A District Reserve Guard constable was injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Naxals blasted in Bijapur district on Friday, an official statement said.
According to Inspector General Bastar P Sundarraj, the injured security personnel is an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the 231 Battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday handed over the appointment letters to the next of kin of three civilians killed in Shopian in July 2020.
The UNAMA report highlighted that between the Taliban takeover on August 15 2021 and May 30 2023, UNAMA recorded 3,774 civilian casualties (1,095 killed, 2,679 wounded), among them 233 women (92 killed, 141wounded) and 866 children (287 killed, 579 wounded), as per Khaama Press.
The jawan from District Reserve Group (DRG) Dantewada identified as Ajay Mandawi suffered minor injuries as he got hit by a pressure IED near Kurush while he was on his way back from a Naxalite camp.
The Naxalite was allegedly involved in a number of crimes, including IED blast, murder, ambush to security personnel, encounter, murder of a sarpanch by branding him as a police informer, and other incidents, the official said
Insurgency-hit Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh-which remains in the media limelight for encounters, IED blasts and other naxal incidents, is gaining popularity in the world map for winning the gold medal in Second World Mallakhamb Championship recently held in Assam.
Making headway in the ongoing Dantewada blast investigation, Bastar Police released the photograph of the Aranpur blast's mastermind and also announced the cash reward for naxals indulged in the incident.
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.