The Jharkhand Director General of Police has attributed the presence of a number of splinter groups for the increasing number of incidents of Naxal violence in the first quarter of 2013.
According to a report by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jharkhand recorded the highest incidents of Naxal violence in the first quarter of 2013.
“The clash among the various splinter groups results into the increasing number of Maoist violence in the State,” said DGP Rajeev Kumar. According to the DGP, these splinter groups in the State lack any ideology as they have been formed out of the breakaway faction of Maoist organizations.
“As these splinter groups have no ideology and resort to killing on trivial issues, the Naxal violence has gone up in the state,” he added. “On the other hand, other left Wing Extremism affected States do not have such splinter groups,” he said.
Moreover, it has also taken a lead over Chhattisgarh with double the Naxal incidents and thrice the deaths reported till date. In Jharkhand, 52 was the death toll out of 118 Naxal incidents till March 31 this year, while in Chattisgarh, 14 deaths out of 59 incidents were recorded in the first quarter of this year.
The DGP however, claimed that despite an increase in the Naxal incidents, the number of encounters have gone up in the State. The security forces have gunned down 18 rebels in the first quarter of 2013 while 14 were killed last year in the first quarter.
The reports suggest, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar together account for over 80 % of Naxal violence across the country while other adjoining States like West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh recorded lesser incidents.