Two senior Maoist leaders, Raju Dada and Kosa Dada, carrying Rs 40 lakh bounties each, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The operation marks a major setback for CPI (Maoists)
A 16-year-old boy was injured after stepping on an IED planted by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district while grazing cattle. Police warned civilians to stay alert in forest areas where Maoists frequently plant explosives targeting security forces
ASI Satyaban Kumar Singh (34) of 134th CRPF battalion sustained injuries on his left leg in the blast, they said. He was evacuated to a hospital in Rourkela, where he succumbed to his injuries
Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Fighters, District Reserve Guard, CoBRA and CRPF forces launched major offensive as part of Operation Kagar against Maoists on the information that naxals took shelter on Karregutta hills on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border
The jawan, engaged in anti-naxal operations in Bijapur district, was given first aid by his colleagues before he was shifted to hospital for better treatment
Paramilitary forces along with Telangana and Chhattisgarh police personnel surround Karregutta area in Mulugu in view of reports that a large number of Maoists are taking shelter on the hillocks
Acting on a tip-off, separate teams of security forces unearthed Maoist dumps on a forested hill of Markanguda village near Duled security camp and in a forest near a new camp at Mettaguda village
The encounter started in a forest along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation
Narayana Rao, has been underground for over four decades and is a close relative of another top most naxal leader, Muppala Lakshmana Rao, who was the general secretary of the CPI (Maoist). Lakshmana Rao also hails from Birpur village.
The security personnel were ambushed by naxals when they were out on a combing operation in a forest along the border of the Bijapur and Sukma districts of the state.
