"naxals"

The incident took place in Tekanar village on Friday evening when the victim, identified as Jairam Usendi (35), had gone to the local market along with his brother Peela Das Usendi.

Three of the rebels were carrying rewards of Rs 1 lakh each on their heads.

The jawans were taken to Raipur for better treatment, said Sadanand Kumar, Commandant, 16th battalion of CAF.

Cadres, who were active in south Bastar, turned themselves in before senior police and CRPF officials on Monday, citing their disappointment with the "hollow" Maoist ideology

Telangana, once considered a hotbed of naxal activity, has been relatively free of Left extremism in the past decade

A live bullet including a rifle and a pistol, have been recovered from three of them, informed Gumla SP, H P Janardhanan

"The militia have become vexed with the barbaric acts of Maoists such as branding people as informers and killing them based on mere speculation", Chintapalle ASP Vidhya Sagar Naidu said.

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Kolhan Range said that after several rounds of firing, the Naxals fled deep inside the forest.

Two weapons, including SLR weapon, were seized from the spot.

Acting on a tip-off, police personnel conducted a search operation in Kanarowan forest in Bano police station area on Sunday and arrested the four Naxals.

In a statement here on Tuesday, he said combing operations in the forests and villages on Telangana-Chhattisgarh have been intensified while police surveillance had been increased in Cherla, Dummugudem and Bhadrachalam mandals in the district.