Silda camp attack
2010 Naxalite attack in West Bengal, India
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The Silda camp attack occurred on 15 February 2010, when dozens of Naxalite Maoist insurgents ambushed Indian security forces in Silda (some 60 km from Midnapore) in West Bengal, India. The resulting death of 24 paramilitary personnel of the Eastern Frontier Rifles, and several believed to be abducted, made the attack a hard blow to the government's fight against the rebels.[2][4][5]
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| Silda attack | |||||||
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| Part of Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||||
Jhargram district (then Paschim Medinipur district), where the attack occurred | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
 India (Eastern Frontier Rifles) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jagari Baskey[1] Kishenji | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~70 | 51 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3[2] or 4[3] killed |
24 killed Several missing, feared captured[2] | ||||||
| 1 civilian killed[2] | |||||||
Maoist gang leader Syam Saran Tudu was arrested in April 2013. He was facing murder and other charges, besides his role in the attack.[6]