forest. Till then, the Police believed that a majority of the Maoist cadres in Karnataka were from the Malekudiya tribe from the Kudremukh National Park area. Read less...
January - 28	New Indian Express reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India- Maoist(CPI-Maoist) should give up their guns as the State Government is ready to rehabilitate and provide employment to them, said State Home Minister R Ashok at a function in Mangalore on January 28. He remarked, “As guns wil Read more... New Indian Express reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India- Maoist(CPI-Maoist) should give up their guns as the State Government is ready to rehabilitate and provide employment to them, said State Home Minister R Ashok at a function in Mangalore on January 28. He remarked, “As guns will not yield anything, naxals should bid goodbye to arms. The government has been providing packages to the naxal-affected areas. Considering this, naxals should surrender.” Compared to other states, Maoist activity is less in Karnataka. Only in some places such as Chikmagalur and Udupi Districts, are they in operation, he clarified, when reporters sought to know why the Union Government has not marked Karnataka as a Maoist affected State. Read less...

*Data till , January 21, 2021

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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