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{{Short description|Indian anti-Naxalite campaign since 2009}} | |||
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|{{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} A S Gill | |||
|{{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} Vikram Srivastava | |||
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|{{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} Pranay Sahay | |||
|{{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} Dilip Trivedi | |||
|{{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} Prakash Mishra | |||
|{{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} K. Durga Prasad | |||
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|{{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} Kuldiep Singh | |||
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| commander2 = {{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} Ankit Pandey <br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}}]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} Subrata Dutta{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} Vinod Gawde{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} Lalitha{{KIA}}<ref>{{Cite news|title=3 'Senior Commanders' Among 29 Maoists Killed In Bastar|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/3-senior-commanders-among-29-maoists-killed-in-bastar/articleshow/109360008.cms|access-date=2024-04-17|website=]}}</ref> | |||
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| strength1 = {{•}} ] personnel: 100,000{{cn|date=July 2020}} + 10,000<ref name="SATP-2013"/> + 10,000<ref name="TH-6107418"/> <br />{{•}} Indian Reserve Battalions: ]' 2,000 personnel<ref name="ET–40383919"/> <br />{{•}} ]' personnel: 200,000<ref name="BS-113092700488"/> <br />{{•}} ]{{cn|date=July 2020}} <br />{{•}} ]<ref name="greenhunt start">{{cite news|title=Operation Greenhunt starts in Orissa|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/operationgreenhuntstartsinorissa/598626/0|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=]|date=1 April 2010}}</ref> <br />{{•}} ]: ] and MI-17V5 helicopters<ref name="TH-4763722"/> (and drones)<ref name="TH-5778106"/> | |||
| strength2 = {{•}} ]: 8,000 – 9,000 (September 2013)<ref name="BS-113092700488"/> <br />{{•}} People's Militia (armed with bows, arrows, and machetes): 38,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Analysis: India's Maoist challenge |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/08/2013812124328669128.html |first=Kamal |last=Kumar |publisher=] |date=August 2013 |access-date=27 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| casualties1 = 1,435 Killed | |||
| casualties2 = ''Per India:'' 2,266 killed<br>9,714 surrendered<br>10,181 arrested<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/surrender/india-maoistinsurgency|title = Datasheet-terrorist-attack-surrender}}</ref> | |||
| casualties3 = 2,319 civilians killed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/surrender/india-maoistinsurgency|title = Datasheet-terrorist-attack-surrender}}</ref> | |||
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{{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}} | |||
'''Operation Green Hunt''' is the name used by the ] to describe the "all-out offensive by ] and the ]" against the ]s.<ref name="TH-101706">{{cite news |title=Green Hunt: the anatomy of an operation |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/green-hunt-the-anatomy-of-an-operation/article101706.ece |first=Aman |last=Sethi |newspaper=The Hindu |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> The operation is believed to have begun in November 2009 along five states in the "]."{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} | |||
{{Expand|date=March 2010}} | |||
The term was coined by the ] police officials to describe one successful drive against the ] in the state. It was erroneously used by the media to describe the wider anti-Naxalite operations; the government of India does not use the term "Operation Green Hunt" to describe its anti-Naxalite offensive.<ref>{{cite news | |||
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/There-is-no-Operation-Green-Hunt-Chidambaram/articleshow/5770130.cms | |||
| title = There is no 'Operation Green Hunt': Chidambaram | |||
| work = ] | |||
| date = 2010-04-07 | |||
| access-date = 2010-04-08 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
'''Operation Green Hunt''' is an ongoing military offensive begun in November 2009 by the ] along five states in the "]."<ref name=>{{Cite news | |||
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| title = India launches attack against Maoists | |||
| newspaper = RT | |||
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| date = 2009-11-11 | |||
| url = http://rt.com/Top_News/2009-11-11/maoists-naxals-india-offensive.html?fullstory | |||
| accessdate = 2010-03-11}}</ref> | |||
==Planning and implementation== | ==Planning and implementation== | ||
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In October 2009, the ] (CRPF) announced that it was in the final stages of planning the offensive and had received approval from the ]-led government. The ] (COBRA) would take the lead in the operations against Maoist insurgents.<ref name=>{{Cite news | |||
In October 2009, the ] (CRPF) announced that it was in the final stages of planning the offensive and had received approval from the ]-led government. The ] (CoBRA) would take the lead in the operations against Maoist insurgents.<ref>{{Citation |title='Centre's Anti-Naxal Plan to be Implemented Soon' |newspaper=] |location=Mumbai |publisher=M/s Outlook Publishing (India) Private Limited |date=2009-10-09 |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?667442 |access-date=2010-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718084042/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?667442 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> But in September 2009, the media had already reported a "massive three day joint operation" by the CoBRA and ] against the Maoists in ].<ref name="TH-101706"/> | |||
| title = 'Centre's Anti-Naxal Plan to be Implemented Soon' | |||
| newspaper = Outlook India | |||
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| publisher = M/s Outlook Publishing (India) Private Limited | |||
| date = 2009-10-09 | |||
| url = http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?667442 | |||
| accessdate = 2010-03-11}}</ref> | |||
In November 2009, the first phase of the operation began in ]. As many as 18 companies of the ] were moved into the area in anticipation of the operation.<ref name=toi20091102>{{Cite news |last=Ali |first=Mazhar |title=First phase of Operation Green Hunt begins |date=2009-11-02 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/First-phase-of-Operation-Green-Hunt-begins/articleshow/5187541.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811050717/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-02/nagpur/28083958_1_gadchiroli-cpmf-operation-green-hunt |url-status=live |archive-date=2011-08-11 |newspaper=] |access-date=2010-03-13}}</ref> | |||
| last = Ali | |||
| first = Mazhar | |||
| title = First phase of Operation Green Hunt begins | |||
| newspaper = Times of India | |||
| language = English | |||
| publisher = Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd | |||
| date = 2009-11-02 | |||
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/First-phase-of-Operation-Green-Hunt-begins/articleshow/5187541.cms | |||
| accessdate = 2010-03-13}}</ref> | |||
In April 2010, ] had a conversation with ] and ] on the subject of the "Maoist extremism" and ]'s internal security, and offered assistance by ] in the state's battle against the Maoists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel to help West Bengal tackle Maoists |url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/12/israel-to-help-west-bengal-tackle-maoists.htm |work=Rediff |date=12 April 2010 |access-date=30 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
==Controversy== | |||
The People's Committee against Operation Green Hunt, a group comprising ] and members of ] civil society, has accused the government of doing the bidding of multi-national companies seeking ] reserves in the area. The committee members said by terrorizing innocent villagers, a free passage is being provided to the MNCs so that they can carry out their mining projects with ease. They point towards police operations in ] (known for its ] reserves and the location of a pending ] project), in ] and ] (] reserves), and in East and ] districts bordering ] (] reserves).<ref name=>{{Cite news | |||
In 2009, the government of India had decided to move 80,000 central paramilitary personnel to wage offensive against the Maoists, strengthened by a fleet of 10 ] from the ].<ref>{{cite news |title=10 IAF choppers for rebel combat |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091229/jsp/nation/story_11919512.jsp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130923140518/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091229/jsp/nation/story_11919512.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2013 |work=The Telegraph |publisher=] |location=New Delhi |date=29 December 2009 |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> On 3 January 2013, the government of India said it would deploy 10,000 more central paramilitary personnel in ], Odisha and some parts of Jharkhand.<ref name="SATP-2013">{{cite web |title=Incidents and Statements involving CPI-Maoist: 2013 |url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/CPI_M_Timeline13.htm |publisher=SATP |location=New Delhi |access-date=27 February 2014}}</ref> By May 2013, about 84,000 troops from the CRPF had been stationed in the Red corridor.<ref>{{cite news |title=CRPF will launch fresh operations against Naxals in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand |url=http://newindianexpress.com/nation/CRPF-will-launch-fresh-operations-against-Naxals-in-Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand/2013/05/30/article1612837.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023133926/http://newindianexpress.com/nation/CRPF-will-launch-fresh-operations-against-Naxals-in-Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand/2013/05/30/article1612837.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2013 |work=Indo-Asian News Service |publisher=] |location=New Delhi |date=30 May 2013 |access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
| title = 'Intellectuals & civil society up in arms over Green Hunt' | |||
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Intellectuals-civil-society-up-in-amrs-over-Green-Hunt/articleshow/5673095.cms | |||
Apart from the paramilitary personnel, the ] personnel deployed in operations against the Maoists are estimated to number around 200,000.<ref name="BS-113092700488">{{cite news |title=Reds in retreat |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/reds-in-retreat-113092700488_1.html |first1=R. |last1=Krishna Das |first2=Sahil |last2=Makkar |first3=Probal |last3=Basak |first4=Dillip |last4=Satapathy |date=27 September 2013 |access-date=10 October 2013 |newspaper=]}}</ref> In his analysis in March 2014, ] has claimed that 286,200 CRPF personnel along with 100,000 personnel from other central paramilitary forces and the SAPF are now engaged in the offensive against the CPI (Maoist) in 10 states of India.<ref>{{cite web| title=Ambush amplifies a struggle |url=http://sanhati.com/excerpted/9499/ |first=Gautam |last=Navlakha |author-link=Gautam Navlakha |publisher=Sanhati |date=30 March 2014 |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> On 8 June 2014, the ] officially approved the deployment of another 10,000 troops from the paramilitary forces to fight against the Maoists in Chhattisgarh.<ref name="TH-6107418">{{cite news |title=Chhattisgarh gears for 'result-oriented' approach against Maoists |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/chhattisgarh-gears-for-resultoriented-approach-against-maoists/article6107418.ece |first=Pavan |last=Dahat |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Raipur |date=12 June 2014 |access-date=13 June 2014}}</ref> | |||
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In May 2013, the Ministry of Home Affairs ordered an additional 10,000 aramilitary personal to move "towards a fight to finish war against Maoists in Red Zone."<ref>{{cite news |title=Government to deploy 10,000 more personnel in four states to fight Maoists |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-08/india/39116026_1_paramilitary-forces-battalions-security-forces |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523023300/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-08/india/39116026_1_paramilitary-forces-battalions-security-forces |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2013 |first=Vishwa |last=Mohan |location=New Delhi |date=8 May 2013 |newspaper=] |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
The ] has also been stationed in the Red corridor; however, the Army claims that it is present there to train the paramilitary personnel to fight against the Maoists and denies its direct role in the offensive operations.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Indian Army Raises the Stakes in Its War Against the Maoists |url=https://world.time.com/2011/06/27/army-raises-the-stakes-in-fight-against-the-naxals/ |first=Jyoti |last=Thottam |magazine=] |date=27 June 2011 |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> The ] and the ] in mid-2011 had assessed that, if required, about 60,000-65,000 troops from the Indian Army would need to be induced in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, ], Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal to battle the Naxalites.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Asia Intelligence Review: Weekly Assessments & Briefings |url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/sair10/10_3.htm |volume=Volume 10 (Number 3) |work=Institute for Conflict Management |publisher=SATP |date=25 July 2011 |access-date=24 March 2014}}</ref> On 30 May 2013, the Indian Air Force's ] declared that apart from the currently operating ] helicopters, the Indian Air Force is inducing a fleet of MI-17V5 helicopters to "provide full support to anti-Naxal operations."<ref name="TH-4763722">{{cite news |title=Air Force to lend support for anti-Naxal operations |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/air-force-to-lend-support-for-antinaxal-operations/article4763722.ece |work=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu Group |date=30 May 2013 |access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
In August 2014, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that it is "sending" 2,000 personnel from the ] of the ]'s Indian Reserve Battalions (IRB) in Chhattisgarh's Bastar to attack the Maoists, which according to ], would make Bastar "the most–militarised zone in India." The Naga Battalion personnel are being send to fight the Maoists for a second time, with having battled the Maoists once before in West Bengal.<ref name="ET–40383919">{{cite news |title=Government to send 2,000 para-military men of Naga unit to fight Maoists in Bastar |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/government-to-send-2000-para-military-men-of-naga-unit-to-fight-maoists-in-bastar/articleshow/40383919.cms |first=Aman |last=Sharma |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> | |||
The Indian armed forces' personnel use ]s and they also have access to ]s (UAVs).<ref name="BS-113092700488"/> Security forces have been using UAVs in anti-Maoist operations for quite some time in ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bihar Police using UAV Drones to track Maoists Movements|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/bihar-police-using-uav-drones-to-track-maoists-movements/|work=Indo-Asian News Service |publisher=Bihar Prabha|access-date=18 February 2014}}</ref> Presently, the UAVs are being provided by the ] (NTRO) and Indian Air Force, but they have not been able to yield desired results for the armed forces. Hence, to further advance the offensive, the ] has taken an initiative to specially develop UAVs with "lower frequency radars" for the armed forces to "track down" the Maoists.<ref>{{cite news |title=DRDO's UAVs to track down Naxals |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/drdos-uavs-to-track-down-naxals/article5664556.ece |first=Gaurav Vivek |last=Bhatnagar |newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 February 2014 |access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref> The NTRO has specially imported 12 drones from Israel for aerial surveillance of Naxalites' activities in the forest region on Andhra Pradesh–Orissa–Chhattisgarh border.<ref name="TH-5778106">{{cite news |title=CRPF, State police ignored pinpoint warning on ambush |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/crpf-state-police-ignored-pinpoint-warning-on-ambush/article5778106.ece |first=Praveen |last=Swami |newspaper=The Hindu |date=13 March 2014 |access-date=13 March 2014 |quote=India's super-secret National Technical Reconnaissance organisation, or NTRO, operates a fleet of 12 Israeli-made Searcher tactical drones for surveillance of the vast forest tracts on the Andhra Pradesh-Orissa-Chhattisgarh border, home to the largest Maoist formations in the country. The expensive investment in remotely piloted reconnaissance assets has not, however, led to success in detecting hundreds-strong Maoist units.}}</ref> | |||
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Operation Green Hunt is the name used by the Indian media to describe the "all-out offensive by paramilitary forces and the states forces" against the Naxalites. The operation is believed to have begun in November 2009 along five states in the "Red Corridor."
The term was coined by the Chhattisgarh police officials to describe one successful drive against the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the state. It was erroneously used by the media to describe the wider anti-Naxalite operations; the government of India does not use the term "Operation Green Hunt" to describe its anti-Naxalite offensive.
Planning and implementation
In October 2009, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) announced that it was in the final stages of planning the offensive and had received approval from the Union-led government. The Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) would take the lead in the operations against Maoist insurgents. But in September 2009, the media had already reported a "massive three day joint operation" by the CoBRA and Chhattisgarh police against the Maoists in Dantewada.
In November 2009, the first phase of the operation began in Gadchiroli district. As many as 18 companies of the central paramilitary forces were moved into the area in anticipation of the operation.
In April 2010, Mark Sofer had a conversation with Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and M. K. Narayanan on the subject of the "Maoist extremism" and West Bengal's internal security, and offered assistance by Israel in the state's battle against the Maoists.
In 2009, the government of India had decided to move 80,000 central paramilitary personnel to wage offensive against the Maoists, strengthened by a fleet of 10 armed helicopters from the Indian Air Force. On 3 January 2013, the government of India said it would deploy 10,000 more central paramilitary personnel in Bastar, Odisha and some parts of Jharkhand. By May 2013, about 84,000 troops from the CRPF had been stationed in the Red corridor.
Apart from the paramilitary personnel, the SAPF personnel deployed in operations against the Maoists are estimated to number around 200,000. In his analysis in March 2014, Gautam Navlakha has claimed that 286,200 CRPF personnel along with 100,000 personnel from other central paramilitary forces and the SAPF are now engaged in the offensive against the CPI (Maoist) in 10 states of India. On 8 June 2014, the Minister of Home Affairs officially approved the deployment of another 10,000 troops from the paramilitary forces to fight against the Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
In May 2013, the Ministry of Home Affairs ordered an additional 10,000 aramilitary personal to move "towards a fight to finish war against Maoists in Red Zone."
The Indian Army has also been stationed in the Red corridor; however, the Army claims that it is present there to train the paramilitary personnel to fight against the Maoists and denies its direct role in the offensive operations. The Chief of the Army Staff and the 7 army commanders in mid-2011 had assessed that, if required, about 60,000-65,000 troops from the Indian Army would need to be induced in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal to battle the Naxalites. On 30 May 2013, the Indian Air Force's Air Chief Marshal declared that apart from the currently operating MI-17 helicopters, the Indian Air Force is inducing a fleet of MI-17V5 helicopters to "provide full support to anti-Naxal operations."
In August 2014, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that it is "sending" 2,000 personnel from the Naga Battalions of the Nagaland's Indian Reserve Battalions (IRB) in Chhattisgarh's Bastar to attack the Maoists, which according to The Economic Times, would make Bastar "the most–militarised zone in India." The Naga Battalion personnel are being send to fight the Maoists for a second time, with having battled the Maoists once before in West Bengal.
The Indian armed forces' personnel use satellite phones and they also have access to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Security forces have been using UAVs in anti-Maoist operations for quite some time in Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Presently, the UAVs are being provided by the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) and Indian Air Force, but they have not been able to yield desired results for the armed forces. Hence, to further advance the offensive, the Defence Research and Development Organisation has taken an initiative to specially develop UAVs with "lower frequency radars" for the armed forces to "track down" the Maoists. The NTRO has specially imported 12 drones from Israel for aerial surveillance of Naxalites' activities in the forest region on Andhra Pradesh–Orissa–Chhattisgarh border.
See also
- Naxalites
- Timeline of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
- Operation Steeplechase
- Walking with the Comrades
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External links
- Chidambaram says no, but troops believe ‘Green Hunt' exists, The Hindu
- "Deep Intelligence" in Bastar: Mapping The Maoists From The Skies
- India For Selective Assassination Of Its Own Citizens?
- Security forces launch "Operation Abujhmad" in Chhattisgarh Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Staring at Defeat – Even the security forces know that every starving Indian is a potential Maoist insurgent, OPEN
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