CRPF jawan dies, four others injured as Boloro overturns
Identified as Tarkeshwar T (22), the jawan died on the spot while four of his colleagues sustained grievous injuries.
Identified as Tarkeshwar T (22), the jawan died on the spot while four of his colleagues sustained grievous injuries.
To counter Naxal threat, the state government has raised three Battalions of ex-servicemen OSSF (Odisha Special Striking Force). Vacancies in other ranks of police are also being filled up, in a time-bound manner.
Female cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit in Odisha’s Gandhamardan Reserve Forest region are being subjected to protracted physical, psychological, and sexual harassment by Naxal leaders, police said on Friday.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai made an impassioned plea for special grants for Chhattisgarh in a pivotal meeting with the 16th Central Finance Commission led by Chairman Dr Arvind Panagariya.
According to official sources, the Naxalites planted the IED along the route from Jagargunda area to Tekalgudam.
Shah is expected to review development works like construction of roads, bridges, schools, health centres being carried out in the Naxal-hit areas.
The DGP flanked by senior police and BSF personnel assured locals of creating a secure environment and emphasized on holistic development of the Bonda hills through focused approach of the government.
Officials called it the biggest Maoist attack on security forces since the attack in Sukma in 2017 when 24 CRPF personnel, part of a road opening party, were killed.
Eminent citizens write to PM on religion-based hate crimes, mob lynchings.
Was there any truth in the initial reports that the police in the area had been thinned since men were diverted to poll-related duties: the Election Commission must also be questioned, it is easy to order massive police presence without catering to the potential fall-out.
