Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh

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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[edit]

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]

The PBCP became involved in criminal activites in the 1990s in order to finance itself.[6][failed verification] In 1993 the PBCP started a war against the BCP for control over Khulna and for ideological differences (the BCP is exclusively Maoist while the PBCP had become a mixture of Maoism and Naxalitism).[4] In the 2000s the PBCP underwent several splits, the most important of which took place in 2003, forming the PBCP-J(Purga Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddha, dedicated to socialist revolution) thus starting an internal conflict that has killed 18 people.[7] In 2002, Gazi Kamrul, the founder of BCP, was detained from his residence during Operation Clean Heart on 23 August 2002.[8] Since 2005 the PBCP has begun to extend its insurrection with terrorist attacks, clashing with the government and with rival Islamist groups.[9][failed verification] In 2006, the PBCP-J also began to carry out attacks and clashed with the government.[9] Between 2005 and 2006, 379 people died in the insurgency.[2] After this period, the insurrection diminished in intensity from year to year with fewer incidents.

Casualties[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.