A joint party of special task force (STF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along with District Reserve Guard (DRG) of Narayanpur, Dantewada, Jagdalpur, Kondagaon districts went to the Abujahmad area in anti-naxal search operation
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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Police have also intensified combing operations to thwart any attempts by Maoists to sneak into Telangana from Maharashtra by crossing the Pranahita river
Several senior cadres, including Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) member and east Bastar in-charge Niti alias Urmila carrying a bounty of 25 lakh, were eliminated in a single anti-naxal operation.
As a result, the total number of Naxalites killed in the gun battle with security personnel on Friday has increased to 31. Authorities have confirmed that a search operation is still ongoing in the area.
Police said that a joint police party of Narayanpur-Dantewada district went on a search operation on receiving information about the presence of Maoists in the area.
The heavy exchange of fire broke out in the afternoon between C60 commandos and Naxals in Wandoli village and continued for six hours, Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Nilotpal said.
The demand had escalated after the brutal killing of Chandrugonda Forest Range Officer Ch Srinivas Rao by Gutti Koya tribals in Kothagudem in November 2022.
