Red banners supporting the farmers’ agitation in the country have been put up in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, allegedly by Naxalites operating in the region, encouraging farmers to continue their struggle against the government and urging the people to support the peasants’ cause.
After over 96 hours of intensive planning and intelligence gathering, security forces surrounded the Naxals in a radius of 10 kilometers.
This transformation is being seen as the result of concerted efforts by the Chhattisgarh government, with support from the central government, to foster peace and prosperity.
Acting on specific intelligence input, a special operation was conducted by BSF troops from the Company Operating Base (COB) Bodigetta within the Bejangiwada Reserve Forest area.
Four Naxals were gunned down in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district.
The deployment of women commandos would alter a strategic imbalance. A large number of women participate in insurgent activities and often create conditions which male policemen find difficult to deal with. In a sense the Chhattisgarh Police have “stolen a march” over the Army.
The remarks come in the wake of an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Maharashtra’s Gadchroli district earlier on Wednesday which left 16 people dead including 15 security personnel.
Earlier in the day, Maoists torched at least three dozen vehicles belonging to private contractors in Kurkheda sub-district of Gadchiroli.
The officer, Sanjukta Digal, was on her way to a polling booth when she was shot dead by the Naxals in Balandapada village under Gochhapada police station limits.
Elections to 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state will be held in three phases on April 11, April 18 and April 23.
