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.
Hundreds of potential voters from as many as five villages under the National Park area, including village Sendra, in the worst insurgency-hit Bijapur district, have expressed their confidence on ballots instead of bullets and exercised their voting rights in the second phase of three-tier p
A jawan from the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured in an IED blast during an area domination operation in Bijapur district on Friday.
On February 9, 31 Naxalites were killed in the encounter with security forces in the forests of the National Park area in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. Two security personnel had also lost their lives while two others were injured during the gunfight.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded security forces for neutralising 31 Naxalites in the National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday morning.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai congratulated security personnel for neutralizing 31 Naxalites in one of the biggest encounters at Indravati National Park in Bijapur district on Sunday morning.
According to Bastar police officials, the encounter broke out in the forests on Sunday morning. "31Naxalites were killed in the encounter in the National Park area of Bijapur district," Bastar IG P Sundarraj said.
A 25-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, at a distance of 3 kilometres from Usur village on the Usur-Awapalli main road, was detected and destroyed by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) team, police said on Sunday.