Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh
Date1993-ongoing
Location
Khulna (mainly), Bangladesh
Status Ongoing low level insurgency in Khulna; insurgency is gradually fading away.
Belligerents
 Bangladesh

PBCP

PBCP-J

PBSP (inactive)

BCP (inactive)

GMF (inactive)

Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh

Casualties and losses
1,200+ deaths[2][3][4]

The Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh is an ongoing conflict between the government of Bangladesh and the PBCP and the PBCP-J.

History

The Purbo Banglar Communist Party was founded in 1968. During the Bangladesh Liberation War the group aligned itself with Pakistan and China against Bangladeshi nationalists and the Soviet Union.[5][failed verification]

But only in the 1990s did he begin to be active in criminal activities (such as extortion, murder, kidnapping, to finance his armed struggle).[6][failed verification] During the In 1993 the group started a war against the BCP for the control of the territory and for ideological differences (the BCP is only Maoist, instead the PBCP has become over the years a mixture of Maoism and Naxalitism).[4] In the 2000s the group underwent several splits, the most important, which took place in 2003, formed the PBCP-J group (Purga Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddha, that wants a socialist revolution) thus starting an internal conflict that will cause 18 victims.[7] In 2002, Gazi Kamrul, founder of BCP was detained from his residence, known as White House, by joint forces during Operation Clean Heart on 23 August 2002.[8] Since 2005 the PBCP began to extend its insurrection with terrorist attacks, clashes with the government and with rival groups and some Islamist groups.[9][failed verification] In 2006 the PBCP-J also began to carry out attacks and to clash with the government.[9] Between 2005 and 2006, 379 peoples died in the insurgency.[2] After this period, the insurrection diminished in intensity from year to year with few incidents and clashes.

Casualties

Year Deaths
1993 34
1994 8
1995 2
2000 3
2001 3
2002 43
2003 133
2004 212
2005 193
2006 186
2007 72
2008 54
2009 86
2010 39
2011 19
2012 10
2013 24
2014 12
2015 14
2016 17
2017 13
2018 8
2019 3
2020 2
2021 1
2022 0
2023 0
Total 1,191+[10][11]

From 1993 to 2022 there were 1,191+ deaths in the insurgency. From the period 2003-2006 (the most violent period of the insurgency) there were 724 deaths.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  3. ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  4. ^ a b "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  5. ^ "Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  6. ^ Sikder, Siraj. "Exposure of the draft strategy and program of the so called East Bengal Communist party" (PDF). bannedthought.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  7. ^ "Leftist Parties of Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  8. ^ Desk, Star National (2011-01-09). "Two outlaws held, one freed on bail: Arms recovered". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  9. ^ a b Hussain, Ahmede (12 March 2004). "Everything Falls Apart". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  10. ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  11. ^ "Datasheet - Left-wing Extremism". www.satp.org. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
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