The body of Kaka Arjun (52) was found on Wednesday evening on Kongupalli-Ilmidi road in Bijapur, located more than 400 km from state capital Raipur, they said.
No headway could be made for quite some time in the efforts made by Telangana for obtaining CWC clearance for Sammakka Sagar project because of the submergence fears voiced by Chhattisgarh
Officials from Telangana have assured their counterparts from Chhattisgarh that the gross storage in the project would be maintained at 80 meter level only
The gunfight took place at around 7 am in the forest near Binagunda village under Chhotebethiya police station limits when security personnel were out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said.
the outlawed CPI (Maoist)'s Darbha Division Committee secretary Sainath asked the police to stand by adivasis being subjugated by the State and Central governments
Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said, "A high alert has been issued to all district superintendents of police in Bastar region in the wake of the attack in Dantewada."
A senior official said, the incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation,