Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
| Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Right-wing paramilitary groups: |
Supported by:  CIC (until 1977) |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mahendra Karma † (Leader of Salwa Judum) Brahmeshwar Singh † (Leader of Ranvir Sena) |
Ganapathy Anand Kosa Roopesh Kishenji † Sabyasachi Panda (caught) Prashant Bose(caught) Yalavarthi Naveen Babu † Narmada Akka † Shamsher Singh Sheri †
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| 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) |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Since 1999: 2,672 killed | Since 1999: 3,253 killed | ||||||
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Since 1999: 7,839 civilians killed 13,920 killed overall |
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Right-wing paramilitary groups:
Salwa Judum
Ranvir Sena
Supported by: CPN (Maoist)
NPA
Pranay Sahay
(Chief of Police) K. Vijay Kumar
(Former Chief of the Special Task Force; 1975–2012)
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