Maoist insurgency

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Date	18 May 1967 (1967-05-18)–present (50 years, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	India (Red corridor)
Status	Ongoing

Belligerents

India

CRPF

Right-wing paramilitary groups:
Salwa Judum
Ranvir Sena

Bajrang Dal

Naxalites:

Supported by:
CPN (Maoist)
NPA

CIC (until 1977)

Commanders and leaders

Pranay Sahay
(Chief of Police)
K. Vijay Kumar
(Former Chief of the Special Task Force; 1975–2012)

Mahendra Karma †
(Leader of Salwa Judum)
Brahmeshwar Singh †
(Leader of Ranvir Sena)

Ganapathy

Anand

Kosa

Ankit Pandey

Kishenji †

Sabyasachi Panda (caught)

Prashant Bose(caught)

Yalavarthi Naveen Babu †

Narmada Akka †

Shamsher Singh Sheri †

Strength

80,000

10,000–20,000 fighters (2009–2010 estimate)
10,000–40,000 regular members and 50,000–100,000 militia members (2010 estimate)
6,500–9,500 insurgents (2013 estimate)

Casualties and losses

Since 1999: 2,672 killed

Since 1999: 3,253 killed