The villager named Ayata Khurrami was injured but later succumbed to his injuries while being taken to the hospital, according to Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav.
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma announced that security forces have killed four Naxals, including senior cadre Dilip Bedja, in an operation in Bijapur district, marking a significant blow to the Maoist presence in the National Park area.
Cutting through the years of darkness, the sound of children learning about alphabets and numbers is resonating in a remote village of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district. A small hut at village Dorlapara of Sukma, where Naxals were once running a parallel government, is emerging
The Chief Minister also congratulated the police officers for their role in eradicating Naxalism from the state, noting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also expressed satisfaction over this major achievement, according to an official release.
Former commander of CPI (Maoist) Badse Sukka, alias Deva, has said that he did not surrender before police due to news of "encounters or surrender" of Naxals in action by security forces but because the police caught him and brought him to the state capital.
Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday reacted to reported sloganeering against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), calling it the 'frustration' of those who support terrorists and Naxals.
Speaking to the media, the Bastar IG said sustained intelligence-based operations, coordinated action by multiple security agencies, and focused area domination had significantly weakened Maoist networks across the Bastar division. He added that surrendered cadres are being rehabilitated
During an anti-Naxal operation in the Bastar range, security forces recovered the bodies of 14 Maoists. Of these, two were from Bijapur district and 12 from Sukma district.
The recovery of the Naxal dump from the forest and hilly areas of Gondpalli village was the result of a joint operation by the 159th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Sukma District Police. The operation was carried out on the morning of December 30.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday chargesheeted five more accused, including four absconders, in a 2024 Chhattisgarh case relating to the procurement and supply of explosives to the banned Naxal outfit.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday said that the government appealed to the Maoists to abandon the language of violence and gunfire and join the mainstream of development.
A total of 22 naxals surrendered before Odisha Police in Malkanagiri on Tuesday, marking another success in the central government's effort to curb Left-Wing Extremism and restore lasting peace in the region.