05.06.2006 - Source: BBC News

Rail robbers kill India policeman ("Rail robbers kill India policeman") [ID 15494]

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25.04.2006 - Source: BBC News

Six killed in India rebel attack ("Six killed in India rebel attack") [#50218],  [ID 15447]

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26.01.2006 - Source: BBC News

Bihar, Jharkhand: 4 policemen injured after separate attacks by suspected Maoist rebels ahead of country's Republic Day celebrations ("Attacks mar Indian celebrations") [#42825],  [ID 7066]

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14.11.2005 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: At least 4 people killed and 300 inmates freed after Maoist rebels dressed in police uniforms attacked Jehanabad jail ("Alert after India rebel jailbreak") [#39118],  [ID 7067]

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25.05.2005 - Source: Amnesty International

reports of abuses – including torture, attacks and killings of civilians – by armed groups in a number of states ("Annual Report 2005") [#32264],  [ID 7068]

"[...]There were reports of abuses – including torture, attacks and killings of civilians – by armed groups in a number of states in the north-east as well as Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. In Jammu and Kashmir, members of opposition groups were responsible for targeted killings of civilians. Victims included relatives of state officials and people suspected of working for the government. The use of explosives led to indiscriminate killings of civilians. [...]"

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09.02.2005 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: main suspect in connection with the recent kidnapping of a schoolboy, killed by police in Patna; 3 alleged members of a local criminal gang blamed for boy's abduction were arrested earlier ("Police kill Bihar kidnap suspect") [#28884],  [ID 7071]

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03.02.2005 - Source: BBC News

Bihar, Jharkhand: At least 20 people have been killed in poll-related violence as millions of voters turned out to cast their ballots in three Indian states. ("Blast ahead of Indian state polls") [#28734],  [ID 7070]

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02.02.2005 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: 14-year-old boy whose abduction sparked huge protests by school pupils, released; 3 of 4 other students abducted after 14-year-old boy, still missing ("Police rescue abducted Bihar boy") [#28769],  [ID 7069]

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24.01.2005 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: hundreds of school pupils in Patna are observing a day-long strike to protest against the kidnapping of a student ("Strike over Bihar boy's abduction") [#28480],  [ID 7072]

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19.11.2004 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: 3 people killed and 4 injured by police constable after trying to stop him raping a widow in Begusarai; in separate incident, a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal party and 2 family members killed by unidentified gunmen ("'Rape-bid constable kills three'") [#27089],  [ID 7073]

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16.11.2004 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: about 20,000 doctors continue their strike in protest at the killing of a colleague; last year, at least 10 patients died without treatment after doctors went on strike ("Bihar doctors rally over killing") [#26986],  [ID 7074]

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11.08.2004 - Source: Asian Centre for Human Rights

Article on Draft National Policy on Tribals and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ("Spanners in the Draft National Policy on Tribals (ACHRF/33/04)") [#24835],  [ID 7084]

"[...]The majority of the States have failed to set up Special Courts under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. As of 2 February 2003, exclusive Special Courts have been set up only in Andhra Pradesh (12), Bihar (11), Chhatisgarh (07), Gujarat (10), Karnataka (06), Madhya Pradesh (29), Rajasthan (17), Tamil Nadu (04), Uttar Pradesh (40) and Uttranchal (01). [...]"

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03.07.2004 - Source: BBC News

State of Bihar: at least 8 people belonging to a lower caste have been killed and 3 injured in Chakwai village in the state's Nawada district ("Eight die in India 'caste attack'") [#23793],  [ID 7075]

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07.06.2004 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: 4 people arrested in connection with the murder of an engineer that exposed corruption in a road building project ("Four arrested over Bihar murder") [#23158],  [ID 7076]

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26.05.2004 - Source: Amnesty International

Annual Report 2004 (covering 2003) ("Annual Report 2004") [#22668],  [ID 7077]

"In the states of the northeast, abuses included the torture and killings of non-combatants and attacks on civilians by naxalites (armed left-wing groups) in areas of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal."

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19.04.2004 - Source: BBC News

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar: 2 leading Indian politicians have escaped apparent attempts on their lives on the eve of general elections ("Indian politicians escape attacks") [#21549],  [ID 7079]

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04.2004 - Source: UK Home Office

Political Activists & Rebels ("Country Report - April 2004") [#22427],  [ID 7078]

"6.144 According to a United Nations background paper dated October 1998, in Bihar, armed Naxalite groups had reportedly taken control of many villages across the State. Moreover, upper caste private armies and lower caste armed groups are engaged in a bitter struggle in which both groups have committed massacres with impunity on a monthly basis. [6e](p10) According to a BBC report dated 18 June 2000, Ranvir Sena, a private army sponsored by upper-caste landlords, were blamed for the killing of 34 lower-caste Hindus on 16 June 2000. The massacre, in Miapur, Bihar, appeared to be a revenge attack for the killing of 12 upper-caste Hindus a few days earlier. [32n] As reported in a CNN news report of 23 February 2000, Bihar is widely regarded as India's most lawless State. During State parliamentary elections there in February 2000, violent clashes and paramilitary raids caused 45 deaths. [33c]
6.151 The US Department of State report 2003 cited that “In the north-central states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, and West Bengal, clashes between police officers and the PWG continued. The police sometimes responded with violence. For example, on September 8 [2003], 11 police personnel and a civilian were killed in a landmine explosion allegedly set by the PWG in Bihar. Twenty years of guerrilla-style conflict between state authorities and Naxalites led to serious human rights abuses committed by both sides”. [2c](p6)
6.152 A BBC news report of 8 September 2003 stated that a landmine explosion in Bihar killed 10 police officers and 2 civilians in September 2003. The incident took place in Rohtas district. “More than 6,000 people have died during the rebels 20 year armed struggle for a communist sate in tribal areas of India”. The rebels have been accused of targeting wealthy land-owners and security forces in Bihar, India’s poorest and second-most populous state. [32bq]"

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26.03.2004 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: Extra security for the northern state of Bihar during April parliamentary elections promised ("Bihar to get extra poll security") [#20849],  [ID 7080]

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02.02.2004 - Source: BBC News

Bihar: 2 men being questioned over the murder of an engineer, who complained of corruption in a major road-building project, have committed suicide ("Suicides in Indian murder case") [#19142],  [ID 7081]

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30.01.2004 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture

Bihar: 2 land rights activists killed by a group of heavily armed men, suspected to be members of a local gang ("Two Land Rights Activists Murdered in India [Case IND 300104.ESCR]") [#19097],  [ID 7082]

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21.08.2001 - Source: AlertNet

Bihar: About 300 supporters of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA, BJP) arrested by police after a general strike over deaths in an earlier protest turned violent ("Protesters on rampage in Indian state,300 arrests") [#3673],  [ID 7083]

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