| 129 elected representatives victims of Naxals in '04-06 |
NEW DELHI: Naxalites have killed as many as 129 people's representatives and 411 government officials - mostly policemen - between 2004 and 2006.
Almost all the people's representatives, except Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Sunil Mahto, killed by Maoists during the period represented village, block and district-level groups. The figures, released in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, clearly show that these representatives are as vulnerable as the civilian population mainly in tribal areas.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal, in his written reply to a question, informed the Upper House that 20 people's representatives were killed by Naxalites in 31 attacks in 2006 as compared to 64 in 111 attacks in 2005 and 45 in 114 attacks in 2004.
But figure for government officials (mainly security personnel) killed was the highest in 2006 - 158. In 2005, 153 officials were killed by Maoists while the figure for 2004 was 100.
JMM leader Sunil Mahto, killed during a football match in a village near Jamshedpur in Jharkhand in March this year, was, incidentally, the lone MP who became a victim of the red ultras.
In response to another question, the minister said that a total 1,608 incidents of Naxalite violence were reported from 460 police stations in 11 states in 2005. The figure in 2006 dipped slightly to 1,509 incidents which were reported from 395 police stations that constituted 4.65% of the total number of 8,488 police stations in the affected states.
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_of_Naxals_in_04-06/articleshow/2341638.cms |
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