1981 Naxals arrested in 2009

Details of naxalites arrested in 2009 and current year are as under :

State	2009	2010(February 23)
Andhra Pradesh	358	34
Bihar	341	69
Chhattisgarh	421	114
Gujarat	0	0
Jharkhand	367	39
Maharashtra	50	13
Madhya Pradesh	11	0
Orissa	176	28
Uttar Pradesh	35	56
Punjab	3	0
West Bengal	143	60
Karnataka	29	1
Kerala	1	0
Uttarakhand	0	0
Tamil Nadu	14	0
Haryana	31	0
Delhi	1	0
Total	1981	414

However, registration of criminal cases, their investigation and prosecution is a continuous process.

The CPI(Maoist) has an organizational structure with a politburo and Central Committee at its apex level. The General Secretary of CPI(Maoist) is Muppalla Laxman Rao alias Ganapati, who is underground.

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.