In a major crackdown on overground workers, supporters and associates of Naxals, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 14 locations across Jharkhand and Bihar in a conspiracy to expand, revive and propagate the ideology of the banned terrorist organisation.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday praised forces for eliminating three Naxal supporters in an encounter in Gadchiroli and said that the development of the district is imperative for the establishment of rule of law.
Making headway in the ongoing Dantewada blast investigation, Bastar Police released the photograph of the Aranpur blast's mastermind and also announced the cash reward for naxals indulged in the incident.
Two Naxals, including a cadre carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh, surrendered before police in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, said police.
The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which claimed the lives of 10 DFG personnel and a driver in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada was planted by Naxals at least two months ago through a 'foxhole mechanism', Bastar Police said.
The development comes days after 10 personnel of the District Reserve Guards (DRG) were killed in an ambush attack triggered by the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada.
While speaking to ANI, CM Baghel said," This incident will not affect our morale, instead our security personnel and officials will battle intensely and definitely avenge".
Notably, 10 personnel of District Reserve Guards (DRG) and a civilian driver were killed after Naxals blasted a vehicle ferrying the security personnel on Wednesday in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.
Ten District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and the driver of their vehicle were killed in an IED blast carried out by Naxals near Aranpur in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.