106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being a part of the Left Wing Extremism activities, constitutes the Red corridor.
The Lalgarh movement, which started attracting attention after the failed assassination attempt on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then chief minister of West Bengal, in the Salboni area of Paschim Medinipur district, on 2 November 2008 and the police action that followed, had also spread over to these areas [REF].