Incidents in Dumka, Jharkhand, India

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Event ID Date Country Event
67332-137657-349382 1/10/2014 India A 45-year-old man, who was brutally murdered by unidentified persons at Simanijor along Dumka-Rampurhat road in Dumka District in the night of January 5, has now been identified as a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre involved in last year's killing of former Pakur Superintendent of Police (SP) Amarjit Balihar and five other Policemen, reports The Telegraph.
65159-131920-334393 9/2/2013 India The ATS later arrested a Mumbai resident, Alwyn D'sa, a retired flight engineer with Air India, for his involvement in the racket.
64226-129726-328948 7/10/2013 India Pakur District Police on July 9 arrested another Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified Vakil Hembram, of Charkadanga, in connection with the ambush of Pakur Superintendent of Police (SP) Amarjit Balihar and his team in Kathikund area of Dumka District on July 2, reports The Telegraph.
64139-129510-328345 7/5/2013 India Jharkhand Police on July 4 continued search operations in Dumka and Pakur Districts along the State's border with West Bengal in the wake of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on Police vehicles on July 2 that killed six Policemen, including Superintendent of Police (SP) Amarjeet Balihar, reports The Hindu.
64084-129379-328008 7/3/2013 India Pakur District Superintendent of Police (SP) Amarjit Balihar (45) and four other Policemen were killed in an ambush by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Kathikund forest area of Dumka District on July 2, reports The Indian Express.
64084-129379-328009 7/3/2013 India Balihar was returning from a meeting with Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Priya Dubey in Dumka when his vehicle was attacked by Maoists between 2.30 and 3pm.

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The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.