Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday met the family members of senior police officer Akash Rao Giripunje in Chhattisgarh's Nava Raipur, who was martyred in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has asserted responsibility for various attacks directed at Pakistani military forces in Hoshab and Kolwah regions. The group claims that these operations incorporated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and confrontations, reportedly resulting in the deaths
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a key accused in the case relating to the IED blast that had killed 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and their civilian driver in Chhattisgarh by members of the banned CPI (Maoist) terror outfit in April 2023.
The operations resulted in apprehension of four cadres from the hill and valley-based groups and recovery of 23 weapons, 10 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), grenades, ammunition and war-like stores.
Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar and Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday paid solemn tribute to CRPF officer Satyawan Kumar Singh, who was killed in an IED blast during an anti-Naxal operation.
The chargesheeted have been identified as Paresh Baruah, Chairman and SS Commander-in-Chief of the proscribed terrorist groups ULFA, along with Abhijit Gogoi and Jahnu Boruah.
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Jawan, who was injured in an IED blast in a forest area in Odisha's Sundargarh district earlier in the day, succumbed to injuries, officials said.
The award was given to the officer during the National Security Guard Seminar on Wednesday for two of his innovations -- "Agniastra- Multi Target Portable Remote Detonation System" and "Shatrunash- Handlheld EMP Gun."
Security forces neutralised two Naxals in an encounter on Wednesday in the forest area under Kukanar Police Station area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai paid tribute to ASP Akash Rao Giripunje, who lost his life in an IED blast carried out by Naxalites in Sukma's Konta. CM Vishnu Deo Sai said his sacrifice will not go in vain, and Naxalism will soon take its last breath.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Assembly Speaker Raman Singh and other dignitaries paid their last respect to ASP Akash Rao Giripunje, who lost his life in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast carried out by Naxalites in Sukma's Konta.