The "Country Report on Terrorism 2021" (CRT) released by the US State Department on February 27, 2023, revealed that there was a 16 per cent decrease in terrorism-related incidents in India in 2021 from that of 2020 and a 5 per cent decrease in fatalities from 2020.
The attachment of over Rs 20 crore on Friday is the largest amount to be attached by the NIA in Left-Wing Extremism cases, the agency said in a statement.
The Supreme Court has granted independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi protection from arrest and asked NIA to file a reply to his plea concerning anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links.
Investigation revealed that an exchange of fire between security personnel (District Reserve Guard) and armed cadres of the proscribed terrorist organization CPI(Maoist) took place on August 7 last year, in the forest area along Bogla-Pangur villages.
All the 34 Naxals surrendered themselves before Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Chhattisgarh Police forces at different locations in Sukma on Tuesday.
Budhra who had a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, had joined the Maoists in 2018 and was involved in several Maoist activities in the Chintagupha and Chintalnar districts of Chhattisgarh.
A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head and who was involved in several violent crimes in Bihar and Jharkhand, surrendered before the CRPF and police on Friday.
Lalita Kakkem, wife of Neelkanth Kakkem said that three people forcibly took Neelkanth outside the house, and brutally hacked him in the presence of the family members and other villagers after which they fled from the spot.
"All the seven apprehended were Nimmalagudem's Revolutionary People's Council (RPC) militia members of the banned Communist Party of India (CPI) Maoist Party," the CRPF said in a statement.
In a joint operation in Bihar's Maoist-affected Aurangabad, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Bihar police have seized 162 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and other equipment.