Recently, in a significant boost to the anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, 26 Maoists--three of them carrying cash rewards--surrendered before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials in Dantewada on Monday.
In a significant boost to the anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, 26 Maoists--three of them carrying cash rewards--surrendered before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials in Dantewada on Monday.
Sharing information, Bastar Inspector General Sundarraj P said, "One jawan injured during an IED blast planted by Maoists towards Bedmakoti. The injured soldier is being given first aid at the District Hospital in Narayanapur."
The surrendered CPI (Maoist) members included cadres from various ranks, including an Area Committee Member (ACM) from Chhattisgarh and members from bordering villages of Telangana.
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.
Balrampur district administration has accelerated the works related to the construction of a road between villages Chunchuna and Pundang under the Kusmi block. Located near the border of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, both the villages were once considered as the naxal hotbed, and the reside
The villager, identified as Harma Hemla, was killed on accusations of being a police informer. The incident took place in the Kakadi village, within the PS Aranpur, according to the Dantewada Police.
The encounter, which began around 12:30 p.m., saw armed Maoists engaged in a confrontation with the security forces. These Maoists are part of the banned Maoist organisations operating in the region.
A 25-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, at a distance of 3 kilometres from Usur village on the Usur-Awapalli main road, was detected and destroyed by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) team, police said on Sunday.
In a significant turnaround, as many as 29 naxals of the Kutul Area Committee in Chhattisgarh surrendered before Narayanpur SP Prabhat Kumar on Wednesday, officials said.