US EditionRed sunset: India's bloody offensive against Maoist rebellion
- India is conducting an all-out offensive against the Maoist Naxalite rebellion, active since 1967 and centered in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
- The conflict began when villagers rose against feudal lords and grew to control a third of the country, with 15,000–20,000 fighters at its peak.
- The government relies on the District Reserve Guard, a paramilitary of local tribal men and former Maoists, who know the forest and insurgents’ secrets.
- More than 12,000 people have died, and records show nearly 400 suspected rebels killed since last year amid disputed claims of fake encounters.
- Critics say militarization and expanding security camps risk alienating tribal communities and facilitating corporate mining in sacred forests, potentially fueling renewed unrest.
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Red dust rising: In India’s Maoist war, civilians pay the price
KOELIBEDA (India), May 6 — After India’s Maoist rebels executed his father, accusing him of spying, the young tribal man dropped out of university to join a controversial paramilitary group hunting down the insurgents. “They claim to be fighting for us, but they kill us,” the 21-year-old member of the District Reserve Guards (DRG) told AFP. India is waging an all-out offensive against the last vestiges of its Naxalite rebellion, named after the …
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