Why May is hit season for Naxal attacks

May 29, 2013 11:01

The number of Naxal offensives in May during the past four years seems to point to a direct link between the increase in temperature and the frequency of the attacks, especially in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

Experts say there is a logic behind the spurt in such violence during the pre-monsoon period: May is the preferred month as it falls right inthe middle of the Naxals' five-month (March-July) annual 'tactical counter offensive campaign' (TCOC). Read

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