The incident occurred when Sao, who was being brought to Ranchi by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Raipur on remand. In Palamu, under Ramgarh police station area, police vehicles were attacked by his gang
"An encounter between police and Naxalites continues in Kanha National Park of Mandla district. Mandla Hawkforce Police surrounded 15 to 16 Naxalites. One Naxalite was killed in Chimta Camp of Kisli Zone," as per Mandla SP Rajat Saklecha.
According to Sukma Police, acting on intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the Kistaram area, a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and CoBRA forces launched an anti-Naxal operation on February 28.
The encounter took place between the forces and Naxals near Raunda Forest Camp, Supkhar Forest Range under Garhi police station limits in the district. The force also recovered three weapons INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) rifle, Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) rifle and 303 rifle and other daily
According to Bastar police officials, the encounter broke out in the forests on Sunday morning. "31Naxalites were killed in the encounter in the National Park area of Bijapur district," Bastar IG P Sundarraj said.
At least four miscreants were killed and one STF inspector was injured after an encounter broke out between Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force (STF) and miscreants in the wee hours of Tuesday, said police.
According to the Superintendent of Police, Bijapur, Jitendra Yadav, "5 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces. The bodies of 2 female naxals and 3 male naxals have been recovered. The identification of the deceased is yet to be done."