A 30-year-old woman Naxalite, who was allegedly involved in violent incidents against security forces and carried a reward of Rs 6 lakh, was arrested by the Gadchirotheli Police in Maharashtra on Monday.
A joint team of police and Border Security Force (BSF) security forces have gunned down three naxals in an encounter that took place in insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, Kanker SP Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
Once in the spotlight for Naxal violence and terror, the forests of insurgency-hit Bastar region are earning global recognition as a hotspot for different species of birds.
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has sentenced four accused to life imprisonment in the 2014 Tehakwada ambush case involving an attack on security forces by naxal cadres.
The commando died after he touched an iron fence while on duty in an anti-Naxal operation near Jakaram Village in the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district.
According to the police, the team had set out from Dumaripalnar camp for area domination and demining. The blast took place between Dumripalnar and Teemenar area today.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday cracked down at six locations across Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala in a case involving a top naxal leader.
The encounter broke out between Naxalites and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), District Reserve Guard (DRG), and Bastar fighters in the hilly forest between Gondpalli, Parlagatta, and Badepalli at 4:30 pm after intelligence was received about the presence of Naxalites in the border a
Two police personnel were killed and one was critically injured in a clash with Naxalites in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Wednesday evening, an official said.