Naxalites attacked the Aamdai Ghati iron ore mine under Chhotedongar police station in Narayanpur on Wednesday morning at around 11 am by IED blast and firing. Security forces opened fire in response to their attack, police said.
Earlier in the day, a CAF Jawan was killed and another CAF constable was injured in the IED blast by Naxals in the Narayanpur area of the Bastar district.
Chhattisgarh Police apprehended four naxals on Sunday in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ratan Dubey during election campaigning in Narayanpur.
The incident occurred on the Barsur Palli route, where personnel from the 195th Battalion spotted a Maoist banner and an IED concealed in it near Saatdhaar bridge and were engaged in defusing it.
A civilian was killed and another was reported missing after they came into contact with a pressure IED planted by Naxals in the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.
Polling started at 7 a.m. for ten seats, which include Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, on Sunday expressed his condolences on the killing of a BJP leader in Narayanpur and affirmed that Naxalite insurgency had improved compared to before as local police forces have significantly improved their counterinsurgency capabilities.
Days before the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, a local BJP leader, Ratan Dubey, was murdered on Saturday by two unidentified Naxals in the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, officials said.
Hundreds of villagers in insurgency-hit Bastar division will get the opportunity to exercise their voting rights for the first time in the upcoming Chhattisgarh assembly elections, as the poll body is going to set up polling centres at 40 villages for the maiden time.
The Narayanpur administration is also providing the children, hailing from the remote areas of Abujhmad, with books, notebooks and other stationery items.