In the following we want to give a short overview on the recent actions, carrried out by the People´s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) under the leadership of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist)] in People´s War in India.

 

On March 19, an ostensible pastor who served as a police informant was killed by suspected members of the PLGA in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. According to the reactionary authorities of the old Indian state a handwritten note was recovered from the spot, in which the CPI (Maoist) claimed responsibility for the action againstthe police informer.1

 

On March 14, An official of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was killed and two jawans were injured in two separate actions of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts. According to the Inspector General of Police one of the incidents took place Dondribeda and Sonpur villages while a team of the ITBP’s 53rd battalion was cordoning off a forest patch, one of the reactionary security forces stepped on the hidden trigger of the IED.

In the second action a constable of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was injured after he came in contact with a pressure IED in Chotedonger police limits around 12.30 pm. 2

 

On March 13, two personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were injured in an exchange of fire with suspected combatants of the PLGA near Chichorguda village, in the district of Sukma. “When the patrolling team was cordoning off the forest area near Chichorguja […] it came under fire from a group of Maoists […]”. To appearances, the PLGA combatants were able to retreat without any losses after the successful attack.3

 

On March 5, several construction machines used for road construction works of a state infrastructure project, which is part of the counterrevolutionary offensive Prahaar 3, were set on fire in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district. A Maoist banner was also attached to the site of the action. 4

 

 
 

1https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/naxals-kill-pastor-in-chhattisgarh-on-suspicion-of-being-police-informer-1927047-2022-03-19

2https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/itbp-official-killed-jawan-injured-in-naxal-blast-in-chhattisgarh-377709

3https://telanganatoday.com/chhattisgarh-2-drg-jawans-injured-in-encounter-with-naxals

4https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/bharat/naxalites-halt-road-work-set-fire-to-construction-vehicles-in-chhattisgarhs-kanker/na20220305165545028