The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor. They frequently target police and government officials, whom they accuse of colluding with landlords and rich farmers to exploit the poor.

The trouble with reading/hearing about this sort of thing is that it's difficult to ascertain whether they have some legitimate gripe of whether they just like perpetrating violence. You're going to hear both versions and you can't really know ...