"In the Bijapur area of South-West Bastar, four uniformed Naxals have been neutralised. Rifles like INSAS and SLR have also been recovered from them...I heartily congratulate the jawans," Dy CM Sharma said while speaking to ANI.
England's seasoned quick Chris Woakes confessed that the hosts will have discussions around negating the threat posed by India vice-captain Rishabh Pant and some other players in the second Test, scheduled to take place at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
"We don't know if there's one, two, three or four" shooters, Norris said, with officers reporting bullets coming from multiple directions. "We will neutralise this threat," CNN quoted Norris as stating further.
"Encounter is going on. One terrorist has been neutralised. Search operation to track the other three terrorists is going on," said IGP Jammu Zone Bhim Sen Tuti.
The new-look Team India failed to chase 371 runs during the Leeds Test against England, with opener Ben Duckett's swashbuckling 149 and watchful Joe Root's fifty contributing big to team's win. During the second innings, Jadeja took 1/104 in 24 overs, getting the over of skipper Ben Stokes.
In a significant setback to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, P Sundarraj, announced that security forces have dealt a major blow to the outfit.
Security forces neutralised two Naxals in an encounter on Wednesday in the forest area under Kukanar Police Station area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.
Gautam, the leader of the banned CPI(Maoist) organisation was neutralised by security forces on June 5 during an operation in Bijapur's national forest national forest area. Just 3 weeks ago, on May 21, security forces had recovered the body of a Central Committee Poliburo member and CPI (Ma
The encounter, which took place during a search operation, resulted in the death of both leaders, who were carrying bounties of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively. Police also recovered arms and ammunition from the site.