An encounter is being carried out on Tuesday between security forces and naxal cadres in the jungle of Karkanguda, Sukma in Chhattisgarh, according to officials.
The security forces in a joint operation recovered three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday and diffused them.
Following the completion of the Aranpur-Jagargunda road by the security forces with support from the state government, Jagargunda, an insurgency-hit region in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, is all set to regain its past position as Asia's biggest tamarind market.
Regarding the recent Naxalite attack, which led to the death of two security personnel, IG Bastar Sundarraj P said it occurred in the tri-junction area of Bastar-Bijapur-Sukma.
Two security personnel have lost their lives and four were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by naxals in Bijapur district, Bastar Police said on Thursday.
The field hospital opened by the security forces under the 'Niyad Nellanar' scheme in Puvarti village, which is the native village of a Naxal leader Hidma, reduces the gap between locals and security forces.
The recently opened field hospital at Sukma's Puvarti, the native village of dreaded Naxal leader Hidma, is acting as a catalyst for reducing the gap between locals and security forces, said a top police official.
The Naxal was identified as Sohan alias Ukas, a resident of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. He was an expert in making IED (Improvised explosive device). He was encountered in the forest of Kothiyatola in Balaghat district on Monday, said Jaideep Prasad, ADG (Additional Director General of P
Two jawans of the CRPF CoBRA 201 battalion lost their lives in an IED blast by Naxalites between Silger and Tekulagudem, under the limits of Jagargunda Police Station in Sukma district, on Sunday, June 23.