426 security personnel, have
been killed in Jharkhand since it was carved out of Bihar in November
2000, police data show. The dead include a Lok Sabha member, two state
legislators and an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. Superintendent
of Police Amajeet Balihar was killed Tuesday in a Maoist ambush along
with five other policemen. The Maoists attacked a police convoy in the
Kathikund forest in Pakur in Dumka district, 350 km from the state
capital.
In January
2005, Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist legislator Mahendra
Singh was shot dead in Giridih district. In March 2007, Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha Lok Sabha member Sunil Mahto was assassinated. In 2008, former
minister and Janata Dal-United legislator Ramesh Singh Munda was killed.
When
Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, only eight districts were disturbed
by Maoist activity. There are now Maoist guerrillas operating in 18 of
state’s 24 districts.
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