Patna: As the Union Government has announced a deadline to eliminate red terror from Bharat by March next year, Maoist activities have come close to negligible in Bihar in 2025.
The state which was once badly marred by red terrorism has successfully contained the insurgency as Maoist activities in the state are now limited to a few inaccessible pockets only.
According to details, only a handful of armed Maoists remained active in the state with Maoist activities limiting to a few inaccessible pockets of Jamui, Lakhisarai and Chakarbandha region.
This has been achieved with the security officials running a continuous campaign against the extremists in Valmiki Tiger Reserve area and Diyara area of North Bihar along Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui and mountainous region of Kharagpur of South Bihar region.
According to police as many as 90 persons wanted in connection with Maoist related cases in the state have been so far apprehended by the police this year with the campaign to nab the remaining one continues.
Notably a joint team of police and SSB also apprehended Ravindra Singh Bhokta from Dumariya police station limits of Gaya Ji district on Monday. Bhokta, who was absconding for the past seven years was booked under the provisions of CLA, Arms Act and Unlawful Activities [prevention] Act [UAPA].
Tightening grip against the Maoist group in the state has also resulted in surrender of hardcore cadres like Akhilesh Bhokta, Bhola Koda and Ravan Koda who have laid down arms before the officials in recent months.
As per ADG Ops Kuntal Krishnan only [3] handful of armed cadres led by seasoned Maoist Suresh Koda are active in the state’s Kharagpur region with security team intensifying search operations to catch them. A few of the Maoists have also sneaked into neighbouring Jharkhand and efforts are on to nab them at earliest.
“Our target is to meet the deadline announced by the Union Government to eliminate armed Maoists. We are working on it. No violence activities were carried out by Maoists in the state so far in 2025. Search operations are being conducted and IEDs are also being recovered,” said the ADG.
Efforts are also being made towards convincing the active Maoists to surrender arms. If the Maoists choose not to lay down weapons, then our forces are also combing in the forest area and will retaliate if targeted, he noted.
Union Government deadline to eradicate red terror
It is worth mentioning here that the Union Government has announced to eradicate the Maoist insurgency from the country before March 2026.
In an official statement issued early this year the government informed that the number of Maoist affected districts have reduced from 126 to 38 with districts affected badly by red terror reducing from 12 to 6 only.
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The list of the most affected districts included four from Chhattisgarh (Bijapur, Kanker, Narayanpur, and Sukma), one from Jharkhand (West Singhbhum), and one from Maharashtra (Gadchiroli).
The statement added that the violent incident related to red terror which reached its peak levels in the year 2010 have reduced from 1936 to 374 in 2024. Additionally, the total number of deaths (civilians + security forces) has also reduced from 1005 deaths in 2010 to 150 in 2024 registering a sharp dip of 85 per cent.
