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In Chhattisgarh, Salwa Judum was formed as an anti-insurgency vigilante group aimed at countering the violence in the region in 2005. The militia consisted of local tribal youth, who received support and training from the Government of Chhattisgarh. [146] Various other paramilitary vigilante groups had emerged in other states such Andhra Pradesh.
The districts that make up the red corridor are among the poorest in the country. Areas such as Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Telangana (formerly part of Andhra Pradesh), are either impoverished or have significant economic inequality, or both. [13] [14] [15]
18 February: A Chhattisgarh police officer was killed by Maoists in Bijapur district of Bastar. [230] 19 February: A Maoist carrying a ₹ 0.5 million (US$5,900) bounty was arrested in Kannur district, Kerala after being on the run for almost two decades. [231] 20 February: Two Maoists surrendered to the police in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh ...
The Chief of the Army Staff and the 7 army commanders in mid-2011 had assessed that, if required, about 60,000-65,000 troops from the Indian Army would need to be induced in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal to battle the Naxalites. [22]
Later it also spread to the southern states of India. Currently, it is led by the Communist Party of India (Maoists) and are active in some areas of the states of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The areas where Naxals operate is known as the Red Corridor.
The Chhattisgarh government also appointed a one-man commission under Chhattisgarh High Court judge Justice Prashant Mishra for a judicial enquiry into the attack. The commission would submit the report in three months. A special session of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly was also called on 3 June 2013 to discuss the Naxal issue. [17]
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.
After being pushed out of Andhra Pradesh, post 2003, Naxals made these forests their hub, and even established a revenue generation system which includes land sharing, cooperative farming and running foodgrain and seeds banks. [11] The state government had no records about the Muria tribes living in the region or land ownership or revenue records.