Altogether 160 civilians and 77 police personnel were killed in 338 Naxal strikes during the past four yeas, the state government informed the state assembly today.
Replying to a short notice question by Ramdeo Verma (CPI-M), Brijendra Prasad Yadav, in-charge of home affairs said that out of 40 districts (including two police districts), 33 districts were naxalite affectedand altogether 160 civilians and 77 policemen had been killed in 338 naxalite attacksduring the past four years.
Giving details of the naxalite affected districts, Yadav said while 20 -- Gaya, Aurangabad, Rohtas, Jamui, Munger, Kaimur, Bhojpur, Nawada, Jehanabad, Arwal, Motihari, Patna, Sitamarhi, Bagaha, Bettiah, Banka, Sheohar, Lakhisarai, Vaishali and Begusaraifall under A category of Naxal menace -- five districts -- Buxar, Khagaria, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Nalanda -- fall under B category.
He said eight districts of Siwan, Saran, Samastipur, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Sheikhpura and Darbhanga are less affected and fall under the C category of naxal affected districts.
While 49 civilians and eight policemen were killed in 63 naxal attacks in 2006, 39 people and 23 policemen were killed in 73 attacks by the red army in 2007, the miniter told the house.
Yadav told the House that the naxalites stepped up their activities and killed 43 civilians and 21 policemen in 79 attacks during2008 and in 2009 the red armykilled 29 people and 25 police personnel in 123 attacks.
He said that the state government had initiated a number of short term and long term measures to bring the naxalites back to the mainstream.
Yadav said the state government had launched relief and rehabilitation policy for the naxalites willing to join the mainstream and added so far 297 naxalites have laid arms and more have expressed their willingness to surrender.
The minister said the state government launched 'sarkar apke dwar' ( government at your door steps) in the blocks of seven naxalite affected districts that yielded positive results and hence the government had decided to cover the blocks across the state with this scheme.
The minister said in a bid to counter the vilification campaign launched by the ultras the government has also decided to launch community policing with the help of locals under which health camps would be organised and police would ensure presence of children in schools.
He said 23 companies of CRPF had been deployed in naxalite affected districts to launch combing operations with the help of district police and the special task force
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