A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan deployed on election duty in Chhattisgarh was killed after a grenade in his possession accidentally exploded in Dantewada district, police said on Sunday.
Two naxal couples carrying cash reward of Rs 20 lakh surrendered before security personnel in insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.
The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which claimed the lives of 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and a civilian driver in insurgency-hit Dantewada district, was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.
Notably, 10 personnel of District Reserve Guards (DRG) and a civilian driver were killed after Naxals blasted a vehicle ferrying the security personnel on Wednesday in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.
Ten District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and the driver of their vehicle were killed in an IED blast carried out by Naxals near Aranpur in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.
German ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann on Wednesday condemned the attack on security personnel in Chattisgarh's Dantewada district which killed 11 people, including 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel.
The bus was travelling between on Barsur-Palli Marg when about 20-25 Naxalites set it on fire. The incident took place in the jurisdiction of the Malewahi police station. Dantewada Police confirmed that all passengers are safe.
The Chhattisgarh Police on Wednesday said that they averted a major untoward incident and safely recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in insurgency-hit Dantewada district.
Naxal-affected Tetam village in the Dantewada district in Chhatisgarh was provided with an electricity connection under the 'Manwa Nava Naar' scheme on Friday.
A woman Naxal who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head has surrendered to the police in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, an official said on Wednesday.
A villager was killed by Naxalites on suspicion of being a police informer and his body was dumped at Malewali Chowk area of the Naxal-infested Dantewada district in Chattisgarh on Friday.