Security forces have killed a total of 22 Naxalites in two separate operations in Bijapur and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.
The security forces were engaged in an exchange of fire with Naxals in the forest area at the Bijapur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh on Thursday morning
After introducing its flagship initiative, 'Niyad Nellanar Yojana,' the Chhattisgarh Government is making numerous efforts to bring major transformative change into the lives of people residing in remote, inaccessible, and naxal-dominated villages of the Bastar region.
Naxal-hit Kerlapenda village in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, witnessed a historic moment as residents cast their votes for the first time since Independence.
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
Sukma-Bijapur border is an area which was severely affected by Naxal forces where many security forces personnel have laid down their lives in the line of duty. In 2021, the Naxals also abducted CRPF constable Rakeshwar Singh Manhas from the area.
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.