Ahead of the PM’s visit, security recover explosives dump in forests of Latehar
6 years ago

Ahead of the PM’s visit, security recover explosives dump in forests of Latehar

Hindustan Times  

Two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to neighbouring Palamu, a joint team of central reserve police force and district armed police personnel unearthed five improvised explosive devices, along with grenades, wires and explosives from a Maoists’ dump deep inside the jungles in Latehar district. Explosives found in a Maoist dump in Latehar The recovered items included three tiffin bombs, two cooker bombs, three country made grenades, six bundles of codex wire, two bundles of electric wire, a roll of black uniform fabric among other items. A senior police officer associated with the security arrangements during the PM’s visit said, “We are also keeping a close vigil on persons whom we have identified as Maoist supporters. If needed, we will take further action against them.” Latehar superintendent of police Prashant Anand said, “Security forces have busted a Maoists’ dump near Kumandhi and have made a significant recovery.

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Maoist strongholds are shrinking, but deadly threats persist
5 days, 17 hours ago

Maoist strongholds are shrinking, but deadly threats persist

The Hindu  

On Monday, eight security personnel were killed when Maoists blew up their vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. While there have been isolated attacks that have claimed the lives of security forces in Chhattisgarh, no single incident in the past 600 days has claimed the lives of eight or more security personnel. The April 2010 attack in …

Jharkhand: 244 Maoists, 154 gangsters arrested in 2024
2 weeks ago

Jharkhand: 244 Maoists, 154 gangsters arrested in 2024

Hindustan Times  

The police have claimed that it made significant strides in addressing the menace of Left Wing extremism in 2024, arresting 244 Maoists, including key leaders. Representational image: Jharkhand police have claimed that it made significant strides in addressing the menace of Left Wing extremism in 2024 Among those arrested were one Special Area Committee member, two zonal commanders, six sub-zonal …

A year of combat: 244 Maoists, 154 gangsters arrested by Jharkhand Police in 2024
2 weeks ago

A year of combat: 244 Maoists, 154 gangsters arrested by Jharkhand Police in 2024

India TV News  

In a significant move in addressing the menace of Left Wing extremism in 2024, the Jharkhand Police claimed to have arresting 244 Maoists, including key leaders and one Special Area Committee member, two zonal commanders, six sub-zonal commanders, and six area commanders. IG AV Homkar said that the police picked up SAC member Jaya Di alias Chinta, Shambhu Ganjhu alias …

Maoist killed, two security personnel injured in Bijapur gunfight
1 month ago

Maoist killed, two security personnel injured in Bijapur gunfight

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: A suspected Maoist was killed in a gunfight with security personnel in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday, police said in a statement. Security forces patrol a Maoist infested area Two security personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device blast triggered by the Maoists. “A District Reserve Guard team was conducting an anti-Naxal operation in the area based on …

Maoist Camp Busted in Odisha: Explosive Materials Recovered
2 months, 1 week ago

Maoist Camp Busted in Odisha: Explosive Materials Recovered

The Hindu  

Police busted a Maoist camp in Odisha's Nuapada district and recovered explosive materials from there. The camp was identified by a tip-off and two SOG teams launched a search-and-destroy operation in the Patdhara and Sunabeda reserve forests. The recovered materials include 500 detonators, five reels of safety fuse, five improvised IED switches, one gelatin stick (decomposed) and various Naxalite literatures.

Cache of explosives unearthed in ASR village
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Cache of explosives unearthed in ASR village

New Indian Express  

VISAKHAPATNAM: A cache of explosives was unearthed in a forest area near Panaslabanda village under the jurisdiction of Sileru Police Station, Galikonda Panchayat in GK Veedhi mandal of Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Friday. Among the items seized were six steel carriage landmines, two directional mines, one explosive from KEL Company, 150 metres of electrical wire, and five kilogrammes of …

Seven Maoists gunned down in Chhattisgarh as forces continue offensive
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Seven Maoists gunned down in Chhattisgarh as forces continue offensive

Hindustan Times  

Seven Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, state police said on Thursday, taking the total number of deaths of alleged insurgents to 112 this year. The Bastar region, which includes seven districts -- Bastar, Dantewada, Sukma, Bijapur, and the nearby regions of Kondagaon and Narayanpur --- are where the …

25 crude bombs recovered from poll-bound Murshidabad in West Bengal: Police
8 months, 1 week ago

25 crude bombs recovered from poll-bound Murshidabad in West Bengal: Police

Hindustan Times  

Berhampore: The West Bengal police said that they recovered more than two dozen crude bombs from multiple places in poll-bound Murshidabad district since Friday night sparking apprehension of poll violence in the areas. Police said that at least 25 crude bombs and raw materials for making the bombs were recovered from at least three places at Domkal and at least …

10 Maoists shot dead by security forces in Bijapur
9 months, 1 week ago

10 Maoists shot dead by security forces in Bijapur

Hindustan Times  

Ten Maoists were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces of both the CRPF and the Chhattisgarh Police in Bijapur district on Tuesday morning, taking the number of insurgents killed thus far this year to 47, up from 22 in all of 2023, and indicting a significant surge in aggression — from both state forces and the Maoists. Senior …

Chhattisgarh: 4 Maoists Gunned Down in Bastar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: 4 Maoists Gunned Down in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle  

The two encounters took place in the forests between Bade Tungali and Chhote Tungali villages under Jangla police station area, a senior district police officer said. The two incidents occurred when search parties of security personnel launched the anti-Naxal operations in the area following intelligence inputs on the presence of Prashant, the platoon commander of company number two of the …

Five Maoist sympathisers held, explosives seized
2 years, 8 months ago

Five Maoist sympathisers held, explosives seized

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: Karimnagar police arrested on Tuesday five Maoist sympathisers and seized from them explosives including 14 boxes of detonators, each box containing 100 pieces; seven bundles of safety fuses, each containing 25 coils; four coils of lose bundles, four mobile phones, two cars and ₹ 1.45 lakh in cash. Speaking to media, police commissioner V. Satyanarayana identified the sympathisers as …

Mulugu police seize Maoist dump found in Medaram reserve forest
2 years, 10 months ago

Mulugu police seize Maoist dump found in Medaram reserve forest

Deccan Chronicle  

Mulugu: The police of Pasra and Tadvai mandals of Mulugu district along with Central Reserve Police Force personnel found a large dump of explosives hidden in the reserve forests of Medaram reportedly Maoists, on Thursday. The police were searching the forest on receiving information that Maoist leaders were planning to meet and draft a plot to kill police personnel by …

Eturnagaram police seize explosives dump in Dodla forest
2 years, 11 months ago

Eturnagaram police seize explosives dump in Dodla forest

Deccan Chronicle  

MULUGU: Contingents of Eturnagaram police and Central Reserve Police Force, during their combing operations, have seized a huge dump of explosives hidden by Maoists in the Dodla forest region. Providing details to media on Tuesday, Officer on Special Duty Shoban Kumar said on orders of Jayashankar-Mulugu-Mahbubabad- Warangal Maoist committee leader Badi Chokkarao Damodar, Eturnagaram-Mahadevpur committee commander Kovvasi Ganga alias Mahesh …

Maoist ammunition dump recovered in Telangana's Mulugu district
2 years, 11 months ago

Maoist ammunition dump recovered in Telangana's Mulugu district

India Today  

Police in the districts bordering Telangana and Chhattisgarh are on extra alert these days. On Monday, in Mulugu and Bhadradri kothagudem districts, alert security forces recovered IEDs and an ammunition dump kept for targeting police personnel. According to Mulugu Superintendent of Police Sangram Singh Patil, “Top Maoist leader Bade Chokkarao alias Damodar under the direction of the JMWP Divisional Committee …

NIA conducts searches in Telangana in Dummugudem explosives Maoists case
3 years, 5 months ago

NIA conducts searches in Telangana in Dummugudem explosives Maoists case

India TV News  

The NIA on Monday conducted simultaneous searches at nine locations in five districts of Telangana in connection with a case of explosives seized from cadres of the outlawed CPI group, an official said. The searches were carried out at Mahboob Nagar, Warangal, Jangaon, Bhadradri Kothagudem and Medchal at the premises of accused -- Muthu Nagaraju, Kommarajula Kanukaiah, Gunji Vikram, Sura …

Sukma encounter | Police establish contact with Maoists over captive CRPF commando
3 years, 9 months ago

Sukma encounter | Police establish contact with Maoists over captive CRPF commando

The Hindu  

Police has been able to establish contact with the group of Maoists who abducted a Central Reserve Police Force commando after the April 3 encounter at Tarrem in Chattisgarh’s Sukma. The abducted commando, identified as Rakeshwar Singh Minhas, belongs to the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action unit of the CRPF, which is specially trained for operations in Left Wing Extremism …

NIA Unearths High-grade Explosives CPI (Maoist) Planned to Use Against Security Forces in Jharkhand's Khunti
3 years, 11 months ago

NIA Unearths High-grade Explosives CPI (Maoist) Planned to Use Against Security Forces in Jharkhand's Khunti

News 18  

The NIA Wednesday carried out searches in the dense forests of Jharkhand’s Khunti district and recovered high-grade explosives which the outlawed CPI planned to target security forces, an official said. During the early morning operation, 100 metres of Cordtex wire and high-grade explosive — 126 Gelatin sticks, weighing about 15 kgs — were recovered, an NIA spokesperson said. An NIA …

Security forces in Jharkhand foil Maoist ambush, neutralize 22 IEDs
4 years ago

Security forces in Jharkhand foil Maoist ambush, neutralize 22 IEDs

Hindustan Times  

A joint team of district police and CRPF battalions and Jharkhand Jaguar, a special anti-Maoist police force foiled an ambush by the outlawed CPI extremists on Monday after they detected and neutralized 22 IEDs planted along a jungle track in Jharkhand’s in West Singhbhum district, police said. The IEDs were planted along a jungle track that used by both security …

Two landmines explode in Maoist-hit Malkangiri
4 years, 10 months ago

Two landmines explode in Maoist-hit Malkangiri

The Hindu  

Two landmines planted by Maoists exploded on the Bidarpatna-Hantalguda road in Swabhiman Anchal of Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Saturday. The landmine blast coincided with the visit of K. Vijay Kumar, senior Security Advisor to the Ministry of Home Affairs on Left-Wing Extremism, to Malkangiri to take note of the continuing anti-Maoist operations in the area. Mr. Kumar reached Badapada camp …

India bomb attack: Maoist rebels kill 16 paramilitary officers
5 years, 8 months ago

India bomb attack: Maoist rebels kill 16 paramilitary officers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A bomb attack on a …

Maoist carrying reward of Rs 10 lakh killed in encounter in Jharkhand's Dumka; AK-4, INSAS rifle recovered from spot
6 years ago

Maoist carrying reward of Rs 10 lakh killed in encounter in Jharkhand's Dumka; AK-4, INSAS rifle recovered from spot

Firstpost  

Dumka Superintendent of Police informed that the Maoists have made a hideout here and were planning extortion. Dumka : A Maoist zonal commander having a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head was killed in an encounter carried out jointly by Jharkhand Police and Sashastra Seema Bal in the forests of Chatupada in Dumka on Sunday. Police recovered an …

Five Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Odisha's Malkangiri district; multiple weapons recovered
6 years, 2 months ago

Five Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Odisha's Malkangiri district; multiple weapons recovered

Firstpost  

A combing operation by a joint team of Odisha Police and the Special Operation Group personnel led to the encounter in which the five Maoists, including a woman was killed, Additional Director General RP Koche said. Bhubaneswar: Five Maoists have been killed in an encounter with the security forces and ammunition recovered in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, police said on Monday. …

Chhattisgarh: 2 policemen, DD cameraperson killed in deadly Maoist attack in Dantewada
6 years, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh: 2 policemen, DD cameraperson killed in deadly Maoist attack in Dantewada

India TV News  

Deadly Maoist attack in naxal-affected Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday led to the killing of two policemen and a cameraperson of Doordarshan. Two naxals were also believed to be killed in retaliatory action by the security forces after the ambush in a forest area near Nilawaya village, around 450 kms from here, the police said. A three-member team of …

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