Bijapur News
Two District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel sustained minor injuries in an ongoing encounter with Maoists in the forest area of Gangaloor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, according to police sources.
The two murdered individuals had laid down arms only months ago in hopes of rebuilding a peaceful life.
However, official confirmation of their identity is awaited. Automatic weapons were recovered from the slain militants, further underscoring the intensity of the battle, sources said.
Security forces have neutralized Senior Maoist cadre and Central Committee Member (CCM) in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur District.
Five of them were held from the forest near Pusbaka village under Basaguda police station limits during an anti-Maoist operation, an official said.
The Naxalites have released CRPF solider Rakeshwar Singh Manhas. Rakeshwar was abducted by Naxalites in Bijapur after an encounter with security forces on April 3.
Missing CRPF commando is in our custody, Naxals have claimed in a letter
They have set a condition for his release after the Bijapur ambush
BDS police personnel injured when a pressure IED went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.
The blast took place on Gorna-Mankeli road.
A demining exercise is conducted to trace and remove landmines planted by Naxals to target security forces.
The slain jawans are Vikash Kumar and Purnanand Sahu. The earlier reports said that two jawans were injured. The number later rose to six.
The CRPF jawan - Kanta Prasad - was seriously injured in the counter-attack by Naxals and later succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
Sahdev Samrat (30), a native of Thothapara area, was attacked with sharp-edged weapons on Saturday night when he went to attend a wedding in the nearby Kostapara area in Bhairamgarh town.
The Naxals were arrested by the police force near Kindrelpad village under Konta police station limits.
The incident took place when the two policemen and the villager were going to Tippapuram village, under Pamed police station area, on a motorbike.
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The Naxals blew up an SUV using Improvised explosive device (IED) in the district. The SUV was carrying villagers.
After 40 minutes, another reinforcement party of DRG was launched. The Naxals fired upon the second party at around 4 pm.
The encounter began after the Naxals attacked the CoBRA team in Bijapur's Pamed area in Chhattisgarh on Monday.
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