Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Naxal Encounter in Maharashtra
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 th  NOVEMBER, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 9,1943 (SAKA)

NAXALS ENCOUNTER IN MAHARASHTRA

433.  SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH: SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Naxals were killed in an encounter in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra recently, if so, the details thereof during the last five years and the current year, till date and the reasons therefor, State wise;
- (b) the number of naxals/police killed, injured in such encounters State-wise;
- (c) the number of fake encounters reported/along with the action taken thereon; and
- (d)  the  corrective  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  stop  such  fake encounters?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a)& (b): 27 Left Wing Extremists (LWEs), including Milind Teltumbde, Member, Central Committee of CPI (Maoist), were killed in an exchange of fire (EoF)with Police  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Police  Station  Korchi,  district  Gadchiroli, Maharashtra  on  13.11.2021.  Following  the  EoF,  the  Police  recovered  29 weapons,  including  AK-47  Rifle-06,  Underbarrel  Grenade  Launcher-01,  SLR Rifle-09, INSAS Rifle-01, and .303 Rifle-03.

## LS.US.Q.NO. 433 FOR 30.11.2021

The  number  of  LWEs  killed  during  the  exchange  of  fire  with  security forces  and  security  forces  killed,  injured  during  the  last  05  years  and  the current year, State-wise, is given at Annexure I.

(c)&  (d):No  case  of  fake  encounter  in  the  LWE  affected  States  has  been reported.

A  strong  constitutional  and  legal  mechanism  exists,  which  include National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), to prevent and deal with the case of fake encounter. NHRC has issued guidelines for conducting magisterial enquiries in case of death of a person in police action. The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has also laid down a  detailed  procedure  to  be  followed  in  investigation  of  a  case  of  death  of  a person during police encounter for thorough, effective and independent investigation. These mechanisms and rulings are in addition to the provisions given in the criminal laws for registration and fair investigation of an offence.

## Annexure-I

## LSUQ No. 433 for 30.11.2021

## Security Forces martyred/injured and LWEs killed from 2016 to 15.11.2021

|       |                |   Security Forces martyred |   Security Forces martyred |   Security Forces martyred |   Security Forces martyred |   Security Forces martyred | Security Forces martyred   |
|-------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S.No. | State          |                       2016 |                       2017 |                       2018 |                       2019 |                       2020 | 2021 (Upto15.11.2021)      |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |
| 2     | Bihar          |                         11 |                          0 |                          1 |                          1 |                          0 | 0                          |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   |                         11 |                         16 |                         10 |                          4 |                         22 | 24                         |
| 4     | Jharkhand      |                          2 |                          2 |                          3 |                          2 |                          1 | 1                          |
| 5     | Madhya Pradesh |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |
| 6     | Maharashtra    |                          0 |                          1 |                          0 |                          0 |                          2 | 0                          |
| 7     | Odisha         |                          1 |                          0 |                          0 |                          1 |                          2 | 0                          |
| 8     | Telangana      |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |
| 9     | West Bengal    |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |
| 10    | Kerala         |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |
|       | Total          |                         25 |                         19 |                         14 |                          8 |                         27 | 25                         |

|       |                |   LWEs Killed |   LWEs Killed |   LWEs Killed |   LWEs Killed |   LWEs Killed | LWEs Killed          |
|-------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
| S.No. | State          |          2016 |          2017 |          2018 |          2019 |          2020 | 2021 (Upto15.11.2021 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh |             3 |             2 |             0 |             7 |             0 | 6                    |
| 2     | Bihar          |            12 |             7 |             2 |             7 |             5 | 6                    |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   |           135 |            75 |           125 |            78 |            42 | 37                   |
| 4     | Jharkhand      |            20 |            12 |            26 |            26 |            13 | 5                    |
| 5     | Madhya Pradesh |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             3 | 3                    |
| 6     | Maharashtra    |             9 |            17 |            52 |             8 |             9 | 49                   |
| 7     | Odisha         |            40 |             8 |            19 |             8 |            17 | 6                    |
| 8     | Telangana      |             0 |             9 |             1 |             2 |            10 | 1                    |
| 9     | West Bengal    |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 | 0                    |
| 10    | Kerala         |             2 |             0 |             0 |             5 |             1 | 0                    |
|       | Total          |           221 |           130 |           225 |           143 |           100 | 113                  |

|       |                |   Security Forces injured |   Security Forces injured |   Security Forces injured |   Security Forces injured |   Security Forces injured | Security Forces injured   |
|-------|----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S.No. | State          |                      2016 |                      2017 |                      2018 |                      2019 |                      2020 | 2021 (Upto15.11.2021      |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh |                         1 |                         0 |                         1 |                         1 |                         1 | 0                         |
| 2     | Bihar          |                         8 |                         0 |                         4 |                         1 |                         2 | 0                         |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   |                        98 |                        78 |                       117 |                        36 |                        85 | 72                        |
| 4     | Jharkhand      |                        16 |                        14 |                        11 |                        25 |                         6 | 8                         |
| 5     | Madhya Pradesh |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 | 0                         |
| 6     | Maharashtra    |                        21 |                        40 |                        15 |                        15 |                         9 | 10                        |
| 7     | Odisha         |                         1 |                        21 |                         3 |                         4 |                         4 | 3                         |
| 8     | Telangana      |                         0 |                         0 |                         1 |                         0 |                         1 | 0                         |
| 9     | West Bengal    |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 | 0                         |
| 10    | Kerala         |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 | 0                         |
|       | Total          |                       145 |                       153 |                       152 |                        82 |                       108 | 93                        |