As many as 33 incidents of encounter between police and Maoists occurred during the year 2016 in the State, informed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the State Assembly on Monday.
The Chief Minister, in response to a question of Congress MlA Kailash Chandra Kulesika, said 22 Maoist camps were destroyed and 35 Maoists/ supporters/militia arrested during the year.
He too informed that as many as 1,914 riots and nine bank dacoity incidences occurred during the year. Similarly, only one police firing and one curfew incident occurred in the year, he said.