The Maharashtra government is reaching out to the tribals living in the villages aiming to eliminate malnutrition, as part of which the Naxalite-affected district of Gadchiroli, which has been devoid of development for years, is being assisted with the help of modern technology, officials sa
Both the Naxals were active for the past many years and they were carrying a reward of Rs 14 lakh each on their heads. The police team also recovered 303 bore rifles from both the Naxals from the spot.
According to the police, explosives, detonators, Maoist uniforms, literature, medicines, chargers, tools, and materials of daily use have been recovered from the camp.
An encounter occurred on Friday between Naxals and District Reserve Group (DRG) personnel in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh said Sukma SP Sunil Sharma.
"An IED weighing about 5 kilograms was recovered from the area, and it was destroyed on the spot by following the security standards. All the soldiers are safe. Searching is going on in the area", officials said.
In another dent to Naxal movement, four cadres, including a militia commander carrying a cash reward, of the outlawed organization surrendered before police in the worst insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday.
After Warangal police filed a petition seeking the cancellation of his bail, Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay on Monday took a dig and said that police were acting according to the directions from Pragati Bhavan (Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao).
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted searches at 14 locations in Lohardaga and Latehar districts in Jharkhand and arrested one suspect namely Sajan Kumar in its ongoing probe in the case of a conspiracy by active cadres of CPI (Maoist) to attack security forces in June 2022,
One District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan got injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast planted by Naxals in the Bahker forest on Friday, police said.
Nand Kishore Yadav suffered a gunshot injury during the gunbattle on April 3 wherein five Naxals or Maoists were neutralised by troops of 203 CoBRA, 134 Bn of CRPF and Jharkhand police at Chatra in Jharkhand.
Arms were recovered in an encounter with Naxals in Jharkhand's Chatra, police said on Monday. Five Naxals were killed in the encounter who had bounties on their heads.