Deaths related to violence from Naxalite

Violence has peaked in India from Maoist or Naxalite separatist violence being more dangerous to India's national security, as declared by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

From the Ministry of Home Affairs it has been stated that:

• 1996: 156 deaths
• 1997: 428 deaths
• 1998: 270 deaths
• 1999: 363 deaths
• 2000: 50 deaths
• 2001: 100+ deaths
• 2002: 140 deaths
• 2003: 451 deaths
• 2004: 500+ deaths
• 2005: 892 deaths
• 2006: 749 deaths
• 2007: (as of September 30, 2007) 384 deaths (related to Naxalite insurgency)

• 2008: 938 casualties (including 38 Maoists).

• 2009: Naxalites separatists struck at the first phase of elections on 16 April, 2009 in Bihar, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand killing 18 civilians and security forces. Later, on 23 April, 2009, they also struck in the second phase of polling in Jamshedpur and surrounding areas in Jharkhand injuring several member of the polling party. May 2009: 16 police die in suspected Maoist attack

The BBC maintains that upwards of 6,000 people have died in the Naxal uprising.