Silda camp attack

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{{Infobox military conflict

|conflict=Silda attack

|partof=Naxalite-Maoist insurgency

|date=15 February 2010

|image=Jhargram in West Bengal (India).svg

|image_size=250px

|caption=Jhargram district (then Paschim Medinipur district), where the attack occurred

|place=Silda, West Bengal (India)

|combatant1=22px Communist Party of India (Maoist)

|combatant2={{flag|India}} (Eastern Frontier Rifles)

|combatant3=

|commander1=Jagari Baskey{{cite news|title=Silda ambush: Cobra-eyed woman led attack |author1=Das, Sonali|author2=Mahato, Sukumar|location=New Delhi|agency=TNN|date=17 February 2010|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-17/india/28138061_1_squad-training-camp-belpahari-region|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811040433/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-17/india/28138061_1_squad-training-camp-belpahari-region|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|newspaper=The Times of India |accessdate=18 February 2010}}
Kishenji

|strength1=~70

|strength2=51

|strength3=

|casualties1=3 or 4{{cite news|title=India Condemns Attack by Maoists That Killed 24 Paramilitary soldiers|author=Yardley, Jim |newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York City|date=16 February 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/world/asia/17india.html|accessdate= 17 February 2010}} killed

|casualties2=24 killed
Several missing, feared captured

|casualties3=1 civilian killed

|notes=

}}

{{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Maoist-attack-Chidambaram-accepts-failure/H1-Article1-509356.aspx|title=Maoist attack: Home Minister accepts failure in some aspects|date=16 February 2010|newspaper=Hindustan Times|accessdate=17 February 2010|location=New Delhi|agency=Press Trust Of India|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218053511/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Maoist-attack-Chidambaram-accepts-failure/H1-Article1-509356.aspx|archivedate=18 February 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-16/india/28149839_1_maoist-attack-people-s-liberation-guerrilla-army-efr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811040408/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-16/india/28149839_1_maoist-attack-people-s-liberation-guerrilla-army-efr|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Maoists kill 21 jawans in West Bengal|date=16 February 2010|author2=Mandal, Caesar|accessdate=17 February 2010|location=New Delhi|agency=TNN|newspaper=The Times of India|author1=Mahato, Sukumar}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/maoists_attack_police_camp_in_west_midnapore.php|title=Naxals massacre cops, furious Centre wants answers|author=Banerjee, Monideepa|date=16 February 2010|newspaper=NDTV|accessdate=17 February 2010|location=New Delhi}}

Maoist gang leader Syam Saran Tudu was arrested in April 2013. He was facing murder and other charges, besides his role in the attack.{{cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/after-3-years-silda-attacker-held-in-tn/story-AXNIcuYpjs3TvwBXZwvJbP.html | title=After 3 years, Silda attacker held in TN | date=8 April 2013 | newspaper=Hindustan Times | accessdate=18 November 2018 }}