MHA report says Naxalites violence shrinking in India
Op IndiaNaxalites have killed 3,749 civilians in nine years across ten states with maximum casualties reported from Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. In the annual report published by the Ministry of Home Affairs, 10,660 incidents of violence took place in 10 Naxal-hit states, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh which claimed lives of 3,749 people. The MHA report further reveals that the banned outfit CPI continues to be the most ‘potent’ amongst all LWE outfits which has been responsible for 88% of total deaths and violence. The report further states that in last five years, the violence has seen sharp decline along with reduction in geographical area hit by such violence.