According to officials, the exchange of gunfire between security forces and Naxalites occurred two to three times since morning, but all soldiers remain safe and secure.
Just days after security forces recorded one of their biggest successes in the anti-Naxal operations in the state, gunning down 29 Naxals in Bastar, a hub of Red Terror in the not-so-distant past; Chandameta, a village in the insurgency-hit district made history on Friday as it saw Lok Sa
The commando died after he touched an iron fence while on duty in an anti-Naxal operation near Jakaram Village in the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district.
As a part of their anti-naxal operation, the monuments built by Naxals were demolished by the security forces in the Hiroli village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.
Changing the assumptions associated with operations during monsoon, security forces in insurgency-hit districts under Bastar division will be carrying out extensive operations in forest patches in rains, informed officials.
Special Intelligence Wing (SIW) of Odisha police killed three Maoists in an encounter between them and Naxals in Taparanga Reserve Forest under M. Rampur Police Station limits of Kalahandi district on Monday, said police.
Developmental works coupled with rehabilitation-cum-surrender policy of Chhattisgarh government are emerging as a wind of positive change in the worst insurgency-hit Bastar region and a significant example of this is naxal cadres are shunning the path of violence to join mainstream of the
Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Dr Sujoy Lal Thaosen visited Ranchi on Saturday and Sunday to inspect Central Training College (Telecom and Information Technology) and review the Anti-Naxal operations of the state.