24 EFR JAWANS SLAUGHTERED AS MAOISTS STORM SILDA CAMP IN MIDNAPORE
100+ Armed Guerrillas Spray Bullets on Sleeping Policemen, Set Tents on Fire with Petrol
On the evening of 15 February 2010, over 100 armed Maoist cadres on motorcycles and vans stormed an Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp located inside a crowded market area in Silda, West Midnapore.
The attackers hurled crude bombs, set the camp tents on fire with petrol, and sprayed indiscriminate AK-47 fire at trapped jawans, killing 24 paramilitary personnel on the spot.
The massacre occurred because the camp had been established without basic perimeter fortifications or defensive trenches, violating fundamental internal security guidelines.
📌 Key Figures & Decision Makers
- ▸ Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Bengal CM)
- ▸ P. Chidambaram (Union Home Minister)
- ▸ Kishenji (Maoist Military Chief)
- • West Bengal Police High-Level Inquiry Report on Silda Camp Security Lapses (West Bengal Home Department, 2010)