A Chhattisgarh Police DRG jawan was killed and three others injured when a Naxal-planted IED exploded in Bijapur’s Indravati National Park on Monday. The injured personnel received preliminary treatment and are being evacuated from the forest.
Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. The operation began Thursday after reports of senior Maoist presence. Two top Maoist leaders were gunned down in separate operations over the past two days
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread criticism of the security personnel's conduct. In the footage, they are seen shouting in celebration with rifles in hand, while some posed for photos seated among the bodies of the slain Maoists.
The killed naxalites have been identified as Haldar, a dreaded Maoist commander and member of the east Bastar division of Maoists, and Rame, an area committee member. Haldar and Rame carried rewards of Rs 8 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively, on their heads
The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in the forest under the Kerlapal police station area, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation
Three to four naxals were said to have been injured in an encounter between the security forces and Maoists in Mandagiri forests of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh
The incident took place near Ambeli village under Kutru police station limits in the district when a vehicle carrying security personnel was passing through the road in the naxal-affected area.
Security personnel recovered another IED planted by Naxalites at a different location in the same district, officials said. The first IED blast occurred around 11 a.m. near the newly established Raiguda police camp under the Chintalnar police station area. The explosion happened while a District Reserve Guard (DRG) team, a unit of the state police, was conducting an area domination operation, an official stated.
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Bastar Range IG Sundarraj P informed the media that the encounter occurred in the hilly forests of Bandarpathar and Bhejji in the district. Personnel from the District Reserve Guard and CRPF participated in the operation. After returning to the nearest village, the security forces celebrated their success, joyfully embracing each other, displaying their personal weapons, and dancing to folk music.
A new camp of the security forces was opened on Tuesday at Tekulagudem village under the limits of Jagargund police station in Sukma district to curb the naxal activities.
The incident occurred between Dhaulai and Pallinar at Kadenar area in Narayanpur district when the jawans were returning to Mandoda after conducting combing operations in the forests
