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Operation Green Hunt is the name used by the Indian media to describe the "all-out offensive by paramilitary forces and the states forces" against the Naxalites. [1] The operation is believed to have begun in November 2009 along five states in the "Red Corridor." [citation needed]
The April 2010 Dantewada Maoist attack [1] [2] was an 6 April 2010 ambush by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) near Chintalnar village in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, India, leading to the killing of 76 CRPF policemen and 8 Maoists [3] — the deadliest attack by the Maoists on Indian security forces.
The Indian government launched a massive military offensive, code named Operation Green Hunt and planned to deploy nearly 50,000 soldiers over two years, with the objectives of eliminating Naxal insurgents and bringing stability to the regions. [90]
In 2009, he was a prominent voice in the campaign against Operation Green Hunt, mainly the military actions perpetrated by the Indian state. [16] He was arrested in May 2014 for Maoist links. [17] He was granted bail by Bombay High Court in June 2015 on medical grounds and he was released in July 2015.
After meeting a with her Naxalite contact, Roy starts her long journey deep into the jungles of Chhattisgarh, but not before sharing her thoughts on Operation Green Hunt and life within Indian government-controlled town of Dantewada. In Dantewada the police wear plain clothes and the rebels wear uniforms. The jail superintendent is in jail.
In the note, the rebels have also put forward seven key demands. They demanded to end the Operation Green Hunt and to send back the paramilitary forces from the Dandakaranya region. They also want the naxal revolutionaries and "innocent" tribals to be released from jail unconditionally.
In September 2009, an all-out offensive was launched by the Government of India's paramilitary forces and the state's police forces against the CPI (Maoist) is termed by the Indian media as the "Operation Green Hunt". [110]
This operation was termed by the Indian media as "Operation Green Hunt." [72] Since the start of the operation 2,266 Maoist militants have been killed, 10,181 have been arrested and 9,714 have surrendered. [73]