14 Maoists neutralized in Dandakaranya region along Chhattisgarh-Odisha border
Security forces have dealt a significant blow to the Maoist insurgency in the dense Dandakaranya region along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border.
Security forces have dealt a significant blow to the Maoist insurgency in the dense Dandakaranya region along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border.
The security forces gunned down 12 Maoist insurgents in an intense day-long encounter near the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on Thursday. The joint operation involved over 1,500 personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), COBRA units and the CRPF, targeting Maoist strongholds in the tri-junction of Dantewada, Bijapur, and Sukma districts.
Two security personnel sustained injuries in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) triggered by Maoists during an area domination operation in the Basaguda region of the Bijapur district, southern Chhattisgarh.
The Odisha police have busted an ammunition dump suspected to have been used by Maoists for illegal manufacturing and repair of weapons along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border in the Malkangiri district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.
The attack, targeting a vehicle carrying security personnel, underscores the persistent challenges posed by Maoist insurgency in the region.
The severe sentence awarded to Sajjan Kumar will not “compensate” the families of 3,500 Sikhs killed in the Capital in l984, he had been rewarded with places in the “temple of democracy” ~ and another person accused of complicity has just become a chief minister.
The police seized some Maoists documents and literatures from them and they are being interrogated, said Alok Rajoria, Superintendent of Police of West Midnapore.
Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and the injured personnel was being evacuated from the forest, an official said, adding that a search operation was underway in the region.
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi who addressed a rally in Chhattisgarh's Kanker attacked the BJP government over alleged inaction against insolvent businessmen who have 'fled the country'.
Some 25 guerrillas raided the company's camp office while the staff were sleeping, the police said.
