Earlier in the day, a team of security forces recovered the body of a female Naxalite, carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh, along with an INSAS rifle, ammunition and other items of daily use from an encounter site of Dantewada, as per offici
16 naxals were killed in the in an encounter with security forces in the forest of Upampalli Kerlapal area at the Sukma-Dantewada Border on Saturday whereas two jawans sustained injuries.
Sharing information, Bastar Inspector General Sundarraj P said, "One jawan injured during an IED blast planted by Maoists towards Bedmakoti. The injured soldier is being given first aid at the District Hospital in Narayanapur."
Bastar IG Sundarraj P told ANI, "...Bodies of 3 male Naxalites have been recovered. An INSAS, .12 bore pistol recovered from the encounter site. One of the killed Naxalites has been identified as Sudhir. He had a reward of Rs 25 lakh on his head. The other 2 are being identified".
The Police personnel on Friday paid tribute to Raju Oyam, District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan, who sacrificed his life in the line of duty during an encounter with the Naxals in the Bijapur-Dantewada area.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday commended the security forces for their remarkable achievement in neutralizing 30 Naxalites in two separate operations in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur and Kanker districts.
Congress leader Charan Das Mahant on Thursday expressed support for the government's action against Naxalites but said that objective of the speedy action is also being stated as the economic development of Bastar region and asked which big industrialists will come for whom "red-carpet is be
The encounter in Bijapur district broke out on Thursday morning during a search operation carried out by security forces in Bijapur district. In a separate operation in Kanker district, four Naxalites were killed during a gunfight near a village.
The Union Home Minister stressed the zero-tolerance policy against Naxals who fail to surrender. Shah said that the country would be "Naxal-free" before March 31 next year.
Security forces have killed a total of 22 Naxalites in two separate operations in Bijapur and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.