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498 killed in Maoist violence since March
2010: Chhattisgarh
Wednesday March 28, 2012 08:07:15 PM, IANS
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Raipur: As many as
498 people were killed in Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh since
March 2010, the state assembly was informed Wednesday.
Maoists, who are locally called Naxals, carried out 367 attacks in
the state during 2010-11 and 2011-12 when 498 people were killed,
Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar told the assembly in response to a
question of Congress legislator Nandkumar Patel.
The minister said that those killed included 215 state police
personnel, 140 paramilitary troopers, 26 special police officers (SPOs)
and 33 civilians besides 84 guerrillas.
Chhattisgarh, termed as one of the worst leftist insurgency-hit
states, has witnessed a string of deadly attacks by Maoists in
recent years including killing of 76 troopers in a single attack
in restive Bastar region in April 2010.
The guerrillas, who are estimated to be roughly 40,000 cadres of
all ranks in the state, hold sway in jungle pockets mainly in a
sprawling 40,000 sq km Bastar region since late 1980s. But
incidents of violence have surprisingly subsided in the state
during the past six months.
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