A 6-month-old girl was killed and her mother was hurt in a firing between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, on Monday, which also left two District Reserve Guard jawans injured, an official said.
As a part of their anti-naxal operation, the monuments built by Naxals were demolished by the security forces in the Hiroli village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.
On a day when Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai visited the national capital, calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, a fierce encounter broke out between the security forces and Naxalites in the Sukma district, officials said.
Fresh from being assigned the responsibility of steering the Congress ship in Chhattisgarh after crushing defeat in the Assembly elections next month, Charan Das Mahant on Sunday thanked the high command for electing him as the Leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) saying that he wou
"Four suspects have been taken into custody and an intensive search of the surrounding area is being done by the CRPF, Cobra and District Force," the police added.
A Naxalite camp was busted and a huge quantity of explosive materials, medicines, Maoist literature, and uniforms were recovered after an exchange of fire in the forests of Pedda Karma in Bijapur district on Saturday.
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.