Days after 29 Naxals were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that it is the Congress party which has instigated youth to fight in the name of Naxalism and extremism.
After the Kanker encounter in Chhattisgarh, Arun Kumar Sarangi, DGP Odisha, has said that the bordering state of Chhattisgarh has been kept on high alert and the intelligence team is keeping an eye the Naxals movement in the area.
Ten Naxals including a woman Naxalite were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, Bastar IG, P Sundarraj said on Tuesday.
The fierce exchange of gunfire occurred between the security forces and People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA)-- an armed wing of the Platoon No 10 of Naxals-- near Chipurbhatti jungle along Talperu River under Basaguda Police Station in Bijapur.
In a major success against the Naxals, security forces on Monday gunned down two cadres, including a Local Operation Squad (LOS) commander carrying a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh, in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 29 (ANI): A Naxal operative carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakhs on his head was killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh Police claimed on Friday.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 1 (ANI): Chhattisgarh police on Thursday neutralised a Naxal who was carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, in Raipur, informed Bastar IG P Sundarraj.