The heaviest brunt of Naxal violence has been suffered by the civilians with 696 casualties between January 2008 till mid 2013 in various districts of Chhattisgarh, it was informed in the State Assembly.
Besides this, the Chhattisgarh police during the aforesaid period suffered 233 casualties with the highest in Bijapur at 70 followed by Dantewada (36) while casualties suffered by para-military forces stood at 252 with the highest casualty in Dantewada at 141 followed by Bijapur (38) and Narayanpur (37) among other lesser number of casualties suffered in different districts of the State.
The highest civilian casualty is recorded in Bijapur with 284 followed by Dantewada (128). The district-wise number of civilian casualties during the aforesaid period is as follows—Bastar (41), Narayanpur (52), Kanker (91), Sukma (14), Kondagaon (1), Rajnandgaon (53), Balrampur (5), Sarguja (1), Jashpur (1), Baloda Bazar (1), Dhamtari (6), Raigarh (1), Mahasamund (2), Gariaband (14) and Balod (1).
Overall, the total casualty suffered by the civilians and security forces during the said period stood at 1181.